Its that time of year again just when summer has proven to be a washout and damp squib that I start giving serious attention to the previews, press releases and general blurb that comes in regarding the Autumn Winter collections. First on my list was the LaRedoute collection which I have to say I like. [...]

I am about to embark on an odyssey i.e. search for a pair of nice fitting jeans (white preferably) for the curvy lady. I have this deluded vision of me in a white pair with a Breton top. Ines de la Fressange has a lot to answer for in her book Parisian Chic which I [...]

I’ll let you in on a little known fact about me..which may or may not surprise you…..I regularly go to the gym..despite being an 18/20 I have legs that would put a premier league footballer to shame and the lung capacity of a professional rower. So that puts paid to the notion that you cannot [...]

I wasn’t too surprised to read the news that (according to the ONS) retail figures for the High St have slumped for April and May (down 1.4%) with further pain expected. I personally think that there are a few reasons for this and not all of them to do with the economic situation which [...]

Since I started writing this blog on 23rd June last year I have worked tirelessly to try to bring you all the best plus size has to offer out there. From my own bitter experience it is a nightmare, (but getting better I am glad to report) dressing yourself decently when you have ample curves. [...]