Super Sunday...

Apparently women with curves arent supposed to wear stripes... but I love stripes.  I've been looking for a stripey dress for a while now and I finally found one...

Dress: Farmers - Whistle

Shoes: My favourite Sweedish Hasbeens as worn last week... (yes I wore them again... the honeymoon is so not over lol!)

So what do you think?

These beautiful girls seem to agree with me... I think they look gorgeous!  Why don't you go over and visit them at their respective Blogs; they'll give you some serious curvaceous style inspiration...

Curves and Confidence...

Inside Allie's World...

The Fat Girl's Guide...

Do you do stripes with your curves?

Mrs c

xox

Super Sunday... At Last...

Yes, I know its been such a long time since I've done a Super Sunday post... BUT listen up because I'm about to hit you with a seriously personal experience... good... and bad!

THE BAD: So... the honest truth? I stopped posting Super Sunday's because I felt I had put on too much weight... and I felt my curves were turning into one big curve, you know... kinda like a beachball (lol)...

THE GOOD: Anyway, on June 14th I started an amazing programme, a holistic approach to weight loss that focus's on physical, mental and emotional well being.  I'm not going to get into all the details because it's a whole other story... infact, its probably a whole other blog... but I want to share with you that in the last 6 amazing weeks I have lost 15.5kg's!!! (thats around 34 pounds!)

I'd never want to be super teeny-skinny (ie. Posh-Spice), for me that would be plain un-natural, besides I love being curvy, it's part of what makes me a woman, and we women are amazingly awesome!!! 

But today is the first time in aggggggeeess that I have wanted to do a Super Sunday post...

So here it is... Super Sunday, I hope you enjoy it...

  

Dress: TCD dress as worn in this post.

Shoes: my new, super gorgeous Sweedish Hasbeens sky high t-bar clogs... they arrived in the post last week from Modcloth, so dreamy and comfy. Yep I got it bad with this pair, seriously shoe-smitten!!!

Bag: a beautiful vintage thrift shop score $2

Scarf: Pure silk Garage sale score 50c

 It's really very annoying that some of my favourite clothes are now too big, BOOOOO!!!! However I can now properly fit into more of my gorgeous vintage dress collection that have been sorrowfully stored in my wardrobe for a wee while now, WOOHOOO!!!!!

Hope you are feeling as awesome as I am...

Mrs C

xox

P.S if you're interested in the programme I am doing check it out at Facebook here.

Curves and Clothes...

Yeh... I'm a plus size mama... and its not something I ever planned to be and not something I plan to be forever... but I'm pretty easy, so I just roll with it... lol excuse the pun... 

When it comes to what I wear... I'm pretty happy with where my style is these days, it took me a while to get here, because this wasn't always the case... In the old days I would settle for an over sized, plain and somewhat sloppy 'Bob Charles' polo shirt which for me was actually a big HUGE no no! 

So... One day back in 2007, I woke up and thought "Man! I'm a woman!" haha! As funny an epiphany that was, it was one nonetheless!  So with the help of my nearest and dearest BFF, I focused on nurturing the confidence I needed to change and eventually find my style.   Afterall curvy women need to wear clothes too... so why not be happy in them???

A good friend of mine has asked me to come along to a meeting of church women tomorrow night and run a little workshop on this topic... I'm flattered although totally daunted because I truly do not think of myself as a fashion guru... but I think I've learnt alot about my own personal style in the last 4 and bit years... so this is what I will share with them tomorrow... 

check it out...

How I found personal style:

What's my body shape? 
This was really important.  I concluded that I am an hourglass shape... thats right curves up top and curves down low... and a waist somewhere in between.

What's my best style? 
In trying and failing, and trying again, I've concluded that my shape is best suited to the baby-doll style.... instead of wearing belts around my waist, I'll wear them higher up, even under my bust, same goes with tops and dresses. These bring me in at the waist and helps to show the hourglass thats here somewhere lol.

Am I comfy?
I have never in my life worn a 'mini' skirt... They're just not me, even in my slimmer 'young adult' years... Only I can know how uncomfortable they are for me, as you would know what is for you.  On the other hand maxi skirts make me feel tall and floaty, I love the feeling a good maxi gives me.

In saying that...
...and at the risk of contradicting myeslf... Sometimes we all need to take a little step out of our comfort zone... but only if its good for us... for example; I will never wear a mini skirt and I'm sure the community will thank me for that... however it wasnt too long ago that wearing dresses, to anywhere other than church, made me uncomfortable and now they feature considerably in my wardrobe, I just LOVE a good dress! 

Nurture style confidence...
Confidence is the best accessory and it goes with anything and everything! 

Experiment...
Try mixing; you'll be surprised how great florals go with stripes.  Mix vintage with ultra modern, try colours you havent worn before. 'Over-wear' items ROCK! Jackets, blazers, cardigans, vests... give them all a go!

Accessorize...
Belts, scarves, hat's, bags, rings, earrings, necklaces's, gloves, stockings, tights... there is so much... use them!  Use them ALL!!!

Shoes glorious shoes! I have always loved shoes, but only in recent years have I had the opportunity to nuture this love... so I have converse chucks, nike sneakers, clogs, boots, lots of sandals and jandals, heels, flats, chunkie soles and mary-janes.  I would never have imagine myself owning a pair of cowboy boots 4 years ago, but I own a pair now and I love them!  If you have a great pair of beautiful shoes to compliment your outfit you'll have a winner.

So... I hear you ask, what is my style... well I'm pretty ecclectic, but I stick to my own personal basics as noted above... these are some of the things you will find in my everyday wardrobe...

• vintage dresses
• home made dresses
• denim jacket
• corded jacket
• long vintage coats
• a variety of jeans colours and styles
• easy tops (easy as in can wear with anything)
• fitted t-shirts (which I wear under lots of things)
• tunic/long singlet type tops (because I love to layer)
• a couple of belts
• several scarves

Whatever your personal style, make sure you love it!  If you don't love it then I'd say it's time to lump it... changing your style won't cost a lot if you go to sales, thrift stores etc.  Although I reccomend maybe spending a little extra on staple items, like a good quality pair of shoes.

Don't forget to spend a little time getting re-acquainted with your hair and make up...  And don't forget... we may be mama's and nana's but we are still girls!  And playing with hair and make up will always be fun, don't you agree?

Anyway whatever you do and whatever you wear, have fun doing it, and have fun wearing it...

Mrs C

xox

My Ganama's dress...

I love this dress. 

It was ANZAC day on Wednesday and I thought I would wear this dress to work on Thursday because I felt... hmmm I suppose I felt sentimental...  I'm really grateful for the men who went off to war to fight for our country, to keep their grandchildren free from bondage and incarceration.  What a beautiful country we live in and I'm very glad that I have the freedom of speech, might and mind, that I'm able to share it with you...  I love New Zealand.

Green with envy...

This must be the first time that my laptop has suffered withdrawls from me and not the other way around... I haven't touched the poor thing since I posted Super Sunday... You see, Blogging helps me to relax; but these holidays I just haven't needed any help to relax... isn't that wonderful?  Yes it is!

I'll post some of my fav holiday picts tomorrow... but for now let me introduce you to the latest edition of my curvy wardrobe...

Yesterday, we stopped at the Savemart in Upper Hutt and even though this is not exactly what I call a bargain at $20.99 I did think it was a bit steep, but, it was pay week yay!  and I just could'nt pass up on the colour... or the fact that it looked brand new... so I had to snap it up because it's just so beautiful... do you agree?

I'm so excited that The Carpenters Daughter is coming to town next week! 

Yay!  I'm looking forward to going along and checking it out.  I know exactly which dress I want so fingers crossed... if you live in Wairarapa check out this link out for more information about TCD and who knows, we may just bump into one

another at the roadshow...

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs C

xox