Comments on: Fashion Hacks http://www.bfdblog.com/2007/04/12/fashion-hacks/ We're bringing chubby back. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:37:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Brenda http://www.bfdblog.com/2007/04/12/fashion-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Brenda Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:23:03 +0000 http://www.bfdblog.com/?p=36#comment-597 Thanks for the link, Lisa! And how great is it that her line is called "Humps"? That just cracks me up. Thanks for the link, Lisa!

And how great is it that her line is called “Humps”? That just cracks me up.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.bfdblog.com/2007/04/12/fashion-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-596 Lisa Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:12:53 +0000 http://www.bfdblog.com/?p=36#comment-596 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9578114 Did anyone else catch the NPR story on Macy Gray yesterday? She has a plus-size line of clothes coming out that sounds great. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9578114

Did anyone else catch the NPR story on Macy Gray yesterday? She has a plus-size line of clothes coming out that sounds great.

]]> By: littlestar http://www.bfdblog.com/2007/04/12/fashion-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-595 littlestar Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:34:19 +0000 http://www.bfdblog.com/?p=36#comment-595 This is a little OT, but worth noting for the topic of fashion in general: plus-sized model Kailee O'Sullivan is featured in the May issue of Glamour. It's a great pic of her. Maybe it's just a blip on the radar, but maybe again, some designer out there will realize there's a market for plus-sized fashions out there, along with great models to show it off. This is a little OT, but worth noting for the topic of fashion in general: plus-sized model Kailee O’Sullivan is featured in the May issue of Glamour. It’s a great pic of her. Maybe it’s just a blip on the radar, but maybe again, some designer out there will realize there’s a market for plus-sized fashions out there, along with great models to show it off.

]]> By: K http://www.bfdblog.com/2007/04/12/fashion-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-594 K Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:36:03 +0000 http://www.bfdblog.com/?p=36#comment-594 I alter existing clothes quite a lot - if it's perfect except that the neckline doesn't quite sit right, or the T-shirt is an unflattering length, or the wrapover top slides apart when I bend. Small things. I wouldn't buy stuff online, though (other than T-shirts) because I never know what size I'm going to be in a shop: it depends so much on the cut. I would make more of my own clothes if I had time. Though a while ago, I fell in love with some sari fabric and made myself a top out of it - whereupon my size-ten sister borrowed it so often that eventually I gave it to her. Law of unintended consequences, there... I alter existing clothes quite a lot – if it’s perfect except that the neckline doesn’t quite sit right, or the T-shirt is an unflattering length, or the wrapover top slides apart when I bend. Small things.

I wouldn’t buy stuff online, though (other than T-shirts) because I never know what size I’m going to be in a shop: it depends so much on the cut.

I would make more of my own clothes if I had time. Though a while ago, I fell in love with some sari fabric and made myself a top out of it – whereupon my size-ten sister borrowed it so often that eventually I gave it to her. Law of unintended consequences, there…

]]> By: The Rotund http://www.bfdblog.com/2007/04/12/fashion-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-593 The Rotund Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:20:18 +0000 http://www.bfdblog.com/?p=36#comment-593 I am a pretty internet savvy shopper. I shop alight.com and fashionoverdose.com and sizeappeal and igigi and I find small designers who are willing to make things to measurement. I make my own clothes, without a pattern most of thetime, and I alter existing clothes. I thrift. I swap. I scour sales on the fatshionista community on livejournal. I try things on that don't have my size marked on the tag but look like they'll fit. I try on maternity clothes. Mostly, I just remember to have a good time with my clothes. I am a pretty internet savvy shopper. I shop alight.com and fashionoverdose.com and sizeappeal and igigi and I find small designers who are willing to make things to measurement. I make my own clothes, without a pattern most of thetime, and I alter existing clothes. I thrift. I swap. I scour sales on the fatshionista community on livejournal. I try things on that don’t have my size marked on the tag but look like they’ll fit. I try on maternity clothes.

Mostly, I just remember to have a good time with my clothes.

]]> By: Anne http://www.bfdblog.com/2007/04/12/fashion-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Anne Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:55:30 +0000 http://www.bfdblog.com/?p=36#comment-592 <a href="http://sew-mad.blogspot.com/2007/03/basic-line-skirt-drafting.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is an awesome tutorial for putting together a pattern that fits just you. It's a little math and a lot of arts and crafts - fun as hell. Here is an awesome tutorial for putting together a pattern that fits just you. It’s a little math and a lot of arts and crafts – fun as hell.

]]> By: Swellanor http://www.bfdblog.com/2007/04/12/fashion-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Swellanor Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:03:13 +0000 http://www.bfdblog.com/?p=36#comment-591 PS- I just clicked through your link to the Curvalicious Craftster board- I'm in love! PS- I just clicked through your link to the Curvalicious Craftster board- I’m in love!

]]> By: Swellanor http://www.bfdblog.com/2007/04/12/fashion-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Swellanor Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:15:54 +0000 http://www.bfdblog.com/?p=36#comment-590 What a great post! I can't wait to hear everyone's ideas! My crafty fashion secrets: I make my own skirts! They're the simplest choice to sew, and my own body shape makes it hard to find skirts that fit. I have made a pattern that fits my shape at the hips and waist, so I can alter the length and the fullness easily. I hate hemming, so I design in frayed edges. Iron-ons! I can never seem to find tee shirts that both fit nicely <i>and</i> have nice, well-proportioned designs on them. So I start with the former and make the latter. I use lovely designs from art books that come with CD ROMs- check some out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_kk_1/104-3627586-8353523?ie=UTF8&search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=agile%20rabbit%20editions" rel="nofollow">here!</a> I print them out on my ink-jet printer using special iron-on paper I bought at Staples. Buttons! Another way I jazz up boring Fat-girl tops is with new buttons. I'm wearing a purple Old Navy cardigan right now, which I dolled up with navy, grey and shimmery blue buttons. Whoa- I just realized that I am wearing examples of <i>all three</i> of my fashion secrets right now! A green shark-tooth-hem skirt, a blue tee-shirt with green and brown iron-ons, and the cardi. What a great post! I can’t wait to hear everyone’s ideas!

My crafty fashion secrets:
I make my own skirts! They’re the simplest choice to sew, and my own body shape makes it hard to find skirts that fit. I have made a pattern that fits my shape at the hips and waist, so I can alter the length and the fullness easily. I hate hemming, so I design in frayed edges.

Iron-ons!
I can never seem to find tee shirts that both fit nicely and have nice, well-proportioned designs on them. So I start with the former and make the latter.
I use lovely designs from art books that come with CD ROMs- check some out here!
I print them out on my ink-jet printer using special iron-on paper I bought at Staples.

Buttons!
Another way I jazz up boring Fat-girl tops is with new buttons. I’m wearing a purple Old Navy cardigan right now, which I dolled up with navy, grey and shimmery blue buttons.

Whoa- I just realized that I am wearing examples of all three of my fashion secrets right now! A green shark-tooth-hem skirt, a blue tee-shirt with green and brown iron-ons, and the cardi.

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