Aussie Curves: Yellow.

AC babes I LOVE YELLOW! I just wanna shout it fromt the rooftops! It's true, yellow and I go waaaaaay back. Here's a little look-see through our wondrous past and present. Yellow and Theresa...this is your life.

Boracay, Philippines.

Huskisson, NSW.

Boracay, Philippines.

Sydney, NSW.

Mildura, VIC.

Parramatta, NSW.

Boracay, Philippines.

Parramatta, NSW.

Wollongong, NSW. 

Brighton LeSands, NSW.

Coney Island, NYC.

Manhattan, NYC.

Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NYC.

Manhattan, NYC.

My latest outing with one of my fave yellow, was with my sissys Mele and Anne to a Breast Cancer Fundraiser night. The theme was pink. I was like "I have nothing pink to wear"...then I noticed my head and realised I was good to go, lol. 

What I wore:

• Yellow sleeved crop- $6 Supre super store (Campbelltown Factory Outlet)
• Black skirt- $15 Kmart (this season)
• Flats- $10 Kmart (last season)
• Pastel necklace- $4 Sportsgirl (last season)
• Hair colour- Manic Panic in Cotton Candy Pink
• Daisy Earrings- $5 Diva (this season)

Big Love & light to you all x

NYC Round 3...The first night!

Hello lovelies!

If you know me, you know I'm shocking at posting things that I would love to share with you shortly after it's actually happened. So here I am a month after our NYC trip, sharing with you some pics of our first night back in our beloved city showing our sissy around for the very first time and watching her fall in love with it just like we did...

love you Ruthy, thank you for always putting up with us! Back in a Yellow Cab <3

Our cozy hotel room at The Pod Hotel on 51st St, Mid Town Manhattan <3

Yes, much needed shower time :)

Times Square <3

Sister Sia x

What I wore: Sheer tribal pattern hi-lo top from Supre Factory Sydney $5/DIY Denim shorts Kmart $12/ Sandals Kmart $5/ Leather hand bag, thrifted $3

sisters, dead from the epic flight but too happy to care!

Times Square <3

We had our own balcony, fave place <3

So there's a quick look at our first night in NYC. We also hit Grand Central Station and a pizza place along the way for our first NY slice....oh how I would love a slice right now!!!

Hope you are well where ever you are and whatever you have on right now.


Big Love xx

Aussie Curves: Feminine for FFFW!

Hi lovely ones! This week's AC challenge calls for an outfit of the feminine kind! The perfect excuse for me to share what I wore to the Full Figured fashion Week, Bloomingdale's Runway event!

I found this dress at my local MS Op shop around the start of the year for $6 if my memory serves me correctly! When I tried it on it was tight around my bust but dropped perfectly from under my boobs as it has an elastic banding. I usually only buy things that I feel comfortable in and fit me nicely but I seriously could not leave the deliciously vibrant floral print hanging on the rack so home it went with me. I had plans to alter it somehow for a comfy fit but somehow it got lost in my wardrobe not to be thought of until I was going through EVERYTHING while packing for NYC! I found it and was like..."Oh HELLO!" lol. I put it on and yes it was still as snug as ever around my bust...my sister and I were talking about how I could alter it because it WAS going in my suitcase to New York one way or another.
I thought of cutting the top half of the dress completely off and wearing the bottom as a skirt but we both agreed that the top was just too pretty SO sister with her brilliant mind suggested she just cut straight down the back to the elastic banding to loosen the whole top half. We sewed a small piece of looped elastic at the top of the cut so it could be secured to the button and hold the two pieces of back fabric together. The fabric is light and flowy so it draped down nicely after being hemmed. LOVED IT!

The yellow shirt I'm wearing is also thrifted. I borrowed it from sister's closet. It was a normal button down shirt that didn't button all the way down but she just loved the colour and the fit around the arms was so perfect that she bought it anyway and simply cut it from under the bust to make a cropped shirt! I wear this all the time when I'm going out clubbing or on a hot day because it's cool (temp wise) and the colour is just...BAM! Defs a fave of mine!

ANYWHO, back to the Bloomingdale's Runway event which was a part of Full Figured Fashion Week. To be completely honest it was pretty hectic but not in a fabulous way. To try and keep it as short and simple as possible here's my pros and cons list:

among the awesome fashion front bloggers for FFFW were our fab Aussie beauties Ash, Sam & Dani <3

Cons

• Being an open event it saw a lot of people vying for a good view of the runway in a tiny space with inadequate seating. To make things that much more difficult the standing areas surrounding the runway still had clothing racks and mannequins in the way which saw sister and I just chilling and being goose-balls amongst the racks while waiting for the show to start.
• Speaking of waiting for the show to start...yeah we waited 2 hours for the kick off. The event ran so behind that by the time the models began working their way down the runway we were just sick of waiting to care much about the fashion.
• Speaking of fashion...yeah that was pretty underwhelming and average. There was nothing there that "wowed" me or that I felt like I hadn't seen before. I must admit though, I didn't actually stay for the whole show because I was just too irritated to make the effort to stand tangled in garments and clothes hangers waiting for what seemed to be mediocre fashion so I may have missed something brilliant but I guess I'll never know.

haha, in with the coat hangers!

Pros

• Meeting beautiful blog veterans that I truly admire!
• Dancing like crazies in the clothes racks (for the first 30 mins, lol)
• Seeing so many fierce, full figured women WERRRRRRK. I honestly think some of the ladies attending the show were flaunting more forward and creative style than what the runway had to offer.
• Chatting to other bloggers who were so excited to be apart of FFFW 2013 
• Stumbling upon Magnolia's Bakery on the way out. WINNING! Hahaha!

While the event side of things was kind of a bust for me, meeting Kiah from From the Rez to the City was TOTALLY worth the heartache. I am not star struck by many but after my sister introduced me to her blog over a year ago I have serioussssssly crushed on her style. She makes bold, brave and striking styling choices AND she thrifts too! Kiah is always on point and in my opinion is just so fly. Meeting her I was kinda all sorts of giggly and wacko I think! She was lovely and greeted me with a hug and a kind smile! So yes...that was the BEST! Kiah, WE LOVE YOU!!! lol. Ok enough of the fan-girling. Smh. Oh wait here's some pics...haha ;)

haha, the excitement is apparent no?!

I also got to meet Chastity from Garner Style! She was super nice and snapped a picture with me a midst the mayhem! I love Chastity's style, the woman can DRESS!!! I adore her polka dot number right here!

The pros for me far outweigh the cons so YAY! The glass is always half full!

nude/pattern brogues $40 size 11 from Rivers...sooo comfy! 

I just love New York City. I leave you with the view from our Manhattan hotel balcony. How I wish I were standing on it right now.

Big love xx

Aussie Curves: Homemade...

Hello lovelies! Wow, I can't believe this is the last in the list of the very first Aussie Curves photo challenge and what a cool way to finish...HOMEMADE!

I love anything crafted to one's own taste. Individuality and personal flavours in style are my most favourite things. It is what I love about fashion.

This is the perfect excuse to share with you my outfit I wore to the Full Figured Fashion Week, Curves at Sea, All white cruise.

So it was two weeks before we were due to fly out to NYC and I had a cute white dress I found at one of my local op shops. My sister and I hemmed and altered it and it was all ready to go except I just didn't feel that thing that you feel when you put on an outfit and your just like....yeaaaaaaaaah! lol. You know that feeling when you just feel right?! I didn't have THAT feeling. It was so cute though, checked all the right boxes but nope back to the drawing board I went...

Talking to my sister about it I just knew I wanted something lace/t-shirt style/boho-ish/cool (temperature wise) that was totally cute, haha. Yes, I kiiiinda had an idea in my head of what I wanted so in we went to our local Spotlight to see what they had in the way of making me a flyyyyy dress. I found an off white cotton lace on the shelf and just instantly knew that that was it!

My sister is so fabulous and is always sewing for me because I have not yet perfected the art of the sewing machine yet so the credit for this beautiful baby goes to her...THANK YOU SIS!!

So we used no pattern to make this. I have an oversized, cotton tee from Kmart circa 2011 that I knew would be a cute cut and shape for the look that I wanted so i went digging around in my closet. Next thing I knew we were on the kitchen floor, cutting around this beautiful cotton lace. It was very delicate to work with. It was my sisters first time sewing with this fabric and she was constantly stopping and starting to get it right. And in the end she did. I LOOOOOOOVED IT! When I put it on it was EXACTLY what I had wanted before I knew it!

The white cruise was so much fun! It was the only FFFW event besides the Indie Runway Fashion Show that we knew we HAD to go to. This was also the very first FFFW event we attended in the week! It was honestly quite surreal meeting beautiful bloggers I've been following for a while but more than that it was amazing to be part of a group of women who are all a part of spreading the message that body size/shape does not, can not and will not define who we are as people and what we deserve in life.  Beautiful women working it like they knew how, FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

Here are some photos from the night!

nothing like a hectic NYC cab ride in your finest, lol

with sisters Mele, Gabby, Candice & Sia x

with Jen the owner of plus size clothing label Seraphim and my sissys Mele, Candice & Sia x

OOTD

My flower crown is a traditional Niuean head dress called a fou-fou. My sisters and I wore ours for a pop of colour but more importantly to represent our beautiful island culture x

with my beautiful fellow Aussies: Dani from DaniMezza and Ashley from This is Ashley Rose

with the beautiful Jennifer from Jasifer Lions Club & our lovely Aussie girl Jacqui x

love my sis x

babes x

Stay tuned for some more New York City adventures...


Big Love x