Officers Spindiego and Fierce

Top 5 Fat Fashion Offenses

1. Jumpsuits: Are you serious- I mean honestly are you serious? Big boobs, big stomach, and whether you have little chicken thighs or big thighs this is not the look for you. We just don’t think you OR me look like Jennifer Lopez!  J-Lo works hard for that body- we do not.

Remember these shoes? Even Payless tried to steal this style. This jump suit looks great on her. Doesn't translate well on us.

She actually looks cute in this-- but you know damn well if you try to put this on..it might not look so flattering

2. Big Patterns: Oh my god. You have a giant sign that is pointing to you stating, “ I am in the capitol of Chublandia”. You think that a pattern is going to be good, it’s going to cover, hide and distract people from the negative parts. But when you put a big ass polka dot over your titty, do you really think you’re hiding anything? It’s like a drug commercial. Just say no. Say no to big horizontal stripes. Say No to big polka dots. Say No to big corney flowers. Say No to tye dye. Just say NO to tye dye. And animal prints. We love animal prints, especially Officer Spindiego, but multiple animal prints on one item of clothing is unacceptable.

How many Safari Animals were killed to make this ugly shirt?

We could see where you thought this was a good idea. But it's not. Not even for the beach

3. Midriffs: Why is your stomach showing? Why do you think its okay? It’s embarrassing for us to even see you walking down the street with your stomach hanging out.  From one chub to another, stop the insanity. We can’t take you seriously and neither does anyone else. Also- fat people shouldn’t wear bikinis and we should not ever wear see-through shirts. No. Absolutely not. You are not in TLC circa 1993.

The ONLY thing saving this shirt is that she has on a longer shirt under it. But we both know that is not usually how these shirt are worn...

4. Non-fitting dress clothes: This one is just sad. You wear dress clothes because you have somewhere dressy to go. Nothing is worse then when they don’t fit. We all look the same when we are wearing these clothes. Same grey suit, same black suit and it doesn’t look good on anybody.  We can’t stand it when people’s dresses don’t fit them. Just because we are fat doesn’t mean we don’t have a shape. You shouldn’t be drowning in your own dress.

5. Shoes with no support: Two Pillsbury dough rolls, popping out the pan. That what your feet look like. The side of your foot is actually touching the ground—only slightly, but your touching the ground. And it’s easy to buy those shoes. They are comfortable and cheap. You can get them at Target or Payless. But we aren’t those women, we don’t have dainty feet. We have ancient Roman gladiator feet. And they need support and pedicures.

This dough boy moment could have been avoided. " Woo hoo"

Top 3 Fat Fashion Offenders:

I can't believe some of these stores sell ugly clothes to big girls! Not cool

1. Catherine’s: Has the nerve to have a TREND ALERT BUTTON. We’re not fooled. Everything we said don’t do above, is on this website. You need to set your security settings to block this site. We know this is a Lane Bryant sister store—but this looks like your great Aunt Betty’s closet. And we know you have an Aunt Betty.

2. Baby Phat: Meow. A shiny, pleather, peacoat. No Kimora, No. You know, we want to love Baby Phat, and sometimes there are some cute things but um—the offenses are far greater than any positive trends in Baby Phat. The #1 offense is the all denim jump suit. Once again, you are not J.Lo and this is not the early 2000’s.

3. Deb Plus: Warning: Sizes are not what they appear to be. Kind of like Rue 21 or Pac Sun. Its kinda cute, and it kinda fits ( it KINDA fits). We’re all Juniors at heart, but we are grown ass women and we have to shop in grown ass stores. Is that lingerie we see? Bedazzled thongs? Do not sink to this level. The originators of crushed velvet.

How to get your shit together:

Girls, No more steppin out looking busted. We have 3 tips to help you get your sexy girl back in order!

Spend the Money. To dress to impress you must invest. You’re worth the money. It’s you, it’s yourself and you deserve it. Heaven forbid that you go out and want to buy something that looks good on you. It is better to have a few pieces that are valuable, then a bunch of clothes from Burlington Coat Factory that don’t fit (Not that we are hating on Burlington, much love!). We have a friend and she is so fly. She is a plus size woman who has a bomb job at a non-profit and she is always on point. We asked her what her secret was and she said she only really shops at Nordstrom and Macy’s. Provided everyone doesn’t have Nordstrom and Macy’s money, but the point is you have to invest in cute clothes that fit your body. This doesn’t mean spending a lot of money. It means that when you come across one item at a store that you normally shop at, a piece that looks great—you need to buy it. Finally, we have a shape. It might be an apple, orange, watermelon, cantaloupe or plum, but damn it we have a shape and you should show off those curves, appropriately…

Small and Complex or Big and Simple.You should not always wear black. You have to be original, creative and just as funky as the next girl. You do this by choosing different colors and styles and mixing it up, but what you cannot do is choose a big fat polka dot pattern. Choose a color that flatters your personality and your skin tone. Choose a dress that has a small curved pattern- whether it is in the fabric or the print. Just make sure that you are being strategic about your choice. And remember, no TYE DYE.

This dress is adorable. It has a small print, electric color and it looks like it fits a curvy body type well.

Shoes with Support. You look better, you feel better and you walk confidently when you have on shoes that both fit well and support your body. And by support we do not mean wearing heels or tennis shoes everyday. We want you to invest in shoes that have soles, binding and elevation. We suggest shopping at stores like Nine West and Nordstrom Rack. They have wider sizes, larger sizes and more options.

These shoes are great. Nice pattern. There is a sole with binding and it even has a slight elevation.

At the end of the day it all comes down to confidence. We need for you to feel confident when you walk out of the house. It’s the difference between having a wonderful day and feeling like crap. The clothes you wear represent more than just you. When you walk down the street you are representing more than just your looks but your personality and character.  When you step out of the house, you are representing the entire big girl community.

We are here to help. We are still going through this process—trust we were looking crazy too, going to Deb, eating pretzels and drinking icees. But if you need help, fashion advice or even just support hit us up at CrazySexyNCurvy@gmail.com

You are going to California, Florida, Ohio, France. You must fly and there is no way around it. You hate it, I hate it, we all hate it. These are our stories.

The Seat belt.

It is never more apparent that I need to lose weight until I get into the seat and the seatbelt doesn’t fit. I pray to Saint Fatty that there will be enough give on the seat belt to fit around my body. I actually travel with a seatbelt extender. For those of you who don’t know what a seatbelt extender is- when you watch a flight attendant do the demonstration with the seatbelt- that’s also what they give to chubsters that can’t fit the seatbelt. I used to have shame around carrying around 3-5 seatbelt extenders in my purse (I have one in my purse right now- seriously). But nothing is more mortifying than asking a flight attendant for a seatbelt extender. The nice ones keep it on the down low and put it in your hand so no one sees it, but some evil bitches will plop it down in your lap in front of the entire airplane right before you take off. I’d rather steal them and keep them in my purse than face that humiliation.

Need a little extra room? So do I!

Other Seat belt opinions…

Nothing is worse than when a flight attendant asks you if you would like a seat belt extender and you don’t need one! This is equally as mortifying. Just because I am fat doesn’t mean that I cannot fit into the seat. S/he should wait for me to ask! And  tiny ass commuter planes can go to hell. No one can fit on them. No one.

 The Seat.

Walking down the aisle is like playing ping pong as I hit old women and children with my luscious booty. Its not my fault they make the aisle so small! Finally I find my seat. Middle. Sigh. Nothing is worse than the middle seat, I would rather run a marathon, barefoot and naked  in New York City than sit my big ass in a middle seat, especially between two skinny people, but sitting between two fat people isn’t any better either!  My chub claimed the armrest before I even sat down and the minute I pretend to get settled, the people next to me are already playing tug of war with the armrests! People are really inconsiderate when it comes to middle seat etiquette . You see me struggling. Sitting as still as I possibly can and then your skinny ass takes the arm rest? Your stuck sitting in an uncomfortable boat yoga position and needless to say this is not ideal.

If only real airplane seats were paisley with extra booty and leg room..

After 5 painful minutes of trying to get settled, you try to stretch your legs out, and they don‘t go anywhere. The airplane is the antithesis of leg room. Actually, it should be called un-leg room because there is none. At this point, you have to pay for leg room. What is included in the ticket price, if not the space in front me, what does this ticket cover? Then on most flights the only seat with leg room is the exit row—but then you have to be responsible for the entire plane and If this plane goes down, am I suppose to take care of all of these people that don’t care about me? I don’t think so! Plus if we are on the way down, get out of my way—I am not saving anybody.

You already don't have leg room and THEN SOMEONE HAS THE NERVE TO PUSH THEIR SEAT BACK ( insert middle finger here)

 Then the drink cart. If you are sitting in the aisle, you are most certainly about to get hit with the cart because your chubby little arm is in the aisle. The last time I was on a plane, the flight attendant spilled water on me and didn’t even NOTICE and got an attitude when I asked for a napkin! I was actually woken up by the flight attendant hitting me with the cart, not noticing until I repeatedly asked for napkins. You’ve got your drink then you try to let down the shitty tiny tray table, thinking for all this money, wouldn’t it be nice to put my drink down and maybe eat the cheap pretzels. You unhook the table and it rests at a 45 degree angle on top of your stomach or thighs. Sigh.

These people are only happy because they are skinny and there is liquor on top of this drink cart

 The Food.

 I’m hungry. You can tell and I can tell to. I look hungry. So why are you pretending like I’m not. Sometimes before the plane leaves, I try to eat something heavy at the gate just to not have to eat anything on the plane. God forbid I want anything with grease and ranch dressing on the plane. Have you ever seen anybody eating a salad on an airplane? Have you? You’re probably not fat.

  Where are my peanuts?Where have they gone? For 400 dollars I used to look forward to the peanuts. And now you toss us these pretzels? Who wants a nasty little bag of pretzels. They are the most nasty piece of cardboard shit I have ever had. But you know I ate them. Because I was hungry. Mind your own business. You eat your food, I will eat my food and we will both eat the shitty pretzels.

WE WANT NUTS! WE WANT NUTS!

 Bathroom.

 I can barely fit through the door when I’m trying to get in the bathroom so you already know its going to be a bad experience. Why is everything so small? I would rather have less bathrooms in a bigger size than more bathrooms in Polly Pocket size. Where is the seat cover? Going to the bathroom on the airplane is like going to bathroom in a port a potty except it flushes. When I try to turn around my booty hits the door and it looks like something is going on but really its just that I’m fat in a small bathroom. Are there seat covers? Let me know if you find them.

Now that you are absolutely mortified and want to jump off of the plane—we would like to help you combat some of the drama that is flying while fat.

Tips for Fat Success.

 Dress Strategically.

Chubby people have to look nice and I know your head is telling you, “Put on some sweats or gauchos.” You must resist! You have to look nice- wear a dress, wear some cute pants- wear what makes you feel good (Physically AND mentally). Bring a shawl or cardigan- not a puff coat (Why do you own a puff coat? You look like the marshmallow man from Ghostbusters).

Fuck TSA.

We get it. You are keeping America safe. Bin Laden is dead, but terrorists are still out there. Those terrorist are you and me. If there is water in my water bottle can’t you just pour it out? Why do we have to walk all the way behind security to pour it out? Why do we have to walk twenty five feet away as if there was a bomb? Twenty five feet is not enough to save the airport. The best way to deal with TSA is to just be prepared. We know it’s difficult. But if you’re going to have to go through a bunch of changes to get through security then you just need to take it off.

Please big girls, wear something simple to avoid THIS moment

 Bring your own food.

 So you cannot bring water through TSA, but it is safe to bring an entire meal. We’d suggest you bring your own healthy (or unhealthy) snacks. It’s going to save you money because the airport jacks up the prices of everything and you can conceal your snacks in their own Tupperware or snack bags to avoid judgment.

Travel in pairs if you can- or make friends. We had to spend 18 hours a day together; we had to ride many planes together. You are imagining one fat person, think of TWO fat people times all of the horror stories above. But two negatives make a positive. We leaned on each other, fat against fat for 71/2 hours. When we separated both sides of our bodies were covered in sweat. But all I could think was “ at least it was her”. Try to travel with friends or fat admirers and if that doesn’t work, make friends with the people you are sitting next to.

Lie–ahem– tell  a mistruth. Sometimes we just don’t think you should have to sit in the middle seat. Its okay to tell a little white lie. Your hurt your leg, you have chronic headaches, your pregnant, you have to pee all the time. Anything really. Say it with a serious look and a sweet face because they will change your seat. THEY HAVE OTHER SEATS! They are just not giving them away. If all else fails, wait until everyone has boarded the plane, be the last person to board—and take a seat in economy plus—it’s your seat. You have to be a bold person to do this one!

Top Airlines for big girl success

Virgin America- AWESOME. Leather Seats. All you can eat/drink. Games, Movies, Books, Music and Internet.

Jet Blue-Great Snacks! Best snacks. They give you more leg room automatically. You have a personal television. Yeah there is XM radio, but whose listening when you can watch TV?

United- They have decent seats. You can purchase more leg room.

Southwest- is a piece of shit. Yeah your right, I get a free bag. Fuck your free bag. Free bag isn’t worth peace of mind. First, there is a cattle herd. It causes fat people e so much stress thinking about the middle seat. The stolen seat belt extender is not universal on Southwest. And do they have food and drinks? Cause you know that is VERY important to us.

Being on the plane sucks, but we have to do it for work, family, vacation, etc. Make the best of it, don’t let people make you feel bad, because your fierce, fat & fabulous– and don’t let a little plane ruin your big heart.  

No we are not supposed to do it this way. Cosmo, Glamour, even Woman’s World perpetuates the stereotype that not only are we supposed to be hyper sexual but we’re also supposed to put ourselves in the most unachievable positions to obtain sexual pleasure.

It doesn’t mean that we are not creative or we don’t do freaky things. We are freakier than any other chicks in the industry, but there are some things our fat asses cannot do. Example: A few weeks ago we were in yoga, and mind you we love our yoga instructor, but she asked us to do a move where we tried to sit on our shoulders. Our titties suffocated our throats and our legs couldn’t reach around our stomachs to even begin the possibility of having all body weight resting on two fragile shoulders. If one of us was to put all of our body weight was on our shoulders we would look like the hunch back, line backer, hunch back of Notre Dame.

Child Please.

Evidently skinny women can do acrobatics because all of the positions they recommend look like a chubby girl’s worst nightmare. We would like to take second and caution you on positions not to try while fat.

The Table Crusher

The Table Crusher: This is mood killer # 1. We know, you thought this was a good idea. You were trying to be creative, mix it up and do something freaky in the kitchen. You started at doggy style and then YOU decided to be creative and turn on your back and then the table turned on you and now its broken into pieces. How do you tell people what happened- “Oh I fell into the table accidentally.” No hoe you broke it! Trying to be Dominque Dawes and shit.

The Sink Breaker

The Sink Breaker: This is mood killer # 2. Are you serious? What you cannot see in this photo is your ass slipping into the sink- the faucet and the drain. If you could get those legs that close to your chest then you must be a skinny! You know your legs haven’t gotten that close since kiddy gymnastics. And your poor partner has to be the sole supporter.  It is bad enough to have sex in a tiny ass shower where you don’t even have enough space to move around- so tell us why did you think sitting your ass in the sink was a good idea? You knew better. You know you know better.

The Infamous 69

The Infamous 69: We know that curvy lovers love it, but for a fat girl this is our worst nightmare. All of your body weight is on their face? You feel like a sumo wrestler. What are you going to tell their family if they die?  “I apologize for sitting on your sons face ma’am.” You can never get comfortable, never find the right position and when you do, you immediately think you are killing them. Once you’ve figured all this out then you’re supposed to give them head too? Please. You can’t be serious. You are supposed to maintain comfort, not crush your partner, be good at what your doing AND enjoy it? I’d rather have a V8 and a vibrator.

Now that we’ve identified what we should never do, lets us show you some of our favorites!

Chubby Positions: Proceed with care

Doin the butt! Sexy Sexy! Ain't nothin wrong, if you wanna do the butt all night long.

Doggy Style: You definitely do not need three pillows from Pier 1 Imports to do the doggy. This is tried, tested, factory sealed and approved to be #1 position in the chubby industry. If you notice, no one’s “meat” is in the way.

This ain't yo mammies missionary

Ol’ Faithful: We think that missionary gets a bad rap. If you want to do something different with the missionary, get creative with your legs.  Missionary doesn’t have to equal boring, it’s all about the passion AND the comfort. In missionary, you can also have fun with your hands. (Wink)

Ahoy Mate!

The Shapeshifter: You can do anything with your legs. You have to have a partner that can hold a little bit of meat. If you can anchor yourself on a bed or ottoman and get that one foot anchored to the ground- you’re good to go. Your partner gets to watch whatever they love the most- the back, the front – or your face.

Did you think we forgot about you big girls who love girls? Well we didn’t. Girls love girls too.

Who needs Ken when you have Skipper!

The Lefthanded Scissors: Well well well- everybody is free to touch everything. This position is better than a handsfree phone. You can be as intimate or dirty as you want to be.

Who let the dogs out? Woo Woo Woo Woo!

Ride’em Cowgirl: See- everyone loves it- that’s why its #1. You can do everything in this position- every way to please your girl happens here. You can take her down at work or throw her over the couch after a long day. All you need is two hands, a toy and an old Keith Sweat Album.

Fan Favorite

The Universal: Uh oh spaghetti o’s. This picture is worth a thousand words -most of which I said last night and we’ll just leave it at that.

We mean no disrespect. We think this image is beautiful but...

Models from the far left: Fatt Exorcist, Fat Avatar Fat Purple Rain, Fat Garfield, Fat Black Geisha,  Fat Catepillar (from Alice & Wonderland)

Thoughts?

You're Invited...

Theory: Chubby sex is the preferred option.

Hypothesis:  A lot of people want to have sex with a fat woman, but social stigmas and misconceptions prevent them from engaging in dynamic sex. Fat porn is rated in the top 5 most searched categories, so clearly somebody likes it. Actually, a lot of people like it—more than you would care to admit. In fact, on the cover of the December 2009 edition of Adult Video News was a BBW* exclusive and a big step in the coming out of FA’s –fat admirers.

* (big beautiful woman for those of you living under a rock)

We will seek to prove that chubby women and their partners engage in better sex. If you have sex with a chubby woman then it will be the best.

Evidence:

(1)  More cushion for the pushin—is a wonderful thing. We surveyed a broad sample of (>5) men who have had sex with chubby women. The top rated appreciation was more cushion for the pushin’. The survey shows:

1.  Chubby assess are akin to a “sexual tsunami”.
2. Chubby women are soft, comfortable and less likely to have bones you can feel.
3. Chubby women go hard or go home (pun intended).

(2)  B is for Breast. No Boy Chest.

1. It’s a crying shame when a big girl doesn’t have a big chest. Our sincere apologies.
2. Motorboat. Everybody loves a motorboat.
3. Multipurpose. Can you count the ways?

Revoked from the itty bitty titty committee

(3)  Big girls aim to please…and eat.

1. Big women are very meticulous in their techniques.
2. If we can eat a slab of ribs in 15 seconds, we can certainly eat you.
3. Big girls know what they want, and they know what YOU want.
4. We know how many licks it takes to get to the center of the tootsie pop.

Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a tootsie roll to me!

(4)  More flexible than you think.

1. Yoga isn’t just for skinny bitches.
2. You can’t hurt us, but we can hurt you. Sorry.
3. Yes. We can do THAT too.

Conclusion: It really doesn’t matter what you all think. This is what we know. Chubby Women are amazing in the streets and in the sheets. It’s important that we get to a place where we feel completely comfortable with ourselves and we feel  sexy. Once we get to that point we are the best. When we feel good about ourselves and take ownership over the bodies we were given, we will truly achieve utter bliss and happiness—and so will you.

Miss Piggy is the original Head Bitch in Charge. She is the beginning and the end- the Alpha and the Omega. The Queen, The Princess and the Dutchess of all things fly. Today we choose to honor Miss Piggy for her attitude, style, relationship, grace and gumption.

1-      Sex Symbol: Yall don’t know about Miss Piggy. She is plus-size playboy. Clearly men and women adore her.

Sex Symbol Piggy

2-      Attitude: PWA: Piggies with Attitude. She’s charming and she’ll put you in your place. She doesn’t take your shit but you better take hers. She’ll switch up in a heartbeat.

Jail Pig

3-      Style: She is clean as the board of health. She is shinier than Mr. Clean’s head. You have never seen Ms. Piggy look busted. Her weave is an aspirational weave. We can only aspire to have a weave as silky and smooth as hers one day.

Miss Piggy Couture

4-      Lover at Heart: She loves Kermit more than anything. You gotta love a woman that stands by her man. She will cut you, over Kermit.

Big girls need love too

5-      Bitch on the Streets: Who does Piggy think she is that we have to call her by a title? She’s the only person in the Muppets whose name is Miss- miss anything. She will put you in your place, talk about you behind your back and demand that you still love her.

Louis Vutton All Day.

6-      Classic Cadillac: She’s ancient. She is older than Cleopatra. If we opened a tomb and looked in the great pyramid there would be a rib bone that Miss Piggy ate, because she is still alive.

Piggypatra

Miss Piggy. Get on her level- go head Miss Piggy, go head.

As plus-sized consumers, that spend an incredible amount of money searching for plus size clothing that is both appropriate and attractive, we find it to be highly insulting that the interest, needs, and desires of the plus-sized community are not taken into account by all facets of the fashion industry.

No doubt there are stores and companies whose priorities are for the curvy woman and for that, we will forever be a lifetime supporter—but a few designers are not enough-the fashion industry is acting as if the majority of Americans are in some way not “plus-sized”. We would like to clearly articulate our grievances, as well as outline actions the Fashion Empire can take to successfully meet the needs of the plus-size community and create more fiscally solvent companies.

Grievances:

Maternity is pregnant not plus size!

Maternity.We are not pregnant. It shows a lack of respect for plus-sized people to insinuate that all of the big clothes have to be next to each other. A pregnant woman is fat because she has a baby inside her; a fat person is fat because they’re fat. We don’t wear the same clothes. Like we weren’t going to notice that we are right next to the maternity section. Why does the maternity wear look better than the plus-sized clothes? Then you taunt us by putting those pregnant things next to the plus-sized section.  They need to put the maternity sizes by the babies, because if you get pregnant you are going to have a baby, not a fat person.

Sizing. The term plus-sized is fucked up. What the hell does “Woman’s World” or “Woman’s sizes” even mean?  If you have the ability to make clothes with a big stomach (aka maternity wear. See above.) – then why can’t you just turn that into a size 22? Why do we have to be an XXXXL and it’s still too small. We are not a quadruple extra large. We are a size, it has numbers-please use them. We can see the difference between the clothes in the “Regular Women’s section” and the “Women’s World” section. The clothes are way better in the regular women’s section. Why does size determine whether or not something is cute? When you get to plus-size, the clothes are instantly uglier, frumpier, inappropriate or all of the above

Patterns and Colors.  We think you understand what patterns and colors minimize the stomach area, so why can’t

Polka Dots Do not Look Good on Everyone

you use the same principles with plus-sized wear? Why do we have the most god awful prints you can put on a human being whether infant or adult. Why would we want polka dots. Big polka dots all over our chubby bodies. No, it’s

unacceptable. And stripes! Everyone knows that big wide stripes look horrible on everyone.  Why would you make plus-sized bell bottoms in white? White is already a hard color to wear, and then you make it harder by putting them in shapes that are all wrong for our bodies.

The Fat Tax. We understand that you have to use more fabric to make bigger clothes, but you have to use more fabric for a lot of things, but why financially punish bigger women for their clothes? We are being charged a tax. A tax for being fat and it’s not fair. If it was just a little more affordable we would spend more money than we are currently spending. If you are pregnant you don’t have to get a fat tax. Are you encouraging us to get pregnant instead of eating bacon to save money?  The tax makes it more irritating. Let the truth be told, I can only afford certain places with a coupon. This should be the Republican’s number 1 issue, taxes on the fat are attacks on the fabric of our society.

Is she smiling because everyone can see her stretch material?

Visible Stretch Material. We need stretch. We love stretch. Some of us would not be able to get into jeans without stretch. Stretch has changed the plus-sized world. However, visible stretchy material on shirts, dresses and pants is unacceptable. Nobody needs to see the extra stretch that we need in our clothes, it’s no one’s business. Not only is it visible on regular clothes- but what’s worse is on dark clothing you still use white thread to stitch the stretchy part. It’s like a neon sign that says, “Hey! Here’s a Fatty Stretchin Out!”

There are a lot of designers that are trying to make plus-sized clothes both attractive and affordable. We applaud those designers that are trying to appease a plus-sized audience. The plus-sized fashion community is tight, and it would behoove the stores that do not look at the plus-sized community as a viable market to step back and look at their strategy.

We are spending a lot of money. If a plus-sized woman walks into a store and feels frustrated or self conscious, she is going to leave and tell her friends not to shop at that store.

You should not have to shop at an exclusively plus-sized store to walk out feeling great about yourself.

Solutions:

Pocketbook Angle. A cardinal rule of any successful company is to play into the pocketbook interest of the consumer. If there are proven examples on how to market to the plus-sized community then during an economic crisis- a recession they should play up to the fact that people are still finding money to shop. Plus-sized people are a part of the consumer base.  We want to be fashion forward. We will pay to be fashion forward. We will prioritize fashion forward over other life needs, but you have to provide the options for us to spend the money.

We could all look this good!

 Fat doesn’t = bad taste. We pride ourselves (Some of us do) on our ability to look cute or ascetically pleasing. Failure to design attractive clothes perpetuates a stereotype that fat people do not care about their appearance.  Just because we are chubby does not mean our clothing is not an expression of ourselves. But when you are not given many options, your expression is limited to almost nothing- or to cute accessories.

 Pay Attention. There are designers that are paying attention to the plus-sized woman. Michael Kors makes beautiful clothes for everybody. Monif C, Calvin Klein and hundreds of other nameless designers are making incredibly attractive clothes for incredibly attractive women.  Just be a copy cat. No one is saying you have to make new extraordinary stuff, just follow the trends and make it a little different, just a little unique and you can substantially raise your profit margin.

We are beautiful and original with our clothing and we want to be our best, and be the most alluring woman in the room. We deserve and demand an opportunity to make our fashion dreams a possibility.

We ask the Fashion Empire to take our grievances and solutions into consideration and we will continue to support companies and designers who adhere to our needs.

Being Fat might not be “fashion forward” to you, but it’s beautiful to us.

Regards,

Crazy Sexy N Curvy

Yesterday, plus size style icon Mia Amber Davis passed away from complications from a knee surgery, TMZ reports. Mia was more than just attractive, she was a wife, model, actress, writer, blogger and friend.

I remember the first time I saw her. I was in a mall in Prince George County, Maryland with my heart simultaneously beating and aching–looking around the mall making sure no one was looking as I stared at the Ashley Stewart sign. I had been to Lane Bryant numerous times with my girlfriends, but this was my first time going into a plus size store alone. I walked into the Ashley Stewart and I saw Mia on all the walls and I felt like this store was a store for me. She was a role model- someone I felt like I could actually relate to- she wasn’t plus size, she was curvy, she was thick, she was just beautiful and comfortable in her own skin when I wasn’t comfortable in my own skin.

We are so sad that Mia has departed from us so soon, but happy to be able to carry on her positive attitude around beautiful body images, no matter what the size. May she truly rest in peace.

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I can’t even believe that we have to say this, but we were watching How Do I Look on the Style Network, and there was a woman wearing an ill fitting swimsuit, army fatigues, combat boots and NO BRA. We know, we’re not being good feminist fashionistas—well, oh well, because if you have large breasts and you are a big girl, and you are not wearing a bra—then we need to help you get some real support.

We understand, it’s freeing to have on no bra, thin girls, or women with smaller breasts can get away with it, but you know what? We cannot. Wearing a bra is a must.

The most mortifying moment: you’re at home when someone just pops over, or a friend brings someone to your house and you realize that people are in the room and you don’t have a bra on! And then you have to cross your arms and pretend like you are really in the conversation—but instead you are trying to push up your boobs (And you are thinking about the fact that you have no bra on). Only you have the power to stop this. So, we have created a pledge, for all of the people out there who believe that a supported breast is a happy breast.

No Saggies Pledge!

Take the No Saggies Pledge! 

Why take the pledge? Big girls have to wear panties, and big girls have to wear bras (Most of the time).

I PLEDGE…

I pledge to be a progressive and still wear a bra.

I pledge to not buy a bra from Walmart or Kmart.

I pledge to never wear a swimsuit that has no support.

I pledge to tell my girlfriends when their bra is too small.

I pledge to wear the appropriate bra at the gym. I also pledge to wear the appropriate bra with the appropriate shirt.

I pledge to wear the correct bra size no matter how big it is.

I pledge to throw away a bra if it pinches my back fat, or my side fat, or my fat in the front.

I pledge to wear a bra with more than 2 closure points.

LESSON: HO W TOFIND YOUR BRA SIZE 

STEP 1: BAND SIZE

Measure under your arms, high on your back, across the top of your chest. If this measurement is an even number, this is your band size. If an odd number, add 1″ to determine your band size.

STEP 2: CUP SIZE

Measure loosely around the fullest part of your bust. Next, subtract your band measurement from your bust measurement; each inch represents a cup size. For example: if your band measurement is 34″ and your bust measurement is 36″, the difference between these measurements is two inches, and you’d wear a B-cup.