dangerous curves ahead

How To Dress Like America Ferrera

August 29th, 2008

A fun article on the amazing personal style of America Ferrera (I love that top outfit by Diane von Furstenberg) and how you can totally try to work it yourself, if you have a similar, hourglass body type.

Miss. Ferrera has been popping up on more and more “best dressed” lists recently, and it’s no surprise. Her style is the perfect blend of youthful elegance and class that you hardly see anymore.

Ok, so her look is neither groundbreaking nor is it avant-garde, but I love it just the same. America looks glossy, but not overprocessed and like the girl next door that you really want to go shopping with. The girl knows how to dress her shape without looking dowdy or obscene, and in a world of uber-thin actresses, it’s nice to see someone that looks like me out there working it.

And this reminds me that I haven’t yet seen the sequel to the movie about the pants, which is also about pants. That is very wrong, and gives me ideas for how to spend my holiday weekend.

Thanks to Anne for the link!

Posted by mo pie

Filed under: America Ferrera, Celebrities, Fashion, Feel Good Friday, Movies, Tidbit

You might also like

  1. Let's Hope Airbrushing Wasn't Involved
  2. Fuck You, Socialite's Life
  3. Dress Barn Woman

8 Responses to How To Dress Like America Ferrera

  1. April, on August 29th, 2008 at 7:14 pm Said:

    She is gorgeous and I love how she works her curves. That top dress is so cute but my favorite is the Burberry, 3rd pic down. I would so wear that.

  2. Jackie, on August 30th, 2008 at 9:26 am Said:

    America not only has great style when it comes to fashion, but she also has a really stylish looking Nintendo DS. It was shown in her promotion for the I Play for Me Nintendo campaign targeting women, she put her name on the back of the top screen in stickers. So cute! I also love to see a fat gamer like myself too.

  3. Rhonwyyn, on August 30th, 2008 at 10:22 am Said:

    Maybe my understanding of “fat” is screwed up, but America doesn’t look fat in any of those pictures. She looks like many of the other women in Hollywood (not the emaciated ones).

  4. Miriam Heddy, on August 30th, 2008 at 11:24 am Said:

    Not so crazy about the “waist not, want not” bit, nor the advice to create “a slimming effect.”

    Also, what if we’re not “as naturally beautiful as America”? (Which the article presupposes we might not be.)

    And then there’s the sample dress at the bottom of that article, with the Yu Clothing dress worn by a woman with barely any body fat at all.

    Not so much with the FA.

  5. mo pie, on August 30th, 2008 at 11:43 am Said:

    Oh yeah, she is definitely not fat at all, except in the sense of “Hollywood fat.” And she certainly doesn’t need a “slimming effect.” Good point!

  6. KarenElhyam, on August 30th, 2008 at 11:50 am Said:

    I fail to see how dressing for your “shape” is anything more than patriarchy dredged lecture on how to make your body more appropriately sexy so that the all important arbiters of your worth, men, will evaluate you in a positive manner.

    In other words, under normal circumstances according to patriarchy, America Ferrera is not good enough to be deemed worthy of existing by merit of not having an appropriate body type – aka, sexy and thin – so she must jump through fashion hoops in order to render her body appropriate for consumption by society.

    No

    No no no.

    Not good, not positive, not anything worthwhile.

    We can’t stamp out fat and body hate, and I mean TRULY stamp it out, until bodies are seen as worthwhile simply by merit of being. Dressing the way you wish to dress should be fun for you, and not something done so your “shape” will finally be appropriate.

  7. mo pie, on August 30th, 2008 at 11:53 am Said:

    That reminds me of my skull sweater, and this post.

  8. Liza, on August 31st, 2008 at 8:21 am Said:

    Well, if you want to enhance this particular shape, this is a good article. No one here is saying you have to dress this way.

    It’s about how you find your body most attractive and dressing to enhance that shape (or part). If this isn’t how you want to look, don’t wear this style. But some people do want to have this shape and like getting advice on how to achieve it. I don’t see why we all have to jump on mo pie for this one.

    I say thanks for the link. :)

    America is definitely thinner than when she first started (watch Real Women Have Curves or even the first pants movie), but she’s still not exactly Hollywood skinny, she actually has a curvy shape. I think she’s really pretty.

Subscribe to the comments for this post (RSS)

« Beverly Hills 9021-Oh
I'm Henry The Eighth, I Am. Sort Of. »

RSS button Entries RSS

RSS button Comments RSS

Email us

Look around
  • What's the Big Fat Deal?
  • Introduce yourself
  • How do I love myself? And the follow up.
  • Our Facebook group
  • BFD greatest hits
  • 10 Ways to be a Body Positivity Advocate
  • Our pet fish
  • Press and media
We are...
Image of Mo Pie Image of Weetabix Image of Jenfu
Find it
Meta
+ Click to display
  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  •  
  • Google Reader or Homepage
  • del.icio.us 43 Folders
  • Add to My Yahoo!
  • Subscribe with Bloglines
  • Subscribe in NewsGator Online
  • Furl 43 Folders
  • Add to Technorati Favorites!
  • Add to netvibes
  • Health Blogs - Blog Top Sites
  • Pop Culture Blogs -  Blog Catalog Blog Directory
  • Blogging Fusion Blog Directory
  • I fight fat-hate!
  • B-List Blogger
  • Bloggapedia, Blog Directory - Find It!
  • As Seen on Delightfulblogs.com
  • Blogarama - The Blog Directory
  • Top HealthCare Sites
  • + Click to hide
Your comments
  • Babs: So sorry to hear that you are moving to Facebook. I’m one of those “dinosaurs” who refused to...
  • Trish: I’m a heavier girl, and throughout my pregnancy so far I’ve not thought too much about looking...
  • Rhonwyyn: Hi Mali, So sorry you’re feeling this way. I was never very skinny, but I learned to hate my body as...
  • Jody: I just got this cute Disney Nerds bag at Disneyland this January. It was only $20 and the strap is super long....
  • Courtney: I found one at H&M. Can’t wear a damn thing from that store except their bags, and it was under...
Recent entries
  • New BFD Page on Facebook
  • Recommend A Crossbody Bag
  • It Happened To Me: I Read xoJane.com
  • Actor Gains 50 Pounds, Becomes "Much Funnier"?
  • Nordstrom Rack Fall Outfit Extravaganza
  • Say Yes To The Dress: Big Bliss
Notes from the Fatosphere
Most Popular Categories
  • Advertising Advocacy America Ferrera American Idol Art Ask BFD Beth Ditto BFD Classic BFDudes Biggest Loser BlogHer08 Books Britney Spears Carnie Wilson Celebrities Cold Hard Cash Comics Courtney Love Dance Your Ass Off Diet Talk Diet Talk Warning Drop Dead Diva Eating Disorders Exercise Fashion Fatism Fat Positive Fat Suits Feel Good Friday Feminism Food Gabby Sidibe Glee Gossip Guest Post Gwyneth Paltrow Hairspray Health Huge Humor International Jenfu Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Love Hewitt Jessica Simpson Kate Winslet Keira Knightley Kelly Clarkson Kids Kirstie Alley Links Magazines Media Meta Mike & Molly Mo'Nique Mommyblog More To Love Movies Music Nikki Blonsky NSFW Old Navy Old Timey Oprah Personal Photoshop Politics Project Runway Queen Latifah Question Race & Ethnicity Renee Zelwegger Review Ricki Lake Ricky Gervais Science Sex & Romance Star Jones Theater The Office Tidbit TV Tyra Banks Uncategorized Video Weetabix Weight Loss WLS Work

Twitter
[aktt_tweets count="5"]
Most Comments
  • Nordstrom Rack Fall Outfit Extravaganza (232)
  • How Do Strangers Treat You? (134)
  • "The Beautiful People Are The Skinny People" (103)
  • "You Do Not See Fat People In Concentration Camps" (100)
  • Are You Insecure About Your Height? (97)
  • Big Fat Ad (91)
Archives
Powered by WordPress & WPDesigner :: Design by Pattycake Designs & modified by Make My Blog Pretty :: Logo by Evan Carothers