How many X's?

In the words of Tofiga Fepulea’i, from Laughing with Samoans, ‘I represent all the X’s before the L’s and what better way to demonstrate this then to wear the biggest shirt I own, nuff said!

 

And for that bit of Xmas touch, a Reindeer skull. 

Shirt- ‘Party Girl’, Thrift, Saint Paul De Vince $5

Tights- Maya, Warehouse

Shoes- Chux 

Necklace- Love Love

Glasses- Le Specs ‘Riri’ 

Teachers Skirt

This top is perfect for summer, light coloured and sheer! I had brought the top on my birthday back in October, from the local Red Cross store. And Happy Birthday to me, all their plus size racks were half price making my top only $2! My skirt is a kick back to the 90’s, more specifically to the fashion of my primary school teachers. Although that would be a cringe factor for most, I find myself attracted to the old and mostly unusual. As the saying goes, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure and to me the best treasures are found at Op shops.  

 

 

Top- thrift, Red Cross $2

Skirt- thrift, St Paul De Vince $3

Hat- Garage, Warehouse

Glasses-‘Riri’ by Fiorelli (was $89.95 & I got it on SALE for $20!)

Necklace- Made by Me

 True style is never dictated by price

 

Crochet Poncho

This crochet poncho was a Xmas gift many years ago and it had been 3years since I last wore it. Even though the trend had come and gone I still hung on to it, with the intention of wearing it ‘one day’. So what better way to put truth to the hoarder’s popular belief and actually wearing it ‘one day’ -that being last Saturday. Unlike other fat fashion bloggers who have embraced their bodies and flaunt their lusciousness, I admittedly still struggle from time to time, being in my own skin. Case in point my arms, aka my bat wings. I loathe them and so I cover them. If I wear a singlet or a top with sleeves that are too short for my liking, on goes a second shirt or a cardigan, jumper or jacket. Now I’m well insulated as it is, then you add summer to the mix with that extra layer covering the wings and I’m sweating balls! So to my delight, my debut of my poncho is like an unveiling for my upper arms to the world. It’s the closest to wearing nothing but it has the feeling of being covered which is comforting. Now I look forward to wearing singlet’s as I have another arm covering option available. I know it would be better to go totally nude on the arm front, but Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither is conquering one’s body fear in single moment. So for now, my arms get to relish in the rays of the sun and flap in the summer breeze under the security of a crochet web.

 

 

My hat, spray painted black. If you can’t find what you want, then D.I.Y!

 

Obligatory Titanic shot. 

Poncho- Jay Jays

Singlet- Garage, Warehouse

Skirt- Thrift, Avondale flea market

Shoes- Number 1 Shoes

Hat- Thrift, SaveMart

Glasses- Le Specs

Necklace & Ring- Diva

Belt- Big W

Western Springs

Take two; my toga dress from my cousins 21^st becomes my laid back Saturday outfit. And where dose one kick it back on a Saturday? Well you go chill out in nature, or a semi tame version of it also known as a park. We hit up up Western Springs, a huge park with a pond in the middle where families from all over come to have some G-rated fun. You can walk or bike round, play on the jungle gym or do the most popular activity of feeding ducks (as well as eels). I was surprised at how much I actually enjoyed myself, even though there wasn’t anything eventful happing. I have to admit that I have become a real mall rat and had forgotten about the simple pleasures of just being. Being in a place that wasn’t aimed at selling me something (getting me in that feel good consumer mood), a place that isn’t artificial with its sights, sounds and even smells (although it is a park, so I do realise that there is a human element involved in it). You can feel quite nostalgic (and old) when visiting a place from your childhood, but being in a space that has remained relatively unchanged is quite comforting. I guess I took a moral away with me that the truly good things in life never really do change. 

 

Toga (poncho dress)- Made by Me

Tights- Maya, Warehouse

Necklace- Diva

Glasses- Le Specs

Hat- Warehouse

Roman Sandals- Number1 shoes

Western Springs, Good times and good stuff!

Back in Black

Saturdays outfit for a day of Op shopping.  For some reason I felt like being in black in the middle of spring, luckily the weather was overcast for me to do so. Not much else to say, unlike the spiel of my last post!

It’s been years since I last owned or even wore a pair of Roman sandals (High school to be exact) but like jandals they are the most comfortable shoes you could wear during those hot summer months. Although I maybe one of the few who wear it outside of the school yard, the nostalgia is still there.

Dress- City Chic

Top- Moda, Target

Cardi- City Chic

Shoes- Roman Sandals, Number 1 shoes

Bag- Thrift, Salvo

Necklace- some random store in Melbourne

Glasses- Cotton On

Big Red

The ‘Red Dress’ (RD) is quite an elusive piece of clothing. All woman search and usually do find their version of the perfect ‘Little Black Dress’ (LBD) but when it comes to big Red, its damn near impossible! Just like the LBD, I believe the RD could be one of the most classic pieces in a woman’s closet (once you’ve actually found it, that is). But is it elusive because no woman outside of red carpet event would wear it? Or maybe it’s the ideology of being the woman in red? Red is a colour that invokes the idea of power and passion and is a colour that I guess has a sexual connotation to it. Maybe there’s no RD’s because we are afraid of it, with no demand there’s no point and with no point they are not made to be sold and my hands will be forever empty. You can’t tell me that after the liberation that Sex and the City brought to woman’s sexuality and the freedom of expressing one’s self through fashion as Lady Gaga did, that the little red dress is still fashion taboo!?!! We need to change this perception, red is power and strength, a confidence to stand out, a ‘Boss Bitch’ colour! My perfect RD would be a deep candy red wrap dress with a low bust line and it hits at the knees, actually I got a few but this tops the list.

 

The red dress I’m wearing in all truth isn’t my most favourite thing. It’s red but not my preferable shade, it has short cap sleeve's which look like a shower caps sitting on my shoulders but it does have redeeming features. A low bust line shows off the assets and the dress clinches below the bust to define a waist and flows over the rest. It’s a give and take situation and when it comes to fashion, usually big girls take what they can get.

 

Dress- City Chic

Cropped Cardi- City Chic

Tights- Maya, Warehouse

Hat- Warehouse

Shoes- Chucks (all black, all leather)

Brooch-Thrift, St.Vinc Op Shop

Bag – Auckland Uni Flea Market
Glasses- Le Specs

In Blue Silk

This poncho top has quickly become one of my favourite summer go to tops. Made from silk and in a lovely vibrant blue, you can’t be missed in this get up. This summer I’m all about the over sized, loose tops. Yes it’s baggy and a lot of the time shapeless but fuck me if I’m going to be caught in a top that makes me feel like a sausage about to break its casing. Trinny and Susannah may cringe at the thought of tent like tops but these days rules and boundaries of fashion are being broken and it’s all about individuality (at lest it is for me). 

 

Top- Thrift, Savemart

Tights- Maya, Warehouse

Bag- Thrift, Salvation Army

Necklace- Made by me