 Mark Fast and William Tempest each used plus-size models during their own London Fashion Week showings for Spring 2009, and again as part of All Walks Beyond the Catwalk event held on 19 September 2009 in association with the British Fashion Council.Mark Fast also used plus-size models in Fall 2010, Fall 2011, and Spring 2012.Lane Bryant began trading in the early 1900s as a producer of clothing for "Expectant Mothers and Newborn"'.