On Friday and Saturday I attended TheCURVYCon. Sponsored by JCPenney and hosted by Chastity Garner, of Garner Style, and CeCe Olisa, of Plus Size Princess, it’s an event for plus size women to embrace and celebrate our bodies, shop and discuss topics like fashion, body positivity, self-esteem, health and fitness. I’m still smiling from all the wonderful vibes… listening… Continue reading TheCURVYCon 2016
Today I attended the Celebrate My Size Expo, presented by Full-Figured Fashion Week and Plus Model Magazine. It was a chance to meet with plus-size clothing retailers and independent designers, preview fall collections and shop sample sales. My first stop was Fit for Me by Fruit of the Loom, one of Full-Figured Fashion Week’s main sponsors.… Continue reading Celebrating My Size
Today I attended “Feel the Love: An Exclusive Blogger Breakfast with Avenue” one of the events on the 4th day of Full-Figured Fashion Week. It was hosted by Erica and Scarlett, of Avenue‘s PR team, and Marcy Cruz, blogger at Plus Model Magazine and Fearlessly Just Me. I confess to a long-time love affair… Continue reading Feeling the Love with Avenue
Today I attended the kick-off event for Full-Figured Fashion Week 2016… Redefining Healthy: Celebrating Your Curves from The Inside Out at the Hey Gorgeous showroom on West 38th Street in NYC. Hosted by Darlene Lebron of Suits, Heels and Curves, the event was to celebrate and empower plus size women with physical activity and affirmation as… Continue reading Redefining Healthy 2016
A recent article on Mic.com pointed out that on the covers of Elle Magazine’s “Women in Comedy” issue, Melissa McCarthy’s photo was cropped while the other stars of the upcoming movie, Ghostbusters, were more or less shown in full-body shots. The article also brought up Melissa’s other magazine cover shots where she’s either in over-sized… Continue reading Don’t Blame Elle
Today is Primary Day in my home state of New Jersey as well as in California, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota. Regardless of your chosen candidate, if you call any of these states home, I hope you exercise your right to vote Now… can you tell I’m a fan of leggings and… Continue reading OOTD – Primary Day Edition
It’s hard to take a good OOTD photo when you don’t have an available photographer or full-length mirror but I wanted to show off a couple of my latest acquisitions from fullbeauty.com that will keep you cool and breezy on hot, summer days. I’ll post a better photo if I can get someone to take… Continue reading OOTD – Bathroom Pic Edition
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