--- title: Melissa McCarthy is Starting a Plus-Sized Clothing Line description: The actress is out to change the industry, or at least make it more relevant to more women canonical: https://time.com/2827773/melissa-mccarthy-started-a-plus-size-clothing-line-because-nobody-would-dress-her-for-the-oscars/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-05T20:19:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:14:59.209Z og:title: Melissa McCarthy is Starting a Plus-Size Brand After Fashion Designers Wouldn't Dress Her for Oscars og:description: The actress is out to change the industry, or at least make it more relevant to more women og:url: https://time.com/2827773/melissa-mccarthy-started-a-plus-size-clothing-line-because-nobody-would-dress-her-for-the-oscars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf39c970362ce75eb/698696701eebf7931d37154c/melissa-mccarthy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1948 og:image:height: 1096 og:image:alt: Melissa McCarthy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Melissa McCarthy is Starting a Plus-Size Brand After Fashion Designers Wouldn't Dress Her for Oscars twitter:description: The actress is out to change the industry, or at least make it more relevant to more women twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf39c970362ce75eb/698696701eebf7931d37154c/melissa-mccarthy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Melissa McCarthy Started a Plus-Size Clothing Line Because Nobody Would Dress Her for the Oscars > Sponsored content. 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Pictures' “The Big Picture” at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on March 27, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Actress Melissa McCarthy attends Warner Bros. Pictures' “The Big Picture” at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on March 27, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Alberto E. Rodriguez—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jun 5, 2014 8:19 PM UTC Shame on you, Hollywood designers who refused to dress Melissa McCarthy! The _Bridesmaids_ star recently revealed in an interview with Redbook that she went ahead with her own plus-size clothing line because when she asked fashion designers to dress her for the Oscars, they all said no. “When I go shopping, most of the time I’m disappointed,” the star told [Redbook.](http://www.redbookmag.com/fun-contests/celebrity/melissa-mccarthy-interview?click=list#slide-1) “Two Oscars ago, I couldn’t find anybody to do a dress for me. I asked five or six designers—very high-level ones who make lots of dresses for people—and they _all_ said no.” Names! We want names! Who would dare turn down Melissa McCarthy? But if that kind of short-sightedness on the part of designers means we will have another influential woman in the fashion industry, it’ll be a win for everyone in the end. 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