For these, I’m leaving it to you lovely readers to analyze the articles and look at the studies for yourselves. Obesity so far is not looking like the death sentence it’s made out to be, even as the insistence that it is gets repeated. Take responsibility for your health, not responsibility for what someone who [...]

Before there was Sex and the City, there was another show about women with glamorous lives and personalities that were, perhaps, not so glamorous. Long before we got to watch Carrie swill Cosmos with her galpals while talking about sex as though it were still a bit scandalous, the Brits were watching Eddy and Patsy [...]

My blog-writing process for Fat Chic differs from the other blogs and articles that I write. It has to be. Because fashion is presumed a shallow subject, even for those of us living in the land of the plus size niche, I often have to mine the strangest sources in search of inspiration and something [...]

There was a brief period where it seemed like colorblock was the new plus size design standby: if a cut didn’t necessarily flatter, the overall look could be manipulated (somewhat) with strategic colorblocking, and voila’! Stylish plus.
I’ve noticed that since then, the definition of “colorblock” has gone a bit far afield. Color “block” is now [...]

Fat Chic is taking a few days off. I just need a little time to reorganize, catch up on what’s going on, flip through fashion magazines, and improve my yoga and consequently pedicure skills.

One of the common critiques I’ve been reading on other fashion blogs involves matching the shoes to the purse. If the match is too on, it is called out as too “matchy matchy.” This criticism is usually lobbed at celebrities, who are of course under constant scrutiny. And while I think it’s one more way [...]

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This is a small divergence from my usual to let you know that my perfumery, Magickal Realism, is having a sale. I’m definitely moving, so I am doing everything I can think of to get my bulkier stuff OUT of my house, thus making you smell good - and leaving me with less stuff to [...]

Even if, for the most part, it must be your secret love.
My mother fancies herself quite the seamstress, and to save money when we were growing up she would often sew our clothing - right until I got to the age where she deemed I should have an interest in sewing, a conclusion based solely [...]