Hey curvy girls all over the world,
The Jason Wu for Target lookbook has been released and um, we have our sneakers and leggings ready by the door to run to Target and snatch up just about every piece. Every look in this collection is playful, feminine, colorful, and just plain old chic. This is probably one of the most wearable collections that we've ever seen from Targets designer collaborations. This collection consists of everything from brightly colored woven shirts, striped full skirts and dresses to structured totes and clutches.
What we like about Jason's collection is that it's realistic for everyday life. We could see ourselves going to work, school, running errands, having lunch or even sipping on a cocktail in anyone of these looks. The Jason Wu for Target collection hits stores on February 9th- March 6th and the prices range from a whopping $19.99-$49.99.
No the collection does not come in plus but most Target collaborations go up to a size 14. As I've preached numerous times on this blog sometimes you have to look at the cut of the clothes and the fabric it's made with because you never know what might fit. This collection actually looks forgiving with the full skirts and dresses so it's worth a try in our opinion.
In creating this collection designer Jason Wu said, "My goal was not to duplicate anything from my main collection... Instead I designed completely new clothes and accessories that reflect my taste and have a voice of their own."
All we have to say is when will Target find the first plus size designer collaboration. Are there any takers?
Seriously, you can't ask for a better collaboration than this.The First Lady sure knows how to pick'em. Enough gushing, checkout a few looks for yourself:
We all know how it feels to see a runway look that we love but have to pipe down our excitement for it because it doesn't come in our size or even close to our size. Just because designers want to be stingy and not expand their collections into plus doesn't mean you can't get a designer look in your size.
We recently gawked at a few looks from Kate Spades pre-fall 2012 collection and became quite smitten with a number of ensembles. We especially liked this leopard print peplum top and red cropped pants combo so much that we decided to show you how to get it in plus. With the help of our fave trendy online store ASOS Curve and new comer to plus size fashion Vince Camuto, we created a pretty darn good replica of Kate Spade's pre-fall collection for your plus size curves.
Hey curvy girls all over the world,
Kicking off Stylish Curves of the day for the new year is Venessia from Mississippi. When it comes to embracing her curves, here's what Venessia has to say:
My name is Venessia and I am a Mississippi native. I learned to embrace my curves in college and started blogging to help inspire other women with curves to learn to work their curves.
My blog consists of everything from club looks to everyday looks. I style my outfits with affordable brands because I know every curvy girl doesn't have a huge budget to work with.
I would be honored to be featured on Stylish Curves because you were the first blogger I ever saw that was chocolate like me and that really made the blog experience more personal for me :)
If I had to describe my style I would describe it as modern chic with edge. I gravitate towards colors and prints. Fashion is my art and clothes are my paintbrush.
Thanks Venessia! Your hair is so cute and loving those blue heels and that pink and purple color block look.
If you would like to submit your looks to be featured as Stylish Curves of the day. Send 3-6 head to toe pictures of your best looks to stylishcurves@gmail.com with a blurb about howyou embrace your curves and where you're from.
Hey curvy girls all over the world,
Most magazines will tell you and show you 100 ways to make you look smaller or to tone down your curves. You know we don't believe that here at Stylish Curves. So, this week we are choosing some of our favorite trends and classic styles that will help you to embrace and enhance your curves.
First up on our list of curve embracing styles is peplum. From the spring runways of Jason Wu to Cynthia Rowley, Peplum was staking its claim as a hot spring 2012 trend. Peplum is not for those people who believe in playing down their curves. This womanly trend is meant to create and endorse a vivacious womanly shape.
In case you were wondering, yes, you can wear peplum if you're are hippie and yes, you can wear peplum if you have a tummy. Try the trend in a graphic or bold print for a standout look or take the simple and subdued route by rocking an all black pencil peplum skirt with a solid colored top.
Go on! Embrace those curves by checking out some of our favorite peplum pieces:
Hey curvy girls all over the world,
This weekend, fellow curvy girl Jordin Sparks celebrated her 22nd birthday at the RPM Nightclub at The Tropicana in Vegas. Jordin looked smoking hot in a gray leopard print long sleeve body con dress complete with black peeptoe pumps and a turquoise cocktail ring.
You know SC is a fan of anything leopard print and we love this look on Jordin. She let the dress speak for itself by not over accessorizing.
Hey curvy girls allover the world,
I know I have been missing in action lately. Work has been keeping me super busy. When you work in finance, the end of the year is pretty important, especially since the market started acting a little funky (for lack of a better word) for the past 6 months. By the time I get home I'm too beat to even conjure up a blog post.
Nevertheless, it's Friday and I have little down time, so, I thought what better way to kick this Friday off than with a celebrity style for curves post. Since the weekend is upon us, I thought Kourtney Kardashian's casual mom chic look would be perfect for plus size curvy girls to get those Saturday errands done in.
Kourtney rocks out in a plaid cut out shoulder top, dark wash skinny jeans and black flats. Simple but cute.
On my search for recreating this look, I found Torrid had a similar plaid cutout top and it's on sale for $24.99. A plaid shirt is an obvious borrow from the boys item but add a cut out shoulder and it instantly becomes feminine. Cut out tops and dresses are a cool and understated sexy way to show off a little skin.
Torrid Red Black Lurex Cold Shoulder Plaid Top
They also had a great pair of skinny dark wash jeans for the girl curves at a $58 steal. Torrid Denim - Curvy Skinny Jean
Complete Kourt's look with a pair of super cute bow flats
Hey curvy girls all over the world,
Happy New Years! I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years. I got some much needed rest. I'm kicking off the New Year in good spirits and with a pocketful of dreams I hoping will come true this year.
To embrace the New Year, I decided to rock one of my fave prints which is leopard. I have way too many leopard print dresses and tops. I got this leopard print dress from Dorothy Perkins and I couldn't wait to wear it. The print is so bold that I thought it would be best to keep things simple and rock my suede ankle boots, a pair of oversized dope earrings I got from Forever21, and bracelets from Ashley Stewart.
Continuing with my bright lip declaration, I'm wearing a bold red lip from Cover Girl called "Cherrylicious". One thing I will be doing this first week of 2012 is hitting up my brow lady. They need taming. LOL!
Hey curvy girls all over the world,
In case you were wondering, here are winners of our 2011 poll of best plus designer, best dressed plus celeb, best trendy plus size store, and best stylish curves feature.
For Best dressed plus size celebrity of 2011 you guys chose Amber Riley. You loved her sophisticated trendy looks.
Monif C. was the fan favorite for Best Plus Size Designer of 2011
ASOS topped your list for best online store for trendy plus size clothes in 2011
You all are still smitten with Linda's sexy chic style and dubbed her Best Stylish Curves Feature of 2011
Thanks so much for voting guys. The polls were all in fun and just a tool to see what floats your boat.
Hey curvy girls all over the world,
I love mixing different textures. Especially in the fall and winter. Tweed and leather are a perfect combination of rough and tough. I bought this tweed Gap double breasted jacket last year.
never got a chance to wear it much and thought it would be good to breathe life into it again. Last time, I wore it with a leather skirt and this time, I decided to rock it with my leather pants.
II am trying to get more use out of my white button up shirts so I thought it would look pretty good under the tweed jacket.
What I like about this jacket is the colorful yarn. There's orange, yellow, and purple yarn intertwined in the jacket which makes it pretty easy to wear different shoes with it. As I said yesterday, I want to start embracing bold bright lips for my dark complexion so I decided to wear MAC's "Girl About Town," in full force to pick up the colors in the jacket as well as the blush pink color in my heels.
I know people aren't used to dark skin women wearing bright lips. I've been slammed numerous times for wearing my red lipstick, but I don't care. As long as it looks good to me, then I'm rolling with it.
Well, I hope you guys have a safe and responsible New Year. No drinking and driving, please.
What I'm Wearing
Jacket-Gap
Leather Pants-Anna Scholz for Simply Be
Shoes-Steve Madden
Bag-Loft
Earrings-Ashley Stewart
Bracelets-Ashley Stewart
Necklace-c/o Sonsi
Hey curvy girls all over the world.
It's been one heck of a year. 2011 to me was a learning experience. Some amazing things have happened and lots of lessons were learned. I never thought I would have continued to blog this long. May 2012 will make 3 years that I have been blogging and at least once a month, I say that I am going to quit. As you can see, it never happens.
Truth is, I love writing about fashion and the state of the plus size community. It is my passion to help plus size women embrace their bodies and stop the self hate. I will always continue to do things that make women feel proud and accepting of their size.
Before I start going in on body acceptance, I wanted to take a look back at some of my own personal accomplishments.
I was blessed and honored to be featured in two fashion magazines. One of them being Essence. I could not believe that I was featured in a magazine that I read since I was a teenager and a magazine that represents so much to black women.
Not only was I featured in their November issue with super fine Idris Elba on the cover, I was also selected as one of their top 40 fashion bloggers. Unbelievable!
I was also featured in One Stop Plus's April issue. I was ecstatic to have been chosen to test drive their Spring collection. It was there that I fell in love with the pink blazer and off white leather jacket.
This summer, I got to participate in FFFWeek as one of the Fashion Front team members with some of my favorite blogger's.
And in 2011 I was also chosen to be a Playtex Strap Solutions Ambassador. You know I love me a good bra.
I also got to attend fashion week again for both Fall 2011 and Spring 2012.
I got to meet one of my fave Stylists June Ambrose
as well as interview my first designer which was Farah Angsana backstage at her show. See video below:
I enjoyed every opportunity that came my way and I learned some pretty valuable lessons when it comes to working with brands.
For 2012, the sky is the limit for me. My motto will be, "Go hard or go home." Along with that motto, I will also be embracing this quote from an Anna Wintour interview I saw, which is, "Stay true to your vision and don't worry about what everyone else is doing."
So, going forth in 2012,
Here are my fashion resolutions
I am hoping to change up my personal style a little bit. Which for me means to incorporate more edgier pieces and probably add a little more black to my wardrobe. In addition, I would like to work on building my personal handbag collection.
Some of you may know, I don't wear a lot of handbags. I have about four now. I definitely want to incorporate more bags into my wardrobe to make a complete outfit. This Celine bag is just perfect.
Beauty Resolutions
I want to embrace more color when it comes to makeup, especially lipsticks. I've been craving bold lips. If you follow me on twitter then you know I am always ranting about the lack of beauty products for dark skin women. So, I will be chronicling my road to finding the best makeup for my complexion. You should also checkout my Tumblr "Miss Chocolate Supreme." I utilize that blog to showcase dark skin women and beauty.
2012 Blog Updates
I don't know if you guys know this or can tell from this blog, I've always wanted a career as a fashion journalist and editor. This is why I make sure I give in depth interviews and try to talk to industry insiders to find out what goes on behind the scenes. I am hoping that 2012 can bring one of these dreams to life or order my steps for them to come true the following year. My favorite fashion mag next to People Style Watch and Instyle is Lucky magazine. I hope to be a contributor for anyone of them spreading the plus size fashion gospel. I'm a person who believes you can be anything you want to be. You just have to work hard for it and that's what I intend to do.
I have been thinking about changing the tag line of Stylish Curves from bridging the gap between straight and plus sizes. This blog has grown so much. I cover a lot of plus size celebrities, fashion news and events, and where to buy articles. So, I want a tag line that reflects that. Any ideas would be helpful.
Along with wanting to be a fashion journalist, I've also wanted to get into TV hosting and being a fashion correspondent. Until someone hires me to do that. I can somewhat live out my dream with Stylish Curves You Tube channel. Yes, I will be bringing back Stylish Curves TV with exclusive interviews with designers and boutiques.
So make sure you sign up for my YouTube channel HERE
There will be a new layout for Stylish Curves by the end of January.
We will also be incorporating more articles on body issues
And of course we will continue to be the blog that brings you the most updates on your favorite plus size celebrities.
To Stylish Curves Readers
Thank you so much for reading this blog everyday. Thank you for your positive and constructive feedback. Thank you for trusting me for fashion and shopping advice. I love reading your funny comments and I love the support you show me.
And a big thank you to all the brands that I've worked with over the year. Thank you for seeing something in me and this blog and taking the chance to work with me. Thank you to all those who have mentored me as a blogger and as a writer.
