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Line 33: * After the demise of MO''D''E Magazine its then Executive Editor, Ceslie Armstrong, and many of the ex-MO''D''E staff collaborated to create ''Grace Magazine'', which launched on May 14, 2002 as an independent quarterly publication and website under a similar concept. Even though the initial 400,000 print run sold out quickly, and the magazine's issues were brimming with advertising, the independent status and limited funding prohibited the ability to grow to fill the newsstand and subscription orders. Critics, however, believed that Grace featured far less stylish fashion content than its predecessor and unwisely pursued an editorial emphasis on weight-related health issues. Grace Magazine ceased operation due to lack of funding in November 2003, after publishing just 10 issues. * Lane Bryant was acquired by [[Charming Shoppes]] for $335 million in August 2001, and in 2003 a [http://www.digital50.com/news/items/PR/2005/03/16/NYW041/charming-shoppes-reports-preliminary-unaudited-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-results.html cost-reduction plan] was announced to improve the company's pre-tax position by $45 million. Shortly afterwards, the annual big-budget Lane Bryant fashion show ceased production, however the redress was to come later in the form of Charming Shoppes' custom [[advertorial]] magazine, ''Figure''. Although it featured only Charming Shoppes' own product and related lifestyle articles, it remained the only U.S.-based fashion and lifestyle magazine specifically-targeted for plus-size consumers up to the time of its announced closure after the publication of the March/April 2009 issue <ref>http://www.figuremagazine.com ===State of the U.S. industry today=== | |||