Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Finding Dresses for Petite Women with Curves!

For petite women who are blessed with curves, finding clothes that fit your body right can be a difficult task! I found a great article for women of this build that gives 5 useful tips to keep in mind when searching for the perfect dress for your shape.
Read the tips provided by AshleyD from The Budget Fashionista on how to find the right dress for your figure!

"You’ve got a lot of curves, but not so much height, so shopping for a dress can seem like a daunting task. Petite clothes are geared toward women with slimmer figures, but standard plus size clothes are too long, so it’s not as simple as just shopping in a certain section of the store. Here are some tips for finding the right dress for you."

Read more here:
http://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/archive/petite-plus-size-dress/

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

A little eye candy

This time of year has us enjoying the culinary confections our loved ones make.With the majority of the holidays coming to a close we can rest easy knowing there's not another pie or cookie giving us that look. The "You know you want to take a bite" look. Thankfully not all of us have been faced with something like this.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

An Introduction

We'd like to introduce you to Billie, a teacher in New York City. Billie in the past had trouble with shapewear finding that it did not last her long, and  as a result the price was starting to add up. So we asked Billie to try on American Shapewear and see if she liked it, turns out she loved it! 

Read Billies story here, simular to hers can be found here!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

So what is Victoria's Secret?

Well in a report done by Bloomberg Markets it turns out it's not just lingerie, it's child labor. The report follows a 13 year-old girl, Clarisse Kambire.  

 The man ordering her awake is the same one who haunts the 13-year-old girl’s sleep: Victorien Kamboule, the farmer she labors for in a West African cotton field. Before sunrise on a November morning she rises from the faded plastic mat that serves as her mattress, barely thicker than the cover of a glossy magazine, opens the metal door of her mud hut and sets her almond-shaped eyes on the first day of this season’s harvest.              

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