Reduce, reuse and recycle are the three Rs for sustainable and environmentally friendly economy. I tend to follow them, specially when I decided to stop buying as many clothes as I used to. Then the key is to shop wisely as well as recycle what you have in your closet. Last spring I got this…
Tag: plus size fashion
BEING PLUS SIZE IN A SLENDER WORLD: SHOPPING ISSUES
As a plus size woman I have had problems when shopping and for ages, even still now, it has been a big challenge to find decent clothes for plus size girls. We have fewer options, designers offer ultra baggy designs or ultra tight silhouettes at high prices. At some stores the plus size section is…
THE CHALLENGE OF BEING PLUS SIZE…
Sometimes people conclude that being a plus size person and living in a “standard” word is a challenge. Well It could be considered in one sense. There was a lack of plus size actors and models in the fashion and cinema industries when I was young. I always was the fatty of my class but…
NEW BRANDS IN THE PLUS SIZE MARKET, ARE THEY WORTHY?
New brands – or almost new- have launched plus size lines. As I have said in many occasions , plus size market is a good bussiness so many companies decide to extend their sizes or even they promote plus size styles. For example Ann Tayor´s Loft has become Loft Plus and started last month…
APPLYING THE RULES OF COLOR AND HOW TO WEAR VESTS (TEACHER´S ATTIRE V)
Another school outfit is what we have for today´s post. Something wearable and completely different to what I usually have for school. On Fridays, I go to school later around midday, so I can afford to wear less layers than the rest of the week. Then, I decided to do an almost Adolfo Dominguez´s outfit….
FITTED OR TIGHT?
Personal style depends among others on personal tastes, culture and self -esteem. Then when approaching to this topic we must consider that different options are OK even though we do not like them. Nowadays, in the plus size community there are many exaggerations as some plus size women wear whatever they feel like without considering…
IS PINK WINTER´S BEST FRIEND?
I love black and grey and, for sure, they accompany me during fall and winter, but now spring is aproaching I like to introduce brighter colors like hot pink. But to be honest I have been using pink since last September, even my students complain about another pink sweater or scarf… Yes pink has become…
SUMMER TRENDS (II) : ATHLEISURE
When talking about fashion with one of my customers, who is a mother of three and works in a nursery school, she suggested she needed something versatile and fashionable to freshen her wardrobe. Suddenly, the word athleisure come to my mind. I know this concept has been around for a while, but the challenge was…
AESTHETIC GREY
Fashion is to passion, as for me grey to crush. I assume not everybody likes it but for me is my go to. No matter it is winter or summer I always have my gray staple pieces. Then today I want to present my two favourite grey things for the season: a lace duster that I…
WHITE PAPERS
Breaking rules again with a white outfit. For sure you will be surprised but I have realized white is the summer black. In oder words, to make the story short, today I wear a whitish outfit with some color including yellow which is not my favourite shade. Let´s start. The base of the outfit is…
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