Comments on: Rejecting the notion of the flattering outfit

By: Pip Stafford

Pip Stafford — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:23:00 +0000

Things my mother told me that I should NEVER WEAR:
- Horizontal stripes
- Skirts
- Boots
- Light colours on my bottom half
- Red
- Green
- Yellow
- Jeans

Fuck that.

By: If we don’t owe pretty to anyone, why are we fatshionistas? – Axis of Fat

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:24:53 +0000

[...] put forward by a few fatshionistas about rejecting the notion of the flattering outfit, such as in this post by Natalie. I still instinctively go for the outfits that show off my boobs and narrow waist, but hell [...]

By: Emmett K

Emmett K — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:51:00 +0000

Wow, I really liked this post. I like the frank, straitforward way you write.

By: Bean

Bean — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:04:00 +0000

I’m really late to this party (just stumbled across this post recently), but I wanted to say…

You just blew. my. mind.

I’m serious. For a long time, I’ve been very gung-ho about every seeing every size body as beautiful, not being ashamed of one’s body, etc. – but I still was in favor of doing one’s best to make that body of whatever size look as good as possible. I never even questioned or realized the paradigm I was working in when I pictured “as good as possible.”

This is a beautiful, eye-opening post. My world was just rocked and it’s awesome.

By: Katharine

Katharine — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:53:00 +0000

I am following your blog because of this. Because of this “you, too, can be beautiful” mindset. It makes me think, and it makes me feel good about myself. Because if someone else can feel good about themselves despite perceived flaws, there’s no reason that I shouldn’t, too.

By: Why can’t a short fat women wear a trapeze dress, anyway? – Axis of Fat

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 05:51:00 +0000

[...] lot of fat bloggers have covered this topic, including the fabulous Axis blogger Definatalie (Rejecting the notion of the flattering outfit), but I’ve been thinking about this a bit recently.OneStopPlus.com, a US-based plus-size [...]

By: [Last Ten Weeks] The Practical Report (And Other Good Stuff to Read Today) « Beauty Schooled

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:52:40 +0000

[...] is rejecting the notion of the flattering outfit. For real? We can do that? Why didn’t we do it years ago? God. [...]

By: Things I don’t want you to know about me | Bunny Florentine

Things I don’t want you to know about me | Bunny Florentine — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:38:36 +0000

[...] forum/posts reminded me of something Natalie wrote recently, about dressing flatteringly – that dressing to disguise parts you didn’t like (or weren’t considered [...]

By: AmberDawn

AmberDawn — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:22:53 +0000

This is a fantastic, beautiful, courageous post. It was an honor to read it. Thank you for writing. I write a blog pushing freedom and self-acceptance, and you have challenged me to go farther, love more.

By: Thriftypoet

Thriftypoet — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:19:42 +0000

fantastic post