Comments on: The Big Question: Now with Value-Add Prada Edition http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:25:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: La Petite Acadienne http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-26217 La Petite Acadienne Sat, 24 May 2008 16:04:15 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-26217 The shirtdress. I'd always liked the look on them -- on everybody else. On me, they looked beyond hideous. But I then decided to give them another try and found a lovely dark denim one with a straight skirt, as opposed to a flared skirt, and a nice long self-belt tie. It was $22 at Zellers, and I look like a million bucks in it. The shirtdress. I’d always liked the look on them — on everybody else. On me, they looked beyond hideous. But I then decided to give them another try and found a lovely dark denim one with a straight skirt, as opposed to a flared skirt, and a nice long self-belt tie. It was $22 at Zellers, and I look like a million bucks in it.

]]> By: QuiteLight http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-26186 QuiteLight Sat, 24 May 2008 02:32:09 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-26186 Like Littlem, used to dress very tough, spent a decade as a Goth. No colour other than black. Ever. And yesterday I wore a turquoise top with perfectly fitting brown pants & knew I looked very clever. Like Littlem, used to dress very tough, spent a decade as a Goth. No colour other than black. Ever.

And yesterday I wore a turquoise top with perfectly fitting brown pants & knew I looked very clever.

]]> By: OCCaliAKA http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-23606 OCCaliAKA Sun, 11 May 2008 01:31:52 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-23606 One thing that I've seriously rethought: orange. I avoided orange until maybe 18 months ago, and then I started buying several things in the color and related colors such as coral and peach. Now, I'm a big fan of it. One thing that I’ve seriously rethought: orange. I avoided orange until maybe 18 months ago, and then I started buying several things in the color and related colors such as coral and peach. Now, I’m a big fan of it.

]]> By: Pam http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-23025 Pam Thu, 08 May 2008 18:22:23 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-23025 I recently bought some walking shorts, used to hate them, wouldn't be caught dead wearing them, now I am starting to like them. I have no hips but very big long legs, I still have to get used to them being covered up. I used to only wear very short shorts to show off the length of my legs. Now I like this look better. I am still not a fan of lace or frills but I do buy it when I see it on sale, that way if I only wear it once I won't feel foolish. Low-and-behold folks at work LOVE me in these things! And last but not least, I recently cut my hair really short, like Jamie Lee Curtis, and I was afraid that being 5'10" I would look like a guy, but everyone seems to love it! I recently bought some walking shorts, used to hate them, wouldn’t be caught dead wearing them, now I am starting to like them. I have no hips but very big long legs, I still have to get used to them being covered up. I used to only wear very short shorts to show off the length of my legs. Now I like this look better.

I am still not a fan of lace or frills but I do buy it when I see it on sale, that way if I only wear it once I won’t feel foolish. Low-and-behold folks at work LOVE me in these things!

And last but not least, I recently cut my hair really short, like Jamie Lee Curtis, and I was afraid that being 5′10″ I would look like a guy, but everyone seems to love it!

]]> By: Constance Kent http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21674 Constance Kent Sun, 04 May 2008 18:12:49 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21674 I used to be very fond of dark velvet, and couldn't resist buying anything made of the stuff. I have come to realize that dark velvet, especially wiith spandex in it, makes me look like a walrus. I used to be very fond of dark velvet, and couldn’t resist buying anything made of the stuff. I have come to realize that dark velvet, especially wiith spandex in it, makes me look like a walrus.

]]> By: Mimi Stratton http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21642 Mimi Stratton Sun, 04 May 2008 16:45:38 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21642 I bought the Kiyonna lace dress last year, and I ended up giving it away. I decided I didn't like the overall look of lace in a dress. For some reason, I think it makes me look old-fashioned, not in a good way. However, I ended up buying the top in the exact same style, and that looks good. Paired with a charcoal gray pencil skirt from Talbot's, the men's style bottom softened by the lace top works. Speaking of this sartorial juxtaposition, I think Francesca, Twistie or Plumcake should do a page on the topic of unexpected combinations that work. For instance, I have a Talbots jacket top that is oh-so-conservative, and everything I paired with it made me look frumptity-umptious. I was about to put it in the Goodwill pile when I found some navy "cha-cha" pants from Carolyn Strauss (HSN) in the back of my closet. The slightly bohemian, gooky look of the pants married with the conservative jacket totally looked great! It's like opposites attract, like Marilyn Monroe with Arthur Miller. I bought the Kiyonna lace dress last year, and I ended up giving it away. I decided I didn’t like the overall look of lace in a dress. For some reason, I think it makes me look old-fashioned, not in a good way. However, I ended up buying the top in the exact same style, and that looks good. Paired with a charcoal gray pencil skirt from Talbot’s, the men’s style bottom softened by the lace top works.

Speaking of this sartorial juxtaposition, I think Francesca, Twistie or Plumcake should do a page on the topic of unexpected combinations that work. For instance, I have a Talbots jacket top that is oh-so-conservative, and everything I paired with it made me look frumptity-umptious. I was about to put it in the Goodwill pile when I found some navy “cha-cha” pants from Carolyn Strauss (HSN) in the back of my closet. The slightly bohemian, gooky look of the pants married with the conservative jacket totally looked great! It’s like opposites attract, like Marilyn Monroe with Arthur Miller.

]]> By: The Manolo Week in Review » Manolo's Shoe Blog http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21589 The Manolo Week in Review » Manolo's Shoe Blog Sun, 04 May 2008 13:30:34 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21589 [...] Plumcake… I am all for looking gorgeous and luscious and va-va-voom, but I find just as there is a fine line between stupid and clever there is also a fine line between sexy and blowzy. [...] […] Plumcake… I am all for looking gorgeous and luscious and va-va-voom, but I find just as there is a fine line between stupid and clever there is also a fine line between sexy and blowzy. […]

]]> By: Melissa B. http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21557 Melissa B. Sun, 04 May 2008 11:16:22 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21557 Low-rise jeans -- not the ultra-low-rise that barely covers the bottom, but the medium-rise ones. I assumed they would give me a muffin top, like all of the unfortunate fashion victims I saw during the summer, but it turns out if you buy the right size they're actually quite flattering for short-torsoed gals like me! Low-rise jeans — not the ultra-low-rise that barely covers the bottom, but the medium-rise ones. I assumed they would give me a muffin top, like all of the unfortunate fashion victims I saw during the summer, but it turns out if you buy the right size they’re actually quite flattering for short-torsoed gals like me!

]]> By: Nariya http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21426 Nariya Sun, 04 May 2008 01:16:15 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21426 What I call "mattress prints". If you look at a mattress from the 70s, it generally has big ol' flowers and vines all over it. But I actually saw that same pattern on an enameled bangle recently (and not, for once, on some hideous attempt at a dress), and it looked very chic. What I call “mattress prints”. If you look at a mattress from the 70s, it generally has big ol’ flowers and vines all over it. But I actually saw that same pattern on an enameled bangle recently (and not, for once, on some hideous attempt at a dress), and it looked very chic.

]]> By: littlem http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21231 littlem Sat, 03 May 2008 11:39:00 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/05/01/the-big-question-now-with-value-add-prada-edition/#comment-21231 Bows and rosettes. I grew up a lumpy tomboy who wore her green toughskins and Chuck Taylors MWF and her purple ones TRS. Now -- no idea what happened -- I have bow and/or rosette ornaments on a large percentage of gloves and flat shoes, which I wear with very severely tailored clothes and feel very Newmarish/Kittish. Meow. Bows and rosettes.

I grew up a lumpy tomboy who wore her green toughskins and Chuck Taylors MWF and her purple ones TRS.

Now — no idea what happened — I have bow and/or rosette ornaments on a large percentage of gloves and flat shoes, which I wear with very severely tailored clothes and feel very Newmarish/Kittish.

Meow.

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