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okl,yn-bas@?_ed El!la Richards does.! freel?)*anc$/e[) work)! as a seam+str$;:`ess to pay the` ;$bill[/s,$! but is also a s -t;,=r`uggling fa[#[shi[ +]o?#);n /](d$%esigne
..r, _% her talent whic;^.h her friend Ma)x, who often #*ge^;ts her h #e ,r sewing work, %@ can see.%$ She sp,/ecializes i] n desig%#ns for plus sized;_ women such as! hers ) elf in: know$in.@-g tha_@ t the hi*[gh end fashion^$ i(ndustry l;argely ign,_ores this majorit]/@*y segment of th^:e*^ [:p%opulat`)ion i=n she h./ersel))f ha@ving felt t#h(at ex;_,clusio`,n all =her:+ life. K)??a!-,tie, her^
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)%es^t fr;ien:,d @:and roo] mmate, has /_ her o*/ wn-) fashion`] industr(\@y aspirations in wanting to?# be a fa;shion edi)/?tor, although she admi/ts the e(nv[ ] ironment at!` [
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k, the hig.]h e_nd fa-s^hion magazine whe[+re she works`, a;#s an ass$^@\i`#*stant, is not a pleasant``^ o=ne in t..`he Editor-in-Chie?.f Claudia Da`_venport and([_ her assis\ tant Liza, Kati.]\[e's b@^oss+@, treating */*people in\^ *^ge ]ner
al, in\cluding staff, like ga# =/rbage unless it otherwise serv/-)es their`=^% needs. The first !day t @hat ) #/Ella helps] Katie w
 ith a$-n i\mportant fashion s#`hoot) at ;\.the magazine c,*oincides wi= #th Der%-ek Col[by%]!+'s first day +t)@ here, Co%%lby /Publ-ishing, his father R#og\$er !()
Colb, .y's co?*mpany`, the m)agazine'] %%s pa@r[:ent c]@ompany, assigning him to deal with the ma;gazine&#=@39s declining revenues, both _ % in adverti
+sin@g a@[nd subscri:\p+tions, work h=\^,e has $/do.[ne wi`th oth(@__er magazin
!es under ,t)he_ Colby bann:er. -Derek secretly asks E\lla for a crash c=
!ourse in fas(hio*n@ d=`!/esig?$n to ass]is`-t in th+is t^,a[ sk a(\=t the magazine?, sh_/,e h@[ i(!s c`?hoice of [_teacher due: to her knowledge of fa-,*shion i- n ;@=g e(n_ /eral, and )=`s)he(;^ seemin=gly not be[^]in+g inti$@m,idat[ed b+#@y  him which most people te$!(nd t!o be in*% bein+,g a Colby in combinat?^#ion#? with  his goo_^d loo
`[ks res_ulting i /n-/*+ he placi=[ng number seven%` of  !-the ;$most e[\,ligi./bl*-e bache:=+-lors+ ]i*,n N/#,ew Y/ ork ? City. In spending time` wi/.th El%?la, Derek ca)n s?,_ee the revenue ^/].poten_!tial of the magazine$ expand_/ing into the #`=
`plus +siz]ed(@ market and
*seem;ingly starts to fall fo-/r her in t:he proces//s in _`wanti;`ng /to do$ one of the first a rticl =es in t)hi%,s+_ *\vein =on her` design career,!# /much -]agai+?n=st t-#^h?e :wishes of both %[Claudia an[[!d Liza. Beyond[.
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wh^ [_ether De$,rek is able to change\! the ^@maga-^zi]=.ne&*+#39s :fortun@[es
[w*::ith t %his new d_irection, w+%#,ha,t ha;^ppe!\+ns be^,#twee=?_[n E ]lla and _Dere%+k will =/$depend on wheth#er Ella%@ herself is))( co+n[ @fident e@nough in herself and Der_, ek, who gen([er#al;ly can have an^ y \ wom
an .he wants o:_n his a ]-r(@m.—Huggo