Melissa McCarthy Creates Plus-Size Fashion With ‘Life & Love,’ Flaunts 50-Lb Weight Loss From High Protein Diet
Melissa McCarthy should never be underestimated. In an industry where slimness is regarded as important for actresses, Melissa has succeeded with the combined power of her talent and comedic ability. Now McCarthy has decided that in addition to succeeding as an actress, she wants to carve a niche for herself in the equally competitive field of fashion, and even dare to declare that plus-size fashion should be just as beautiful as those for size zero women.
Add in a 50-pound weight loss, and Melissa is attracting more positive attention and praise than ever before. Just in time for the holidays, McCarthy has unveiled some extra special new fashions, reported MSN.
“I feel like there’s a big thing missing where you can’t dress to your mood above a certain number,” pointed out the actress regarding the lack of options in plus-size attire.
Even though the work involved in modeling can be tedious, McCarthy made it fun, said Brian Bowen Smith.
Melissa McCarthy’s Fashion Line Evokes ‘Life And Love’
“It’s fitting it was a holiday shoot. It felt like a party,” praised the photographer. “Melissa was great and shocker funny. She has a very good handle on what she wants and how to achieve it. Her line is full of life and love. Like her. I was happy to be a part of it.”
Just me and my girls at my #MelissaMcCarthySeven7 photo shoot. #GirlPower pic.twitter.com/7jYLxsRrBb
— Melissa McCarthy (@melissamccarthy) June 12, 2015
The initial launch of the fashion line occurred in the summer. Determined not to exclude any women from finding clothes that appeal to them and are both attractive and comfortable, McCarthy designed options in everything from size four to size 28. It’s part of Melissa’s view that putting people in categories and segregating them based on their size is wrong.
“I just don’t quite see the cut off,” declared McCarthy. “I don’t believe in kind of sectioning and segregating people in anything.”
“I think most women in the U.S. are a 14. I think like 72 percent of women are a 14. So I think it’s a little insane if you’re in the business to tell your biggest section of clientele that you don’t want their business,” added Melissa.
McCarthy also revealed that she’s long been passionate about fashion, and even initially planned to build her career around designing clothes.
My Jon Stewart dress….see it tonight on @TheDailyShow 11p on Comedy Central. #SpyMovie Press Tour pic.twitter.com/0FVEaYFrlk
— Melissa McCarthy (@melissamccarthy) June 4, 2015
“[Designing clothing is] always what I thought I would do,” admitted the now famous actress. “I went into clothing and textiles in college and moved here with Brian Atwood. I was going to finish at FIT and he made me do stand-up on the second night.”
Eager to try on her style for yourself but worried about the price? Melissa has made her fashion line available at a variety of retailers, including Lane Bryant, HSN, and Macy’s, and all items cost less than $150.
How Melissa McCarthy Achieved Her 50-Pound Weight Loss
As to how McCarthy lost those 50 pounds, credit a high protein diet plus working out and a change of attitude, according to Life & Style.
“I truly stopped worrying about it,” declared Melissa.”I think there’s something to kinda loosening up and not being so nervous and rigid about it that, bizarrely, has worked.”
Add in working out in order to prepare herself for the Spy fight scenes, including training with a martial arts teacher, and McCarthy got herself ready to take off the pounds. Her high protein diet was also a big factor in her weight loss success, said an expert.
“[A high-protein diet] is effective because it helps rev metabolism, boosts energy and enhances satiety,” Wendy Bazilian, DrPH, RD, told Life & Style.
[Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Lane Bryant]
