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
Style Tips for Apple Shaped Women Having an apple shaped body can be frustrating. The other body shapes are all variations on each other. An apple shaped body is different. Not wrong. Not worse. Just different. Like every other body shape, yours is more comfortable in some styles than others. So stop wasting time cursing at... Read more 2 Comments
Stop Cursing Your Hips: Style Tips for Pear Shaped Women Plus size is a size category, not a body shape. That means that not every piece of plus size clothing is going to be right for every plus size woman. Though really, wear whatever makes you happy. We're not the fashion police. But certain silhouettes work with your body's shape... Read more 2 Comments
Style Tips for Inverted Triangle Shaped Women There are two types of Inverted Triangle shaped women - gals whose shoulders are wider than their hips, and ladies whose bust measurement is bigger than their hips. Whichever one you are, you've undoubtedly been told to make your hips look bigger to balance out your top. Which, sure. Get... Read more 2 Comments
Plus Size Date Night Outfits You've finally scheduled a night out with your longtime love. You have reservations at a nice restaurant, tickets for a show, or spots in a cooking class. It's time to reconnect and remind yourself why you liked your partner in the first place. And for some women, it's time to panic about... Read more
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
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
Change Your Words to Change Your Life There's a lot of talk about reinventing ourselves at this time of year. Or fixing ourselves if we're going to be honest. There's always room for improvement, but we all tend to think of ourselves as walking disasters that need to be whipped into shape. And then we wonder why... Read more
Style Tips for Plus Size Hourglass Shaped Women It is absolutely possible to be plus size and have an hourglass shaped body. Since hourglass is considered to be the ideal shape, most clothes are designed to look good on your body. But there are still a few things you need to consider when getting dressed. If you're hourglass... Read more
Wearing the Right Color for Your Complexion Some colors make me look like I haven't slept in a week. Other colors make me look like I've just left the makeup trailer and I'm ready for my close up. Knowing which colors are my friends has saved me from wasting loads of cash on clothes I'll never wear.... Read more
In Praise of Buying Multiples We've all done it. You find a top that you like, looks good on you, and fits well. And so you buy it in three colors. Victory! And then some clueless spouse or coworker insinuates that it's a bad thing to own three of the same shirt. They are super... Read more 1 Comment
In Defense of Dressing Modestly No matter how a woman dresses, someone is going to criticize. If she shows too much skin (whatever that means), someone will say she's a floozy, or trying to look younger than she is. If she doesn't show enough skin, that same someone might say she's uptight or ashamed of her body.... Read more 1 Comment
Building a Carefully Curated Wardrobe It drives me crazy when people shop thoughtlessly. How much do you have to love your job to throw away your income on anything you're not sure you're going to adore? To me, money isn't just something I can exchange for goods and services. It represents time I could've spent... Read more
You Already Have a Beach Body I've seen a few tweets lately that have given me hope for womankind. They all say something like, "The beach is going to be happy with the body I give it." Finally! After years of hearing about how we have to change our bodies for the beach, women are questioning... Read more
How to Banish Chub Rub Let's face it - our inner thighs rub together. It may be called Chub Rub, but it's not exclusively a plus size problem. Any woman without wide-set hips (and therefore a thigh gap), is going to have inner thighs that rub against each other. This is no big deal in cold weather... Read more 1 Comment
