tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-404282522359923532024-02-20T00:15:03.355-08:00The Ultimate Guide to Plus Size Style™Tips, Trends<br>News & Lifestyle<br> AdviceI Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-89320215984979389752014-03-18T13:18:00.001-07:002015-03-23T23:10:04.149-07:00Style Alert: Isobel Toledo for Lane Bryant
It's not often that one can find real style in larger sizes. Oh, you can find trends, and stylish designs on occasion, especially if you're under 30. But when you want things that are refined, with sophisticated silhouettes in that timeless classic way, you can come up empty handed.
Just take a spin on Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales websites, and you'll instantly see what I mean. It's not that I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-17403223930530486952014-03-16T19:46:00.000-07:002015-03-24T00:07:02.172-07:00Big Wigs: Jenji Kohan - Women In Entertainment
Jenji Kohan
I'd love to spend an afternoon with Jenji Kohan, she's smart, sassy and successful. You might not recognize her name, but you may have seen some of her work. She created the Showtime juggernaut, "Weeds," and most recently, the Netflix hit "Orange is the New Black."
These shows are as quirky as her persona. Courage and confidence are part of the formula for success in any I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-33974001066946808202014-03-14T15:43:00.000-07:002014-03-16T20:41:17.971-07:00CFDA Fashion Incubator Brands Coming to LA for Market Week
Meet the CFDA Nominees
CFDA Fashion Incubator Brands Coming to LA for Market Week
It’s exciting when the other coast makes a trip this way for once. How many red-eyes have I had to endure to wake up in the Big Apple in time for non-stop #NYFW or market week? This month, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), in conjunction with our favorite hotel, W, is bringing some I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-25310885712943866282014-03-11T17:31:00.000-07:002014-03-11T17:31:02.623-07:00Eloquii is Back: Enter to Win $250 Shopping Spree!
Great news for "Girls" who are starved for current trends in fashion. On February 20th, I received an email with a subject that stated, " Finally, We're Back + Free Shipping! Who's back? Eloquii!
It seems that even though there are more websites to shop for plus size clothing, it's become harder to find just what I'm looking for. Eloquii could fill the gap in my book.
It's depressing to walk I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-21985490999699400932014-01-16T21:24:00.001-08:002014-01-16T21:24:30.247-08:00Casting Attractive, Full-Figured, Latina or African-American Woman for Oprah Winfrey Network
CASTING ATTRACTIVE, FULL-FIGURED WOMAN (Latina or African-American)
BE AN EXTRA ON NEW TV SHOW ON OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK
We are currently casting an ATTRACTIVE, FULL FIGURED AFRICAN-AMERICAN or LATINA WOMAN a(ages 18-40) for a one day shoot to be an extra on a new reality show for the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).
Pays $100 for 5 hour commitment. Non-union.
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I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-76303793285783498742012-10-19T12:28:00.001-07:002012-10-19T12:28:53.344-07:00Vintage Vixen Reviews Affordable Couture: A New Fashion Book
Vintage Vixen has a really cool blog and she reviewed the new fashion book I wrote with Jemi Armstrong,
"Affordable Couture: A Guide to Buying and Collecting Couture."
I'm really happy Vintage Vixen liked the book and shared it with her readers.
It's the perfect gift for anyone who loves runway fashion and wants to know how to become a fashion insider.
Illustration by Jemi Armstrong, I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-90490447796221412052012-10-13T20:55:00.000-07:002012-10-13T21:15:51.895-07:00Gucci's Fat Sister: PPR, Parent Company of Gucci, Also Owns OneStopPlus
Photo of Gucci Outlet Store Courtesy of Premium Outlet Malls
It's a small world, even if you wear a larger size. If you don't read the business pages, you might not know that PPR, the parent company of Gucci, owns OneStopPlus, a popular online shopping mall.
Francois-Henri Pinault, head of PPR, is the same man who is married to Selma Hayek but has a love child with I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-68999806924748272632012-03-26T21:42:00.002-07:002012-03-26T21:45:44.403-07:00Why I Love Shahs of Sunset
Photo of Asa courtesy of Bravo TV
I love the reality TV show Shahs of Sunset. It's true and here's why. Reality TV has opened the floodgates for diversity. Whether we like or dislike, approve or disapprove, Reality TV is a showcase for real people. And that means real women. Women with curves and all that goes with them.
In the first two episodes we saw mean girls and gayness, with an I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-87247081046808072802012-02-04T09:51:00.000-08:002012-02-06T08:55:33.877-08:00What Size Am I And Does It Matter?
If you live in the United States, no matter how old you are, you have probably seen a TV episode of I Love Lucy. Lucy was played by Lucille Ball, a talented actress and wonderful comedian.
In the show, she played the wife of Desi Arnaz (they were married for a few years in real life too), a Latin band leader. Lucy always wants to "be in showbiz," and the running gag in the story lineI Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-16956487030183716672011-11-12T18:10:00.000-08:002011-11-12T18:10:27.926-08:00Adele + Cosmo = Smoking: The New Cosmo Grrrl
While perusing the newsstand, dodging headlines about Kim Kardashian's wedding, I glanced at Cosmopolitan's December issue. Speaking to all women, no matter what shape or size, Cosmo's cover girl is Adele. Wearing a sexy, bodice hugging leopard print top by Dolce & Gabanna, and staring boldly with her smoldering eyes next to this provocative cover line, "100 Best Sex Tips of The I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-31382561821776577932011-11-12T17:41:00.000-08:002011-11-12T17:41:19.894-08:00What I'm Reading Now: The Refresher Course for Plus Size FashionistasAs high end retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue pull the plus size department from their brick & mortor business, adding to the confusion and frustration of the plus size shopping experience, along comes a fresh update on plus size fashion.
"Keeping it Curvy. Confident. Chic" by Marie Denee, editor in chief of The Curvy Fashionista,® gives readers a strategy and plenty of I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-81365340820452075572011-09-06T21:58:00.000-07:002011-09-06T21:58:31.171-07:00The End of an Era: Saks Fifth Avenue "Clothes" SalonZWhat Would Adele Do?I never thought I'd see this day. After years of trying to convince designers and retailers to make clothing in plus sizes for curvy grrls, it's a sad day when a store like Saks Fifth Avenue decides that the only way to cater to this demographic is online, and closing Salon Z.
I took a friend and client shopping at Saks a few weeks ago and was shocked and I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-37928400374246060422011-03-04T13:04:00.000-08:002011-03-29T08:56:02.076-07:00Is Plus Size Dead? Long Live The Queen, Size That IsNew York Magazine interviewed Marquita Pring, article headline: "Meet the New Girl: Marquita Pring Wants to Phase out the Term 'Plus Size'."
She's gorgeous, and she likes the word Curvy. I do too, but it's important to understand how we got to Curvy.
In the timeline of fashionable female body type silhouettes, curvy has a prominent role. Aside from the Flapper Girl of the Roaring Twenties, and I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-82091879453902451792011-02-26T22:36:00.000-08:002011-02-26T22:36:10.104-08:00Buxom Chick: H&M Online Plus Size Collection to LaunchBuxom Chick: H&M Online Plus Size Collection to LaunchI Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-6203921335844589082010-11-01T01:23:00.000-07:002010-11-01T01:28:06.898-07:00IGIGI by Yuliya Raquel Presents a Marc DePaola Film - 'I Am Beautiful!', Starring Rosie MercadoIGIGI, by Yuliya Raquel (the designer and founder) an online retailer and one of the Full Figured Fashion Week event sponsors, produced a short film. Called I Am Beautiful, the short features plus size model Rosie Mercado. It's bold, moving and inspiring.
I was lucky to be one of the first plus size spokesmodels to get a contract with a major brand (Spiegel I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-81253412585696768962010-10-30T16:18:00.000-07:002010-11-01T11:30:28.403-07:00The State of the Curvy Community at FFF Weekend LA*photo courtesy of NOWIt was a passionate group who gathered to listen to a panel discussing The State of the Curvy Community as part of Full Figure Fashion Week, founded by Gwen DeVoe. Bold, beautiful and curvy Chenese Lewis, president of the Hollywood chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW) moderated the panel. Lewis recently made headlines when she posed nude with I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-81950263802148129752010-10-15T21:17:00.000-07:002015-03-23T23:44:44.598-07:00Scouring Paris for the latest in fashion via - latimes.com
Singer Beth Ditto walked the catwalk for Gaultier. It's not the first time he's used a larger woman as a muse and it won't be the last. Gaultier and others in fashion shock us with provocative images of the unexpected to remind everyone there are other creatures on the planet besides the skeletal, barely legal waifs that often grace the narrows of fashion's future.
This year's fashion formula I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-73933200742653303392010-10-15T10:40:00.000-07:002015-03-23T23:36:34.267-07:00Survive a Role in Your Own Disaster Movie - Get HomeBody to Help!
Jillian Hessel is a friend of mine. We met in 1994 after I almost starred in my own disaster movie.
I was in my office at BBW magazine, where at the time I was working as an editor writing and styling fashion, fitness and beauty...and all of a sudden there was an earthquake.
It was the first earthquake I'd ever experienced.
The building started to vibrate, it was on rollers, common I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-53037926548069868732010-10-15T09:56:00.000-07:002010-10-15T09:56:03.980-07:00Forever 21 Comes To Their Senses! Faith 21 Name ChangeI always scratch my head in wonder when a brand names their plus size division some stupid or irrevalent name. For example, there are a few of you who may remember Liz Claiborne's plus size line called Elizabeth!! So when Forever 21 launched Faith 21 I was surprised. Wouldn't you want the customers who couldn't shop with you because the size range wasn't "wide enough" hit the floors and theI Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-80335773680589051012010-09-25T12:20:00.000-07:002010-09-25T12:20:11.013-07:00DKNY for Lane Bryant
I've watched the ebb and flow of designers efforts to create a collection that represents their signature style but adapts to the demands fitting plus size women require.
This collaboration with Lane Bryant is the second time around for Donna Karan. Her first attempt several years ago bombed at Bloomingdales. I was so disappointed that she couldn't seem to get it right, since her I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-84413255321220442902010-08-30T11:31:00.000-07:002015-03-23T23:13:05.802-07:00Christina Hendricks' Dress at The Emmys! Shame on Designers!
Christina Hendricks/photo Alberto E. Rodriguez Getty Image
Mattel made a doll in her image and this is all Hollywood could do? I'm on a rant. Fashionable friends hear me roar! WTF was that dress on Christina Hendricks, star of Emmy winning Mad Men??? That dress is a Mad Mess! As a former Hollywood Stylist, I've dressed women from size 0 to size 30 and anyone with some taste, an ounce ofI Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-56956948185179253762010-08-26T23:14:00.000-07:002010-08-26T23:21:57.940-07:00Work Out With Pilates Pro Jillian Hessel at Richard Simmon's Studio in Beverly Hills
Pilates pro Jillian Hessel, author of Pilates Basics and the HomeBody workout, will be teaching Dance-ilates at Richard Simmon's Slimmons Studio in Beverly Hills. I've been taking Pilates with Jillian since 1994. Her new Dance-ilates class is going to be so much fun. It combines the benefits of dance, yoga and Pilates with a motivating music mix. In fact, Jillian's new workout DVD, I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-88164840071817958482010-08-14T13:43:00.000-07:002010-08-14T15:13:53.022-07:00More About Whole Lotta Love Tribute Album
Photo courtesy of Plussizecuties.com
Here's the link to the genesis of the tribute album, with posts of all the groovy musicians who've signed up! Think of all the cool women we know who fall into this category.
Send me your favorite women of size and I'll compile an homage list for a future post.
Can't wait to hear this album...Thanks again to all the rockers, lovers, musicians and real men I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40428252235992353.post-38357855028509117612010-08-14T13:24:00.000-07:002010-08-14T15:19:24.025-07:00Sleaze Roxx: Fat Chick Tribute Album
Article and Artwork Courtesy of Sleaze Roxx...Thank you Boyz!Sleaze Roxx: Trixter Guitarist Added Added To Fat Chick Tribute Album
Trixter guitarist Steve Brown has joined the roster of the upcoming tribute album "WHOLE LOTTA LOVE: An All-Star Salute To Fat Chicks." Steve puts a rock spin on the hit single "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)," made famous by current pop sensation Mika. A I Found My Motor Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264176874257101857noreply@blogger.com0