February 2008
This month:
- Book-in-a-week was listed for a third year in Writer’s Digest!
This month:
Spring and summer? That is right designers and retailers are busy working on their spring and summer lines. Here is a quick preview of what plus size brand Marina Rinaldi’s will be offering: It looks like we can look forward to more print pants (not sure how I feel about that), more sequins (I love…
The tag line for Carmakoma’s latest product video is “Size is a number — confidence is a choice”. It features a Marilyn-esque model playing with her clothes and make-up with an attitude that is full of confidence. It is kind of playful too without a stitch of dialogue. The Carmakoma line is designed by Heidie…
Writer’s Digest Books has offered BIW two Writer’s Digest Books. The first will be given away during the August BIW and for members only and the second will be given away here on the BIW blog for members and non-members. You will find directions for entering below this description of the book: The Complete Guide…
I still haven’t heard any official buzz but I went to Kingston this week and their big beautiful store was closed. When I checked the website a few weeks ago it was still listed in their store locator which is now greatly reduced in number. I notice now there are only 12 locations in Ontario,…
If you go to any self acceptance or body image blog chances are that somewhere along the pages there will be a rant (or two, or three) about the photo retouching that occurs in magazines. Today I watched a video from TED with retoucher Becci Manson talking about her experience of retouching for good and…
The New Face of Evans SS13 is plus size model Kaela Humphries. If you think the last name sounds familiar that is because she is the little sister (little as in shorter, she is really older) of basketball star Kris Humphries, and if that still does not ring a bell, he’s the guy who married…