My Boycott List Update (What I Wear)

Congratulations Target! You are off My Boycott List. I hope you left room for Revlon & Dolce & Gabbana.

From my favorite bloggers to friends, I've seen many rave about the newest Ava & Viv collection of in-store fashionable Plus Size offerings. Many are loving this maxi dress.

I haven't had time to shop it yet, but I will lift my boycott because I have heard not just favorable reviews on the clothing but that they are actually in All the stores. That was my gripe. I hate for brick & mortar stores to move certain sizes to online only. Again those who do such practices will Not get my money. Old Navy needs to talk to Target and get their act together.

But sad to say as I take one store off, I have to add a cosmetic company & a designer house. Revlon & Dolce & Gabbana have been added to My Boycott List.

If you follow me on social media, you knew that I already started my boycott on Revlon. Late December/Early January the news came out that Revlon's CEO made some very horrible statements about Jews, Blacks, & Americans
Revlon CEO Sued For Alleged Racist, Anti-Semitic And Anti-American Comments
Lorenzo Delpani, who is Italian, called Americans “dirty,” believes Jews “stick together” and he could “smell” black people when they walked into a room. He also hates living with Americans, believing they are “small-minded” and he can’t wait to return to a “real” country,” the lawsuit says.
The beauty company is standing by it's CEO. Well. I won't be standing by Revlon.

I like their products but my like is not worth fattening the pockets of someone with bigoted views of my race & my country. After I use up what Revlon products I already own, if they have not ousted their CEO, I will Not be buying any more. I just have one question.

Can he smell half of Halle Berry when she models for his companies' ads?

I love the scent Light Blue. I hate to know such dreadful ignorance is behind the making of it. Now, I am learning about Dolce & Gabbana views about gay adoption & in vitro fertilization.
Elton John Leads Boycott Against Dolce & Gabbana Over 'Synthetic Children' Remarks
You know I am not for or against gay marriage. I do know gay men who are against gay marriage. I know gay people who don't want children. I'm heterosexual and don't want to have children of my own. But Mr Gabbana's statements are repulsive. "We oppose gay adoptions. The only family is the traditional one." So, with some many decent & loving people wanting to take care of children, it is okay for children to be live in the foster care system. I don't understand why some places won't let single people adopt. Why is he against any decent person that would want to give a child a better life? Why is he limiting all the orphans in the world? Then if he was not repulsive enough with his stance gay adoption, he then starts calling people born via IVF "synthetic". "You are born to a mother and a father — or at least that's how it should be," "I call children of chemistry, synthetic children. Rented uterus, semen chosen from a catalog." Let me run down a few synonyms for synthetic,
artificial 
bogus 
dummy 
factitious 
fake
false
faux 
imitative,
mimic 
mock 
pretend 
sham 
simulated 
substitute
I hope one of Dolce & Gabbana's prized workers is a person born via IVF. I would love for Mr. Gabbana to see how real they are when he sees how the real impact those views can cause. And so much he knows all people born via IVF are not born in a "rented uterus" and from "semen from a catalog". Many are the children conceive from their mother & father with the aid of science. And to think being called a "Test Tube" baby was the worst insult I had ever heard when it came to the subject of In Vitro Fertilization.

People love to quote Scarface and say "Money, Power, Respect". Amazing how some of the people with Money & Power don't Respect the consumer until we Respect ourselves, snatch away our Money and show them our Power.
#BoycottOldNavy
#BoycottRevlon
#BloycottDolceandGabbana

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Umm It's Halloween Time and Umm Walmart, That's Strike One!!!

Well it's Halloween time! As I was rolling my eyes looking at this years starter crop of distasteful Halloween costumes (ebola costumes, child as Ray Rice, some chick as a used sanitary napkin) Monday morning, many distasteful Walmart articles kept popping up.

Walmart's Website Features a Section of 'Fat Girl Costumes'

Market Report: Walmart Features Horrifying Selection of “Fat Girl” Costumes

Seemly it was up for a few days before Monday. Twitter was abuzz about it even days after.

So, I decided to look myself. Because surely not Walmart being gross in labeling the Plus Size. Then I saw it with my own eyes.*sigh*. Walmart had to get their first "Plus Size Hate" strike. I had to join Twitter and tweet along. 45 minutes later after I saw the section, it disappeared from the website. 

Walmart apologizes for 'fat girl' costumes

Here is an article about the apology HERE.  It is disgraceful that it was on the website. Like I said before in a previous BLOG, the plus size can take there money somewhere else. If Walmart keeps this up, it will be on my boycott list that already includes its competitor, Target and Old Navy, As much money I give Walmart... Get it together Walmart!!!

I'm going to say because it is Halloween, somebody in the web developing department or some hackers thought it would be a laughable Trick or Treat joke. I mean, It's Halloween in America where blackface and deadly diseases an acceptable costume. So making fun of fatties is okay. Be it Halloween or not, fat people are fair game to joke about anyway. Oh it's wrong to make fun of  anyone because of their age, race, creed, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or socioeconomic status. Someone's body type or weight is a free for all for humor and taunts, always. Not funny, jerkwad!!! I hope all involved who thought it was okay for it to be on the website lose their jobs.

Even with that gross mishap, it is still Halloween time. I've been invited to a Halloween theme revue & a Halloween party by sister's friend whose birthday is that day. For safety sake I'm not going to the Halloween revue. Some revuer grab me from behind and scare me and get punched in the costume shorts. Plus all the Tootsie Roll & Sucker references will get old real quick. I do wonder, If Revuers wear costumes on Regular revue nights, Do they wear their regular clothes on stage for Halloween? LoL But I might go to the party.

I plan on being a cowgirl with lollipop stained lips.
You know, I look like I've been eating candy all night. LoL If not I'll pass out candy to the few trick or treaters we have until 8pm and then I'll watch the 1986 classic, "The Worst Witch" (the clip above) and anything else Halloween (fun, non-scary) related. 

Are any of my readers celebrating Halloween (or All Saints Eve, Neewollah, Hallelujah Night, Harvest Night)? How are you doing so? Let me know in the comments.

Well if I don't talk to you on October 31st, Happy Halloween!!!

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One Day... (What I Wear)

Yep, blame Phyllis Nefler for my near life-long fashion goal.

I want a dress cape. I got close in 1998 to buying a dress suit with a cape but I only had $100 and that particular suit was $375. I settled for this great Kasper Scarf Suit. I loved that suit.

It's no secret I love to dress up. Oh it was nothing for me to dress up "just because" in high school and college. Probably one of the reasons I was referred as "Dime Piece" behind my back at Lamar University. I didn't care if I was overdressed just to go to class. If I wanted to dress up, I did. I'm not a flip flops and jeans everyday type of girl.

As little girl, I often day dreamed about the flair and flash of being stylish. You walk in and command attention without saying a word.Nothing demands attention like a cape. I used to take my outer coat off with flair just practice for the day I wore cape. Amazingly enough, no one ever asked my why. I see capelets on suits are becoming popular again.

They are cute. I've tried a few on. I didn't like me in one. I look restricted. I'll stick to a full cape. Long or short, they all are cute. And I know I would be cute in one. Preferably in Navy Blue or Heather Grey since I don't wear all black suits. Plus an all black suit with a cape look rather vampire like. LoL That reminds me of a bank/cops/comic book store story I'll have to tell you guys, one day. Keyword is One Day.

Ooh I came across this beauty of a bridal gown.

If I wasn't so clumsy and fear tripping over it on big day, I would consider wearing a cape on my wedding if I have a cool weather wedding. I can just see me arriving to the beginning of the aisle, opening my cape to reveal my dress like Shelley Long in Troop Beverly Hill and then starting my walk to my groom. I told you, I love the flair aspect of dressing. All eyes should be on me on that day anyway so, let me give them something to see. ☺☺☺

So that is something I want to wear. I guess you can say a suit cape is on my Fashion Bucket list. When I get one, I'll post a blog about it and let you guys know. And if you see one that you think would good on me, don't be afraid to point me in it's direction or even better get it for me as a gift. ☺☺☺

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Bottoms Up (What I Wear)

So pants, capris, gauchos & shorts look funny on me.

I have a short torso and legs (Yes, I'm squatted 5'2") so, all of it is too long. There are not many plus size petite bottoms out there so I either use my middle school sewing skills or wear them long. My hemming skills are not that bad. I actually used to make my extra spending money hemming pants, sewing on uniform patches & replacing buttons in college. Yet, I'm still lazy and sometime I let my pants drag or pull them up around my bust line (Another reason why I don't tuck my shirts in).

Thought they look weird on me, I still wear pants, capris, gauchos & shorts.

Pants: I mostly wear pants during the cold weather months. If I wear a dress or skirt, I have on pants or leggings under them. I live in North Texas and it can get cold like Highs in the 40s cold. I don't usually wear long pants in the summer at all. If I do, it has something to do with modesty and a dress code for an event I may work as a server.

Shorts: Who wears short shorts? I don't.

God gave me short legs because he knew I would dress like this all the time. I love the short shorts and heels look. But for me to wear the style I would have to wear bathing suit shorts. So, I just admire it on others. Until God stretches my legs, these will be my shortest shorts. LoL

Gauchos & Capris:

I might as well call them tea length pants. That's how they fit.  Have on a cute tunic or a very short dress then throw on some knit capris and flip flops and I am dress  for on the go. They are very comfortable. They're just longer than everyone else's, thats all.

Maybe this 2nd grader knew, I wasn't going to be very tall.

That might be why she decided to wear dresses for a whole school year minus one day. Even her pants are too long. Oh well the pants didn't win her any athletic ribbons that field day. Maybe it is because I'm a non-athlete. But she was cute and in one of our favorite colors. :-D

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Shirt on my Back (What I Wear)

Do you know how hard it was to title this post? I was go to be clever with the word top. Everything I came up with had all kinds of innuendo in them. “Hop on Top”, “Pop the Top”, “Who’s on Top” were a few of my choices. Yeah, not the look I was going for.

Tops are probably my most bought clothing items, especially white ones. One can never have too many of those. I only have one set rule about shirts & blouses. If it’s not a crop top,

Yeah, I want one

my tops MUST go passed my waist to at least midway my hips. I can’t stand to short shirts. Too short shirts are not comfortable. Here is an example. This is me in a purple strapless top. Ok look at closer view.

Look at those Red Nails

Form fitting but passed the waist and hips. People who know me always know when someone else bought me a shirt because of the fit. FYI There is one catalog/website one must NEVER buy me a top from, its name is Blair. All their shirts are too short. I don’t care how cute the top is, Too short is Too short.

I wear all kinds of tops. If the shirt or blouse fits properly around my bust, I will wear it. It’s how I wear it is what is important. Two styles come to mind on how I wear my shirts

V-Necks & Low Plunging: I love them but modesty is a must. Even going out for social events, too much cleavage is an issue for me. The picture of me in the purple top is as much cleavage as I show at any time

This what I look like
on Thanksgiving.
#Tired

• .As a big busted woman, I’ve learned camisoles & tank tops are good buddies to me. One of my better investment in clothing if I may say.
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Me at the wedding
Still wear that necklace

Sleeveless: I only embraced sleeveless for a short period in my adult life.

College Graduation Pictures

I was in a wedding and the couple insisted on sleeveless dress (and black). So the months before the wedding I forced myself to be sleeveless.

Then about in 2009 I went back to sleeves only.

That picture, in an informal baking class, was the last time I was sleeveless in public. I don’t like my upper arms.

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I don’t care how much weight I lose, my arms budge very little. (Actually I don’t work them out as much). So, until I get my arms together, sweaters, open shirts, shrugs & boleros are what I wear on my arms.

So that is what is on top of me. Yeah, I know, Bad Diva. LMBO Now off to find a pink blouse. A few weeks ago, I looked in my wardrobe and I realized I don’t own a classic one just t-shirts. So, I've been looking for one ever since. Spring & Summer items are hitting clearance sections so I’m trying to find a good deal on a cute one.

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Best in Dress & Skirts (What I Wear)

I think one day I woke up and decided I look best in dresses and skirts. That day must have been in the 2nd grade. That school year I only wore pants to school one day for Field Day. My mother made me put them on.

Been standing at my most flattering
angle for years

They were pink casual slacks with a pink polka dotted blouse and pink tennis shoes. Only I had to be forced to wear pants. Guess I've been going against the grain for decades. 

I actually do look better in them. I mean I feel good in most of what I wear. I just like my body in dresses and skirts more. 70% of my wardrobe are shirts & dresses. If someone stole all my dresses and skirts, I wouldn't know how to dress.

Yep, Getting a Tattoo in a skirt

They aren't always the most modest items to wear but they are my go to clothing item. But they are comfortable and cute. And they match all my shoes from heels, flats and sneakers.

Dresses and skirts are also my weight loss indicators. If I put on one and I see a hint of stomach or it becomes shortened because of hip spread, I Must put on a girdle (for the young people & under a rock residers, shapewear).

Needed a girdle, IMO

 If denim skirt won't stay up that means, I've lost weight. Right now I have to buy a few new skirts because of the latter. I have knee skirts that now look tea length on me. That’s not cute.

Lost enough weight for this to
 finally fit right this summer
(No Girdle)

Rather buy new ones than gain weight to make them fit properly.

My only issue with dresses is proper length. I being short in legs and torso, most clothes never looks like it does on the models.

My dress was so short next
to the other
bridesmaid's dresses

Micro mins are minis. Minis are knee length. Knew length is Tea length. Tea length is Maxi and Maxis are dirty because I stepped on them or they are dragging the ground.  During the early 90s, I would pull my skirts under my bust line so they would fit like everyone else’s skirts. Thanks to spandex/polyester knit skirts of the mid 90’s, I could soon stop doing that because no matter what height you were those clingy things would crawl to the “perfect” short length. (My grandmother hated me in those. She “accidentally” shrunk one and sent my grandfather & me shopping to replace it. I replaced it with two more similar skirts. LoL) Now that maxis skirts can be wore as dresses that is how I wear mine as. I fall enough as it is, I don’t need any extra help.

This pics gets lots of compliments

So yeah, I am Best Dressed in a Dress or a Skirt. It’s not just my judgment, the world says so too. I've never been asked out or flirted with in anything but a dress or skirt.

Had a Gloria meets Marvin in Waiting Exhale moment
in the outfit LoL

Most clothing compliment I get are in dresses or suits. Maybe it’s my attitude while wearing them. I'll get back to you on that.

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My Main Shopping Plus Size Issue (What I Wear)

I love Chastity Garner. She is one of my favorite fashion bloggers.

I love her book, "The Curvy Girl's Guide to Style". It is a Must-Read. Last week, she released an open letter stating she will be boycotting Target stores for their lack of plus-size options in their designer collaboration sections. HERE is the letter. Of course, some think her boycott is petty. Some that are plus size, also. I saw one lady say “You can't get upset because they don’t want to make larger clothes”. *sigh* It’s not about forcing designers to make plus-size clothing. It is about inclusion and respect.

I, a plus-size shopper will not shop in places that act like their plus-size clothing is a secret. I’m not talking about stores that don’t sell plus-size clothing. They don’t bother me because I know where they stand. Everything I wear is not plus size. I wear a 7-1/2 Medium shoe. I can’t get and will buy a shoe anywhere. I’m talking about stores that say they sell plus-size clothing but you can’t just walk into their stores to purchase anything plus size. You have to go online or to their outlet stores only to purchase anything plus size. Old Navy was the first retailer that lost my dollar. They moved their plus-size line out of its stores to their website only. This

dress I bought in 2009 or 2010 is the last anything I bought from Old Navy. Yes, I, An Avid Online shopper will not shop at a store that has physical stores, that will force me to only shop online. The store H&M has Never seen any of my money. Maybe it is my area but the only place that has the plus-size line is the H&M outlet store. So, why does a store with more than online shopping options do that to a section of clothing buyers? They claim that their plus-size consumers were for the most part purchasing clothing online or in the outlet so that is why they only sell those lines in those places. Doing acts like this says to me that these stores want Fat Folk’s Money but Not in Their Stores. I may be wrong but that is how I feel. Well since, my clothing is not welcomed in the stores, those stores are not welcome to my money. Stores like these have even made me research every store that announces that they are starting selling plus-size clothing to see if that is in-store & online purchases or outlet/online only. If a store does not respect me enough for me to be seen in their store purchasing items, they don’t respect me.

I understand Ms. Garner’s plight. It won’t be hard for me to join her boycott, I’m not a major Target fan. It’s never the first place I think of when buying anything. Why should plus-size styles be limited in their stores? Like I said it is about respect. When the male underwear section is bigger than the Plus Size section, that is not respect. But if they won’t respect pleads for acceptable designer wear then make them respect the $$$$ that they will be missing from their stores

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Another Series...What I Wear

I talked about my makeup, skin, & hair. Now people want me to talk about my clothing style. So, I will take the time to talk about my clothes. The series will be called, “What I Wear”. I will break each segment up by Dress & Skirts, Tops, Bottoms (jeans & skirts excluded), Jeans, Intimates, Shoes, and Outerwear & Accessories.

Umm my clothing style is what I call classic and charming.I always have (that me in high school in the burgundy)
By today dressing standards, other than when going grocery shopping & a few churches, I am actually overdressed. I just refuse to go out socially in jeans & flip flops and sneakers all the time. I just don’t understand being so casual all the time. I prefer a more spruced up look. So if I am overdressed, then I am overdressed.

Also when I say I dress classically. I still follow many dressing traditions. Some I've already talk about in previous post and I know they will come up again in the Intimates section. But yes, there are some things I still do that many have stop doing. I still follow the white rule. I only wear white (Not ivory, cream, ecru, pearl, and mother of pearl. White like Easter lily or Fresh Untouched Snow) bottoms, dresses & shoes between the time period of Easter and Labor Day. I don’t wear and actually frown upon sock & sandals. My mother made me wear those as a preschool aged child to VBS and I thought it was stupid. I don’t wear jackets & shorts. Are you cold or are you hot? Pick one a temperature and commit. I wear leggings are worn as hosiery. Also, tunics are tops not dresses.

I do break some “rules”. As a plus size women, I am not afraid of color. Matter of fact, people have to required me to wear all black outfits.

My Bestie Boo, LJ invited me to his birthday party boat one year and waited until after I accepted his invite to tell me the dress code of all black. That’s how adamant I am about wear all-black. (I know the black didn't match. Shush!!!)
If I wear black, I try to find the brightest colors I can to accent it. I refuse to believe I am too big to wear a color or a print.
My favorite colors are pink, blue, yellow and white. I own lots of those colors too, especially white. I actually own more white tops than the law should allow.

 
 
I also will wear a dress and a pair of pants together in the winter time.
Neckties & Necklaces have been worn as belts. I have worn belts are necklaces.

I’m not a clothing whore. I actually hate shopping. (That's my dislike face)

 It's a tedious chore to keep my body covered. For the most part (80%), I don’t dress trendy. Trends make me dislike shopping. Trends cost a lot of money to keep up with. I like classic pieces that never go out of style. But when I have to shop for a classic piece, I have to sift through the trends. That is frustrating. 60% of my clothing shopping is done online. I have trust places that I shop at so, I know buying online from them will work for me. 30% of my shopping offline is for some of my intimate wear, shoes from places or brands I’m not sure of and non-clip earrings accessories. Maybe I’ll talk about where I shop. Keyword is maybe. If I shop for trends, I scour clearance and sale sections. I can wait until all the fashion slaves get through buying stuff at marked up prices at the beginning of the season. Then around the end of the midseason I started watching the price lower to a price I feel is proper to pay. That's when I buy trends. Rather late than never is my rule.

Hope you guys enjoy this journey through my closest. Leave any questions you have in the comments.

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