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Nadia Aboulhosn

Nadia Aboulhosn

Nadia Aboulhosn is a Lebanese-American fashion blogger, model, and designer from Orlando,Florida. She is best known for designing the plus-size clothing line for BooHoo, Addition Elle, and Lord & Taylor. Aboulhosn has been featured in Vogue Italia, Complex Magazine, Refinery29, Seventeen Magazine, Teen Vogue, American Apparel, and BuzzFeed. Aboulhosn also was featured the everyBODYisflawless music video alongside plus size models Gabi Gregg and Tess Munster in order to promote body positivity and acceptance as a response to the way women are sometimes treated by the fashion community.

Career

At age 22, Nadia moved to Harlem, New York. She started her blog in 2010. Her blogging career began as something she did in her spare time and now she is a full-time fashion blogger. She also makes money by advertising and promoting clothing through modeling. Nadia advocates for the body positivity movement and self-acceptance. Her blog includes not only fashion but also features a humanitarian section. In August 2014, Nadia participated as a panelist for Create and Cultivate conference in Chicago for women entrepreneurs in the digital space. Some of her inspirations include Angelina Jolie and Oprah and her favorite brands include Nasty Gal, ASOS, BooHoo, Missguided, Nika, and Adidas.

Her first modeling shoot was with Seventeen magazine for a curvy section. After modeling in an Addition Elle lingerie campaign she was approached about designing. She created a Fall 2015 capsule collection, which was shown at New York Fashion Week. Her design featured a 14-piece collection for women sized 12-24 and described as “minimalistic”, “military” and “comfortable”. Her line for Love & Legend was sold exclusively at Lord & Taylor. She was named the face of BooHoo Plus and took a partnership where she was also able to release her own collection. This collection includes 20 pieces described as “trendy” and “sexy” and includes fitted dresses, crop tops, and jumpsuits.

In 2016 Aboulhosn expanded her horizon and created her own personal App. It is currently available for Iphone and will soon be Android Compatible. Her entrepreneurship shows through as the App changes the user .99 cents a month for exclusive content. This content includes podcasts, unreleased photos, video blogs, and more. She is using this dynamic especially to reach out to her fan base and increase her social media presence, which she is known for. Her message encourages hard-work and diversity, as well as reinventing the standards of the fashion industry.

Source: Wikipedia