Fat Chic will be on a brief hiatus this week while I prepare for the Twin Cities Gay Pride celebration. Magickal Realism will have a booth there,  and with a 300,000 person walk through, it must have all my attention. So at the moment all my attention must go to filling vials and cleaning up [...]

I’ve always got my eye out for a discount somewhere, and since my size excludes me from sites like Bluefly, I was pleased to find SmartBargains at least has a plus section. Unfortunately, it has a highly limited plus to choose from - under 3x there are only nine options as of my search, and [...]

Fashion Overdose has added some sexy new pieces to their spring line, and as usual, I am drooling. My favorite at the moment is their Tart dress. That’s one daring decollatage - NOT for wear at the office - and I recommend one of those lacey bras that you don’t mind someone seeing a little [...]

Target has been for many years my “Hello, I’m broke and desperate!” alternative of choice. While their practices are as bad as Wal-Marts, they package them better and they do it without destroying local economies (for the most part) so I can generally deal with the little compromises of spirit and economics and wear their [...]

Spiegel’s is taking what I’m beginning to think of as the no-road approach to plus size fashion: the sizing is there, but the designs are simply the standard junior’s wear, in larger sizing. Oddly, sometimes this works: there are traditional juniors designs, like the surplice top, that work well on larger bodies.  I have serious [...]

Sponsor Mary’s Music from the Etsy Listing hits some great notes with avid plussie jewelery hunters: she provides rings and allows for plus sizing. As a woman with a size 11 shoe and a size 11 ring, it’s great to know that there’s a designer out there who really wants me to wear something besides [...]

Something about the Silhouettes swimwear line doesn’t sit quite right with me. Something about the Silhouettes options has me less than excited. Part of it could well be that I’m overloaded on skirtinis, but it’s also more subtle: the Empire tank is unflattering, giving a broad look to hips and thighs, the floral swimdress [...]

There was an article in this month’s Marie Claire with a woman running around in public in the new burkini. Know what I said way back about 20s swimsuits coming back? I take it back. While I understand why a woman would wear this, it just seems like overkill. I’ve got admit though, it’s good [...]

Yesterday was blog like it’s the end of the world day, and yes, I did get in on the action over at my personal journal, including using my perfumer’s skills to come up with a Zombie Repellent. Normally I stick to plus size fashion, but for those of you on rss feeds and other places [...]

Sears builds its branding around landing exactly in the middle of the road. Nothing in the swimwear pops out as outstanding design - and there are one or two that pop out as items that were not designed for the plus size market.  The skirtini here is probably the best that they have to offer [...]