Archive for January, 2008

Coldwater Creek is one of those size 00-26  places for slightly older women who managed their money wisely in their youth. In other words, it’s a tad expensive, a tad conservative, but has enough of a sense of luxury to turn out a few pieces that are a little bit trendy and always that one… »

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Granted, Amazon is the meta of where you can get anything – but it’s good to know it’s out there.
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There’s a person over on AskMetafilter who has chosen the weight loss path, but on the road she’s still getting some heckling. She’s asking for some help coming up with quick comebacks. If you’re sassy, you might be able to give her some help.

*originally posted under the incorrect assumption that this was a woman.
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This whole “models should be thin because they are the hangers for the clothing” thing… it’s got to stop. And while people watching such statements on television pull a face or look at each other surreptitiously behind the designer’s back, someone needs to turn to the designers that repeat this adage, and say clearly… »

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The only experience I have ever had with Newport News came when I was 14. I had just lost 60 pounds over the summer, and my collarbones were sticking out. I loved that my collarbones were sticking out, since it proved that I really truly wasn’t fat anymore.  My mother was helping me shop for… »

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Fashion to Figure offers up one belt, a 60s inspired faux leather thing that gently hits at a triangular figure eight across your waistline.

Where they step it up is in your choices: this belt comes in a Skittle bag of colors. Whether magenta, silver, or bright blue, you can coordinate it to any of those… »

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There are some places you have to dig harder than you do in others to find something fashionable, wearable, and affordable. Even though I would say most fatshionistas under 50 – possibly 60 – see LBC as one of those places, they are slowly taking baby steps towards ousting the mumu and putting in the… »

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Let me clarify my stance on this: head to toe pleather? TEH EBIL. Belted pleather? OK. Which means that Fashion Overdose’s pleather belt is in my OK category. Basic, black, and functional, it’s designed to accessorise some of the hotness that FO offers – and you might sneak it in on a couple other wardrobe… »

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This post is really for our European and United Kingdom readers, as Anna Scholz is primarily only available to them and to those of us who were smart enough to convert our dollars to mostly sterling back in 2000. The designs at Scholz are priced as the sort of things young plus starlets might wear… »

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Deva Lifewear is one of those conscientiously conscious businesses that makes me shake my head a little. Everything they do and create is aimed towards creating a sustainable business and planet, all within the framework of hippie style. While absolutely not the stuff of the rotating fashion world – fashion’s changing nature goes against their… »

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