The BBC has turned up a story about the Fat Gene, based on a study from Cell Metabolism Journal. The information has been drawn from studies of fruit flies, worms, and mice. While none of those have human genetics, it does cross enough species that the researchers may have turned up something.  While the discovery [...]

Check out the trailer for the film Plus + about a plus size model struggling with an industry that thinks so little of its customers it puts thin models in “fat” suits instead of showing their clothing on real plus women.  I’m going to have to track this down even if it doesn’t make wide [...]

For New York Area bargain-hunting plussies, the Fat Girl Flea Market on September 29 is a MUST go event. Fellow plus fashionistas from around the country donate their gently used and barely used goodies for a vintage bonanza that is the rarest of the rare for large women on the east coast.

Organizer Deb Malkin was [...]

While out looking for a specific top for another post, I stumbled upon the UK store for Sosiena. It turns out that it is a plus size store that carries a combination of brands, available to the US, UK, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands. While this combined availability is curious [...]

I’m not going to ask where you get your design ideas from. As a creative person, I already know the only answer to that for any of us is the blessing of a synaptic misfire. What I want to ask is this: if you had to create a character, some sort of persona, of who [...]

Thank you Avenue.com for stepping up. They have ribbed tights in sizing from A to Triple E, in black and brown. They’re made from a lycra/spandex combo, so ideally, they should last. At $12 a pair, not too bad for a basic layer between fall plaids and wool skirts.

As a fan of the off-the-air show Gilmore Girls, I got curious as to what Alexis Bledel is doing, and whether there’s any chance I’d see her on Ugly Betty, visiting her Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants costar America Ferrara. While digging through the IMDB on her info, I found this quote from her about [...]

This is very to the point about what a lot of us plus bloggers are doing.

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