Plus sized shoppers have been trying to let retailers know that an interest in designer clothes doesn’t diminish relative to an increase in size for years. Now, it seems at least one has gotten a few high end fashion lines to listen up. Starting with this season’s fall/winter collections, Saks Fifth Avenue will carry clothes from Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Fendi, Donna Karan, Valentino and Roberto Cavalli in size 14 – up to size 20 for some.

Just in case 90 degree days don’t do it for you, we’ve rounded up 9 dresses under $100 which could easily find their way into rotation as summer favorites.

No matter how much Dove may try to tell us otherwise, fashion stylist Ashley Falcon knows: size matters, and in a big way. Falcon is, and (in her own words) always will be “the biggest girl in the room” — and in the fashion world, that’s a tough pill to swallow.  But rather than (a) [...]