Archive for February, 2007

Dear Igigi.com, please, PLEASE release your spring collection as soon as humanly possible. Seriously. I need something hawt and stylish like NOW. Share on Facebook »

Catherine’s creates a fashion quandary for me, because everything it offers is a little too “old” but not completely over the edge into dowdy-land. Their clothing isn’t bad, it just isn’t good. As will recur with a lot of plus designers who fall on the less fashionable end of the scale, Catherine’s detailing falls... »

I am not posting this to negate the importance of size acceptance. If we can’t accept and love ourselves as we are, we do not have the power we need to change ourselves into who we want ourselves to be at our very best. That said, there’s a problem afoot in the United States,... »

Take a break from your clothes shopping and look into a little beautification. One of our Etsy Sponsors, Three Ravens, offers a fabulous moisturizing body massage oil complete with grapefruit. If you haven’t read any of the beauty blips, a recent study showed that people wearing grapefruit scent are perceived as up to ten... »

I had an epiphany today, as I ate my lunch in an Arby’s today. I realized I was looking at an elderly woman, and the only real reason I noticed what she was wearing was because I forced myself to notice. She happened to wear the stereotypical “old lady” clothing, the kind of stuff... »

For some reason, a lot of plus-size shoppers seem to forget about http://www.fashionbug.com>Fashion Bug in their hunts for plus clothing. I have guesses as to why: somewhat sparse locations nationwide, a tendency to inhabit strip malls often overlooked by the serious clothing shopper, and a somewhat unfair association with some of the atrocious plus... »

A stark and much-discussed reality facing women of all sizes is money, and how it intertwines with fashion. Fashion sustains itself by making sure that clothing items only stay in fashion a short time; this is intended to keep women buying fresh clothing, rather than using items for a few years. So while that... »

I’m not entirely clear on how it happened, but I somehow wound up subscribed to Lucky, “the magazine for shopping.” I won’t quibble too much about a magazine that encourages you to obtain stuff – stuff acquisition is part of our cultural and arguably biological heritage, especially for women. Since I’m writing a fashion... »

Felicitously, Torrid is having a 50% off clearance sale today. They carry a wide stock, so it’s well worth jumping in and seeing what they have to offer. Torrid has attempted great strides away from its perceived inception as the “plus size Hot Topic, a store intended to cater to the “alternative” kiddies who... »

My natural perfumery just got a mention/promo in the Wicked Love column. Unfortunately, they drew from an old stock photo. Here are a few items for improved ogling value: Share on Facebook »