'I'm like Braveheart': model Alva Claire on why her mere presence in fashion is radical
Despite the average dress size for British women being 16, fashion still promotes tiny - but Alva Claire is ready to put up a fight
7 March 2021 • 7:00am
Lace-trimmed dress, £574, Marina Rinaldi. Gold-plated chain necklace, £55, and gold-plated T-bar necklace, £48, both 1990s vintage, Susan Caplan. Gold-plated earring, £13 7 for pair, Cleopatra’s Bling
Credit: Photographs by Paul McLean, Styling by Sophie Warburton
Alva Claire McKenzie, who goes professionally by her forenames only, is being photographed in a black lace slip dress that, to borrow the parlance of a men's magazine, clings to her body in all the right places. I silently assess her cup size, and guess that she's a G. Her breasts are the only surfeit of flesh upon her.