Curvysea New Season Plus Size Swimwear

Australian weather is getting warmer and the temperature starts soaring. It’s the time we have fun at the beach or at pool parties, I have launched new season swimwear for our full figured women. Curvysea® new style swimsuits arrive in one piece, they’re flattering and the swimsuit patterns are fashionable; we think our real ladies deserve as much fashion as other sized women and they don’t have to wear bathing suits that look like grandmas' curtains!

Are Vertical stripes or horizontal stripes for plus size figure?

If you are a plus size woman and a stripe lover, you would have known that vertical stripes will make you look trimmer because they will draw the eye vertically and the horizontal stripes are doing opposite by driving the eye across your body, therefore give a perception of your body which will look larger.
For years, fashion gurus have advised full figured women on choosing vertical stripes for clothing. Well, they are wrong, claims Dr Peter Thompson, a UK psychologist and a visual perception expert. He tested on comparing pair of photographs of women who volunteered in the process. When both images in the pair were of identically sized women, the result was that people tended to judge the horizontally striped clothes made the women look slimmer – opposite to the previous ‘vertical’ stripes perception.
Whatever the opinion is, I still think if we are plus size, we should wear thin vertically striped outfit and it should be made of soft fabric because it will elongate our figure and smooth our curves .
What would you prefer: vertical or horizontal stripes?

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Colour Trends for Spring Summer 2009

Although with swimwear, especially plus size swimwear, the colour and pattern trends are varied between designers but generally, the colour trend for Spring/Summer 2009 will be earthy, subdued colours such as brown. For summer season, primary colours convey strength and energy, vivid and saturated colours that remind us of our favourite beach like blues and the distinctly sandy colour.

Source: http://www.fashionising.com/

Plus Size Beauty Queen Chloe Marshall

Today when I was surfing on the net, I found a great article from http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=4520389&page=1 which has proved that beauty can come in all different shapes and sizes. Since the majority of women in our worldwide communities are size 12 and above, I think people have changed their perspective about beauty. It’s no more only slim figures to be beautiful, the live proof was Chloe Marshall who was crowned Miss Surrey in March 2008 in England.
Her smile and her look showed that she was beautiful and so confident.
She is only 16 years old and has a long bright future ahead, it’s no doubt that she will continuously be a great example of a high self-esteem plus size beauty queen.

Courtesy:
http://abcnews.go.com/
www.missengland.info/

Learn How to Love Yourself!

I have taped and watched " How To Look Good Naked " series on Australian Ten Network http://ten.com.au/ten/tvshows.html

(they were aired in USA nearly six months ago). The show is actually from the "Queer Eye" Fashion Guru Carson Kressley which shows women How To Feel Beautiful From The Inside Out.

It is really good show because from it, we can find a true beauty in our own body and we can learn how to love ourselves

If you have not seen the show, just click on the above link and it will take you to the "How To Look Good Naked" episodes.

Full Figured Body of a Celebrity!

Misha Barton, the former actress from "O.C.", was proud of showing off her curves in her two piece swimwear. There were some negative comments on her but who cares? She is healthy and as long as her fans and her boyfriend adore her shape, she is the winner!
Source: http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/b/famous/10046/mischa-im-proud-of-my-cellulite/

Rosemount Australian Fashion Week Comment

Last week I was invited to different shows from fashion designers in Sydney (Circular Quay). Most of models were tall, thin, with flat bodies as usual, especially swimwear models.

For the Sirocco collection, there was a model with fuller body, she was about size 12, she looked beautiful , more beautiful than the others, with her feminine curves.

If you'd like to know more about Rosemount Australian Fashion Week 2008, visit http://www.rafw.com.au/