Eating Out While Plus Size Eating in public while plus size can be challenging. In her debut novel, Good In Bed, Jennifer Weiner writes about the tension between what we want to eat, and what we'll let ourselves eat, and what we'll eat in public. So much yes. Yet we walk that tightrope and we still... Read more 1 Comment
The Plus Size Job Interview Secret Weapon Is it an impressive briefcase? Eyeglasses? Magic earrings that hypnotize people into giving you job offers? Nah. It's a blazer. No, wait! Come back! Yes, I know it's the 21st century. But the more things change, the more you still need a blazer. Let me 'splain. Wearing a blazer can... Read more 2 Comments
Plus Size Clothing Sizing Let's face it - women's clothing sizing is inconsistent and frustrating, and plus size clothing sizing is the most frustrating of all. Years ago, I was shopping in a mall with my now-husband and he needed to get some pants. He walked over to the wall of pants, grabbed a... Read more
Packing While Plus Size For most people, lost luggage is an expensive inconvenience. For plus size women, it's a disaster. I have plenty of sympathy for people who have to go straight from the airport to a department store to replace their misplaced clothes. But we can't even do that. Plus size clothing is... Read more 4 Comments
Traveling While Plus Size - Taking Chances One of the things I love about traveling is the chance to get away from myself for a while. Vacation Me is just a little different from Regular Me. Leaving my usual routine means shaking things up, trying new things, and taking chances. Not that I'm an adventurer. My idea of a... Read more 4 Comments
Versatile Plus Size Clothing When we're looking for versatile plus size clothing, we tend to look at a specific garment and ponder where we could wear it and what we could wear it with. It's an extension of shopping for a specific event (which you should never have to do because you own so... Read more
Durable Plus Size Clothing In a lot of ways, durable is a really drab word. It reminds me of the 1980s tv ad for (quick google) Wendy's that featured a soviet fashion show. All the models were wearing the same gray shift dress. Day vair - gray dress. Svim vair - gray dress. You get the... Read more
Easy Care Plus Size Clothing We have this tendency to think that stylish clothing is high maintenance and the only garments that are easy to care for look sloppy. But that's not really the truth. Vikki Vi classics are easy care and stylish. It can be done. So let's look at what easy care really... Read more
Age Appropriate Plus Size Clothing What counts as age appropriate depends quite a bit on your personal style (and your actual age). You might think that age appropriate means avoiding loud patterns and bright colors. Or you might think the opposite (like I do). But there's definitely a certain quality that makes a garment age... Read more
Petite Plus Size Shopping Tips It's a little silly how the people behind most clothing brands seem to think that you can't be petite AND plus size. Even though the average American woman is only 5'3". Worse - some seem to think that we get taller as we get bigger. So if you're 5'2" and wear a... Read more
Plus Size Clothes for Retirement Retirement can really make a woman rethink her wardrobe. Even women who have been loving Vikki Vi for years may think they don't need us anymore once they retire - because they've associated our clothes with office wear. Sure, Vikki Vi is well known as comfortable and stylish workwear. But... Read more
How to Dress When Your Plus Size Hips Are Extra Plus I'm not talking about your typical pear-shaped figure here (though these tips do apply to any pear. I'm talking about Super Pear shaped women, which may be a term I just made up. Pear shaped women have hips that are wider in proportion than their shoulders. Super Pear is that, but... Read more 1 Comment
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
What Plus Size Body Shape Am I? I love this question because some style experts incorrectly think that plus size is a body shape all on its own. As if crossing that threshold magically changes your bone structure or where your body keeps your adipose tissue. This thinking may explain some of the downright awful plus size... Read more 1 Comment
Don't Fear the Measuring Tape We plus size women buy most of our clothing online. This gives us countless options, but it also complicates the whole process. Women's clothing sizes are ridiculously inconsistent, so you need to know your measurements if you don't want to have to exchange or return half the things you order. Yet... Read more 1 Comment
