India, Aug. 19 -- For years, plus-size fashion has often meant compromising on one thing to get another: fit over style, comfort over trends or availability over personal expression. Anjali Anand knows that frustration first-hand.

The actor and co-creator of VIRGIO's Beyond The Curve has spent years navigating a fashion industry that often treated curvy bodies as an afterthought. Her experience eventually became the starting point for a fashion line designed specifically with curvier bodies in mind, rather than simply sizing up existing designs.

"Curvy women have never been the main character. We've always been the friend of the main character," Anand tells HT Shop Now. "And I was like, you know what, you can be curvy and the main chara...