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The Top Ten Posts of 2011

December 13, 2011
The Top Ten Posts of 2011

This was definitely an eventful year! Of all the news I covered, designer collections, and random thoughts shared, I thought it was fitting that I share with you the top posts of 2011 that YOU shared, tweeted the most, and [...]

Media Planet addresses plus size fashion in the USA Today

September 2, 2011
MediaPlanet's Full Figured Report in USA Today

  What happens when you get Gwen DeVoe, Tara Lynn, Marquita Pring, Candice Huffine, Emme, Catherine Schuller, Jessica Weiner, Connie Elder, Kmart, Ashley Stewart, Bare Necessities, Lane Bryant, Avenue, and USA Today together?   You get some kind of amazing. [...]

Plus Size Media Topics That Need More Coverage

July 25, 2011
Plus Size women on Magazine Covers

Call me the eternal optimist, but why not? In my perfect world, there would be equal opportunity media coverage for plus size fashion as well as the straight size fashion community. But while I could blanketly say plus size fashion, [...]

The Top Plus Size Fashion Moments of 2010

December 27, 2010

2010 has been a stellar year for Plus Size Fashion! We have seen firsts, broken barriers, challenged stereotypes, and welcomed new admirers and advocates for the curvy Fashionistas out there. In spirit of these amazing strides, I have rounded up [...]

My 2010 Top Ten Plus Size Wishlist Revisited- A look back

December 10, 2010

A look back at my top ten wishes for the plus size community’s progress for the year At the beginning of the year, I drafted a list of 10 things that I wanted, yearned, wished, crossed my fingers for, to [...]

The Curvy Fashionista Week in Review 10.08.10

October 8, 2010

Welcome to the week in review! Have you missed the latest Full Figured Fashion Week(end)(tm)’s latest news? Catch Beth Ditto walking for Jean Paul Gaultier? The newest designers and accessories, Lionette and Rano Zakhem? Please finger through the week in [...]

The Week in Review- challenging the status quo

September 20, 2010

It has been a while since I completed a week in review, but with all the goodies for the fashionably full figured, I had to recap just what YOU may have missed last week! One stop Plus made history with [...]

Size Discrimination 2010: Real or Myth?

August 20, 2010

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.  [...]

Plus-Size Fashion During New York Fashion Week!

August 18, 2010
belle-epoque-fashion

OneStopPlus.com is bringing “the first ever plus-size-only runway show“ to the NY Fashion Week. Part of me is excited about this news but at the same time the plus-only part bugs me though I like the theme which is themed [...]

Vote for the Plus Size Community to be at SXSW

August 12, 2010
Vote for Plus Size Panelists for SXSW

This is defintiely the year of the plus size woman!  Breaking Barriers, boundaries, and stereotypes, plus size fashion is on its way to becoming a respected mainstay! For the latest plus size venture and challenge: SXSW Editor of Daily Venus Divas, [...]

Plus size blogger Gabi of Young, Fat, & Fabulous is the first MTVTJ!

August 9, 2010
Gabi from Young, Fat, & Fabulous wins MTV Twitter Jockey

No stranger to the plus size fashion community, plus size fatshion blogger, Gabi of Young, Fat, & Fabulous snagged one of most coveted Twitter jobs: Gabi is the first MTV TJ (twitter jockey)! On the stage for the finale, rocking [...]

MTV TJ Finalist Gabi fashions a plus size fashion show on the Brooklyn Bridge

August 4, 2010
Gabi from YFF holds her last MTVTJ challenge at the Brooklyn Bridge

Please welcome guest contributor, stylist Steffany Allen! After attending the MTV TJ Challenge, she recaps her experiences of the evening’s event! With three days to plan and 30 minutes to execute, the final challenge for the MTV Twitter Jockey involved one [...]