La Grande Dame has one of the best looking plus size tribal print dresses I’ve seen yet. It has attached ties to control the fit. I’m not sure who the designer is. It comes in sizes 1x or 3x for $349. Check the website for “limited” promotions too.
I also came across these Blowfish Malibu sandals in black or white for $49.95 at Zappos.
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* Get your own plus size tribal print dress from La Grand Dame
* Get your own Blowfish Malibu sandals from Zappos
Naturalizer is celebrating the season with up to 50% off their spring and summer styles including some of the most comfortably fashionable sandals. Here are five of my faves from their website:
Shipping is really reasonable for Canadians at $5 for first item and $2 for additional items.
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* Get your own shoes from Naturalizer
Making It Big has added a new line to their offerings. Their “contemporary” line is streamline more than their regular line to highlight the curves. I’m actually quite happy with the new additions and I’m sure it will bring a whole new following of plus size women to their door. MIB offers sizes 1x to 8x (an awesome size range!!) and are in the mid-price range.
Here are five of my favorite new pieces:
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* Get your own contemporary plus size clothing from Making It Big
MXM has the official plus size t-shirts for the next installment of the the Twilight series. Eclipse will be released in theaters June 30th so you still have time to get your novelty tee for the big night. At the moment MXM is selling them for buy one get one 50% off until June 22. There are five to choose from (my fave is the v-neck Edward in lower left) and they come in sizes 1x to 4x! Choose your team:
In case you haven’t seen the trailer yet (where have you been), here’s a peek:
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* Get your own plus size Eclipse T-shirt from MXM
* Twilight Eclipse Merchandise from HotTopic
* My Twilight Book Reviews
I was surfing through Ulla Popken’s pages for about twenty minutes when it finally hit me that the majority of the pieces I was falling in love with were tunics; hence “tunic surprise”. There’s a certain physical comfort that comes from wearing a tunic. They hide the things I want to hide and they are incredibly comfortable. In Ulla Popken’s case they are incredibly pretty too. They make me want to live in leggings and capris. It is just a coincidence that I picked one for every day of the week.
These Ulla Popken tunics are available in sizes 12 to 34 and and range in price from $39 to $69. Yes, they do deliver to Canada for an additional $15 on shipping rates as well as charging GST and 18% duty. Personally, I hate it when companies do this. I’d rather pay the duty at the door, because sometimes duty isn’t required.
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* Get your own plus size tunics from Ulla Popken
From now until June 20th Tabi is offering $10 off every $50 spent. Not sure if that means you get $20 off if you spend a $100 or not. Their jewelry is also up to 70% off. These are in store promotions as Tabi is not currently offering online shopping.
Get ready! Threadless is having a $10 t-shirt event on Thursday at 10 am CT. They recommend filling up your cart ahead of time because favorites will be going fast. I’ve been dying to get the Fail tee (by Budi Satria Kwan) but every time I go to get it it’s either sold out of my size or completely dormant. I’m so happy it’s back in reprint.
Why do I like it? It makes me smile and smiling makes me happy. I don’t know about you but I need all the happy I can get. There are lots of fun, political, and down right pretty (as well as pretty silly) designs to choose from. Most will go up to 3x, some only 2x. Have fun!
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* Get your own plus size novelty tees from Threadless
Wide belts, narrow belts, metal belts, fabric belts but most importantly I love leather belts. My favorite belt is a black leather one with punched out flowers along the leather. To me the best belts are the ones you can stick in a pair of jeans and they just get better with age.
La Chik is a handmade belt company out of Calgary Alberta. They offer 1.5″ leather unisex belts in eighteen of colors (naturals, brights, and prints) with interchangeable click in 3″ x 2″ buckles. Not just any kind of buckle.. pretty buckles! Here are just four of my favorites:
Belts range in size from 30″ to 44″ for $22 and the buckles are $28.
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* Get your own interchangeable belt from La Chik
There are two things I love about Avon: convenience and affordability. Here are some of my favorite picks for June:
Forever Classic White Top, $44.99 (in sizes up to 2x)
Beaded Chic Bracelets, $7.99 (reg $19.99)
Midnight Mauve Smooth Minerals Eyeshadow, $7.99
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* Get your own Avon picks from your Avon rep or online at Avon
I immediately fell in love with the Pleat Shift Dress from Anna Scholz. I love the orange and white creamsicle color, the cute cap sleeves, and the pleated accent at the waist. This fun every day dress is part of Anna’s white label and oozes that retro appeal that is so hot right now. It comes in sizes 16 to 28 for £224. Yes, they ship internationally.
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* Get your own Pleat Shift Dress from Anna Scholz
Through the next four months, Vancouver plus size clothing designer Babs will be featured at a number of Signatures "fine craft shows". If you happen to be in the area you can check out her latest fashions and make a few additions to your … [Read More...]
Over the last eight+ years Lane Bryant has consistently delivered to plus size women some pretty hot lingerie and panties when everyone else was trying to sell us basic whites and only basic whites. Now even though there are more choices … [Read More...]
Every week for the last five years I have been sharing my favorite things over at PlusShe.com. Once day a loyal reader let me know how disappointed she was she could not make a purchase at one of the places I mentioned because they did not deliver to Canada. I then realized how important a sister site was so PlusShe.ca was born.
Here are some Canadian shops and shops outside Canada to get you started. Be sure to sign up for my daily updates.
