The Glamazon Girls… September 30, 2007

“Born on a small island in a little place called the East Village the Glamazons never lost their baby fat. These song and dance girls prove that the stage is big enough for the most buxom of beauties. Giving you a large, hot helping of bawdy burlesque, striptease, go go dancing and sassy songs…they serve it up with a sexy style all their own. The girls have been described as the plus-size Pussy Cat Dolls.

The Glamazons are 4 fierce ladies who are singing and dancing their way through New York City. They’ve performed at numerous places, including The Roxy, Avalon and The Rainbow Room. These girls have also been seen strutting their stuff on the WB Morning show on more than one occasion. They are strong, sexy, plus size women who can sing anything from showtunes to hip hop.“
Read more here…

Plus-Size Fashions! September 30, 2007

 

 

 

I think one thing we can all agree on as plus sized fashionistas, is that it’s difficult to BE fashionistas, and find fashionable and well-fitting clothes. Just because we are fatties, doesn’t mean our taste for fashion is soured, we want to dress like we’re 80 years old, or we don’t care enough to look GREAT!

This is a list of some trendy and beautiful plus-size clothing stores. Some of the links are for online-only stores, some are just previews for brick and mortar stores, and some are both. They range in affordability and sizes, in which I’ve provided summaries of that info. below.

Happy shopping!

http://www.alight.com/

Sizes: 14-30

Price Range: $25-$150

 

http://astartewoman.com

Sizes: 14-32

http://www.avenue.com

Sizes: 14-32

Price Range: $35-$80

 

http://www.bandlu.com

Sizes: 14-30

Price Range: $35-$65

 

http://www.bigonbatik.com

Sizes: 18-40 (or 1X-6X)

Price Range: $50-$90

 

http://www.buxomboutique.com/home

Sizes: 10-24 ( or 1X-4X)

Price Range: $12-$20

 

http://www.casual-plus.com/

Sizes: 1X-5X

Price Range: $12-$32

 

http://www.catofashions.com/

Sizes: 0-28

Price Range: $15-$35

 

http://www.cherished-woman.com/

Sizes: 14+

Price Range: $45-$250

 

http://www.curvygirlclothing.com/

Sizes: 1X-4X

Price Range: $30-$60

 

http://www.daphne1.com/

Sizes: 12-32

Price Range: $100-$200

 

http://www.dots.com/dotsmain.htm

 

http://www.shopchopsuey.com/

Sizes: 1X-3X

Price Range: $20-$30

 

http://www.fashionbug.com/

Sizes: 14-32

Price Range: $12-$40

 

http://www.ftfstores.com/welcome.htm

Sizes: 14-26

Price Range: $12-$36

 

http://www.igigi.com/

Sizes: 14-32

Price Range: $25-$200

 

http://www.ki-ke.com/

Sizes: 10-28 (0X-4X)

Price Range: $30-$60

 

http://www.kiyonna.com/

Sizes: 12+

Price Range: $48-$180

 

http://www.lanebryant.com

Sizes: 12-32

Price Range: $25-$80

 

http://www.maximumwoman.com/

Sizes: 14+

Price Range: $50-$220

 

http://www.monifc.com/

Sizes: 14+

Price Range: $138-$300

 

http://www.mudskippergirl.com/

Sizes: 10-24 (0-4)

Price Range: $29-$32

 

http://www.oldnavy.com/

Sizes: 1X-4X

Price Range: $10-$40

 

http://www.pacificplex.com/

Sizes: 1X-3X

Price Range: $25-$55

 

 

 

http://www.rainbowshops.com

Sizes: 1X-3X

Price Range: $10-$30

 

http://www.sizeappeal.com/

Sizes: 14-28 (1X-4X)

Price Range: $29-$62

 

https://www.swakdesigns.com/

Sizes: 1X-5X

Price Range: $20-$50

 

http://www.torrid.com/

Sizes: 12-28 (0-4)

Price Range: $24-$68

 

http://www.zaftique.com/

Sizes: 12-38

Price Range: $42-$190

 

http://www.ashleystewart.com

 

http://www.mxm.ca/

Price Range: $30+

 

http://www.dulcestyle.homestead.com/

Sizes: L-XXXL

Price Range: $15-$40

 

http://www.abbyz.com/

 

http://www.svobodastyle.com/

Sizes: 10-24

Price Range: $49-$155

 

http://www.addition-elle.com/en/

Sizes: 12-24

Price Range: $39-$79

 

http://www.simplyfashions.com/

Sizes: 14-36

Price Range: $12.99+

 

http://www.evans.co.uk

Sizes: 14-32

Price Range: £18-£55

http://www.silhouettes.com

Sizes: 12-24

Price Range: $29-$180

 

http://simplybeuk.drct2u.com/home.jsp

Sizes: 12-30

Price Range: £16-£100

 

http://www.voluptuousclothing.com/

Sizes: 14-22

 

http://www.jahqoi.com/

Sizes: 14-32 (1X-5X)

Price Range: $40-$105

 

http://www.womanwithin.com/

Sizes: 12-44

Price Range: $7-$50

 

http://www.annascholz.com/

Sizes: 12-28

Price Range: £49.00+

http://www.missphit.com/catalog/products_new.php

Sizes: 14W-24W

Price Range: $39+

 

http://cennev.com/

Sizes: 12-24

Price Range: $30+

 

http://www.mimiscurvycorner.com/home.html

Sizes: 14-36

Price Range: $20+

 

http://www.itsfashions.com/index.cfm

Sizes: Juniors-PLUS Size Juniors

Price Range: $10+

http://www.SydneysCloset.com

Sizes: 14-44

Price Range: $99-$500

 

Plus size model hunt! The winner could be you!! September 30, 2007

Skorch Magazine has teamed up with an upcoming NEW plus-size fashion line through MEWV, in seeking its signature model for the line’s premiere in December. There’s NO FEE! And just for coming out, you’ll receive special discounts for their host retailer and MEWV fashion!!

The contest has already begun touring, but the remaining locations include:

PORTLAND, OR
Sunday, Oct. 7th from 11am to 4pm
Location: The Venue, 2808 NE MLK, Portland, OR

LOS ANGELES – Special Partnership with LOVE YOUR BODY DAY!
Sunday, Oct. 21st from Noon to 4pm
Plummer Park – Fiesta Hall
1200 N. Vista Street, West Hollywood, CA

Visit here for more details!

Love Your Body Day!! September 29, 2007

The NOW Foundation’s Women’s Health Project launched the Love Your Body campaign in Sept. 1998 as a national day of action to speak out against advertisements and images of women that are harmful, offensive, disrespectful and demeaning. Each year, on Love Your Body Day, activists around the country say “no” to twisted beauty standards and hazardous advertisements by holding rallies, pickets, house parties, classroom discussions and more.

Specific to the Hollywood Chapter, our focus in purpose is to address and serve the needs, issues, and concerns of women in Hollywood – both geographic and entertainment industry.  We’re working to redefine the image of women in Hollywood, and we recognize real beauty as healthy bodies – inside and out.

A Fattie Rant…by yours truly… September 27, 2007

 

 

Okay I’m going to go on a fattie rant here so bare with me…or don’t ..I don’t care…

 

But all I want to do is ask WHY?! WHY?!

 

Why do people have to be so discriminatory and down right HATEFUL towards fat people? What’s it worth to them to become so aggressive and angry with us?

 

My fat is NOT contagious…looking at me is not going to cause your body to balloon into the size of a whale causing you infinite misery with yourself. This I promise.

 

My being fat does NOT affect your life. It does not cause you financial distress, for your significant other to break up with you, or even your car to break down. The negative experiences in your life are not a result of my fat.

 

My happiness and fortunate life is NOT a result of my being fat. It’s a result of what I’ve worked hard for, and the loved ones I surround myself with. So don’t you dare tell me I don’t deserve my nice house, or my nice car, or my hot boyfriend, with the lame ass excuse of me being a fattie.

 

You can wonder all you want as to why I “allow” myself to be fat…I’m lazy, I’m disgusting, I’m low-class, I lack discipline…I don’t give a fuck what excuses you derive. Why? Because it’s NOT your concern, and AGAIN my fat does NOT affect you in anyway! AND IT NEVER WILL!

 

I’m not your therapy for your miserable pathetic life that you’ve caused for yourself, so stop acting like I am! This means stop judging me, stop determining what I do or don’t deserve, and stop telling me I’m a horrid person for being FAT. This is NOT going to improve your life, and this is NOT going to make you a better person. So stop. Seriously just fucking shut up.

“Bright Lights, Big Ass” September 15, 2007

“Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl’s Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?” by Jen Lancaster

(Jen is on the right)

Jen Lancaster is truly a beautiful woman, who happens to also be on the curvier side. She has a way of being brutally honest, and a bit facetious (okay, VERY facetious), but too hilarious to find it insulting. You’ll find she’s (sometimes scarily) easy to relate to, and someone you’d love to be friends with.

If curse words and being politically incorrect offends you, I do NOT recommend you read her books. Otherwise, hunt her books down and be prepared to laugh out loud!

She also has her own blogging site called Jennsylvania , and of course has jumped on the myspace bandwagon found here.

And not that I’m bias or anything, but the fact that another of my favorite author’s, being that of Jennifer Weiner who wrote Good in Bed , praises her work, is all the more reason for you to check her out and quickly realize you’re definitely a Jen Lancaster fan!

 

The more you weigh, the less you’re paid! August 29, 2007

The more you weigh, could result in the less you’re paid. And it’s legal.

 

Many companies are trying to cut costs, especially with health insurance and benefits offered to their employees.  The idea is, the larger you are, the more money you’re going to cost the company, because you’re more likely to be unhealthy, and hence claim more health insurance than your skinny co-worker in the next cubicle.

And now companies are determined to be one step ahead of you. Instead of suffering the inevitable consequences of your poor health and doctor bills (*sarcasm*), companies are collecting $10-$50 from each paycheck! Oh, it gets even better…their basis in determining who has to pay the fat tax? The proven to be ineffective BMI scale, (which was developed by insurance agencies, not doctors, by the way)!

But alas! The companies offer the fatties good news! As our BMI’s decrease, so does our fat tax, but don’t be fooled! If our BMI increases, so does the fat tax.

Is this some kind of government conspiracy to encourage the obese to lose fat, to in turn, gain fatter paychecks, and to overcome the “obesity epidemic”?

Should this be legal? Is this discrimination, or is this justified when viewing the best interests of your company, and the insurance companies? How would you feel having to log your BMI for your employer,when losing or gaining weight? The same thing is happening with smokers. In fact it’s completely legal to not hire someone based solely that they’re a smoker. This is the same idea…smokers are beleived to have more health problems, and hence will cost the company more money. Would you beleive this is justified for smokers? What’s the differene between it being right or wrong for an overweight group, and a smoker’s group?

So I saw the movie “Hairspray” August 4, 2007

Now mind you, I have NOT seen the musical, and the original movie I had seen MANY moons ago, so basically I was going in with very little background info. on the movie/musical/lyrics, etc….

Now I went and saw this movie with a female friend of mine, who’s a very curvy girl, and a male friend with a bit of a belly. So none of us are skinny…

The movie is basically about “acceptance” for both overweight people, and in relation to the time period it was taking place in, acceptance of integrating white and black people.

Some of the lyrics were just shocking to me! Some of the lines were quite racist, but were meant to be in reflection of the character being a racist and against integration I suppose.

Since this is a fattie blog, I’m not going to address the racist lyrics, but rather, as my friend who viewed the movie with me, referred to it as, focus on the “Fatt-ist”lyrics.

Take for example:

“Once i was a selfish fool
Who never understood
I never looked inside myself
Though on the outside, i looked good!

Then we met and you made me
The man i am today
Tracy, i’m in love with you
No matter what you weigh “

And

” Bring on that pecan pie
Pour some sugar on it
Sugar don’t be shy

Scoop me up a mess
Of that chocolate swirl
Don’t be stingy,
I’m a growing girl

1 offer big love
With no apology
How can i deny the world
The most of me

I am not afraid
To throw my weight around
Pound by pound by pound
Because i’m
Big, blonde and beautiful “

” Everybody warns
That he won’t like what he’ll see
But i know that he’ll look
Inside of me yeah,”

” You cant stop my happiness
‘Cause i like the way i am
And you just can’t stop my knife and fork
When i see a christmas ham
So if you don’t like the way i look
Well, i |ust don’t give a damn!”

My female friend was downright appalled and insulted. I was really suprise at how angry she was. My male friend was suprised to, but laughed it off by singing the lyrics above over and over. I on the other hand, wasn’t sure of what opinion to form, and I’m still unsure.

Have you seen the movie or the musical on stage? What do you feel about the overall message? The lyrics?

Vanity Sizing? July 8, 2007

Vanity Sizing: Clothing Labels Lie!

We’re all familiar with it. At one store we wear size X in jeans, and at another store we wear 2 sizes smaller! Are we really smaller than we thought, or larger than we thought? Why can’t there be standard sizes for women? Well don’t expect that to happen anytime soon…

The competitors in the fashion industry have been making clothes larger, but marking them sizes smaller! Why? Its psychological and self-esteem benefits of the consumer, lead to monetary benefits for the seller! Wearing a size or two smaller than we expect usually causes an instant “high” that causes us to go straight to the cash register for purchase. Whereas, if we end up struggling trying on clothing that’s too small, or those that fit posess a tag with a number too high for us to swallow, our shopping experience makes us upset, depressed, and we end up buying very little, if anything at all. You know the strategy works! It’s much like the ideal that many dressing rooms are now posessing mirrors that stretch you vertically, making you appear more slender than you really are, resulting in purchases you otherwise may have not made.

More information on this article by Kristina Maury here.

More Fattie Art July 7, 2007

Fattie Art by J. Rose. She has some rather unique fattie pin-up style paintings, as well as erotica (not X rated), and portraits. She also offers doing personal portrait artwork upon request. Check it out!

EDIT: It appears J. Rose’s Fattie Art website is currently down. She does however have a myspace page found here.