Living ~400lbs

Category: Clothing

  • Thankful Thursday

    [an occasional exercise in gratitude] Sherlock is on Netflix instant streaming. A mild summer. My new dress (this, size H, in blue) fits great, is nice and cool, and has pockets. My father and his new care home appear to be getting along. I am getting enough sleep and my anxiety is decreasing. Next weekend will…

  • Junonia QuikJersey

    Has anyone tried Junonia’s QuikJersey items?  Currently they’re $25 off through Sunday night (US Central Time) when offer code KMH6L is entered.  The items include a tank, leggings, shorts, and a track jacket. Offer details: How to apply your promotion code: At checkout, on the Billing Information page, go to the section labeled “Offer or…

  • Tummy & Bra Liners & AmpleStuff

    For those who are tired of sweat collecting underneath their tummies, AmpleStuff is now carrying Tummy Liners made by Pambra of bra liner fame. I haven’t tried them, but Stilletto posted a review of the tummy liner, and  Notblueatall posted a review of both the bra and tummy liners. I’ve mentioned before that I use baby powder to combat…

  • Knitting, Crochet, and Related Acts of Yarn

    I know people who knit or crochet habitually. As in, all the time. As in, they have trouble figuring out what to do with all their creations. I’m not one of them. I do know how to knit, mind.  Ditto crochet.  I think both are useful skills.  But what drives me to acts of yarn…

  • Working Wardrobes

    During a phone interview today I ended up saying “No, this wouldn’t work” because their corporate dress code is Business Professional, defined as suits or suit-like combinations; ties for men; no athletic shoes allowed.   Refusing to dress up every day for work isn’t all that uncommon a stance for a software person to take…

  • Virtual Window Shopping: Holiday Lingerie

    [Looking at nifty supersize clothing, which is to say, clothing I can wear. Preferably modeled on actual fat people.] You guys.  I cannot believe this.  Lane Bryant has Santa-themed lingerie in my size. The bra?  Comes in 36C to 44DDD, which, y’know, I’m wearing a 44DDD bra right now. The matching thong or skirt?  26-28,…

  • I Love This Dress

    Evans calls it a “blue velvet drape pocket dress”.  I’ve been calling it the “Beth Ditto dress”, “blue velvet dress”, or “the dress” for short.  Oh, and it is — at least, it feels shorter than this picture appears (perhaps because the picture was taken by someone taller than I):     The dress arrived…

  • Morning Wake-Up: Kashmir Floral Leggings

    Yes, this is the folk/filk group Vixy and Tony (with Sunnie Larsen playing violin, Betsy Tinney playing cello, Heather Dale playing bohdran, and Ben Deschamps with the mandolin) performing Led Zeppelin. I finally opened the package from the UK that arrived Saturday and found my size 32UK (“28US”) leggings are a bit loose.   This may…

  • Ditto: Standing In The Way Of Control

    Beth Ditto, lead singer of the band Gossip, is in the news again, this time taking on the belief that thin=healthy and fat=not healthy. “I’m not an unhealthy person and… one of the most tiring parts of being fat and being proud of it is… you do a lot of proving yourself all the time.” She…

  • Virtual Window Shopping: Tie Dye

    [Virtual Window Shopping is looking at supersize / extended size clothing that I think is nifty.  Preferably modeled by fat people.] I confess: I am in lust with this violet and black tie-dye tee.   Mostly I love the colors and abstract color patterning – I like that it’s not a uniform print, or if it…

  • Why I like Aravon sandals

    I love having sandals I can get on the treadmill with and not walk out of! Specifically they’re Aravon 3 Strap Sandals I got a few years ago. Today I felt like going for a walk.  Not wanting to burn in the sunshine I decided I’d try the treadmill despite my sandals.  I only did…

  • When You Get Used To People Not Having Your Size…

    …you don’t expect them to have your size.  It’s like, I don’t know, logic. As Red No 3 put it (emphasis added): See, what’s going on here [at Saks] is a bit of product testing. This is only being launched in one location. They see how it goes, and then decide how to expand. Its…

  • On not buying clothes

    I mentioned in my last post that I haven’t bought clothes in a while. My previous clothing purchase was a Sounders green item to wear to Sounders games, bought at my husband’s urging.  I bought bras in February.  In September 2009 I replaced 3 worn-out pairs of knit pants and some bras.  July 2009 I…

  • New Clothes

    Okay, y’all, I did it.  I bought clothing.  I haven’t done this in ages. In mid-June, I got a pair of 4x gingham trim capris on sale from the local Catherine’s.  I got them in anticipation of warm weather, and I’m not thrilled with how they’ve shrunk.  They’re rather like leggings that end just below…

  • Jeans and big bellies

    Today I am wearing jeans.   This is abnormal. It didn’t used to be — like many American girls, I grew up wearing jeans.  After college, working at  a major software company, jeans were like a uniform.   I wasn’t one the guys, but wearing the same clothes helped me fit in: jeans,  a t-shirt…

  • Plus-size Shops: Thin Models, Strange Names

    This is something we get so used to seeing that after a while it hardly registers. Sociological Images did a great post with images from Woman Within showing how size 12-14 clothes on size 8-10 models looks … really loose and shapeless.  This is why I’m glad to see Lane Bryant using some larger models…

  • Virtual Window Shopping: SWAK

    [Virtual Window Shopping is looking at supersize / extended size clothing that I think is nifty.  Preferably modeled by fat people.] Does the blue-and-white top at right look like a “crew neck” to you?  Because — while I like the top, which is from Sealed With A Kiss Designs (SWAK for short) I gotta say that looks…