Every woman loves to feel beautiful, we love to hear that we are beautiful and we love to reflect how we feel on the inside with our outward appearance. We hear everyday how the Fashion and entertainment industries just don’t reflect a healthy or even true to life image, yet we are the ones Buying the Images they try and sell us. Why do we do this, because we don’t feel we are worthy? Because it is just the Social Norm? Yes women are their own worst enemy, I know I am, I have to work everyday at picking myself up, telling myself I am beautiful, and I do deserve to have pretty things. It is a struggle but one I am winning and today I feel fantabulious.
I love to shop, nothing like Retail Therapy even if it is just window and browser surfing and I don’t purchase anything, just looking at beautiful things I know I would look great in is just a good pick me up. I love designer styles with the hefty price tags and I love to shop frugally, all depends on my budget at that moment, but at least once a year I do like go all out and get me something expensive that I can rock.
So now that I am a size 14 shopping has become more of a Challenge, and to be frank is P1$$3$ me off. Here for my first blog, is just a small list of places that seem to understand that Beautiful comes in all shapes and sizes and women over the size of 10 want great things too. We want sexy Lingerie, flattering suits, divine dresses, and we want those awesome boots to fit over our calves. We want all this without having to squeeze into a smaller size, we don’t like having muffin tops, or jelly rolls. We want something flattering, that doesn’t hide us, but shows off our assets and makes us bright.
I am sure we all have this problem of shopping for cute cloths, the things we like they just don’t make in sizes over an 8-10, and it pisses me off. I am a modern woman, I don’t want to dress like mother of the bride nor do I want to hide my body behind a tent just to find something comfortable to wear.
I am a shopper, a Lingerie Diva and a shoe Whore, I love dressing up and nothing beats like a comfortable pair of jeans, especially if they make my backside look great. I love to look Classy but sexy, and these clothing companies seem to think that the Bra stops at 38C.
So here it is a short list with some favorite places, if i have missed any or you have suggestions I am always up to discovering new Gems.
Pine Up Girl Clothing aka PUG I love love love PUG I have so many of there items well because they understand that beauty comes in many sizes, and their clothing flatters the curvy woman. Ill post a pic of me in a few of my PUG outfits later in this blog. Oh and if you Like them on Facebook you will get some awesome sales.
Stop Staring clothing Another PinUp Style clothing line that makes everything in every size, Prices are a bit Higher then PUG but the quality you get with it is well worth it.
Hips and CurvesMainly Lingerie and corsets but some sexy stuff here and some bras I love and previously only been able to find in the smaller sizes until I found Hips and curves.
Torrid Well who doesn’t know about Torrid, Torrid is a spin off and owned by Hot Topic, Gotta love hot topic for listing to their customers and creating torrid for the stylish curvy woman. If you like to play the stock market most will tell you to stay away from Clothing companies, but Hot Topic has been running steady and strong for 20 years and when they created Torried they sailed when everyone else was Plumitting.
Nordstoms Encore I love Nordstrom’s, always have always will and since they created Encore I love them even more. Yes they are on the Pricey side and for a reason. There are somethings I have gone cheap on and know better and so when I can Nordstrom’s here I come. For One I can buy a nice pair of jeans at walmart and or target but to me they just fit and feel like MOM jeans. Nordies Encore carries some name brands that even I found surprising that they made big girl jeans. Michael Kors for instance, the Moment I tried his jeans on at Nordies I was in Love. They were so comfortable felt like I was sliding into butter. I now own 3 pairs of them and they make my ass look fantabulious. Bought a few other brands there too that I love and will post pics of me in them later. Another Plus to Nordies is Everything you buy there Alterations in store are FREE, and they have the best return policy ever.
Lanebryant Lane Bryant for the Business casual curvy woman. They have some great things but I find it hard to shop here I am to small and too short for most of their things.
Fredricks I love Fredricks they have some of the most sexy lingerie but shopping in store to find anything over a 38 is a needle in a hey stack, their online store however is fantastic, most not all things come in plus sizes.
OD Girl Little on actual Clothing, but lots of Lingerie and Costumes and plus sized hosiery for reasonable prices.
Great Glam If you like things cheap this is the place to go I have gotten many things from this site that I love, the prices are great but few items last over a year, or maybe i just wear them like crazy,lol.
Lingerie Diva Love this site elegant easy to use and their items are gorgeous. Many of the items can be found on many of these sites.
Fully Intimate Another great site elegant easy to use and their items are georgous. Many of the items can be found on many of these sites.
Woman WithIn Grat site for everything and the sales they have Awesome.
Just My Size The name says it all, just my size clothing and bras, a little on the conservative side but some great finds here.
Bare Necessities Everything from clothing to undies a great site
Casual PlusA nice site for the basics
Spicy Lingerie This site needs a redesign it is sore on the eyes but they have some great things with great prices
Always For Me Swimsutes Lingerie and sports wear for the big girl gotta love it.
Fashion Overdose Ok site only a few items but very MOD
City ChicSizes 14-24 great site everything you could want casual to dress.
Ashley Stewart OMG Ashley Stewart for the Elegant classic beauty, Prices are reasonable and i stare at this site every day along with PUG and Stop Starring
Charished Woman Ownd by Famous Plus sized model Emme, Sexy fun and classic
Curvaceous Boutique Sophisticated woman size 12-32, a tad Conservative but with style I like it.
Curvaceous Chic Woman Nice things convertable dresses which I love and every woman should own a few in different colors.
Figuresque Site ok but they have some great finds
Black Cat Plus Not a whole lot of selection but you can find some of the essentials here.
Lil MamaLove their Jeans, not a deep selection and a bit prices everything made and shipped from Australia, but definitely check this site out
Woman Plus Lots of great dresses from many different designers and manufactures.
Zafitque Conservative but some great basic finds here.
Alight Great site for your every day basic items and evening dresses.
AvenueAvenue is growing from Mother of the bride house mom to Sophisticated woman, I can never find anything in the stores I want but I always do online.
Macys Macys Plus sized clothing is their largetrs growing pun intented department, and the styles they have and the brands and quality is awesome.
Monifc Monif C. is awesome woman and funny her You tube videos on her Convertible dresses are a must see and they will have you buying her dresses in no time.
Silhouettes Conservative with style and comfort.
Shop TranslatedSexy fun and sassy, with great deals daily
Sydneys Closet For the Bride or the woman who loves to dress up like I do. You can spend hours on this site and find so many things you must have and then you will find the excuse to wear them.
Kiyonna Love love love this site, everything you could want in plus size style, they makes things to flatter the bodacious babes.
Wide Witdths Shoes You just have to love the name, all shoes and boots made WIDE, for our feet to look fantastic and Comfortable too,
Bigger Bras What can I say I love all my Bras to be sexy and oh to fit right. And finding something that fits that is also sexy is one of the hardest things to do that I want to pull my hair out sometimes. I love this site, sexy sexy sexy bras for the Large breast without being plain and covering everything up, I want to show cleavage and I want it to look right and not hang out. This site has it.
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Honorable mentions but nothing over a 40C
Journelle
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