Natasha at Dangerous Curves has just put me onto her online store. If you’ve got curves and in need of a vintage dress to fill then you need to go visit. She stocks beautiful dresses sizes 14-24.
And while you’re there take a look at the curvy bombshells page. Which bombshell would you add? I’m thinking maybe Beyonce back in her bootilicious days.
So after the absolutely fantastically amazingly vicious bout between Smash Malice and Brutal Pageant on Saturday (Hadyn has a good write-up and pics of it), it’s time for the girls to voltronise themselves together to form Richter City (woo!) to take on Auckland’s Pirate City Rollers (boo hiss!). The match is on December 5, and you’ve got to be there. Along with making signs, we’re hoping y’all will join us in dressing in orange and purple to show your support. How rad would it be if the whole audience did it? Here’s what I’d be wearing, if someone else was paying:
So we’ll see you there, right?
Remember how we gave you suggestions about what to wear to Skate of Emergency? Turns out some of youse guys really took our advice to heart. I will suggest that if you want to see really good photos & action shots you go look at Jed’s, but if you want to see hott girls and hott outfits taken by me, then keep on reading.
First up, there’s me!
The bustier is from Hips and Curves, the rest is ezibuy/farmers, with headscarf made by the lovely Amy.
More pics after the jump… » Read more: Roller Derby Outfits revealed
I’ve written before about how much I love the doodles in Frankie mag, and also how much I love the people who post to the Fatshionista Livejournal communtiy. So imagine my joy when I found someone who combined the two, and who has a lot of things to say – and owns the dress of my dreams. Meet Natalie, and please feel free to buy me some of her prints!
1. Can you tell us about how you became a freelance designer? And what does your average day consist of?
I had been an in-house graphic designer for a couple of years, and a number of things (including stress and work related RSI) brought me to the conclusion that I’d probably be happier having a break and doing my own thing. I’m very lucky to have a supportive husband who thinks I’m incredible, and he’s been so awesome and understanding! I started out doing very typical graphic design for print, but this year I decided that I’d like to fully integrate my own illustrative style with graphic design. It was a pretty risky decision, because it’s easy to get work doing business cards and annual reports, but it just wasn’t fulfilling anything in me. Now I get to do lettering and doodly layout work for magazines, films and websites!
2. Where do you find your inspirations?
I’m very inspired by things I remember from my childhood, like my Nana’s furniture, frames, and art. I also love fashion and typography, and like to interpret things through my own hand. I also find myself very stimulated by academic things like feminism, physics and biology.
3. You have another blog, the Axis of Fat. Can you give us a beginner’s guide to what Fat Acceptance is?
The Fat Acceptance movement is about challenging people’s conception of fat people as lazy, incompetent and slobby (or any other number of really negative connotations). Societal shaming of fat people (to lose weight, to make themselves invisible) is a horrible and dehumanising thing, and it’s one of the reasons why I am so passionate about Fat Acceptance (or, FA). On an individual level, I like to think of FA as accepting yourself as a valid human being with the same human rights as other people, because so many fat people intuitively negate and deny themselves just because they are “bad” (according to society, the government and the media) and that often leads to problems that extend well beyond the “issue” of fatness (because mental health is health too!)
Many people accuse me of being “pro fat” when that is completely incorrect. I’m actually pro-human being, whatever one’s natural body shape. I don’t believe a fat woman should be shamed, nor do I believe a slim woman should be shamed. Bodies will find their own natural weight – there are many fat people who exercise regularly and eat healthfully, just as there are many slim people who do not exercise regularly or eat healthfully. I believe all human beings should exercise their self awareness and listen to their bodies!
4. What do you wear/do to make yourself feel good?
I love to dress up, and I have worn any number of ridiculous outfits to social engagements! This is part of my whole “fancy lady” ethos. I have observed that society wants to make fat people invisible, and when I become “fancy” I become incredibly visible! Clothes, shoes, hair, makeup and accessories all form part of my dressing up, and I honestly can’t say I’ve ever received flack for it. For me, it’s empowering and fun to be ridiculous!
5. How would you define pretty?
I think prettiness is about integrity, self awareness and self expression, and it doesn’t have to be an obvious thing. Some people have a slow, bubbling prettiness and their shyness or introversion add to their beauty. Other people have a massive, ball-busting aura of fabulosity, and it’s just as attractive!
We’ve talked before about Roller Derby, and how fantastic the girls who do it are. We’ve told you to buy your tickets. Now we’d like to offer some suggestions as to how you should dress for the event on September 19. Obviously, you want to be comfortable. It’s licensed, so you may be drinking beer, but then you will have to negotiate portaloos. You may be sitting on the ground or on bleachers, so you don’t want anything too tight. There are many many attractive people in attendance who you may wish to try and pick up, so you have to dress to impress as well – if you’re in to that sort of thing. And then there’s the really important issue – do you support Smash Malice or Brutal Pagaent???
I’ve had a play around on Polyvore today, so let me offer up some suggestions for each team supporter:
Unemployment is taking a severe toll on my credit card. Recently I have bought things from:
You know by now that I’m totally and utterly obsessed with Mad Men, and my current style philosophy is “What Would Joan Wear?”. So imagine my glee when I discovered that as part of the build-up to series three they’ve created a little Flash game where you can create yourself an avatar in their style. That’s a fun way to spend five minutes. Now let’s see your pics in the comments please.
The Carpenter’s Daughter needs you!
Size 12-24 models are needed for their runway show at AirNZ Fashion week.
If you’re interested or know someone who is, email Leanne@thecarpentersdaughter.co.nz.
(With apologies to The Cure. And also anyone else who doesn’t approve of that term. But oh well.)
Hey all my ladies with the curves, have you guys been to Featherston Street lately? Petone used to be the best place for plus-size shopping, but now town is totally Curve-ville.
So let’s rock on with our frocks on, yes?
We’d like to introduce a new feature here on PPP, which is all about you. If you’ll allow us to misquote Chicago for a minute – “you’re the meaning in our lives, you’re our inspiration”. So we want to know what you’re wearing. We get blasted by too many pictures of too many models wearing unrealistic clothing every day, so we’d like to keep it real. Who you are, and what you wear is what we care about. Therefore we’d love you to email us – jo@prettyprettypretty.com with a picture or a link to you wearing your favourite outfit, and a bit about what you’re wearing and why you like it. Okay? Awesome. I’ll start.
So in this picture, I am wearing:
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