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Isabel Toledo for Payless= Delicious

Isabel Toledo for Payless= Delicious

Now we were familiar with Christian Siriano for Payless… we wondered if his runway looks would translate…. more on this later. Let us gaze at the fabulous collaboration of Payless and the decadent Isabel... Continue reading »

Introducing Lala Belle- the new Aussie high fashion plus size label

Introducing Lala Belle- the new Aussie high fashion plus size label

Something haute is brewing down under! International brand, Lala Belle has just launched their debut capsule collection for the edgy, forward, and fashion starved. Imagine my surprise when I saw not one, but TWO... Continue reading »

Funky, Fresh, Dressed, and ready to party with Look from London

Funky, Fresh, Dressed, and ready to party with Look from London

I came across an amazing company last night, and I had to share this with you! Imagine a place where the funkiest and boldest of tights existed like these: All in your beautiful Queen size? YES! Look from London carries... Continue reading »

The Plus Size Fall 2010 Style Guide (sneak peek)

The Plus Size Fall 2010 Style Guide (sneak peek)

Fall. The most highly anticipated season of them all.  Fashionistas, as they flock to the plethora of Fashion Bibles and websites, bear witness to the great reveal of fashion trends and the proclaimed newest “it”... Continue reading »

Full Figured Fashion Week opens its’ call for plus size fashion bloggers

Full Figured Fashion Week opens its’ call for plus size fashion bloggers

Are you a fashion blogger or online magazine wanting to participate in FFFWeek(end) L.A? The Curvy Collective is FFFWeek™’s own collective of talented fashion bloggers delivering the latest news and events to... Continue reading »

Bloomingdales’ Plus Size Style Guide- A first and nicely done

Bloomingdales’ Plus Size Style Guide- A first and nicely done

Impressive fashion spread. Great styling. On trend. Recognizable faces. Very nice. Another high end department store shining a fashionable light on plus size fashion, enter in Bloomingdales. Featuring Crystal Renn and... Continue reading »

Christina Hendricks is Lovely in Lilac at the 2010 Emmy’s

Christina Hendricks is Lovely in Lilac at the 2010 Emmy’s

You saw Marie’s post of Amber Riley’s Emmy fashion, now see what fellow curvy girl Christina Hendricks wore last night. Christina dazzled in a lilac Zac Posen dress that looked like it was inspired by early... Continue reading »

Fashion’s Night Out and the Fashionably Full Figured

Fashion’s Night Out and the Fashionably Full Figured

Shop. For Something Good. If you have not heard of Fashion’s Night Out (#FNO) taking place across the world on September 10th, 2010- please, please let me share! Imagine a night of shopping around the world where... Continue reading »

Amber Riley is a Grecian goddess at the 2010 Emmy’s

Amber Riley is a Grecian goddess at the 2010 Emmy’s

If you haven’t noticed, Glee cast member, Amber Riley is one Curvy Fashionista who has been lighting up the red carpet, and one who I always look for during any awards show that Glee is nominated. Last night, Miss... Continue reading »

So, you want to be a plus size model? FFFWeek(end) LA is taking submissions

So, you want to be a plus size model? FFFWeek(end) LA is taking submissions

Last DAYS to submit your application!Have you ever wanted to model, yet you never have had the chance to do it big? Well, here is your chance!  This is the last week for you to get your model submissions in for Full... Continue reading »

The 40 Percent off EVERYTHING sale at Lane Bryant

The 40 Percent off EVERYTHING sale at Lane Bryant

For all of those who have sworn off buying for the rest of the season, this post aint for you! HOWEVER, for the curvy Fashionista who LOVES a good, rather GREAT sale, please read on! Yesterday, Lane Bryant kicked off... Continue reading »

An Eliza Parker dress review at the NAAFA Fashion Show

An Eliza Parker dress review at the NAAFA Fashion Show

At the top of August, I was invited to host the NAAFA Fashion Show in San Francisco. Elated and honored, a girl had to figure out what I had or what to wear that was dressy enough for the event, all while being... Continue reading »

Simply Be in the US- A/W 2010

Simply Be in the US- A/W 2010

I have been very fortunate playing around in Simply Be clothing, as they were one of my sponsors for Full Figured Fashion Week™ in New York this past June! Since then, my curves have had a ball in fun blouses,... Continue reading »

Do you Love Your Body- Chenese and Whitney want you to!

Do you Love Your Body- Chenese and Whitney want you to!

L.A. is notoriously known for their stereotypes of the “Thin is in” mentality- yet something is in the air in Southern Cali… Although you cannot drive down the 60, 10, or 15 freeways without the Lap Band ads... Continue reading »

OOTD: LA chic in CarmaKoma

OOTD: LA chic in CarmaKoma

A couple of months back, I won a jacket from Return to Sender’s blog! What are the chances right? Finally, after finding my camera charger and getting my camera charged, I needed to snap away! Now, it has been HOT... Continue reading »

Laura Wells-The Body behind the plus size Mannequin of Berlei Curves

Laura Wells-The Body behind the plus size Mannequin of Berlei Curves

Ever wonder where or how they cast the shape and form for the plus size mannequins? I know I have often wondered! Earlier this year, British department store, Debenhams, debuted size 16 mannequins- apart from the... Continue reading »

Nikki Blonsky Loves Being ‘Huge’

Nikki Blonsky Loves Being ‘Huge’

Nikki Blonsky, star of ABC Family’s hit show “Huge”, isn’t letting her weight or Hollywood’s obsession with weight get her down. Blonsky spoke to Fox 411 last week about maintaining a... Continue reading »

Ashley Falcon- Up Close and Personal with Marie Claire’s columnist

Ashley Falcon- Up Close and Personal with Marie Claire’s columnist

Plus Size Fashion has made astronomical strides throughout this year, and one of those was full frontal fashion magazine, Marie Claire adding the column, Big Girl in a Skinny World. Given the climate and popularity of... Continue reading »

Size Discrimination 2010: Real or Myth?

This time a year ago we asked the question “Is PETA Guilty of Fat Bashing?” Has anything changed in the time since?  Not really when you read news reports like the one that happened a few days ago in Canada.  “Montreal night club Muzique ‘No Fat Girls’ size... Continue reading »

IFB Links a`la Mode- 08.19.10: Before you splurge for Fall

IFB Links a`la Mode- 08.19.10: Before you splurge for Fall

Edited by: (ME!) Marie Denee- The Curvy Fashionista. Last week, Links à la Mode fashioned a roundup of the latest fashion perspectives and trends for the anticipation of another highly anticipated Fall. With the... Continue reading »