Less than a month after announcing it would close up to 10 stores, a plus-sized women's clothing retailer has filed for bankruptcy, NJ.com reported. Fashion to Figure filed for chapter 11 protection on Monday in bankruptcy court in Newark, N.J., according to court papers. It has 23 stores in seven states, including three in New Jersey. Fashion to Figure's CEO Michael Kaplan told NYPost.com in October that the company made a mistake in expanding into malls too quickly at a time when the retail business was changing. Kaplan is the great-grandson of Lena Bryant, who rolled out the first plus-sized clothing with the founding of Lane Bryant.
