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25 April 2010
City Chic: April 2010 the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good.
Mini Feather Fringe Skirt, Chiffon Frill Button Through Top and Peplum Long Sleeved Cardigan with Shoulder Pads
All from City Chic
Ahh lovely, the skirt whilst possibly Minge visible is unique and cute, the top whilst it reeks of the fat-famous lily0808168 ruffle dress it is cute and sensible and it straddles several trends; The cardigan is my most lustworthy item I like the cut and how Fashion Hayley has been rocking it.
The Bad.
all from City Chic
Apparently City Chic customers in particular the ones who purchase denim have genetically stopped growing at a size 20-22, which led to so much of a financial ruin for City Chic in creating a size 24 for the abnormally sized City Chic customer it had to be removed.
Whilst it shouldn't effect me as I don't often buy denim from City Chic But it sucks because
- They offer pants up to a size 24 but not denim on their website Seriously WTF?
- They are obviously trying to be competitive with the other Youth Orientated Plus Size branding like Evans and Torrid (blogger partners, fashion parades, online promotions have you Booked Crystal Renn yet?) and yes whilst understandably behind the Big Guys with a typically more expensive product, Australian Isolation, and a limited size range, Is reducing your highest size online in denim really going to help?
- I feel sorry for fat anomalies who will not be able to purchase your jeans any more, the size 18 girls with the 24 arse and thighs who would adjust them with some crafty know how ( I myself have to buy 24-26-28 jeans and pin in the waist to accommodate my calves) and even your size 24 customers who had become quite accustomed to purchasing your jeans every few months as they wore out from being worn to death
- Every other "relevant" plus sized brand in Australia goes up to a 24 or has extended it's range to a 24
eh now I'm nit-picking but City Chic has the power to be a MAJOR brand in Australia and the world and in order to do that it has to step up it's game.
& The Ugly
Faux Fur Vest Available at City Chic
GAH! stylist must be shot immediately, then the photographer who took the photo needs to be hog-tied then the web developer who put this online to make my eyes bleed needs to be locked in a basement; and I cannot even write what I would do to the designer who dreamt up this abomination!
I have blocked the poor models eyes out to protect her dignity but I have included a link if you unlike me wish to purchase this item. Poor girl she's soo cute too and Aussie non white plus size models are few and far between, City Chic you better not have fucked up her career.
24 April 2010
Music Inspiration: Try not to Dance, I dare ya!
If you want to be happy: Jimmy Soul
P.S if you are one of those people that takes everything literally for example song lyrics a) it sucks to be you and b) probably best not to listen to the song
19 April 2010
Shit I Want: Australian Plus size: Dream Diva
Red One Shoulder dress with Bow, Strapless Printed Dress with Belt and Flower Applique detail Party Dress
all from Dream Diva
I've been jonesing for a party dress to faff about town in and to absorb all the cider that I spill onto myself when I faff about town. And so far only Dream Diva has been hitting the mark of suitably tasteful-yet-fun-flirty-without-showing-my-minge-style dresses that I have been in search for since forever.
Oh and If I'm going to buy me a dress I should get some thing to cover my arse
Sequinned Mesh Skirt, Black Straight Leg, Zipper Detailed Pants and Black Waist Tie Skirt
all still from Dream Diva
Oh and and it's not a plus-size shopping spree without showing you the traditional Plus Size Fug
Deep V Foil Print Top, Centre Panel Halter Top
and Cross over Halter Top all Dream Diva
Not my bag, but there has to be a fat someone, somewhere that likes stupidly cut tops that cannot be worn with a bra or foil prints.
15 April 2010
Autograph: you have improved this winter... shame about the prices.
I actually really want all three jackets, they all look pretty frickin' fabulous, but unless my boyfriend starts dealing cocaine and wants to shower me in mid range disposable plus-sized fashion, these jackets will just be a pipe dream.. need to work on better dreams
13 April 2010
Outfit: I don't like it (a.k.a curse of the Elephant Scrotum dress)
Dress: oversized knit dress ASOS curve
cardigan: SARA
Stirrup Leggings: My Size
Boots: Evans
Scarf: Thrifted
satchel: crumpler laptop bag
The grey ASOS curve dress is shitting me royally, I bought it in the hope it would be a relaxed Australiab Autumn/ Winter suitable piece that would be super versatile and be business appropriate without sacrificing my true clusterfuckery style.
It has ended up being a giant weird grey t-shirt with the worlds most useless pockets that is too long for pants too short for a dress, looks shit when belted and looks shit when it's not. And the fabric density is comprable to 2 ply toilet paper.
But even though it looked shit I thought it might of been a trick of mirrors, a trick of lighting or a trick of digital photography so I wore it to work today, and well I'm writing this on my iPhone simply because I cannot hold back how dissapointed I am in this dress I look like an elephant scrotum (or what I imagine an elephant scrotum to look like)
I have no idea what to do with it I think it's going to get demoted to nightgown, it's not too small there is an acre of fabric hanging off the fucker when it's belted nor is too big ( I think) anyway I now know why they have been marked down in the clearance section of the ASOS website... le sigh
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10 April 2010
Reasons I hate buying stuff from Torrid #432094
The website navigation often sucks balls (like with a vacuum cleaner not the endearing blow-job kind of way) : the above are not the flare legged jeans I requested.
07 April 2010
outfit : featuring my new Evans Breton
Jacket: Beth Ditto for Evans
Breton/ top: Evans
Jeans: Evans
Shoes : converse
Sunglasses : "Wonderland" 2007ish Karen Walker
Gosh I'm head to fricking toe in Evans today, I made a couple of purchases last week with my Ebay winnings in their 20% off sale, most important one is this Breton top, every year I always look for the perfect striped top
and I have amassed quite a collection now the latest purchase is still on the website can't link I'm writing this on an iPhone anyway it's good solid quality top and while traditional navy and white ain't my bag overall this is I know going to be my go to neutral top when I want appear responsible.
The jacket I wear to death, I bought it the first day the fucker went on sale and it hangs on the hat rack in the living room as it's always being worn. have been searching high and low for a backup one but nobody wants to get rid of them... sigh.
The sunglasses gotten on eBay for a song and postage and handling and I love them to death.
that's it oh and a new background it's my front gate.
06 April 2010
Why Kiki Why and the Curse of the Beech Aneboda
I have spent most no all of my adultlife wardrobeless... and I know what you are thinking (other than how you are going to get away with that murder that you committed last summer y'know the one with all your sexy friends that keep on disappearing one by one) you are thinking "why kiki? how can you she who is super obsessed with clothes survive without a wardrobe? well the answer dear reader is Stolen milk crates, those hanging racks and and a fuckload more stolen milk-crates.
The above had served me well for quite a very long time however, something happened... I turned 26... and my milk-crate furniture was no longer going to kick it in the mid to late twenties world, I needed to get something streamlined, a place for my shit, something that was made specifically to hold clothing, something that was visually inoffensive to the white middleclass gentlemen I so often have visit my quarters (ok not so much any more I have narrowed it down to one, but that may change) and most importantly it had to match the ikea furniture my dear old flatmate Lynda left behind because I could not be arsed to dismantle and get it down my narrow hipster terrace stairs.
anyway after trawling Ikea I found what I needed, they call it the Aneboda range and it met all my criteria a) price b) ability to hold clothing and c) genericness. Anyhoo I had a name and an idea I'll
just go to Ikea for it and get it shipped to my Wanksterrace but alas Ikea do not make the Aneboda in beech only white because I have no fucking idea anyway I had to resort buying it second hand or figuring out how to get all the furniture outta my room, anyways story is I have Been trawling gumtree, the trading post and craigs listevery week for the last few months for a fucking Beech Veneer Aneboda, (and my own balding married man to pee on) within 200km and this (last) weekend I found my ticket to wardrobiness in my beloved Marrickville and it came with a matching set of drawers.. huzzah.
Now you dear reader are going, "oh you bought a second hand ikea wardrobe, you shouldn't be too excited that's not a big deal, what about Darfur?" and to that I would respond "what's a Darfur? " and follow it with with a long winded rant about how the inner west hipsters trawl all the websites like locusts consuming all the second hand Beech Anebodas in the area so that their Bongs and low rise skinny jeans can be ensconsed in minimalist Scandinavian designed chip board. And it's hard keeping up with them and their immediate purchasing power.
Anyways. I email the guy throw money at him and get my Mother and her Truck (my mother drives a truck) and the Boy to help me, well a) the bastard lives on the fourth story of a flat with no elevator b) the bastard hasn't dismantled the furniture c) well they are the key points and well it wasn't really an issue so I left The Boy to deal with male aspects of the furniture moving (namely the lifting and the moving) while I took care of the female aspects of it (buying the furniture and standing out the front) anyways it's home been reassembled and is waiting eagerly for my hot load... of clothing, but it's just so... meh
I miss my milk crates.
Music Inspiration: Catchy, Bouncy Pop Music a.k.a songs I can't get frickin out of my head
Lcd Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
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Imperial Teen: Ivanka
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Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends
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Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
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Little known fact: Seeing them live was one of the best moments in my life.
New Order - True Faith
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Oh gosh I love this song so much; it's my favourite song about smack addiction
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