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Stardust Memories : Who Got It Right?

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2008-06-18 21:18:00 by Miss J in Too Fat For Fashion
...fashionable finest - but not every look is a hit. While its up to us to keep track of who is wearing what - its up to you to tell us just what you think about these looks. First up we have Jennifer Hudson at the MTV Movie awards in a crisp white number but what is up with the visible bra? Not just the straps but almost the entire bra is on...
 
Tags: faux-pucci print, print, mtv movie awards, love beth ditto, weeks curvy stars, geometric prints, visible bra, wild hair, nice touch
 
 
 
 
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Miss Piggy

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2008-05-28 17:17:00 by Harriet Olivia in Too Fat For Fashion
...fashion. How deep is that On that note, let's talk Live Action Telly, or, as it's more commonly known, theatre. The papers here are currently full of news 'n' reviews for the latest Neil LaBute play to be staged in London. Fat Pig , starring TV's Robert Webb (of the embarrassingly excellent Peep Show ), Kris Marshall (of, um, the BT ads),...
 
Tags: neil labute play, play, neil labute, fat, fat heroine, fat pig, labute, labute treats, robert webb
 
 
 
 
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Barneys & Friends: Simon Doonan Does Plus Sizes?

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2008-05-24 18:07:00 by Miss J in Too Fat For Fashion
...fashion week fixture and Barney's Creative Director, Simon Doonan has expressed interest in creating a plus sized line If Simon Doonan designed a clothing line he'd focus on an oft-overlooked demographic. I would love to do a plus-size line, he told us at last nights El Museo gala at Cipriani. "I think theres a huge opportunity for doing...
 
Tags: doonan, simon doonan, york fashion week, opportunity, huge opportunity, clothes, line, doonan noted, fashion week fixture
 
 
 
 
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Gossip Girl: Beth Ditto In Nylon

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2008-05-23 17:23:00 by Miss J in Too Fat For Fashion
...fashion means to her, the Gossip's plans for the future and how fame has changed her life. While I am not a fan of the no eyebrows look on Beth - or anyone of that matter - I think the pictures are quite fierce. Got to love that custom Jeremy Scott dress - very Beth if you ask me Do you love it? Or are roadway sign dresses and glitter...
 
Tags: beth, girl beth ditto, roadway sign dresses, glitter leggings, gossip, nylon, love, fan, month
 
 
 
 
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Oooooh Dramaz...

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2008-05-20 16:17:00 by Miss J in Too Fat For Fashion
...fashion. Since I didn't watch this cycle and can't judge based on Whitney's overall performance I can only base what I think of her on her polaroids and the few modeling shots up on Elite. I do like what I've heard of her in a couple articles I'm not going to lose 50 pounds if someone asks me to do that, I'll go to another [modeling]...
 
Tags: whitney, whitney thompson, model, top model, fashion, fashion careers, term lightly, couple articles, classic beauty
 
 
 
 
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Barefoot in the park

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2008-05-12 15:57:00 by Harriet Olivia in Too Fat For Fashion
Twas in the spring, then spring became the summer, it got too hot to wear a cardigan... uh, I don't know where I'm going with that too-poor-to-be-a-parody, so let's just move right along to today's topic: skincare! I don't know about you, but I've been revelling in the recent warm weather: sunbathing every day, skipping to work in skirts, bare...
 
Tags: skin, sheeny skin, skin brilliantly, dry skin, body butter bar, body butter, bit, bit greasy, ultra-rich body butters
 
 
 
 
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Sweet Little Nothings

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2008-05-07 23:48:00 by Miss J in Too Fat For Fashion
Once you pass a certain cup size finding a cute bra is a needle in a haystack search. Everything tends towards representing one of the three Bs - Blah, Beige or Boring. Its as though lingerie designers think aesthetic sensibility decreases as cup size increases. Past a C cup and the lingo becomes all about "support" possibly because after taking...
 
Tags: line, special occasion, special, product line underwhelms, sugar, spice, retail locations, cute bras, line special
 
 
 
 
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Color by Technicolor

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2008-04-29 17:40:00 by Miss J in Too Fat For Fashion
...fashion editorials and raves. Balance out your brights with subtler colors. Neutrals are great for this but don't be afraid to experiment with unexpected color combinations. Look at how well the pale pink and bright orange combo works at Jil Sander - sometimes a pastel or muted color can work just as well as a neutral 4. Be Fearless :...
 
Tags: color, combo, bright orange combo, bright, color combinations, florescent color, bright colors, muted color, bold color
 
 
 
 
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Illustrating a point

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2008-04-18 08:39:00 by Harriet Olivia in Too Fat For Fashion
...fashion's illustrations influence the size debate One of the most oft-cited idiotic excuses designers use to defend their choice of wafer-thin models on the catwalks, is some variation on the "curves breasts and thighs and rounded bits - ruin the line of the clothes"/"the design was perfect on paper, it gets distorted by breasts" etc What...
 
Tags: fashion, non-caucasian fashion illustrations, conjure whippet-thin, thin, illustrations, illustrations exist, wafer-thin models, real, real-world
 
 
 
 
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"Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be..."

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2008-04-12 10:49:00 by Harriet Olivia in Too Fat For Fashion
Who wasn't in love with the star prints shown by The Kaiser at Chanel, and Stefano Pilati at Yves Saint Laurent, this season? So 1920s Americana, so patriotic, so red white and blue, so "let's do it for our country!" "Oh, Lewis The answer to this mostly rhetorical question is, of course, NOBODY. The world has gone star(k) staring mad. (See what...
 
Tags: star struck, star, excellent star, star-print, star prints shown, silver star chain, star prints, stars, magic stars