Archive for February, 2010

To say things are busy right now would be an understatement, so apologies for being so quiet. With the day job, plus all the other things I find it impossible to say no to, I’ve been really busy behind the scenes writing up a storm.

But I did want to stop by to quickly mention that I’m currently guest blogging over at the brand new Evans Fashion Fix blog. It was a real honour to be asked to help out with the launch, and I’ve really enjoyed contributing to the blog.

I finish up and pass the baton on to another great blogger at the end of the week, but I will be back towards the end of March when hopefully I will have learned a lot more about the industry. Being involved in this project and throwing myself headfirst into the world of plus size fashion and size 16 supermodels has been a real eye opener, and I can’t wait to really get going with Big Girls Browse in the next few months off the back of what I’ve learned.

I’m still not sure I’ve got the tone of that site quite right, but after many discussions, twitter chats, emails and having read hundreds of amazing inspirational blogs, I think I now know what I want to do to fix that, so keep your eyes peeled!

I’ve also just written a Guest Curator post for the Etsy blog, The Storque. I got to pick some of my favourite things on the site – difficult considering the wealth of amazing stuff that’s available from designers across the globe. Hopefully I’ve done some of them justice!

The fact I’m a bigger girl means I write a lot about more voluptuous women. Does this mean my body image is warped? Do I not ’see’ fat people any more?

Perhaps. Because I’m at a loss as to what kind of mad brainwashing would cause people to make ridiculous comments like this…

“As gorgeous as she is – she is overweight. Double standards here. I doubt we would ever hear you say, “XXX looks amazing with her protruding collar bone”. No wonder women are confused about what weight / shape is healthy.”

That comment was in response to this…

Now I know I’m at risk of turning this blog into a Christina Hendricks shrine at the moment, but seriously, that comment is just beyond my comprehension. The reaction to her Golden Globes dress I could at least try to understand. It was a risky choice, a fairly unflattering colour and it was fussy, which some people might argue is a bad choice for someone who’s not Hollywood slim.

But to call her unhealthy and overweight? Talk about going too far. In what possible way is this woman even close being overweight? Christina Hendricks is 5′8. To be even slightly overweight (going by the Body Mass Index, which is also what my doctor’s surgery relies on) she’d have to weigh 168lbs – that’s 12 stone. I can pretty much guarantee you she doesn’t weigh anywhere near that. One website lists her measurements as 36-32-36. I’m sure her waist is much smaller than that, given than mine is 32 inches. But either way, that makes her about a size 12. Hardly obese, is it?!

There’s only one saving grace in this for me. The place where I found the comment was actually The Daily Mail website, which we all know has its fair share of resident morons. The site allows other users to vote on people’s comments. The comment above is the worst rated comment, and for once, I totally agree with the 300 people (and counting) who think ‘FK’ from London needs to get a grip on reality.

When size 12 is fat, we’re all in trouble.