Why Your Plus Size Pants Don't Fit Right It's a perfectly natural assumption that women under 5'3" wear petite length pants, women over 5'9" wear tall length, and women in between wear regular length pants. And in many cases, that's correct. But if your waistbands tend to hit you in an uncomfortable spot, there's more to it. All these standardized... Read more
How to Throw Together a Plus Size Outfit at the Last Minute Some people like to plan out their outfits before they go to bed and set everything out so they can get dressed in the morning quickly and easily. I am not one of those people. I consider myself organized if I manage to lay out my clothes before I get... Read more 2 Comments
How to Make a Plus Size Outfit Something Special I've gone on and on about how you shouldn't buy clothes that you could only wear on a special occasion. In most instances, it's better to invest in well-made, versatile pieces. But that doesn't mean I think you should show up at parties wearing the same exact outfit you wear to... Read more 2 Comments
The Guide to Being a Plus Size Wedding Guest (or MOB) I used to think that buying a dress that I'd probably never wear again was a requirement for attending a wedding. How else will the bride know how happy I am for her? It would be rude to show up in a dress I'd worn before. It's one of those... Read more 6 Comments
Plus Size Class Reunion Outfits Is there a more terrifying phrase than "class reunion"? Probably, but this one is right up there. Our school years are just so fraught with drama and angst and cliques and why do I want to see these people? Good question. If nothing else, you want to show off how... Read more 1 Comment
How to Help Your Kids and Grandkids Love Themselves So many of us were raised to hate ourselves. Our grown-ups didn’t plan it that way, but it was an unintended consequence of their efforts to encourage us to be our best selves. And their own baggage was accidentally passed down to us along with their beautiful eyes and wicked... Read more 5 Comments
The Plus Size Guide to Dressing Up For the COVID Holidays There's no place like home for the holidays, which is exactly where I'll be. Like many of you this year, I'll be celebrating the holidays in my very own living room surrounded only by people I live with. Instead of squeezing around a dining room table that became too small 10... Read more 2 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
Surviving the Holiday Fat Shaming There's a lot to love about the holiday season - the food, the family. There's also a lot to hate about the holiday season, like all the drama surrounding food and family. You can make this year better, no matter how much your relatives work your last nerve. It has... Read more 3 Comments
Plus Size Outfits for Serious Occasions Funerals. I mean funerals. And memorial services. We don't like to think about it, but it's a fact of life and you'll be much happier if you have a serious outfit in your closet in advance. OK, maybe not happier. But a lot less stressed. I know you really don't want... Read more 1 Comment
We've Added Some Cool Accessibility Features Our website has gotten a bit of a polish behind the scenes, designed to make the site more usable. We've added an accessibility widget that can enhance your experience whenever you visit us. But, of course, anything with lots of handy dandy functionality can be confusingly complicated. And if you... Read more
Style Tips for Rectangle Shaped Women If you're rectangle shaped, you've probably spent your share of time glaring at the mirror annoyed that you're plus sized by not curvy. Oh, the injustice of it all. Except that a plus size rectangle shaped woman has more fashion options than other women. You actually have it pretty good. I'm... Read more 1 Comment
More Plus Size Job Interview Tips It's no secret that plus size women are at a disadvantage in the job market. We're less likely to be hired or promoted than thinner women, and we tend to get paid quite a bit less. We're just assumed to be less competent. It's a ridiculous assumption to make, but you can't... Read more 2 Comments
Plus Size Mother (and Grandmother) of the Bride Outfits You've heard me go on and on about how you don't have to buy a new outfit to attend a wedding. And if you're a civilian (aunt, cousin, etc.) at a specific wedding, that advice stands. But when you're the Mother of the Bride (MOB) or Grandmother of the Bride... Read more
Style Tips for Pear Shaped Women Maybe you call yourself pear shaped, or maybe you prefer triangle-shaped. Either way, you've probably wasted a ridiculous amount of time and energy glaring at your hips in a dressing room mirror. Stop blaming your hips and stop looking for fabulous outfits in all the wrong places. Reality check time... Read more 3 Comments
