FIERCE FRIDAY: CELEBRATING PLUS SIZE MODELS

Hey curvy girls all over the world,
It's Fierce Friday on Stylish Curves and today we are featuring budding plus size model Denise Bidot. Denise was picked this week because she is working it in the new Monif C. Holiday collection dresses. For the holiday season Monif went with a Sex and The City theme and we like it. The holiday collection dresses are named for each of the Sex and The City characters. I love Denise's youthful and fresh look in the photos. The fiery red hair just spices everything up.

Checkout more pics of Denise and the rest of Monif C. holiday collection. You can pre-order the dresses at www.monifc.com

The Charlotte Dress

The Samantha Dress

The Miranda Dress

The Carrie Dress

COOL JEWELS:POSH LOCKET

Hey curvy girls all over the world,
SC's back with another cool jewels website. Poshlocket isn't as edgy as previous cool jewels find Crush.n.Glam but it's for the girl who likes classic and modern styles. Poshlocket offers a range of gold and silver along with a few Lucite pebbled pieces. They carry everything from drop earrings to swirl necklaces all at affordable prices.

You can see more of their pieces at www.poshlocket.com

Checkout a few pieces below and tell SC what you think:

DOROTHY PERKINS IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE US

Hey curvy girls all over the world,
I just checked my email and got some awesome, awesomey, awesomeness shopping news. You can now shop Dorothy Perkins US site. The site launched today and you can receive 25% off your order with code DPUSA25 as well as free shipping on a $75 or more purchase. Love It! For those of you that don't know, Dorothy Perkins goes from sizes 2-18. They also carry tall, petite, and maternity styles too.

US shipping will be a flat rate of $10 and takes 5-10 working days.

Checkout the site now at www.us.dorothyperkins.com

VINCE CAMUTO APPAREL NOW AT MACY'S HERALD SQUARE

Hey curvy girls all over the world,
Yesterday, I was at Macy's Herald Square for the Vince Camuto apparel launch. I shared with you last month that the brand had an amazing fall collection that included plus sizes (Read Here). I'm still dreaming about that gold sequin sweater and leopard print skirt. As far as I knew, the collection was only available at Nordstrom, well, it's now available at Macy's. Vince Camuto himself was on hand at Macy's Herald square signing autographs and sharing the new collection with shoppers. The collection is on the 3rd floor at Macy's on 34th street. If you want to see more looks from the Vince Camuto fall collection go to www.vincecamuto.com. Many of the looks for straight sizes are available in plus at Nordstrom's.

I didn't stay long because my feet were killing me, but, I managed to get a few snapshots:

Love the sequin top and shorts combo

Vince Camuto himself chatting with customers

CURVES ON THE STREET

Hey curvy girls all over the world,
We are back with another stylish curvy girl on the streets of NYC. Yesterday I was at Macy's checking out the launch of Vince Camuto apparel when I ran into wardrobe stylist and personal shopper Cathy Mallebranche. I thought Cathy looked super cute in her fit and asked her to give me the details of her look. Especially that leather vest.

Here's her Fit details:
Leather Vest-DKNYC
Striped ruched sleeve top-ABS
Leggings-INC
Boots:Steve Madden
Earrings-Poparazzi

What do you think of Cathy's look?

WHAT I WANT NOW: PRINTED DRESSES FROM ESHAKTI

Hey curvy girls all over the world,
Eshakti has some new arrivals and they've gone print crazy. This season I want to get more into prints and I think Eshakti has just what I need. I'm really into the bird and horse prints right now. Polka dots will always be one of my favorites. Plus Eshakti is still offering SC readers $20 off their purchase (Does not include sale stock). The discount will run to the end of this month. Just use code SC0811 at www.eshakti.com

Checkout a few printed styles for yourself:

La Dolce Vita Dress $59.95

The Birds Who Gossip Dress $69.95

Singing In the Rain Dress $99.95

Harajuku Dolls Dress $69.95

 

Art Nouvelle Dress $64.95

Paint ball Splash Dress $69.95

STYLE JOURNEY: AT THE OFFICE

Hey curvy girls all over the world,

Yesterday was another nice early fall day. Breezy, but not too cold. I thought it would be a good idea to break out my leather pencil skirt I got from Jessica London last year. It's a little snugger this year due to some extra snacking, but with a little grease and spanx, I made it fit. :). I wore the skirt to Fall Fashion Week 2010 with a tweed jacket (seen here). I wanted an easy yet sharp look for work, so I wore it with the red tie neck blouse I bought from Avenue. The look is simple, but the bright red against the black really pops (in my opinion). Anytime I wear a simple look, I like to incorporate a pair of fun shoes to make the look more interesting, so I wore my leopard print Michael Kors pumps with it. 

I try not to be matchy matchy with jewelry, but these red and black tribal print earrings from Forever21 looked pretty good with it. The tie neck blouse is going to be a wardrobe staple for me. I would wear it even if it wasn't on trend. The Avenue top is cute, I just wish the tie was longer in an obnoxious way, so it could standout more. I'm thinking about getting the purple color in it too.

What will be your fall work staple?

Get Today's Featured Pieces

Tie Neck Blouse-Avenue

Leather Skirt-Jessica London

Leopard pumps-Ivanka Trump

Jessica Simpson Cuff

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Earrings

COOL JEWELS: CRUSH.N.GLAM

Hey curvy girls all over the world,

A few months back I found out about a new jewelry site called Crush.N.Glam from a girl I knew that worked on the same floor as my office. We were chatting about fashion and she said, I should checkout this site if I was looking for cool jewelry. Well I checked out the site and thought I would share it with you. The online boutique offers a medley of edgy and modern jewelry from spiked earrings and two finger rings to layered necklaces. Their pieces are sure to spice up any look whether you're rocking a sexy dress or jeans and a tee.

For more info and to view more styles go to www.crushnglam.com

They have so many styles to choose from. Checkout some of my fave pieces from the online boutique:

Mean Girl Spiked Earrings (also in gold)

Lucky Lips Necklace

Star Trek Ring

Gossip Girl Earrings

 Protect Ya Neck Gold Chain

Two Finger Ring

They even sell cute little tees

STYLE JOURNEY: ONE FINE FALL DAY

Hey curvy girls all over the world,
Yesterday was such a beautiful fall day. Not too cold and not too warm. I thought the weather called for and outfit that represented a little bit of spring and a little bit of fall. I decided to wear my second favorite piece from the One Stop Plus spring 2011 collection, which is this off white leather biker jacket. Can I just say that this jacket is all that and a bag of chips (corny, I know!).

The jacket was gifted to me from The OSP team earlier this year. I never wore it because I became so smitten with the OSP collection pink blazer (seen here & here), that I kind of forgot all about this jacket.

The jacket actually popped into my mind when I bought this Rachel Rachel Roy dress at Macy's. I'm a huge fan of Rachel Roy especially when she goes on sale at Macy's. I scooped up this little Eco friendly pleated dress in a salmon color. Rachel Roy does not do plus but some of her pieces are cut for the girl with a little or in my case a lot of meat on her bones. Once again, as plus size women we must try things on. When I first saw the drees, I was getting ready to write it off because I assumed it wasn't going to fit around my hips, but, I know better than to just write something off without trying it on and I am glad I did. When I tried it on and I that sucker fit over my hips without Spanx, I grabbed it with the quickness because it was the only XL left.  I looooove this dress and the pleated details. It's so feminine but has a sophisticated aura about it.

I thought the jacket and the dress would be a perfect combination for a day like yesterday. I completed my look with another over looked item in my closet which are theses snakeskin print sandals by Calvin Klein. They were buried in the back of my closet and oddly enough when I was pulling the dress out so I could iron it, the shoe box fell on me. Go figure!

I felt so cool and chic yesterday, you couldn't tell me anything. Stay tuned to SC this week for event recaps and new fall collections to be on the lookout for.

What I'm Wearing

Dress: Rachel Rachel Roy

Jacket: OSP Collection

Shoes: Calvin Klein

Clutch: Stolen from my momma

Bracelets: Loft & Mom

Earrings:Forever21

LUNCH BREAK SHOPPING: ALDO'S FAB HANDBAGS

Hey curvy girls all over the world,

On Friday I did my normal lunch break shopping. I hit up the Aldo's store that was near my office. We all know Aldo's has very trendy sometimes pinch your feet shoes, but I think people really sleep on the amazing accessories and handbags that they offer. I told you before that I was building up my handbag wardrobe so I decided to checkout and see what Aldo's had to offer and boy am I glad I did.

I found leopard print clutches and ostrich leather totes. They even had a nice assortment of faux fur bags which were quite fancy looking. I didn't purchase anything because I left my coupon at home. Hopefully all the cute bags won't be gone when I comeback with my coupon.

If an Aldo's is not near you, then checkout their site for some of these uber chic bags. Go to Aldo's.com