Trousers in Church- and I Wasn’t Struck Down
Posted: August 10, 2017 Filed under: Clothing, My Wardrobe | Tags: fashion, Fatshion, floral, Jumpsuit, pattern, Plus size, print, Simply Be 7 CommentsI wasn’t sent home, I wasn’t asked to sit at the back and no-one tutted when I walked in. I walked into church wearing a form of trousers and I didn’t burst into flames. I’m alive and had a lovely afternoon in a beautiful and thought provoking service. I don’t really have any dressy trousers so I’ve never tried to defy the usual church going convention in this manner (other ways yes, but not like this *smiles*) but I can see this happening again.
Sometimes something great is worth waiting for. I tried this number on around February/ March and immediately fell for it. Have you ever seen something so perfect that you picked it up and marched straight to the fitting room with nary a glance to the left or the right? On that particular day I tried on two jumpsuits but didn’t buy either one as I had zero budget at the time. Fast forward to a couple of weeks back, the sales are on and the time is nigh. I didn’t even try it on. I sashayed to the till with the same gusto that I used to stride into the Simple Be fitting room several months back, card in hand, and skipped home with my new suit. For someone who has championed all in one dressing since 2008, this is only the second one I have ever bought. Why? Because despite being a blogger for almost ten years and advising people to wear whatever they like with their heads held high, I still doubt my own body in things sometimes. Jumpsuits are a pretty bold statement and I wasn’t ready to make so much noise. In 2017 I have clearly found my voice as I have gone from a plain black one in 2008, to a brightly coloured patterned affair with spaghetti straps. I might be in the throes of a mid life crisis.
Jumpsuit- £37.00, Bolero- £18, Shoes (no longer available)- All Simply Be
I looked it up on the Simply Be site when I got home and I thought HEY LADY, you actually look better in that piece than the model on the website, which is a thought I don’t think I’ve ever had before. What do you think?
Floral Dance
Posted: June 11, 2017 Filed under: Beloved Endeavour Vintage, Buy Me!, Clothing, Uncategorized | Tags: Beloved Endeavour, dress, effyourbeautystandards, fashion, Fatshion, floral, ootd, Plus size, psootd, Simply Be, Summer, Topshop Leave a commentOutfit from 11th June. It wasn’t quite warm enough for sleeveless but did that stop me? NOPE.
Dress from belovedendeavour.com
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Dress: Beloved Endeavour
Shoes: Simply Be (sold out)
Bag: Topshop (sold out)
Floral Showcase
Posted: June 7, 2017 Filed under: Beloved Endeavour Vintage, Buy Me!, clothes, Uncategorized | Tags: Beloved Endeavour, curvy, fashion, Fatshion, fatshionista, floral, Peplum, Plus size, style, suit 4 CommentsYours truly modelling the FEARNE floral suit from Beloved Endeavour. I’m wearing the size 24. I usually wear a size 24/26 and this fits me fine as it’s stretchy. The fabric is medium weight, soft and very comfy to wear. I’m modelling both colours (black and mint) then the last two photos show the black jacket with the mint skirt. Availability is very limited so get yours now!
New Arrivals!
Posted: June 1, 2017 Filed under: Beloved Endeavour Vintage, Buy Me!, Clothing, Uncategorized | Tags: Beloved Endeavour, dress, fashion, Fatshion, fatshionista, floral, jacket, Peplum, Plus size, print, psblogger, Skirt, suit Leave a commentFloral prints abound!
Two skirt suits with a dash of sassiness now available at belovedendeavour.com.
The Highest Form of Flattery
Posted: October 16, 2016 Filed under: My Wardrobe | Tags: Asos, dress, Fatshion, floral, ootd, Plus size, psblogger Leave a commentThree outfit posts in one week? I must be ill.
This outfit owes its existence to the inimitable Bethany from Arched Eyebrow. I saw her posts featuring this Asos dress some weeks ago and fell for the frock instantly. It doesn’t look like much on the Asos site but Bethany’s inspired styling and cool deameanour gave it an edge that I couldn’t ignore and I ended up buying it.
So here I am wearing the same dress to church this week
I’ve styled it with my “go to” church bag which I bought from Radley last year, my new Simply Be shoes and my faithful M&S cardi which I have in several colours. I figured those magnificent sleeves needed to be shown off so I’ve scrunched the sleeves up to show the floral puff shape in all its ladylike glory.
Outfit success though I think next time I’ll team the dress with a brighter bag to really pick up on the intensee floral print. I’m off to trawl the fatosphere again to see who else’s look I can copy next week….
Full on Floral
Posted: October 11, 2016 Filed under: My Wardrobe | Tags: dress, Fatshion, floral, Plus size, psbloggers, ruffle, Simply Be, skater Leave a commentThis season I’m all about a lil shoulder ruffle. Three new items of clothing bought over the past month- all three have some ruffle or another. I think that’s me taking to a trend.
I’m loving this dress and I can see me wearing it until the print fades to nothing. Its super comfy and I love that it has full length sleeves. I’m so happy full length sleeves are back in vogue as I was getting tired of cold forearms (don’t even get me started on cold shoulders). My only minor gripe about this dress is that it could do with being about 6cm longer. I’m 5ft 7 and feel a little conscious every time I rise out of a seat and have to make sure its pulled down at the back. I can wear it with leggings and do away with that issue but I prefer the look of it with tights.
My favourite bag in my wardrobe, of which there are many. Bought from Lili’s Vintage who has a concession at The Emporium Brierley Hill as well as a Depop shop.
Loving the shoes which are also from Simply Be. Comfortable and shiny. What more does a shoe need to be?
Frill Seeker
Posted: September 28, 2016 Filed under: My Wardrobe | Tags: Evans, floral, frill, frilly, ladylike, Shirt, Simply Be, Skirt Leave a commentGirly I most definitely am not. I have spent my entire life since the age of 15 stomping around in DM’s and other chunky footwear and am definitly not someone you will catch shopping in heels and cute handbag on a Saturday afternoon. I like chunky and I like geometric. I like colour blocking and I like graphic shapes. But every now and again something catches my eye that’s the polar opposite to my usual sartorial attitude and I end up donning something like this.
Not only is the skirt floral- its frilly at the hem. Not only is the skirt frilly but the blouse is too. All the way around- 360 degrees. Not only that but I’m wearing heels to boot. As if all that wasn’t enough I worked hard to get this blouse, messaging Simply Be HQ when it sold out online, calling my not very local store and interrogating the staff, then finally going out of my way to pick it up in store. So enamoured am I with this blouse that I bought another frill shirt a couple of weeks later. Is this the end of the DM boot wearing season of my life? Ha- not on your nelly.
Skirt- Evans (Clements Ribeiro Swan from several seasons ago thought I bought it 2 weeks ago at the bargain price of £8!!)
Shoes- Evans from around 2008
Fat Girls Like Nice Clothes Too 
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