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It’s freezing on the East Coast – here in NYC especially. Just when we were getting excited about the new plus size spring fashions and the trends that we could start wearing now and later, this cold front reminded us that we have a few more weeks of bundling up in our winter clothing. In ...

Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, and there’s nothing that impresses more at a family gathering than how the perfect plus size black dress fits and flatters.  With the right accessories and a fashion-right pair of shoes, the look of classic black will have your houseguests feasting their eyes on your chic autumn ...

Investing in a new plus size coat or a beautiful plus size dress is always a good idea when you know it will flatter you and will also last you for many seasons and occasions, but how do we update our style this year in little low cost ways too? These days there are so ...

The latest and greatest plus size pant fits for fall are here. What pants can and can’t do for your figure, the hottest trends walking down the runways and the question of color. Once you’ve figured out what pant fit works best for your figure you can move on to the issues of trends and ...

Every year we try to do something for fashion week even though we know that the styles they are featuring are for Spring 2013 and not normally for plus sizes…but embracing fashion week in NY is part of our roots since we moved to New York City in 2008. So this year we’re keeping it ...

The 5th annual NYC Plus Size Clothing Swap begins on Wednesday, August 22! This is a great event hosted by the plus size fashion blog xoxonettaP and Kendra Porter of Honor You, a personal image agency for full-figured women. Bring your clean, gently used plus size clothing and swap away. Also, clothing that is not ...

Sometimes the right shape of a garment can be life changing as far as it makes us look and feel but it’s tough to discover exactly what these shapes are depending on our body type without trying on half the store. Here are a few universal tried-and-true shape rules for plus size dresses that every ...

The latest craze is pinning the things you love on Pinterest. For those of you who don’t live and breathe your life online, Pinterest is the digital equivalent to a vision board. Have you ever made a vision board? Some say that it’s the best way to inspire you to reach for your dreams and ...

The summer maxi dress has been a must-have key plus size fashion piece for a few seasons now so the designers at Jessica London always try to update it and make sure that the plus size maxi dresses for summer are new and modern while still being ultra-flattering to plus size women. That’s why we ...

There have been many breakthroughs in women’s jean fits over the years, especially when it comes to fits that are designed to flatter curvier figures but not that many options in plus size denim shopping in particular. In the past, the jeans that boasted being more flattering to women’s shapes still only came in smaller ...