Body diversity is a hot topic within the fashion industry, and the conversation is starting to shift more than ever. Curvy models are landing fashion spreads and magazine covers , and the push to drop labels and simply just exist in different shapes and sizes is strong. And yet, as far as real change within the elite world of New York Fashion Week , there are major strides to be made.

Fern Mallis, creator of New York Fashion Week and international fashion consultant, told The Huffington Post that the event itself is not the only thing to blame. "It's not Fashion Week's fault. Fashion Week is a business event, trying to organize an industry to help sell and publicize their collections." She's right -- designers, publications, even society in general are conditioned to think a certain way, to advertise a certain way -- and that way, for the most part, excludes curvy women.