Tell us about the origins of Muna and Broad? Why did you feel it was important to create a plus-size brand in the sewing space?
Jess: We knew from our own experience trying to find patterns that we were underserved, and we knew we couldn’t be the only fat makers feeling that way. We also knew that folks had really struggled with fitting pants and were having to do lots of adjustments just to get something close to wearable. Our original size range was our hip size plus two sizes higher, and our size expansions have actually been mostly expanding down since we found lots of folks smaller than us had many of the same fitting issues we were having.
Leila: For people who have been to fashion school, it’s just not considered! There’s a lot of fatphobia in the industry, as we know, and the focus is on very small, typical fashion model-sized clothing. Textbooks also don’t address plus-sizes appropriately. Personally, we don’t think patternmaking for plus-sizes is any more difficult than patternmaking for
