Comments on: Friday fluff: Fall fashion

By: Infoseek

Infoseek — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:39:50 +0000

I saw the Elena Miro stuff (and liked the colors and the nods to structure). Those models are “plus” in the Crystal Renn-Kate Dillon-Ashley Graham sense, which means they are inbetweenies. I subscribed to and read Mode when it existed and the largest model I ever saw was about size 18 or 20.

By: everstar

everstar — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:42:05 +0000

I have returned to Minnesota (because I got fired, aha) and it’s SO NICE. I’m looking forward to hauling out my sweaters and not just sweating through a Florida winter. :D

By: Mae

Mae — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:07:25 +0000

I just looked at a European designer website said to be “plus sizes” –
http://www.elenamiro.com/eng/index.asp

This designer had a runway show at fashion week in Milan. Big to-do, plus-size fashions on the runway.
No surprises: none of the models are REMOTELY plus sized!
FWIW.

By: Deborah M

Deborah M — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:01:58 +0000

Fall has definitely not arrived here yet (Israel). Plus I’m entering my ninth month of pregnancy and I’m HOT. I’ve also worn the same three things practically the whole of the last few months because most of my maternity stuff I bought isn’t cotton and so the material is too hot for me… so I’m looking forward to Fall so that a) it gets cooler and b) it means I’m giving birth soon and will hopefully be able to return to my regular clothes and not have to wear the same 3 things all the time!!

I like coats. I have one coat in particular from Anthropologie, that’s quite light weight and so perfect for Fall, usually not warm enough for winter. I doubt I’ll be fitting back into it in time to wear it this year though :( Although I’m nearly at the end of my pregnancy and I’ve only gained 26 pounds, so maybe I will? Who knows! This is the first time I’ve been pregnant – no idea what my body will do afterwards!!

By: marina

marina — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:26:54 +0000

I love fall fashion because I can start thinking about what I’ll be wearing to those holiday parties. Right now, I’m contemplating a lovely Igigi wrap dress, in deep green velvet with silk charmeuse ties around the waist. The one thing I hate about dressing up is feeling uncomfortable, but this dress looks like it will feel like I’m in my favorite bathrobe–while making me look super glamorous.

By: Liza

Liza — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:43:53 +0000

P.S. veganwobbly – lol

By: Liza

Liza — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:41:46 +0000

I actually have a fashion question/issue/potential bitchy rant. It’s the Perennial Boot Issue. Capitalized because…well, yeah.

I really want wellies. Tall ones (I have a pair of little short ones and they annoy me). CUTE ONES. I have large calves and skinny ankles (thank you, mom’s genes and running for that combo), which makes boot shopping a beeotch, especially for boots made out of an unforgiving substance like plastic.

Last week, for shits and giggles, I tried a pair on in DSW – I’ve lost a bunch of weight recently, so I figured, hey, maybe I can buy boots somewhere other than mysterious online stores now. No luck. While I got them farther up my leg than I would have at this time a year ago, there was still about 2 or 3 inches at the top that didn’t quite make it.

I haven’t measured my calves recently, so I don’t know how large they are (pre-weight loss they were somewhere between 18-19″, so my guesstimate is that they’re closer to 17″ now but I could be totally off). My best description is they are slightly larger than what boot makers consider “normal,” at least at the top.

Buying boots online scares me ever since my Woman Within incident – I ordered boots that claimed to be 18″ around the top, and after getting them and not being able to zip them I measured the top, which was 16″ around. Bloody liars. Torrid doesn’t have any listed right now (though I am loving the lumberjack boots if for no reason other than the blatant Monty Python reference in the description).

If anyone has tips that don’t involve taking my Swiss Army Knife to a pair of wellies or duct taping my calves, I’d really appreciate it. I’m sure there are others here with the same problem too.

(SWF with big calves seeks tall, attractive wellies for a good time. Loves to play in puddles and get all wet…lol)

By: DW

DW — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:35:02 +0000

I love wearing footless tights under dresses. I have light & heavy tights, and 4 black dresses with different sleeves/ lengths. I look the same almost everyday and I like it! Layers make me happy. All I do is change the top part – jacket, sweater, open shirt. Loves it! So easy to get dressed. Scarves and flower pins change daily, too. I just busted out my awesome flower pin made from sweater material. Too cute.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:43:00 +0000

I’m dreaming of donning my ribbed turtlenecks again! I don’t care that Stacey and Clinton would say no to me wearing a turtleneck; guess I’m defiant like that!

Shoes are a little harder. I seriously need to win a shoe lottery, because the only decent fall shoes I have are some black penny loafers and unfortunately, much of my wardrobe right now is brown.

By: car

car — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:30:32 +0000

I’ve tried to train myself to be that way. Most of my life my main clothes buying concerns have been A) it’s cheap and B) it fits. Looking good never really played into it much. I didn’t have much style, and didn’t know what looked good, and thought I was lucky enough just to find clothes I could afford that fit. Now I’m trying to just get things that make me feel good, that give me a little happy Ooo when I look in the mirror trying it on. I don’t have as many clothes now, but most of them do make me happy. Not all, still, but I’m trying.