Some new favorite sites:
The Sartorialist
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
This site rocks for the sheer love and presentation of fashion and design as interpreted by people on the street. Mind you, often the people on the street are in Paris waiting to get into the runway show at Chanel, but it is absolutely inspiring and graceful. Another reason to be devoted to this site is that when recently asked about the lack of plus size women photographed on his site, his reply was:
"When I am shooting on the street older women and larger size women often say "no" to my request to shoot them. Actually, much more than any other category of people I shoot. I think they have a real suspicion about how the image will be used. I also think there continues to be a growing disconnect between the fashion community and "average" women in general."
He gets it. We rock no matter what size we are. It's time for all of us..from size 2 to size 32..to embrace who we are. To trust that we can rock a look and be admired for it! To love what we wear and to always present in the best most fashionable way we can. It means only putting yourself in clothes that you love and that make a statement about how fabulous you are. It means making an effort, which fat women have been denied for so long, but not any more. I will no longer deny my style or my love of style, no matter what size I am and I invite you to do the same.
That leads me to another site that I just discovered:
The Manfattan Project
http://themanfattanproject.tumblr.com/
This amazing site takes off from the Sartorialist in presenting people on the street that have incredible style and grace. It's subtitle is "Real Fashion. Large Bodies".
The Official Website of Carrie Fisher (and the blog specifically)
The Sartorialist
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
This site rocks for the sheer love and presentation of fashion and design as interpreted by people on the street. Mind you, often the people on the street are in Paris waiting to get into the runway show at Chanel, but it is absolutely inspiring and graceful. Another reason to be devoted to this site is that when recently asked about the lack of plus size women photographed on his site, his reply was:
"When I am shooting on the street older women and larger size women often say "no" to my request to shoot them. Actually, much more than any other category of people I shoot. I think they have a real suspicion about how the image will be used. I also think there continues to be a growing disconnect between the fashion community and "average" women in general."
He gets it. We rock no matter what size we are. It's time for all of us..from size 2 to size 32..to embrace who we are. To trust that we can rock a look and be admired for it! To love what we wear and to always present in the best most fashionable way we can. It means only putting yourself in clothes that you love and that make a statement about how fabulous you are. It means making an effort, which fat women have been denied for so long, but not any more. I will no longer deny my style or my love of style, no matter what size I am and I invite you to do the same.
That leads me to another site that I just discovered:
The Manfattan Project
http://themanfattanproject.tumblr.com/
This amazing site takes off from the Sartorialist in presenting people on the street that have incredible style and grace. It's subtitle is "Real Fashion. Large Bodies".
The Official Website of Carrie Fisher (and the blog specifically)
We all know Carrie Fisher as a youthful Princess Lea. We know her as the witty and wry author as one of my favorite books "Postcards from the Edge". And now, we are knowing her as an actress in her early 50's who is battling the tabloid obsession with perfection and youth. A recent post included the following and quite simply, I have decided that she is my new heroine!! Rock on Carrie Fisher! Her last comment put into words the way I felt after reading through a bunch of comments posted on CNN's website after United Airlines announced it's new policy of charging large passengers for a second seat. The vile and hatred in these anonymous comments was outrageous and like Ms. Fisher states here, all I could wonder was "how much do YOU weigh asshole and how did you decide that you were so absolutely flawless?" So, kudos for her for remaining true to herself and calling it all out so honestly!
"You see, I was hot when most people are hot—- in my fucking 20’s & part of my 30’s……THEN, in an effort to imitate humans, I had a child &, to further maintain my life like disguise, I took medications for about 9 thousand years, &, despite all my efforts, I continued to get older & older——inadvertently, I assure you———-I tried to arrest my development physically as WELL as emotionally, but unfortunately without as much success. I also must confess that I ate food. I’m sorry….. I realize that I promised never to eat anything but lettuce & sun flower seeds, but tragically, I was unable to keep my promise.
Yes, I realize…..I KNOW that I vowed to exercise for 3 hours a day—-aerobics, pilates AND yoga, but alas, I admit with a large quota of shame, that I failed to fulfill this other important commitment. NO, I shouldn’t look as if 30 years have passed. I understand completely if you can’t find it in your heart to forgive me for looking like 3 decades have passed…….Of COURSE you should mock & belittle me for being so large!! What else could you POSSIBLY do?????!? I’ve let you down by treating my body as though it were just some giant sad sack that I use to haul my personality around. You have every right to compare me to Yoda or Elton or Kirstie…….I’ve brought it on myself.
But here’s this thing that I found myself wondering………what the fuck do YOU look like??! "
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