a rant on fatshion.

Why oh why must cute clothes not have proper fit for a plus size?
when I say fit i don't mean it in a size sense so much as a fit as in tailoring.
I am beyond sick of buying clothes that have no real fit nor flair to flatter my curves. even regular women's clothes seem to have strayed from a more fit look. and i've got to say off the rack clothes are down right frumpy looking. Structure is important!!

I am a fortunate soul who loves to sew and is somewhat good at it. However I have a very difficult time spending upwards of $70 on a dress(not to mention the $50 for a top.. a top that has less than 2 yards of fabric), that I then have to alter the shit out of to make it cute for my body. or worse have to add to it to make it a fashion do, rather than a fashion "OMG you look like crap, don't you own a mirror?!?".

add to that the fact that the fashion industry not only hates fat chicks.. it also feels the need to gouge prices.. or make things in god awful prints...or ewww poly knit.. or any sort of knit fabric that clings un-lovingly to bits that need not have things clung to it.. 
while we are on the fabric content thing, whatever happened to good old cotton? or even natural based fabrics, you know the stuff that breathes, and can keep you warm and cool??? (not that I don't love my vinyl and once and a while latex.. but not everyday.)
and can you say shoddy fabric offerings??? and bad construction. I ordered a dress from B&lu.com and literally wore it for 10 minutes and the damn strap broke!! I wasn't even doing anything other than standing in the laundry room talking to my friend as he moved his clothes from the washer and the dryer. If you ask me that constitutes bad construction and poor fabrics. 

I put major effort into looking cute and finding clothes that work for me, i'd dig a little help when it comes to options. I also feel that the mass public of chubby chicks who might not have the ability to do the same as me should have a little help. since how can anyone expect us to look good when there is sooo much bad fashion out there marketed to us?

Oh and fashion industry incase your reading, just because my ass is semi-big doesn't mean i'm tall!! If i have to hem another pair of pants due to them getting longer as they get big, I might just sew my finger together. Oh and my legs didn't get bigger as the pants got larger either. no one should have to take off 6 inches ( i wish i was kidding) of pant leg to make it look like i have legs and a cute butt in the pants.

Oh and all that cool alternative clothing that is out there, START MAKING BIGGER SIZES!!! at minimum sell patterns so us crafty bitches can sew something awesome too! 


And at this juncture i'd like to extend a hearty FUCK YOU to torrid who once (a long time ago) had fun, funky clothes that were well made, comfortable, unique and awesome, what the fuck happened??? what happened to quality, value, and variety of styles? Where did the rockabilly, punk, club/rave wear go??? You do know we aren't all pink loving divas out here ( i like to think the bbw kink community is all nodding in semi agreement).
Want to see two fat girls of a similar size get in to a fight? drop a peice of vintage torrid wear in between them and watch how they go at it. Hell do it the easy way and watch an ebay auction over that shit. Yeah we are brutal when it comes to that shit.

Earth to torrid.. psst .. *whispers* come here i wanna tell you something... You were doing something right. Why oh why go tell your customers to fuck off and wear horrible clothes that make you look like everyone else... when clearly some of us like that we aren't cookie cutter chicks? Aren't there enough places that make plus size crap that is "normal"? wasn't your niche for the alternative set?? hmm I think it was. (yeah i'm still bitter about this). Diva style my ass.


kisses!
Raven

And we're off..

Hey there,
So for my first post I'm going to give you a peek at me. With  this peek I hope you'll grow to enjoy my humor (read snark and sarcasm), and come back for more.

I'm short at 5 feet four inches tall. now that might not sound short to you but throw about 250+ pounds on that frame and you have a short fat chick, who wears glasses and swears like a sailor. I'm heavily tattooed, and starting to get piercings, after many years of rejecting the thought of them.

So there you have it I'm short and fat. Oh and don't fit in to the mold of trying to hide the fact that I'm fat. I am  comfortable in my own skin 95% of the time, and that other 5% is reserved for when I'm sleeping or dealing with the mass populations negative outlook on fat girls.

Before I go off in that direction, I love music, and I prefer it live, loud and preferably over multiple nights. I drink, smoke, swear (mentioned that above),  am in general a bad influence on adolescents both boy and girls. Despite all that I like dogs (especially mine), some cats, I love my adopted goldfish, I bake yummy things, I sew fairly well, I take photos of almost everything, I travel a lot, and have a fairly entertaining outlook on life, and I speak my mind.

I shop a lot for fun cool stylish clothes, and as a fat girl trying to do this, that is an adventure. I'll share with you where I go, what I found, and how you can get it, or make it on the cheap.  After all if you want to look good you have to work for it! added bonus I have a style as eclectic as my music tastes, so odds are something I wear will work for someone else.

I'm going to wrap this up my saying the grammar and spelling police can kiss my ass. I try to keep spelling errors to a minimum. However if you have nothing better to do that correct my syntax and grammar, you need to go get a life and have a stiff drink and or a smoke. While sipping your adult beverage/ having a relaxing smoke,  you should then ponder what a giant asshole you were/are, then take a deep breath and relax, you're taking life to seriously!  that my friend will kill you faster than anything.

Hope to see you all again soon!
Raven