Show Me Your Closet

Remember last year I shared the news of the Curvy Girls makeover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue ?  Well, now it seems the people at Sports Illustrated have decided to have the gorgeous Ashley Graham in a Swimsuit for All advertisement. This ad with Ashley in the gorgeous black Swimsuit for All bikini will be featured in their annual swimsuit issue. It's great that a curvy full-figured woman is featured in Sports Illustrated, especially the famous swimsuit issue.  And yes, there's a but.....But just one ad? That's it, even if it's on two pages; or is that online?  Why not a photo shoot showing her beautiful curves featured with the other models?  Will men not lust after her too, or is her body too curvy?  Are her boobs too large?  Is she not pretty enough? Well, as one of the readers commented, "...baby steps".  Yes, baby steps, first an advertisement in the magazine, next the cover?!. It's great that Ashley will be in the magaz...

As we continue into 2015  curvy divas, the fashion trends continue to have us scrambling watching for what's next, and what we will actually be trying and adding to our closets.  I'm going to be honest with you, denim was never a popular clothing choice for me when I could finally make my own fashion choices as a young woman. Unlike my friends, being on the other end of the curvy spectrum meant being the center of attention, not what I appreciated back in the day. As a grown up, when it comes to denim, I'm loving it a lot more and I've shown you how to cuff them, tell you what you might wear with them, and now I'm doing you one even better.  As I continue to follow the fashion trends, looking at what's in, new and continue to be popular, using Glamour Magazine's Leah Melby's article as inspiration for the latest on the denim trend. Jeans to buy: Vintage; ripped and torn . Why? Because they're in again.  I'm actually seeing more ripped jea...