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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Fashion has always told women who deserves to be seen. In this first episode of Not Your Size, Amy Abrahams, the woman behind Wear The Damn Dress and Founder and Director of size-inclusive runway event Revel the Runway, dives headfirst into the messy, emotional and honestly quite ridiculous relationship between women, fashion and visibility.  From fashion week statistics showing less than 1% of runway looks are shown on plus-size bodies, to the exhausting reality of trying to “earn” confidenc...]]></itunes:summary>
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