An OOTD experiment, including some amazing sunglasses

31 July, 2010
Photo of Natalie's silhouette, she's walking away from the camera along a wooden walkway into a solar flare.

If you like checking out other people’s outfits, you’ll have come across this sort of photo before. Now it’s my turn to bastardise the whimsical outfit photo! (I’m not hating, I swear!) Yesterday was a day of huge amusement, with all the Lane Bryant/ #teamfance drama so I was feeling a bit playful and...
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Body Image


Vector illustration of a speech bubble filled with a large white polka dot pattern on light blue. Inside the speech bubble are hand lettered words, "Does my fat arse look fat in this?"
17 July, 2010

Rejecting the notion of the flattering outfit

I have wanted to talk about the notion of the flattering outfit for a while now, because my Skinny Jeans post seemed to bring up a lot of discussion on the topic. For a lot of people, rejecting the haters and wearing what you want is a great message up to a point, but...
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Art


Friday night crop
21 July, 2010

Worth seven thousand words?

If I existed even 20 years earlier, I would waste a lot of paper in the process of making stuff. I’m pretty amazed at the technology I have on hand to create things, even my iPhone camera in conjunction with various apps helps me make things and I don’t have to stress about paper...
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Fashion


Screenshot of a tweet from Lane Bryant saying "Is this really necessary? We say NO! Share your thoughts!" and a link to my "Does my fat arse look fat in this?" tshirt on Cafe Press.
30 July, 2010

Lane Bryant, your market is changing #teamfance

Let me preface this with a huge disclaimer: I’m Australian and I’ve never shopped at Lane Bryant, however I have bought a couple of Lane Bryant dresses second-hand via the fatshionista community. Through reading fat-o-sphere blogs, I’ve gained a bit of understanding about how LB have catered to a disenfranchised market and how for...
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Fancy


A close up of a man's hand wearing a spectacularly huge purply coloured gem ring.
30 July, 2010

It’s not fashion, it’s fance

So I’ve been poring over street style blogs overnight; it’s unusual for me because I am not typically interested in straight sized fashion – and let’s be honest, street photographers rarely snap anyone plus sized (except Hel Looks, a blog that snaps quite a diversity of people!) I might write a little more on...
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More Recent Posts


30 July, 2010 It’s not fashion, it’s fance
30 July, 2010 Lane Bryant, your market is changing #teamfance
29 July, 2010 Friendship in the social age
27 July, 2010 The best argument against the evidence of democracy in fashion is a conversation with a fat woman
24 July, 2010 Links across the bloggiverse (all the way)
24 July, 2010 It’s still Friday somewhere in the world
22 July, 2010 Tshirts, stickers and gym bags!
22 July, 2010 How to write a fancy-ass paper
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