Christmas Day With Scarlett & Jo and ASOS Curve – How was your Christmas? I hope you all had a brilliant one, I did! Christmas in my household is always quite a quiet affair, but that’s just the way we like it! It’s been a lovely few days at home and now I am looking forward to travelling to Stafford for New Year’s with lots of friends!
Archives for December 2014
A Guide To Surviving Christmas If You Are Fat
When Plus Size Fashion Gets It Right – H&M Did Good!
You will see a few blog posts down that I blogged about the H&M Tulle Skirt. As soon as I saw it on the website I knew I had to have it. It was like nothing I had seen in plus size fashion before. especially in a size 30 (and beyond, considering how stretch it is).
It sounds a bit silly, but news of the skirt travelled quite quickly through the social scene amongst plus size bloggers, simply because it was so unique! Now over the past few weeks you’ll have seen a number of bloggers blog it and that is testament to just how good it is.
Lucia from UCantWearThat
Leah from Just Me Leah
Claudia from Curvy Claudia
The skirt is SOLD OUT in every size on the H&M website. It came back in stock in a size 2XL one afternoon this week and was sold out by dinner(tea?) time.
Now, tell me that there is no a need for pretty, affordable fast fashion in plus sizes. Tell me that up to a size 24 is all that sells and that there is not a market for 24+. Because if you tell me that, I’ll tell you that it is because the opportunities just aren’t there! I just know that if people at the higher end of plus size fashion had the chance to buy beautiful clothing in their size they would snap it up. The Estellas by Lady V London and Fuller Figure Fuller Bust are another testament to this! (They’re in the sale this weekend – GO GO GO!)
I am quick to complain when fashion retails don’t do sizes high enough (#HeresWhatIWouldHaveSpent) but I also want to celebrate when things go well. Fingers crossed the skirt comes back into stock (in a plethora of colours would be fantastic!)!
What have you see that has been done well in the plus size fashion industry lately?
Debz?
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Tell a Friend They’re Fat? Tell A Friend They’re Fab? Why Not Both?
You might have seen in the papers or online over the last few days that Steve Miller (weight-loss ‘expert’) has declared the 7th January ‘Tell a Friend They’re Fat Day’. Because we all know that shaming someone about their body is the best way to get them to lose weight… #sigh.
Of course, I hate the idea of this day and feel like it is a complete waste of time. Not only does it help to ‘concrete’ the idea that another persons body is your business but it promotes the idea of bullying – neither of which I agree with. In fact the idea is so ludicrous that even The Daily Telegraph are against it, which in itself says something.
In a valiant attempt to overcome this Slink Magazine have announced ‘Tell a Friend They’re Fab Day’ also taking place on the 7th January. The idea behind it being to turn the day into something positive, which is an amazing idea!
However, I was trying to find a way to blog and promote it in a way that I felt comfortable with. I don’t necessarily agree with the idea of rather than telling someone they are fat, you should tell someone they are fab. It sort of, in a round about way it promotes the idea that fat is bad because we’re denying talking about it. For me, telling me I am fat is as worthwhile as telling me I have brown hair & I’d love a campaign that promoted this idea for everyone. However, I love the idea of telling people they are brilliant and I had every intention of posting about it, as soon as I worked out exactly how I felt about it.
Thanks to Look Human |
And then this happened. A fab post by The Arched Eyebrow which summed up how I felt about it. She has declared the day ‘Tell A Fat Friend They’re Fab Day’… Which I shall be doing! I shall also be telling my thin friends that they are fab & so are their bodies.
As Bethany points out, the whole idea behind Steves campaign is to make people shameful about their bodies, so pointing out that people have a fab personality isn’t the only way that we should be fighting this. Instead we should be giving people the power to say Yes, I am fat but I am bloody fabulous as well! I am sure we have all had the ‘Nooo you’re not fat, you’re fabulous‘ line given to us once or twice, but the truth is that I AM FAT (and fab!) and there is nothing wrong with that.
Anyway, there are links to all the campaigns in the post so have a read up and see how you feel about them all! I’ll be getting involved in the #YouAreFab and the #TellAFatFriendTheyreFabDay because I think all of my friends are fabulous and I love an excuse to tell them so!
I’d love to know your views!
Debz xx