Shopping with Blaugra! Big color edition!

I think I've mentioned that I'm not a size 6.  Or size 10.  Right now I'm "in between sizes." And I don't feel great about moving from size to size, so it's not fun to shop.

Or...is it?

Today I'm looking at pops of color!

I was in a long meeting on a grey day and every woman I saw who was over a size 10 was wearing a black or grey jacket with a black or grey bottom and black shoes with squareish low heels.  And I thought GIRLS, WE CAN DO BETTER.  During the meeting I re-dressed them in my head in colorful fun dresses.

SimplyBe catalog had showed up on my doorstep, advertising sizes 10-28. I got confused because there was a British flag on the cover so I thought they meant UK sizing, which, I learned the hard way, is different.

(I had purchased a really great black dress from the "big-boob experts" at Bravissimo in what I thought was my size but it turned out to actually be two U.S. sizes too small. That's okay, a smaller-sized friend benefited from that screwup.)

But you can order this colorful flouncy dress in a U.S. size:

I am also smitten by this number:

I mean, look! It has little deely-bobs on the sleeves! How cute is that.

I think either of these dresses would be lovely with these:

I just adore that lucite heel and combination of materials. No?  How about a more coloriffic sandal?

And they come in a wide width. Oh be still my little Flintstone-footed-heart.

I'm utterly obsessed with this top:

It makes me want to dip-dye myself in Brazil.

Finally, a color explosion in your face, courtesy of Joan Rivers:

 
Imagine how your back would look in this, baby. Pop! It's so Pat Benatar!

At the very least, I'm going to dig into my grandma's scarf collection and wear a fuschia-golden-rainbow piece from 1983 because scarves don't care what size I am. Fun!

Comments

[KtP]

My old therapist had commented that I liked bright colors, despite my size. I'm paraphrasing. But I don't see any reason to shun the bright colors. EMBRACE! Just don't do gay zebra dressing.

[blaugra]

That trench coat is borderline gay zebra.

You should provide that advice to that room full of gray. It's hard for me to wear color because then people will notice me. (I need therapy)

[Kristin]

I need to paint my toes stat! With color, bright, bright color.

[KtP]

I totally get that - but I feel better in color versus gray, so that helped. And knowing I'd be noticed made me work it a little more, you know? If I wore grey I'd feel slumpy and feel it was OKAY to shrink down into myself and look as beaten as I felt. Wearing color forced me to walk a little taller, even when I didn't want to, you know?

[lg]

Love, love, love.

Color is good. Scarves are good. Embracing and enjoying your body at any size is good.