Does One Shoulder Fashion Trend Suit Real Women?

I remember I bought my one shoulder black dress in year 2001 and now the fashion has come back. Celebreties are the ones who show off their beautiful dresses with slightly different styles in one shoulder design, most of them are slim but there are some "real curves" celebs such as Ugly Betty star America Ferrera or Jennifer Lopez. In my opinion, the two stars look quite beautiful and stunning.
Do you think the one shoulder design would suit real women with curves?
Source: http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/who/news/

Is There an Apparel Sizing Standard?

As a fashionista, I wear a number of different designs. I have in my wardrobe several garments ranging from Austalian made as well as overseas made, in size small to XL. Suprisingly, they all fit me!
According to the Fashion Technicians Association of Australia(FTAA), Australia was a world leader in sizing studies for apparel manufacturing in the 1920' and 30' but then Australian sizing standards for men and women apparel were removed in 1998 and 2008 because of the changing in Australian body sizes.
Other countries such as the US, the UK, China and Germany - have conducted large scale sizing studies and they have worked hard in order to find a sizing standard solution. Hopefully, we will all be able to apply the solution in our designs so it will benefit our customers .

Tribute to Victoria Bushfire Victims

I went to my local bank today to deposit some money into the Victoria Bushfire Appeal account. It was just a small contribution to the appeal but it came from my heart.
I can not imagine if I were one of those victims, who lost their loved ones and who lost their houses! Within two black days (Saturday and Sunday), the blaze wiped off many towns, more than 900 homes have been destroyed and 7000 survivors have registered with the Red Cross for assistance.
I believe many people spent their whole life to build up their dream house with a hope of having peaceful life among a green environment. Who would have thought that their dream would be ended in a few seconds!!!
I think if each of us contributes some money to the appeal even with a small amount, together our contribution would add up to a big sum and would be a great help for the bushfire victims
If you live in Australia, you can go to any branch of NAB, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank and just ask tellers about donating to the Victoria Bush Fire Appeal and they will help you to deposit money into the appeal account. And if you are from overseas, you can go to http://www.redcross.org.au for your donation.

Do You Feel Beautiful at 32?

A recent internet survey from a mineral water company found that women feel beautiful at 32. But in my opinion, that survey was carried out with a small number of people (1,500), compare to general women population. Sure, we may feel more beautiful at 30+ because we have more life experience, more confidence in career and happiness from family etc. , and not just physically body looks.
Any woman at any age is beautiful, we all have ups and downs at any age group but at the end of the day, it is how to feel yourself within; I would love to see women of any age and any shape feeling confident in themselves, sexy and self esteem, conscious about how to make themselves more beautiful. As I always think every woman no matter what age, what shape as long as you look after yourself and you can look great and sexy.

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

Happy New Year !

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all have had wonderful holidays. I just took a break and been back from visiting my sister-in-law who lives in Milan. By chance I saw some of the Italian designer Elena Miro’s trendy large size clothes in a department store. They were very elegant (I like the styles, colours) and definitely for plus size women, but only they’re quite long for an average woman. Not everyone is plus size and tall as Elena Miro’s beautiful models! Anyway, Elena is still a leading plus size designer in the fashion world and I hope she will be more realistic in making fashion clothes that fit different shapes and heights.

Oprah Winfrey’s Battle with Weight Gain

One of my favourite shows from America is always Oprah daily show. I have watched her on and off her weight battle through her shows since early 90’s, in my eye whether she is 50 kg or 90 kg, size 10 or size 20 she is still the talk show queen.
There are some people who criticise her for doing opposite to some dieting advice episodes which she had on TV but they do not understand how difficult in reality for a middle age woman, especially under public eyes constantly like Oprah, to lose the weight as she wishes. Yes, she is one of the most riches in the world and she has plenty money to support her weight battle; but the more body image pressure is on her, the more her body reacts oppositely.
Oprah was brave to admit “I didn’t just fall off the wagon. I let the wagon fall on me.”
She is not making excuses for the weight she has gained; she just opens up about it. Her experience is a valuable lesson for us which about taking time for ourselves, to take care of ourselves, something we all at least can do!
Despites of her weight gain, I must say Oprah still looks beautiful and elegant in her fashionable clothes. As I always think there is no ugly woman, only woman who does not know how to make herself beautiful.

My Business in An Economic Downturn.

During an economic crisis, businesses are forced to cut overhead cost and my business is not an exception. However, I have never compromised my swimwear quality. Also since petrol price rising, I have offered free international postage plus good customer service. I rather reduce my swim wear margin to help my customers save money than to send them away. My philosophy is: My business will not survive without customers, and anyone who comes to my online boutique will be treated with respect and privilege.