Editing Melissa McCarthy (section)

==Fashion line==
McCarthy studied [[textile]]s at [[Southern Illinois University]] and was interested in a fashion career before she pursued her interests in acting. When she moved to New York City, it was to attend the [[Fashion Institute of Technology]]. One of her closest friends is the shoe designer [[Brian Atwood]]. McCarthy also spent time working as a costumer for a dance company.<ref name="auto"/>

In 2015, McCarthy announced her first clothing collection, Melissa McCarthy Seven7, for [[plus size clothing|plus-size]] women. The line includes clothes up to size 28. In an interview with [[More (magazine)|More]], McCarthy stated that "people don't stop at size 12. I feel like there's a big thing missing where you can't dress to your mood above a certain number. [[Shopping mall|Malls]] segregate "plus-size" clothes stores and hide these stores away from other sections of the mall."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.more.com/entertainment/celebrities-movies-tv-music/melissa-mccarthy-art-living-fearlessly |title=Melissa McCarthy: The Art of Living Fearlessly |work=MORE |access-date=August 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818152705/http://www.more.com/entertainment/celebrities-movies-tv-music/melissa-mccarthy-art-living-fearlessly |archive-date=August 18, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/melissa-mccarthy-says-her-clothing-line-plus-sized-women-will-break-all-rules-1939565|title=Melissa McCarthy Says Her Clothing Line For Plus-Sized Women Will Break All The Rules|author=Nidhi Tewari|date=May 27, 2015|work=International Business Times}}</ref> Seven7, which was developed alongside Sunrise Brands,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunrisebrands.com/brands/|title=Brand Portfolio /// Sunrise Brands|work=Sunrise Brands|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> debuted in August 2015 on the [[Home Shopping Network]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/style/sc-fash-0817-melissa-mccarthy-fashion-20150814-story.html|title=Melissa McCarthy launches clothing line|work=Chicago Tribune|date=August 15, 2015 |access-date=August 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com/13289469/melissa-mccarthy-debut-fashion-line/|title=Melissa McCarthy's Debut Fashion Line|work=Vogue|date=July 29, 2015 |access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/hsn-to-premiere-melissa-mccarthys-first-fashion-collection-melissa-mccarthy-seven7-on-august-13-20150805-00985|title=HSN to Premiere Melissa McCarthy's First Fashion Collection "Melissa McCarthy Seven7" on August 13|publisher=NASDAQ|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref>