Creating a Quality Plus Size Clothing Marketplace I don't need to tell you how much of a hassle it can be to find plus size clothing at all, let alone well-made plus size clothing. You have to wade through cheap, disposable fast fashion and expensive overpriced stuff that lasts only a little longer than the cheap stuff.... Read more
The Plus Side Guide To Being Ready For Anything There's this silly cliche about women standing in front of overflowing closets and saying that they have nothing to wear. And sure, sometimes a woman's closet is stuffed full of stained, out of style pieces that don't even fit anymore. But usually what we're really saying is "I don't have... Read more
Dressing When You're In Between Plus Sizes When you're in between sizes, it can feel like you're never going to find something that fits. But your Auntie Jen can help you there. Every time I write about sizing, I'm tempted to go into a long, tedious rant about the history of the subject. As someone who's not... Read more
The Plus Size Guide to Looking Professional Without Melting Dressing for work in Summer is challenging to say the least. If you dress for overzealous air conditioning, you'll be too hot outside the office. And sweaty is not the look you're going for as you arrive to work - especially when you're plus size. If you spend the day... Read more
The Vikki Vi Magic Formula For Plus Size Fabulousness It's actually pretty easy to put together a fabulous outfit - when you know the formula. You don't even need to spend much time or effort learning it. Here it is: Base Layer + Top Layer = Fabulous Outfit Your Base Layer can be a Maxi Tank Dress. Or a... Read more
How to Dress When Your Plus Size Tummy is Extra Plus We've been taught that we need to conceal certain body parts because...not very good reasons. No, really. The whole point of hiding, balancing out, or mitigating your tummy (or hips, or whatever) is to make yourself look more hourglass shaped than you actually are. Putting aside the extremely limited effectiveness of... Read more 9 Comments
The Secret to Dressing For Your Body Shape I get asked about this a lot. Like, A LOT. There's so much delightful variation in how our bodies are shaped - a lot more variation than in how our clothes are shaped. Which is where it gets confusing. How great would it be if our clothes came with little... Read more
Buying Vikki Vi On A Limited Budget We know that Vikki Vi clothes are investments. I don't use that word lightly. If you buy a garment that you can wear weekly for several years (or a couple of decades), that's an investment. You may call it an investment in your wardrobe, but you can also look at it... Read more
Plus Size Cruise Wear A cruise pulls you out of your usual routine - which is part of the appeal. Once you're on the ship, you don't have to worry about anything except showing up to dinner on time. It's so relaxing. But do you have anything to wear? There's more pressure to dress... Read more
Why Plus Size Investment Clothing is More Important than Ever When the economy is bad, we tend to think that we need to buy the cheapest clothes we can find. We decide we'll upgrade our wardrobes when we're flush with cash again. But that thinking costs more in the end. You can stretch your money farther by investing in well... Read more
Stop Hiding From the Camera A while back, Allegra was at a 60th birthday party - a real fancy 'do with a professional photographer. She noticed that some women kept running away from the photographer. Not because they're in the witness protection program, but because they hate how they look in pictures. You'll be unsurprised... Read more 4 Comments
Plus Size Job Interview Outfits Job interviews are all about making a good first impression. Your clothes can do a lot of the work for you, but there's no one job interview outfit anymore. A suit is the right choice for some industries and the worst possible choice for others. And plus size women are already fighting... Read more 4 Comments
How To Build A Plus Size Wardrobe From Scratch Usually we add a few pieces to our wardrobe each season. But there are some instances where you really do have nothing to work with. Maybe... your weight has changed, you're changing careers, you're moving to a company with a different dress code than you're used to, you've retired, you've... Read more
Can I Be More Than One Body Shape? Your body can absolutely have some attributes of more than one of the five main body shapes. It's so common that some style experts have come up with their own taxonomy. Trinny &Susannah discuss 12 body shapes in The Body Shape Bible, while Bradley Bayou has defined 48 body shapes... Read more
Why Does Body Shape Matter? I mean, really. I've rejected the idea that I have figure flaws that need to be camouflaged. Or that I should dress to look taller. And don't get me started on how weight isn't an indicator of health. But I still talk about apples and pears and which pieces are better... Read more 5 Comments
