Plus Size Loungewear When you're plus size, loungewear can be complicated. Age can also be an issue. Old sweatpants and a baggy, worn out top may look cute on a slender 25 year old, but sloppy on a plus size 40something. Plus size women have to fight against the lazy, messy stereotype when... Read more 1 Comment
Plus Size Cardigans March weather tends to be all over the place. The temperature can vary wildly from day to day, or even from hour to hour. It's the time of year that's really made for working from home, because it's impossible to dress appropriately for an entire day. Which is where cardigans... Read more 1 Comment
Plus Size for Over 60 It's a good idea to revisit your personal style every now and then. We grow and change over time so our style evolves. If our wardrobes don't keep up, we can lose enthusiasm for our clothes and we get stuck in a rut of wearing whatever's handy. And that can... Read more 2 Comments
Plus Size Long Tops to Wear With Leggings Long tops over leggings is a really great look no matter what size you wear. The contrast in proportions is fun. It's a middle ground in the "are leggings pants?" debate - technically, you're wearing them as pants, but... It comes down to how comfortable you are with displaying the contours... Read more
Plus Size Jackets The word "jacket" used to strike fear into my heart. Plus size jackets weren't that easy to come by not that long ago. I hated shopping for jackets so much that I'd just wear my mother's old ones - well into my 20s. For me, jackets were only about keeping warm.... Read more 2 Comments
Plus Size Outfit Ideas A friend of mine decided that she would combat the February bleakness by coming up with an outfit every day this month and posting photos on social media. That's not to say that she's been walking around unclothed until now. It's just that there's a definite difference between getting dressed... Read more
How to Plus Size Fashion I love using nouns as verbs. It's just so evocative. I mean, how do you plus size fashion? That phrase conveys how mysterious the subject is despite seeming like it should be something straightforward and simple. And yet thanks to the glorious variety of bodies, and the questionable choices of... Read more 2 Comments
Plus Size Quality Clothing Plus size women tend to be extremely loyal to their favorite brands. That's because it takes a lot of trial and error (and money) to discover your favorites. We've all been let down by pricey yet cheaply made clothes that don't fit properly. In the past 12 years or so, our... Read more
The Plus Size Guide to Inauguration Fashion You might not think that a fashionista like myself would be excited about the Presidential Inauguration, but a week later I still haven't come down from the high. The coats! The dresses! The suits! There's something special about Washington D.C. style. It's more accessible, more practical than the looks we... Read more 1 Comment
Turning to Plus Size Fashion for Comfort You don't need me to tell you why you could use some comfort right about now. Just pick your favorite thing to worry about. Even locking yourself away at home isn't really an escape because you have to do that anyway thanks to the pandemic. And let's not forget the... Read more 1 Comment
5 Things Every Stylish Plus Size Woman Has in Her Closet Whenever I see one of those lists of must-have pieces, I burst out laughing. A crisp white tailored button-down shirt? Seriously? Does it come with a force field to protect it from spills? And how exactly does this fit into my life? Bless their hearts. So I'm not going to... Read more
How to Dress Plus Size This is one of those things that's so much easier than it seems. The problem is that we don't ask ourselves this question until we're in the middle of shopping and pulling our hair out in frustration. You want style rules that can make it easier to find clothes that... Read more
What Plus Size Means There are a lot of stereotypes and preconceptions about plus size clothing and plus size women. And most of them are as negative as they are inaccurate. On a basic level, plus size refers to a category of clothing. It's no more loaded than petite, juniors, or misses. It allegedly... Read more 1 Comment
How to Navigate Plus Size Clothing Sizing Last week we discussed getting out the measuring tape and recording those numbers that really come in handy when shopping for clothes online. You need to know your measurements when looking at size charts. But women's clothing sizes are inconsistent (plus sizes even moreso), so we also need to know... Read more 1 Comment
Plus Size Interview Outfits Now that most job interviews are taking place via video chat, I thought it might be useful to see what we can learn from television. If you've ever appeared on a TV news segment or talk show, you know that you can't wear just anything on camera. Some colors and prints... Read more 1 Comment