Improve Your Mood With Fashion We all need little pick-me-ups to help us get through the day. If you're like me, most of your mood boosters are in your phone or on your desk. From where I'm sitting, I can see a Tina Fey action figure, a calculator shaped like a friendly robot, and a photo... Read more
How to Shop For Clothes When You Hate to Shop No matter how much you love shopping, searching for plus size clothes can destroy your will to live. And if you hate to shop in the first place, it can take you months to convince yourself to give it a try. Unless you're a master seamstress and can make your... Read more 2 Comments
Your Plus Size LBD Doesn't Have to be Little. Or Black. Or a Dress. When you think LBD, you probably picture Audrey Hepburn in pearls and long gloves. It's an elegant look, but hardly appropriate for the office. But lose the gloves and add a blazer, and you're ready for work. Or throw on a denim jacket and a scarf and run some errands.... Read more
How to Shop Clearance Without Losing Your Will to Live Whenever IÂ come across the words, "Clearance Sale" I get flashbacks to searching through overstuffed department store clothing racks, desperate to find something in my size. I used to get so focused on finding a bargain that I'd be tempted to buy things in colors that look awful on me, or... Read more
Make Any Outfit More Stylish Instantly Some fashion emergencies are really wardrobe malfunctions - a lost button, a broken strap, a loose hem. But sometimes you really need to look a lot more stylish with no warning. Remember - fashion is armor and sometimes you need to suit up and go into battle on the spur of the... Read more
Plus Size Outfits for Beating the Heat Is there any month as dreaded as August? Sure February is gray and dismal, but a bright wooly hat and scarf can fix that. But the dog days of Summer? There's going to be a day this month when you're going to consider shaving your head because you're just. so.... Read more
5 Things That Make Caring For Your Vikki VI Classics a Snap Some customers tell us they've been wearing the same Vikki Vi Classics for decades. Not the same styles - the same exact pair of pants. Others say, "they're great but get too long after a while." What's the difference? The annoying reality is that most of us don't know how... Read more 9 Comments
What's Your Plus Size Style Personality? For the longest time, my signature look was It Fits. If something fit both my body and whatever arbitrary work or school dress code I was dealing with at the time, I wore it. Once we started getting actual options in the plus size world, I was able to discover my... Read more 8 Comments
Layering While Plus Size I used to worry that layering clothes on my plus size body just wasn't a good look. I was haunted by the ill-fitting clothes of my youth. Of course wearing a too-snug blazer over anything was bound to make me look and feel like a child so bundled up to play in... Read more
How to Look Good in Photos When You're Plus Size There's so much to love about parties - the fun, the food, the friends! And much to hate - really bad photos of you popping up on social media. Some of those pictures are unavoidable - bad lighting and poor amateur photographers are as much a fact of life as... Read more 3 Comments
Plus Size Style on a Budget Clothes are an investment. Not just in how you look, but in how you feel. And thanks to Cost Per Wear, cheap flimsy bargains are rarely worth it. But even the chicest Frenchwoman hits up the twice-a-year sales. Scoring a fabulous piece for a great price is so much better than... Read more
Which Vikki Vi Size Am I? You don't need me to tell you that women's clothing has a sizing problem. Every brand has a different definition of 2X, and sizing charts can be big ol' liars. You've been betrayed before, so it's hard to trust any size tag. I can't help you with all the clothes... Read more 2 Comments
Wearing Scarves with Vikki Vi Classics I'm always talking about how accessories can change the look of our classics. That's a pretty generic statement, so I decided to mix things up this week and show you exactly what I'm talking about. Some of you know the power of the scarf, but could use more ideas. Others have... Read more 3 Comments
Plus Size Travel Essentials Everything is easier when you have the right gear. That's why I own four types of spatula, and at least five types of knitting needle. It's also why I have a vast collection of small, refillable toiletry bottles. (Take that, Marie Kondo.) Travel is stressful for everyone. Add to that all... Read more 2 Comments
The Secret to Plus Size Style I won't keep you in suspense - it's confidence. Sorry, I know you were hoping I'd say that all you have to do is buy this one outfit and you'd have all the style in the world. Instead, I'm telling you that style comes from feeling good about yourself in... Read more
