- United Way of Rockland County, to donate clothing to victims of Hurricane Katrina;

- Sanctuary for Families, to fundraise for and donate clothing to victims of domestic violence;

- Nyack Hospital and Saint Barnabas Health Care System, to provide toys for infirmed children;

- Fashion Delivers, to donate clothing to victims of the Haitian earthquake, Vermont flooding, and Texas wildfires;

- The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, to support research to achieve prevention and a cure for breast cancer;

- Dress for Success, to provide professional attire for low-income women;

- The VH1 Save the Music Foundation, to support music education in America's public schools;

- Soles4Souls, to provide clothing and shoes for adults and children in need;

- The National School Climate Center, to provide quality programs and services to respond to the needs of K-12 school communities; and

- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, to support research to find better treatment and a cure for Parkinson's disease.

1879 — Lena Himmelstein, the great-grandmother of FTF's founders is born in Lithuania.
1895 — Lena journeys to New York to live with family, but is forced to work for $1 a week in a sweatshop on Lispenard Street.
1900 — Lena marries a jeweler named David Bryant, who sadly passes away due to illness. Lena is left with next to nothing.
1901 — To make ends meet, Lena pawns the earnings for enough money to open a bridalwear business from home.
1904 — Upon request, Lena creates the first maternity dress in the USA. Such garments were socially forbidden at the time.
1907 — On her bank deposit slip, Lena accidentally misspells her first name as "Lane". She keeps the name on her new shopfront.
1909 — Lena marries Albert Malsin, who manages the business and oversees its rapid growth.
1911 — The New York Herald finally runs an advertisement for the store. Within hours, the entire maternity stock has sold out.
1917 — At the suggestion of Mr. Malsin, the store begins offering plus-sized clothing in addition to maternity wear.
1923 — Albert Malsin passes away. At this time the business is earning over $5 million, more then 50% coming from plus-size sales.
1938 — Raphael Malsin, Lena's first son, is elected President and CEO. During his tenure, the company expands nationwide.
1951 — Lena passes away at 72. She leaves behind a successful business that began 20 years before women were even allowed to vote.
1977 — Steven B. Kaplan, husband of Lena's granddaughter and father of FTF's founders, is named president of the company.
1982 — The family business is sold to The Limited Brands after 85 years of independent ownership.
2004 — Inspired by their family history, Michael and Nicholas Kaplan create Fashion to Figure, a new full-fashion experience.
2005 — Fashion to Figure opens its second store in Livingston, NJ.
2006 — Fashion to Figure opens its third store in Elizabeth, NJ.
2008 — Fashion to Figure opens its fourth store in Valley Stream, NY. The new design concept focuses on contemporary style by anyone's definition, and will be used as prototype for future FTF locations.
2010 — Fashion to Figure opens its fifth and sixth stores in Bronx, NY and Brooklyn, NY respectively.
2011 — Fashion To Figure opens its seventh store in Yonkers, NY and schedules its eighth and ninth store openings in Cherry Hill, NJ and Prince Georges, MD.

FTF's mission is to make people's lives better through the ultimate full-fashion shopping experience.

Our Promise

FTF is the only fast-fashion retail chain dedicated solely to plus-size women's fashion. Rapidly expanding with ten physical locations and a global web store, FTF provides up-to-the-minute fashion trends at the best prices. With individual service provided by FTF Stylists in an upbeat store environment, guests leave FTF feeling chic, stylish, and supremely confident. FTF Stylists are fashion experts who provide unmatched personal service. We know no one comes one-size-fits-all, so FTF Stylists are trained to match our guests' body types with the fashions that make them look their best and feel confident and sexy. Our Stylists help put together outfits, give advice on what works and what doesn't, and guide our guests through the different fits and characteristics of our many fashion choices. Whatever guests need—a place to put down their bags, a place for their child to sit, or a glass of water for their husband, girlfriend or boyfriend—our Stylists will handle it all.

Our Team

Michael Kaplan
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Nicholas Kaplan
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer

Frances Freixas
Chief Merchant

Jennifer Schmitt
eCommerce Director

Ohi Oni-Eseleh
Senior Assistant to the CEO

Palley Jackson
Assistant Merchant

Maria Sifre
Office Manager and Bookkeeper

Keara Harris
eCommerce Assistant

-Bernadette, May 20, 2011

"I moved to this area 3 years ago from Brooklyn. Since I moved to Orange County I have never been able to find a trendy plus size clothing store like the many in the NYC. I was very impressed with the store as well as the staff you had when I shopped there on Sunday October 19, 2009. I would like to tell you that if you were to open a store in either Poughkeepsie or Middletown New York you would make a killing. I have been in sales my whole life and there is a great need for a store like this in these areas. Good luck and much success and I will continue to drive down to Nyak to visit your store even if it is an hour away it's worth the trip."

-Bernadette, May 20, 2011