How To Take A Plus Size Dress From Casual to Formal I'm always blathering on about how versatile dresses can be dressy or casual depending on the accessories. Dress it up! Dress it down! That can sound like vague and useless advice if you don't have a ridiculous amount of accessories like I do. So let's talk details. The Base Clean, unembellished clothes are the... Read more 3 Comments
Plus Size Outfits For Seeing Your Ex-Husband ...and other people you don't want to see. Sometimes you need an outfit that says, "see how much happier I am without you?" Oh sure, your confidence and the way you carry yourself can convey that nicely. But you want an outfit that can shut someone up the second they... Read more 4 Comments
Style Tips For When You Wear Different Sizes on the Top And Bottom This isn't just a plus size problem, but having to deal with it on top of all the other aggravations involved in plus size clothes shopping is just - ugh. It's the sort of thing that can make you settle for ill-fitting clothes. You know you deserve better, but trying to... Read more
The Plus Size Guide to Shoe Shopping A lousy pair of shoes can bring down an entire outfit. I'll put a lot of thought into my clothes and jewelry, and then start looking around for shoes. I assume that I have a pair of shoes that will work with any outfit and they have to be around... Read more 4 Comments
Selecting Plus Size Accessories Considering how many scarves I own that are comically small on me at my current size, you'd think there would be loads of information out there about plus size accessories. Not so much. I dove into my collection of style books to find some useful info among all the nonsense... Read more 3 Comments
The Plus Size Guide to Mixing Prints We tend to have anxiety about prints. Print dresses are easy enough - just add some neutral accessories and you're good to go. But print separates feel tricky. You know you can wear a print with a neutral color, but not all neutrals are going to work with every print.... Read more
Why Plus Size Women Need a Personal Shopper Even you. Using the services of a personal shopper may sound expensive and only for fancy rich people, but it isn't. And it's not just for Fashionistas. Exactly the opposite. A personal shopper is for every woman who has ever stood in the middle of a department store overwhelmed by... Read more 2 Comments
The Ultimate Plus Size Style Tip It's New Year's Resolution time, and that means self improvement. Which, OK. None of us is perfect. A little fine tuning couldn't hurt. But you're pretty awesome already, so let's just not with the New Year, New Me. Maybe you want to up your style game, exercise more often, try new recipes.... Read more
Plus Size Date Night Outfits You've finally scheduled a night out with your longtime love. You have reservations at a nice restaurant, tickets for a show, or spots in a cooking class. It's time to reconnect and remind yourself why you liked your partner in the first place. And for some women, it's time to panic about... Read more
Plus Size Problem Solvers The world isn't designed for plus size bodies. Most of the time, we can meet these problems with a gutsy attitude and a fabulous outfit. Other problems require a different approach - but if you don't know about certain solutions, you're just stuck. And when you do find a solution, you... Read more 1 Comment
More Style Tips for Plus Size Inverted Triangle Shaped Women Not all inverted triangle shaped bodies are built the same. If you have an inverted triangle shaped body, you either have broad, warrior princess shoulders, or a big chest. Most style advice focuses on the shoulder gals. But what about those of us whose chests are constantly trying to escape... Read more
More Style Tips for Plus Size Rectangle Shaped Women I know you're expecting me to tell you to throw on a belt and move on with your life. Which is a perfectly valid option for you. But that's all about making your rectangle shaped body look like the almighty hourglass. And that's not my fave style tip. We have this idea... Read more 1 Comment
More Style Tips for Oval Shaped Plus Size Women It's easy to feel left behind by fashion when you're apple shaped (aka Oval Shaped). And of course it's even worse if you're plus sized. (Yes, it is absolutely possible to be apple shaped and as thin as Angelina Jolie, who is herself apple shaped.) Every plus sized apple shaped women... Read more 2 Comments
More Style Tips For Plus Size Triangle Shaped Women A lot of people (stylists and designers included) seem to think that dressing for your body shape means camouflage and optical illusions. These people are kidding themselves. They seem to think that we should all aspire to look like we're hourglass shaped, even though less than 10% of women are... Read more
Plus Size First Date Outfits The dating world is not kind to plus size women, women of a certain age, and plus size women of a certain age. And of course, a fabulous plus size first date outfit can be your armor as you go into battle. Thanks to technology, we can go on a... Read more 1 Comment