Fat Fashion

This is your semi-regular thread in which fat women can share pix, make recommendations for clothes they love, ask questions of other fat women about where to locate certain plus-size items, share info about sales, talk about what jeans cut at what retailer best fits their body shapes, discuss how to accessorize neutral colored suits, share stories of going bare-armed for the first time, brag about a cool fashion moment, whatever.

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Going out to brunch with friends look, yesterday:

I've mentioned both of these pieces before: The stripey dress is from Eloquii, and the blue and gold pumps are from Fluevog.

This is one of my favorite outfits. It's so vibrant and fun and makes me feel good when I wear it. I visibly take up space when I wear this outfit, and to feel good about being visible and taking up space is a radical departure from what I felt about myself and my body a few years ago.

I announce myself in this outfit. And I don't apologize.

Anyway! What's up with you?

Have at it in comments! Please remember to make fat women of all sizes, especially women who find themselves regularly sizing out of standard plus-size lines, welcome in this conversation, and pass no judgment on fat women who want to and/or feel obliged, for any reason, to conform to beauty standards. And please make sure if you're soliciting advice, you make it clear you're seeking suggestions—and please be considerate not to offer unsolicited advice. Sometimes people just need to complain and want solidarity, not solutions.

[Note: I am not receiving anything in return for my recommendations here, nor am I affiliated in any way with any of the companies mentioned herein. Any endorsements made are on products I purchased myself, just because I like them!]