Brooklyn-based。Ella。Richards。does。freelance。work。as。a。seamstress。to。pay。the。bills,。but。is。also。a。struggling。fashion。designer,。her。talent。which。her。friend。Max,。who。often。gets。her。her。sewing。work,。can。see.。She。specializes。in。designs。for。plus。sized。women。such。as。herself。in。knowing。that。the。high。end。fashion。industry。largely。ignores。this。majority。segment。of。the。population。in。she。herself。having。felt。that。exclusion。all。her。life.。Katie,。her。best。friend。and。roommate,。has。her。own。fashion。industry。aspirations。in。wanting。to。be。a。fashion。editor,。although。she。admits。the。environment。at。Look,。the。high。end。fashion。magazine。where。she。works。as。an。assistant,。is。not。a。pleasant。one。in。the。Editor-in-Chief。Claudia。Davenport。and。her。assistant。Liza,。Katie's。boss,。treating。people。in。general,。including。staff,。like。garbage。unless。it。otherwise。serves。their。needs.。The。first。day。that。Ella。helps。Katie。with。an。important。fashion。shoot。at。the。magazine。coincides。with。Derek。Colby's。first。day。there,。Colby。Publishing,。his。father。Roger。Colby's。company,。the。magazine's。parent。company,。assigning。him。to。deal。with。the。magazine's。declining。revenues,。both。in。advertising。and。subscriptions,。work。he。has。done。with。other。magazines。under。the。Colby。banner.。Derek。secretly。asks。Ella。for。a。crash。course。in。fashion。design。to。assist。in。this。task。at。the。magazine,。she。his。choice。of。teacher。due。to。her。knowledge。of。fashion。in。general,。and。she。seemingly。not。being。intimidated。by。him。which。most。people。tend。to。be。in。being。a。Colby。in。combination。with。his。good。looks。resulting。in。he。placing。number。seven。of。the。most。eligible。bachelors。in。New。York。City.。In。spending。time。with。Ella,。Derek。can。see。the。revenue。potential。of。the。magazine。expanding。into。the。plus。sized。market。and。seemingly。starts。to。fall。for。her。in。the。process。in。wanting。to。do。one。of。the。first。articles。in。this。vein。on。her。design。career,。much。against。the。wishes。of。both。Claudia。and。Liza.。Beyond。whether。Derek。is。able。to。change。the。magazine's。fortunes。with。this。new。direction,。what。happens。between。Ella。and。Derek。will。depend。on。whether。Ella。herself。is。confident。enough。in。herself。and。Derek,。who。generally。can。have。any。woman。he。wants。on。his。arm.—Huggo