Want my own style!!! Please help..

Floss

Don't forget that you can book a personal shopper in John Lewis or Debenhams free, and you don't have to buy anything either, just use their advice to find a trouser / dress / coat / skirt / top style that suits you

daisyisarobot

You're the same size as me and I have a big bust too which makes things tricky!!! I wear a lot of Yumi and Mina dresses with funky tights to work and in the evening I take a bit of inspiration from Scarlett Johanson as we have similar body types.

Best bit of advice I can give is to buy when will suit YOU not what is in the magazines or pretty on the hanger. You'll only end up feeling deflated.

scotsgirl_3

So true daisy - way too many of the current fashions just don't suit girls with curves - they are designed for straighter shapes. At least the smock tops phase seems to have passed. There was a phase a year or so ago when it was nigh on impossible to find a garment with a waist on it!

daisyisarobot

scotsgirl wrote: »

So true daisy - way too many of the current fashions just don't suit girls with curves - they are designed for straighter shapes. At least the smock tops phase seems to have passed. There was a phase a year or so ago when it was nigh on impossible to find a garment with a waist on it!

Hah I know, I survived that period by buying lots of big belts!!

tara747

Oh yes, smock tops are evil! Yuk yuk yuk! So not flattering.

I too love belts. OP - buy belts to accentuate your waist! I bought two in Primark this very afternoon for £1 each and very lovely they are too.

I also second the advice about ignoring trends and buying what suits you.

My other tip is to experiment as much as possible. Try on stuff that you would never normally try - you never know what might look fab! Step outside your comfort zone, it is fun!

absnasm

Wow, I love that Fashion For Nerds blog! They have a five-part series on breaking out of a fashion rut ( http://geekthreads.blogspot.com/2009/02/breaking-out-of-fashion-rut-part-i.html ) which is something I've also been trying to do lately. I've started reading real people's fashion blogs like You Look Fab, and as a lovely larger lady, I also look for inspiration on Flickr pool Fatshionista, but there are loads of fashion pools on Flickr.

I'm finding that accessories are key to making clothes look different each time and pulling outfits together. The Uniform Project http://www.theuniformproject.com/ is an interesting example - the woman who runs the site is wearing the same dress (she has several!) styled in a different way for 364 days.

greenie1

Hey snowedunderitall

check out this website for useful guide for how to dress for your body shape. Once you've got the basic shapes you can add the kind of fabrics, colours etc. that you like or find fun

Bronnie

absnasm wrote: »

Wow, I love that Fashion For Nerds blog! They have a five-part series on breaking out of a fashion rut ( http://geekthreads.blogspot.com/2009/02/breaking-out-of-fashion-rut-part-i.html ) which is something I've also been trying to do lately. I've started reading real people's fashion blogs like You Look Fab, and as a lovely larger lady, I also look for inspiration on Flickr pool Fatshionista, but there are loads of fashion pools on Flickr.

I'm finding that accessories are key to making clothes look different each time and pulling outfits together. The Uniform Project http://www.theuniformproject.com/ is an interesting example - the woman who runs the site is wearing the same dress (she has several!) styled in a different way for 364 days.

Hi absnasm and greenie1

Your links sound great...there is a thread on this board called "MSE Fashion Useful and Inspirational Links" specifically for keeping fashion links all together, bit like a fashion reference library !! If you've got time, perhaps you could also add your links to it, so they don't get lost forever in the threads!

estherg69

Hi Snowedunderitall,

Now that you have found your vintage style it seems that you have a second problem - making it fit with your daily routine!

You don't have to wear vintage dresses all the time. I love dresses and don't wear anything else in the summer. But come winter, I am all trousers and jumpers. It is cold in a floaty dress.

Try and find items that fit with your new style. Vintage dresses are nice; what about some pretty blouses to wear with a nicely fitted pair of jeans? If like me they tend to open up at the bust line, then you can just wear them with an strapy top underneath and buttoned up just below the bust, and wear with a nice, chunky neclace. Complete the look with a pair of brown flat boots or some easy ballerinas. Sorted! Another park look? Under the knee fitted trousers, strappy top, fitted cardi, spadrilles.

Same blouse can also be worn with a nicely fitted pencil skirt when you want to dress up a bit more. Fitted cardies and strappy tops will look nice with a floaty skirt. Being a size 10 and with such a nice figure, you should look a scorcher. And Primark is full of cardies and strayppy tops in happy colours for about £5 each (I have a few!!)

Wintery looks? Get some good quality leggins and a nicely fitted jumper or cardigan, but make sure you get fine knits and nothing too chunky that makes you bulky. Also buy some nice belts (H&M has lots on sale for about £5 in nice colours)

Just make sure that the clothes that you buy, skirts or trousers or dresses or anything, fit you properly. Too tight clothes are horrific. But baggy styles don't do you any favours either.

Happy shopping!!!

propsnfrocks

As far as look is concerned it won't look indecent by dressing up in a particular cloth not tried before if you are feeling comfortable in it. So follow your heart & dress up in a pair of vintage collections to discover only that it suits your personality so well!