Major Props to REAL Plus Size Merchants

What defines a REAL Plus Size Merchant: Their plus size fashions are designed for the plus size form, displayed on plus size models and/or mannequins. Add them here as you find them - and I'll start the ball rolling with two.



Realityplus Clothing, for designing specifically to the plus size form, displaying on realistically sized mannequin, and providing an elegant, flexible line of ensemble fashions.



Igigi, for displaying on realistically sized models, for providing myShape, aimed at shopping by shape, with coherent explanations.

What have YOU found?

College Student Featured for Efforts on Size Acceptance

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/01/17/sns011808mtv.html

I just caught the MTV True Life episode where, among other stories, Jessica Patton is featured as she starts the Body Beautiful on-campus group with the goal to promote size acceptance and positive body image reinforcement through sharing. Her segment on this plus size show was most encouraging, and speaks volumes for those of her generation in making a difference.

Valentine Hint

Last day to get this in time for Valentine's is Feb 1, so it's time to drop some major hints! After all, this is the Year of the Major Bling, right? And diamonds outlast chocolates, roses and scented candles...

Sizing Up the Situation - Part 1

1/25 - the investigation begins, on my quest to answer the niggling question: What Size are You?


Where am I going and why?
This quest actually started several months ago, when I launched the Personal Shopper feature at Perfectly Shaped World, and discovered that, even though I was selecting items of a specific size range, they weren't -the right size-.

Since I never meet my clients in person, my accuracy is based entirely on the ability to get the right data before I begin my fashion hunt. The problem was, at that point, I had no idea just what data would be the right data, and trial and error has proven that that question is still eluding answers.

I'm not a long-standing member of the fashion industry, so I don't have a little black book or prized Rolodex to spin and call up my choice of expert. But I have a few tools at my disposal - a pitbull's persistence when it comes to research, and the Internet!