Just a reminder to those on the East Coast and in the NYC area that the Etsy Green and Clean Guild Trunk Show is tonight.
The address: Etsylabs. 325 Gold St, Brooklyn. Across the streetish from the New York Polytechnic institute.
Smell good things, and meet me, your notorious Fat Chic author!
Love to see you there!

Astarte’ Woman bills itself as clothing “for the goddess woman who’s not afraid to make an entrance.” It has couture level pricing on sizes from 14- 32. The sizing confuses me a little - I have 53″ hips and a 46″ bust, which would make me a 1X bottom and a 4x top, reversing [...]

Absolute Woman is what I would consider “mother of the bride wear” and from what I gather, that’s kind of how they see themselves, as well. With sizes ranging from 18 to 34, (sorry, no size chart), these are a selection of lovely, classic elegance for women of that certain age that can vaguely [...]

Here are my wishlists for plus size websites that I shop on. This may change, or be repeated, over time:

I wish:

For there always to be an option to sort by size. I couldn’t give a hoot about brand or what’s newest or most popular. I’m looking for stuff that fits my life, starting with actually [...]

Name of Your Shop: Magickal Realism Natural Perfumery

Your Favorite Item in Your Shop: These days I’m really liking my perfume solid Jungle Sweat and my men’s favorite
Vanilla Style. Jungle Sweat is this very cooling carnatin/lemongrass/basil combo that just makes me feel all
fresh and awake after one whiff, while the Vanilla Style is this very sexy [...]

So Dots and Lucky Magazine are both pushing a trend towards colored jeans. Indeed, the 80s - and for me, the early-to-mid 90s in the Midwest - are back again. In college, I owned a pair of red jeans. I bought them before my freshman year, wore them once over the summer, and then completely [...]

As a counterpoint to an Etsy seller or two who have the warped idea that size 14 is XXL/2X (so what, are these seamstresses Smurfs?), I have been happy to ferret out those with a more realistic definition of what “large” actually is. In the case of Etsy seller Plus Size, she doesn’t just own [...]

SWAK is a newish plus designer on the scene, that at this point I feel safe describing as “consistently awesome.” Everything is fashion forward, tailored for a variety of plus bodies. The end result of this is a sizing system that varies from garment to garment; so 6x can mean anywhere from a waist in [...]

All of us plussies here know what I’m talking about: the friend/relative/”friend” who, in the spirit of being “helpful” brings up your weight and broaches a conversation about dieting. These may be people who have known you for years, who know that there wasn’t some sudden weight gain, that you either started out heavy, or [...]

The Etsy Green and Clean Guild Trunk Show is coming up - we’ll be in Brooklyn on August 31 from 6-8:30 pm.

Name of your Shop: Martinsville Emporium

Your Favorite Item in Your Shop: Right now, since it’s summer, it’s the Mojito Lip Balm. Once it’s cold enough to ship, though, it’s the Angel Body Creme. It’s [...]