Known for her comedic roles, the Bridesmaids and Mike & Molly actress, Melissa McCarthy, is using her fame to help other plus-size women dress like stars!
After co-designing the dress she wore to the Emmys with couture dressmaker Daniella Pearl, McCarthy, who says she sifted through “9 million dresses with taffeta or shiny bows,” has decided to create a clothing line for women with similar body types.
“Trying to find stuff that’s still fashion-forward in my size is damn near impossible,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s either for like a 98-year-old woman or a 14-year-old hooker, and there is nothing in the middle.”
McCarthy, a mother of two to daughters Vivian, 4, and Georgette, 1, has finally stopped feeling insecure about her physical appearance.
McCarthy explains, “The stupid stuff like what I wear or how I look I can’t control, so I just try not to give too much energy to it.” She continues, “At 20, I would have been like: ‘Don’t they like me? Was it my hair?’ At 41, I think the things that define me, I hope, are a lot more than those kinds of petty things.”