Shopping Tips For Short Waisted Plus Size Women People come in such a wonderful variety of sizes and shapes. Unfortunately, this can make getting dressed an exhausting hassle. We each have to know our height (petite, regular, or tall), shape (apple pear, etc.), skin undertones (warm or cool) - and that might not be enough. You may be short... Read more 16 Comments
Plus Size Style: What Length Pants Should I Get? If you've been unhappy with how pants fit you, you've probably realized that there's no straightforward answer to this question. We all have different proportions, so you can't just go by your overall height. The answer also varies according to the style and look you're going for. It's Not Just... Read more 3 Comments
Plus Size Outfits for Beating the Heat Is there any month as dreaded as August? Sure February is gray and dismal, but a bright wooly hat and scarf can fix that. But the dog days of Summer? There's going to be a day this month when you're going to consider shaving your head because you're just. so.... Read more
Eating Out While Plus Size Eating in public while plus size can be challenging. In her debut novel, Good In Bed, Jennifer Weiner writes about the tension between what we want to eat, and what we'll let ourselves eat, and what we'll eat in public. So much yes. Yet we walk that tightrope and we still... Read more 1 Comment
Traveling While Plus Size - Taking Chances One of the things I love about traveling is the chance to get away from myself for a while. Vacation Me is just a little different from Regular Me. Leaving my usual routine means shaking things up, trying new things, and taking chances. Not that I'm an adventurer. My idea of a... Read more 4 Comments
Easy Care Plus Size Clothing We have this tendency to think that stylish clothing is high maintenance and the only garments that are easy to care for look sloppy. But that's not really the truth. Vikki Vi classics are easy care and stylish. It can be done. So let's look at what easy care really... Read more
Age Appropriate Plus Size Clothing What counts as age appropriate depends quite a bit on your personal style (and your actual age). You might think that age appropriate means avoiding loud patterns and bright colors. Or you might think the opposite (like I do). But there's definitely a certain quality that makes a garment age... Read more
Petite Plus Size Shopping Tips It's a little silly how the people behind most clothing brands seem to think that you can't be petite AND plus size. Even though the average American woman is only 5'3". Worse - some seem to think that we get taller as we get bigger. So if you're 5'2" and wear a... Read more
Plus Size Clothes for Retirement Retirement can really make a woman rethink her wardrobe. Even women who have been loving Vikki Vi for years may think they don't need us anymore once they retire - because they've associated our clothes with office wear. Sure, Vikki Vi is well known as comfortable and stylish workwear. But... Read more
What Plus Size Body Shape Am I? I love this question because some style experts incorrectly think that plus size is a body shape all on its own. As if crossing that threshold magically changes your bone structure or where your body keeps your adipose tissue. This thinking may explain some of the downright awful plus size... Read more 1 Comment
How To Dress Well When Your Weight Fluctuates Raise your hand if you've ever decided that you can't spend "too much" on clothes because you were going to be a different size before long. Yeah, me too. Your weight is affected by a lot of things. It could be medication, a medical condition, a diet, or a new fitness... Read more
How to Dress Your Newly Plus Size Body We're all one illness, knee injury, or global pandemic away from being forced to reduce our physical activity. Which can mean weight gain. Or you've had the good fortune to grow older, and your metabolism has slowed down. Or you're on a new medication that causes weight gain. Or maybe... Read more 1 Comment
Plus Size for Women Over 50 Is plus size over 50 really that different than dressing when you're in your 40s? Or 30s? Or 20s? Change really sneaks up on you, doesn't it? You probably didn't think too much about your changing style when you turned 30 or 40. But looking back makes it clear that... Read more 1 Comment
Why Plus Size Caftans Are Still Sweeping The Nation If you own a caftan, you already know why they've recently become popular. Actually, you've probably been wondering when everyone else was going to catch on. The rest of you have visions of Mrs. Roper's 1970s caftans dancing in your head and you're wondering how they could possibly be back in style.... Read more 2 Comments
All About Plus Size Tunics You've probably noticed that our Classic Collections include both Tops and Tunics that look not that different from each other. And then we have longer tunics that are clearly longer than tops. There are several styles of top that can be called tunics, and some of them may not be... Read more
