Grin and Bare It

Fashion week is just around the corner and you can count on a great number of fashion segments put on by our favorite style experts, correspondents and the like showing off the hottest trends and undoubtedly telling the one plus size model in the segment who is meant to represent all fat chicks across America, the best ways to "flatter her figure". 

  

Lately the word "flatter" in these style segments feels much more like it's meant to say hide. I feel sort of torn, the J.Lo's and Kim K's of the world have pushed mainstream media to accept a big bootie girl in a bandage dress and to "appreciate her curves", which is fantastic. However, there are many more body types than the coveted hour glass and they certainly don't all want to wear dark washed, boot cut jeans and a white button down top. 

Oh pish tosh blah blah blaaaah. I hate the political B.S. Wear whatever the hell you want. Wear a freaking Thunder Cats costume for all I care. Here's what I felt like wearing today. The good folks at Fashion to Figure sent me this top. Loves it. It's actually on sale right now if you want one... 

Sorry for rambling, I really did start out with something I felt like talking about and the more I thought about it, the more I thought "Whateverrrr". LOL sorry. I tried.

Here's what I'm wearing:

Sweater - c/o Fashion to Figure

Leggings - Macy's

Shoes - Barefoot Tess

Latest lips make-up fashion trends for teens

Make up plays a special part in the grooming of one’s personality. Make-Up is a common term which means to be more presentable. This is an immeasurable term and has many more meaning but usually it is referred to as the make up of face and hands and foots of both women and men.

Make Up is one of the fundamental needs of the women and men as well of today. With the change of era and transformation of other things of life, make up also revolutionized with the modernization of thoughts. Make Up normally include, hairstyle, eye make up, face make up, lip make up , nail make up, and toe make-up.

Here one can see about Latest Lips Make Up Trend. Lips are the prominent part of the face, so more people focus more on this. A Lip stick is a type of cosmetic, used for the lips. This can be of single color having different shades. Following are some of the pictures shown for Latest Lips Make Up Trend, These are exclusive and inspirational lip make up styles. These are implemented by the experienced make up masters. So you have got an idea about how crazy the teens will use these types of Lip Stick fashion trends.

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(CONTEST CLOSED) GIVE LOVE GIVEAWAY Sponsored by Lane Bryant

Some people hate the Hallmark holidays and to each his own... but I love, love. And I love the idea of setting aside a day to celebrate your special someone. Yes, yes we all know the history of Valentine's Day and blah blah blah, but the truth is that The Beattles had it right, "All you need is love".  Haha! Ok enough sappiness. I'm a hopeless romantic, can ya tell?

Anyhoo. Hopefully you love someone, even if that someone is YOU! So, give love...to your man or your woman, and especially yourself!

What am I giving away? $100 gift card from Lane Bryant! Just in time for Valentine's Day no less. I'm sure that you know, Cacique has some of the best plus bras, panties and lingerie! Here are a few new in that tickled my fancy! (The gift card can be used on anything from the store.)

Here's how you enter:

1. You must "LIKE" the Fatshion Insider Facebook page
2. You must FOLLOW this blog (look top/left of your screen)
3. You must leave a comment here OR on the Fatshion Insider Facebook page telling me One Thing That You Love About Yourself.

I will select a winner at random this Friday February 3rd. Good luck!!!

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Saturday AM Sequins

Happy weekend everybody! I'm visiting my family in Philly, decided to snap a few pics before heading out on a few adventures with my Mummy and Sis. This outfit is just easy weekend wear. You already know I'm in love with printed pants and I found these for $20 on 125th Street in Harlem! Gotta love it. Lots of cool prints...I bought three (don't judge me).

I had a strong urge to wear sequins so, I added this tank top that from LYS for Kmart. It's probably critical to wear sequins at least once a week. Good for your...heart health? Or...something. Ha!

Here's what I'm wearing:

Denim Top - OSP

Tank - LYS for Kmart

Jeggings - 125th St.

Booties - BFT

Earrings - Bday gift from bestie Rosa

Hee hee hee hee how

It's easy to get caught up in how the world perceives you. The way I see it, you can never take yourself too seriously. If you don't have a sense of humor about things and are always uptight and stressed out, you miss out on some really amazing opportunities to experience new things and to learn about yourself. Just a thought I had today...

These glasses are pretty fun and kind of made my day just having them on. My best friend - Super Stylist Meeka Johnson's mom (the queen shopping and clothes hoarder who taught us so well), recently let me raid her ultra fab collection of vintage frames. She had some pretty incredible ones that she gave me and ultimately took back lol but I managed to snag this pair. Hellooooo 1984.

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Work it

Happy Hump Day! This week has been crazy busy and it's only Wednesday. All amazing things, busy certainly much better than not, that's for sure. There are so many really fun amazing projects that I'm working on including one near and dear to our "curvy" hearts, Full Figured Fashion Week. Beyond happy to be a part of it this year leading the publicity. 

It's funny, all of the things I'm working on right now require so much time and attention but I feel amazing. When you're doing what you love, sometimes it doesn't feel like work. Like when you have a 3three hour client meeting and you don't even want it to end. So with work in mind...I decided to post an outfit that's sort of a "Kellie work outfit". 

What's crazy is that when I posted pics of me in a leopard blazer and ripped jeans and called the post "business casual", I got so many responses from new followers about how "I could never wear those jeans to work" etc. For those that know me you know that 1. I don't follow conventional fashion rules and 2. my job isn't exactly "normal" so, baring any corporate client meetings...I'm usually dealing with wild people dressed far more "cray" than moi.

I guess this is a bit more traditional, a button down top but I did it my way. I layered this tie waist, hounds tooth, sheer, button down over a midi dress. I kind of love it...

Here's what I'm wearing:
Blouse - Avenue
Dress - Rachel Pally
Necklace - Kenneth Jay Lane
Watch - Burberry
Bag - Badgley Mischka
Booties - Faryl Robin

Fashion Talk - Valentine’s Day Fashion Trends

Women and teen girls are always particularly conscious about their looks and style. And when we talk about Valentine’s Day, it becomes further special to look stylish, trendy and dazzling personality. Women's dressing is the central part of their looks. Here are the tips by which one can have the trendiest looks on Valentine’s Day 2012!

Just keep little stuff in your mind like type of dressing, stitching design of your dressing, your makeup and hair style, your shoes and jewellery and hand bags' choice! These all things are much significant while building up a trendy and up to date personality.

First of all floral colors to be worn on Valentine’s Day like reds, pinks and other colorful floral colors as Valentine’s Day’s peculiarity is attached with the flowers. Flowers are the sign of love, affection, peace and romantic mood. So these colors will be the best choice on promising occasion of Valentine’s Day. Red color to be rock this year too, like previous years! Because it's the color of your heart and is the symbol of your love for someone special. All exciting floral colors will give you an awesome look on this occasion.

One can wear red colored tops, skirts and pants. Pinks are also a nice trend on this occasion. You have to go with some prints that are much lively to express your feelings to your loved ones.

Now the shoes, tips that are one have to go with sexy high heel shoes, stilettos and pumps. These kinds of shoes will look gorgeous on Valentine’s Day, giving you romantic and sexy looks on your dates.

Stunning bracelets and chunky earrings will go rocking with your red or pink colored dress. Beautiful clutches would be the best hand bags on your dates of Valentine’s Day. Color idea of your all accessories must be in accordance to the color of your dressing, this point is very important in styling yourself!

Various trends are introduced by fashion designers for the year 2012. And here are some suitable and the most romantic trends for one to give you a complete guide about the fashion trends of Valentine’s Day 2012.

Domino Dollhouse Vamp Collection

A favorite amongst the indie plus size fashion scene and bloggers alike, Domino Dollhouse is camp, meets pinup meets bad ass fat girl all rolled in one. It sort of reminds me of one of my favorite movies Cry Baby. I would have totally been a Drake. 

Designer Tracy Broxterman started the line in 2009 and it's ever expanding. While everything might not be for me, I can definitely appreciate the charm. Besides, where else can you go if you need a 14+ raspberry colored petticoat.

The latest addition to the line is called the Vamp Collection which just went live all of an hour ago. Just in time for Valentine's Day naughtiness. Check out a few of my favs! A leather corset? Yes, please.

Faux Fur a Go

We've had our first snow fall here in NYC and I survived! Granted, 4-5 inches of snow isn't exactly life threatening but that's just how much I dislike this part of wintry weather. My week has been incredibly productive, fun, action packed...lots of hang time with those I love hanging with etc. 

So for the weekend, it was all about chilling out. Finally checked out Mission Impossible...Tom Cruise never disappoints. The much publicized scene of him hanging from the world's tallest building literally had me on freaking out on the edge of my seat! A few dinners, a birthday party and brunch. Awesome weekend.

On to the wears. I live for this color combination. I don't have a ton of red in my wardrobe but whenever I do wear it, I automatically reach for something camel colored, tan or something in that family to pair it with. Easy comfy weekend wears.

Here's what I'm wearing:

Coat - Michael Kors - Via Bloomingdales

Top - Cable & Gage via TJ Maxx

Jeans - DKNY c/o Lane Bryant

Bag - Louis Vuitton

Necklace - Vintage stolen from my Mummy

Exclusive Anna Scholz Interview

My latest piece for Skorch Magazine

UK based label Anna Scholz has been a favorite of mine for years. I’m a huge fan of prints and color but the combination of Anna Scholz’s luxury and ability to create unexpected pieces for curvy women are what set the brand apart. I had a chat with the one and only Anna Scholz about her spring 2012 collection and here’s what she had to say:  Click to read interview and view all the images >>

Q. For those who’ve been living under a rock, tell me a little bit about the Anna Scholz brand and where you are sold

A. The Anna Scholz label in sizes 8-24US has been established in 1996. Our label is famous for celebrating and flattering curves with an emphasis on strong prints and sexy silhouettes.

We now carry a white label, black label and our diffusion collection for Simply Be. We sell to a variety of department stores ( Saks.com andBloomingdales.com from February 2012 ) and boutiques all over Europe and the US. For more information of your nearest stockist please visithttp://www.annascholz.com/customer-service/stockists

Click here for the rest of the article!

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Check out my latest piece for Skorch Magazine! I'm talking pastels...

New Yorkers are known for existing in a constant state of ‘cool’ but I really can’t imagine how it will be possible to walk around without a cheesy smile plastered across one’s face because spring 2012 all about color. And, color makes you happy. From bright saturated hues to pale pastels, I’m sort of convinced that soon cities across the globe will look like one big Skittles commercial, “taste the rainbow”…and I love it!

I’m all about a pop of color so, the bright hues aren’t really anything new to me. However, I’m completely caught up in the whimsy of all of the pastels making their way into nearly every retailer. Over the last few months we’ve even seen pastels pop up in people’s hair (swoon)! Though you may have visions of your grandmother’s Easter suit when you think of dressing in pastel colors (hmm, was that just me?), there are so many really cool modern takes on how to incorporate them into your wardrobe. Imagine how fun color blocking lavenders and mint greens with beige and coral will be.

Below are a few must haves on my list! While you may not dye your hair like the fab Kelly Osbourne below, a great pair of skinny jeans, a chunky sweater, a dress, perhaps even sexy shoes in Cadbury colors are a worthy investment!

Get the look!

1. Lantern Sleeve Pointelle Sweater
2. Ralph Lauren Collection Scarf
3. Rachel Pally White Label “MYRA” Dress
4. Miu Miu Ruched Leather Clutch
5. Pastel Hued Hair
6. Gisela Ramirez Reversible Chiton
7. ASOS Bitten Leather Platform
8. ASOS Curve Exclusive Lavender Skinny

Head to Toe

I've been having fun taking a few spring 2012 trends out for a test drive and one that I really love is the head to to print look. Flipping through the February issue of InStyle, I saw this amazing page featuring all over prints from suits to jumpers, separates - YUM.

This weekend when I was thinking about layers to battle the 20 degree temps (and still not quite ready to submit to a floor length bubble coat) I thought...ok, a nice cozy sweater. Then I thought, how can I make this interesting? So I mixed prints as I often do and loved this look. Sort of a tip toe into a full head to to print look. I'm actually really excited to do a head to toe print when I find the right one.

I'm sure some would say that a (curvy, plus size, fat - whatever you identify as) woman wearing head to toe prints is a no-no however, I don't subscribe to conventional rules of what I should and shouldn't wear. Whether you want to try this trend on for size or not, I think it's really important to step outside of your comfort zone and for all of those "I'd never wear this or that" moments, just try it. Be audacious in your fashion choices!

Here's what I'm wearing:

Studded Jacket - Lane Bryant

Printed Cardigan - Ruche 

Printed Jeans - Random store on 125th

Snood - ASOS

Bright Yellow Bag - Rebecca Minkoff

Shades - Marc by Marc Jacobs