tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25288974606250376012024-03-13T09:08:34.627+00:00Fatty UnboundKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523421975629999663noreply@blogger.comBlogger317125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528897460625037601.post-28473717514160492062016-06-06T10:37:00.001+01:002016-06-09T09:14:42.614+01:00Why I’m not a fatshion blogger anymore<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Hi! This blog kind of petered away over the years and I never
really posted to say goodbye. I’m not blogging anymore, partly because I have a
busy life and partly because I feel really uncomfortable with what happened to
fatshion in the last 4-5 years. I wanted to leave a final post to say goodbye
(and thank you), and also process these thoughts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I liked this blog a lot when I posted here, I met friends
that I still care deeply for and it was probably the first place that anyone
told me that what I had to say was important and valuable. The support I got
here helped me to feel confident enough to start writing zines, making music
and producing countercultural *stuff* that makes me feel alive and full of
energy and excitement. The words and pictures I put here were the first I’d
expressed publicly in a long time, and that was a significant thing for me
given where I come from and particularly how hard it is to write as a working
class woman. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I started this blog because I read other blogs and I was
annoyed at how much fatshion was centred around purchasing capacity and buy-in
culture. I was on the dole and I had *nothing*, and I came from a working class
background. I still liked clothes and I thought other people like me existed,
so I started a blog. I still like clothes but I’m not as poor most of the time
now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I participated in fatshion communities for years before I
started posting here. The livejournal Fatshionista community was the first fat
positive culture I found. One of the things I liked about that space was the
visibility of queer femmes, working class women and women of colour, which
(with a few notable exceptions, you know who you are) are not the bloggers that
have been picked up out of these spaces (I wonder why). I liked the bad outfits
too, the rainbow socks and tutus and the age inappropriate clothing that got
chewed out on Unfatshionista (the secret snark community). I liked seeing
everyone, shoddy mirror pics and all, gleefully existing, wearing stuff and not
giving a shit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Signatures of success for bloggers have become the ability
to assimilate within brand culture - having clothing lines, working for them, being
sponsored by them, and acting as ambassadors for them. I can count on one hand
the amount of bloggers I’ve seen show signs of having any sense of radical
politics now. Brands adopt “body positivity” to sell stuff (sometimes even
stuff to change your body). People have stopped reading blogs because they’re
full of the same rhetoric as the brands we sat criticising on livejournal all
those years ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Fatshion culture now still exists around a dichotomy of good
vs bad fashion that makes me feel uncomfortable. There’s a lot of talking about
breaking fashion rules, and maybe people are breaking the most obvious rules,
but you’re still posting with your hands on your hips and your legs pressed
together and in poses that hide your fattest parts. When I followed bloggers on
twitter I regularly saw bitching about outfits that weren’t “good enough” – as if
people who weren’t professionally photographed in flawless make up and on trend
everything didn’t have the right to claim access to this space. Other people are regularly accused of being "too radical" or too hard on brands. This good/bad
dichotomy and apolitical attitude about clothes is exactly why I needed to access fatshion spaces in the *first
place*, and I resent it existing in them now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">When I posted here, people bitched about me on forums
because I’m not pretty or conventionally attractive for a fat woman. Sometimes
people zoomed in on my face and commented on the fact that I didn’t have
perfect make up, or that I showed signs of sweating (oh my god). I was expected
to be pristine in a way that I’m not, most days, and that’s okay. It’s okay to
post pictures of yourself on a public platform without being “perfect”. It’s
okay to celebrate your fashion choices when people call you ugly constantly. It’s
okay to wear a bad outfit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">So basically hi, I’m still here, existing, wearing ridiculous
stuff that I shouldn’t. Thank you for being here and supporting me, when I
posted here all the time. I am archiving this blog (and encourage anyone to do
this same) on the <a href="http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/">British Library’s Web Archive</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Here are some places you can find stuff I do and my writing
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/diyarchivist">Twitter</a></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/332225650283234/">Fat Positive London (through which I've been running fat positive clothes swaps in London)</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kirstywinters">Etsy (for zines)</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/crosswordszines/">Facebook (also for zines and general updates)</a></span></div>
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Hiya folks, long time no see! Just a quick post to let you know that I'm going to be hosting a fat positive clothes swap on 7th September in London. There'll be clothes and zines and cake and lots of opportunities to meet other rad fat people. The one in February was fantastic so would love to see more of my readers at this one.<br />
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RSVP via facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1519036718326805/">here </a>and you can make donations in advance <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/fat-positive-clothes-swap-2-tickets-12503358883?utm_campaign=new_eventv2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eb_email&utm_term=eventurl_text">here </a>(if you can do this, please do as we're paying to hire a venue this time!). If you have any questions feel free to get in touch.<br />
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More broken leg fashions hurray. The trousers are on mega sale at Simply Be <a href="http://www.simplybe.co.uk/shop/mix-and-match-slim-leg-trousers-length-30in/qy740/product/details/show.action?pdBoUid=9819#colour:Hot%20Pink,size:">here </a>and come mega recommended, they're super comfortable, slim, stretchy and high waisted. The top is a body/leotard and also new from Forever 21 <a href="http://www.forever21.com/UK/Product/Product.aspx?BR=plus&Category=plus_tops&ProductID=2000088028&VariantID=">here </a>- it's *so* excellent I'm wearing it with most things. </div>
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Leotard, Forever 21+ £8.75</div>
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Trousers, Simply Be, £8.50</div>
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Shoes, Sun Jellies via eBay, £12.99</div>
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Braces, borrowed</div>
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P.S obnoxious colour combinations are kinda fun, aren't they? I also like the femme butchness I have going on here. </div>
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So my latest accessory is a robot boot and some crutches.... which I gained after breaking my ankle in May. *Thankfully* I'm almost mended up now. I wore this to go for a little walk in my local park today. It's pretty simple, but also my summer uniform and what makes me feel the best. The shorts are on their way out so I'd welcome recommendations for other high waisted fat sized shorts? <br />
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Crop top, £4.50, Forever 21+<br />
Shorts, New Look inspire, £15<br />
Shoes, Crocs via clothes swapKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523421975629999663noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528897460625037601.post-15548770384517101652014-06-11T21:55:00.001+01:002014-06-11T21:55:49.596+01:00Why health is not a useful discussionToday on twitter I said something about fat
(about how I hate the fact that getting fat is seen as worse than
ANYTHING even really awful stuff). I was thinking about this because I
was remembering how someone on the same ward as me in hospital (when I
was having/recovering from ankle surgery recently) seemed to be more
scared of getting fat than the implications of her (really bad) knee
injury. <br />
<br data-mce-bogus="1" />I got trolled, and I replied
and got drawn into something which I shouldn't have really, but I get
fed up of not responding and thus being silent/feeling oppressed. <br />
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The person made a bunch of assumptions which were:<br />
- Fat people are unhealthy<br />
- Fat people don't eat well or exercise at all<br />
- Fat people eat McDonalds<br />
- Parents who let their kids get fat are bad parents<br />
- Parents who feed their kids McDonalds are bad parents<br />
- Skinny parents with fat children are even worse<br />
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I
called them out and every time they would state another assumption
whilst saying they weren't talking about me personally, but fat people
as a whole. I told them what they were saying was wrong, classist, fat
shaming and health shaming (tip of the iceberg), and to be honest I think I'd
rather they had criticised *me* personally rather than making massive
generalisations about all fat people, as if that was somewhat better. <br />
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I am fed up of fat
meaning EVERYTHING else - it took 8 minutes for someone to bring up
McDonalds in reference to a tweet about nothing related. Just now I
logged in again and found that someone else has tweeted me offering
exercise "advice" and telling me that it is possible to eat well for
less. A few dieting accounts have followed me too. It's impossible to talk about fat without it being conflated with health, or morbidity, or gluttony, or a million other things. <br />
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can deal with this and I'm not upset personally - I'm used to dealing
with this every day, but I thought this would be a good time to talk about it. Most people would've brought up HAES, but I didn't,
because I'm a fat adult who was a fat kid raised by fat(sometimes)
parents who fed me McDonalds - and I'm okay and don't resent this at
all. I live a sedentary life and I'm not healthy. I don't care! So are a
lot of thin people! I also don't think anyone has an obligation to be
healthy. I think there are more complicating factors around being
healthy i.e. time, money and resources that are needed to exercise and
that not all people have access to. Hey, if you can eat healthily and exercise on a budget, I'm happy for you, honest, but this doesn't mean everyone can or even should be obliged to. <br />
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I
also think that using health as a get out clause ignores the wider
problem of fat shaming, that it's not fair to only defend those who are
fit, healthy, otherwise socially acceptable fat people. Making excuses that justify our right to be fat is adhering to a social agenda that insists that being fat is inherently inferior. Here's another example: on that telly programme a lot of you saw me on, I was repeatedly asked about what I ate that day, how much I exercised, what I ordered when I ate out. I refused to give "good" answers (or "bad" answers), but the necessity for me to tell them this was there. I'm sure none of the other participants faced that sort of questioning. <br />
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I don't care if
you're fat because it's genetic, because you're lazy or unhealthy, if you can't exercise or afford to eat well, I don't care if you're slightly fat, or if you're super fat, if we can't support each other in different lifestyles, then fat acceptance isn't acceptance at all. So you won't catch me talking about health when I talk about the right to be fat, to live fat and to exist without being shamed. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523421975629999663noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528897460625037601.post-67386881889338095142014-03-28T13:07:00.000+00:002014-03-28T13:07:29.779+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple of quick outfits from the last few weeks!</div>
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Shirt, New Look, £20</div>
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Jumper and leggings, clothes swap</div>
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Shoes, New Look, £6</div>
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Jacket, Dorothy Perkins via eBay, £30</div>
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Necklace, Black Heart Creatives</div>
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Hoops, Deptford Market</div>
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Cami, H&M, £6</div>
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Oh look I'm outside, now I'm a proper blogger go me! I picked up a bunch of cool stuff from the fat swap a few weeks back, the jacket, jumper and shoes in this picture (recognise those? I wore them to death last summer so was mega happy to get another pair). This simple styling is becoming a basic go-to outfit for me now that spring is approaching.<br />
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Jacket, jumper and shoes, via fat clothes swap<br />
Jeans, Forever 21+, £20<br />
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Just a quick outfit from last week. These shoes were a sales buy after Christmas and are pretty much the best ever!<br />
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T-shirt: Unskinny Bop, £10<br />
Skirt, handmade<br />
Shoes, Topshop, £15<br />
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This dress was a buy sometime before christmas, and I'm still wearing it most weeks. It's a really nice thick knitted dress in tiger print. I can't even articulate how much I love knit pencil dresses - they're comfortable and glam and most importantly THEY FIT ME. Being mega pear-shaped often means the pencil dress is out of my options if it's made from a structured fabric with no stretch. </div>
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Dress, £14, Matalan</div>
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Belt, £7, Evans</div>
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Tights, M&S</div>
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These dungarees are pretty much the best thing EVER. They were from ASOS in the sale last year. They're not perfect and they sag out a bit much after I've worn them for a day, but they're comfortable and optimum lazy day attire. </div>
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Okay, so I love these tights THE MOST, but also I'm wearing them for the first time and they've already laddered. Sigh. Tights are so frustrating. I'd be interested to know if anyone has any tips for size 24(ish) tights which are also affordable and durable? </div>
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Top, threadless via their $10 sale</div>
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Docs, £50, eBay</div>
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Here's what I wore over the weekend, with some delightful grumpy faces.</div>
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Top, boyfriend's (I got it from Sleazy Seagull on etsy ages ago)</div>
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Jumper, £1, Deptford Market</div>
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I think I might be back, who knows? No promises. Here's some cheap stuff I am wearing today:</div>
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Dress, £2.99, Oxfam</div>
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Belt, old vintage stock</div>
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Tights, M&S outlet, £3</div>
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Shoes, Topshop sale, £15</div>
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Scarf, old vintage stock</div>
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Earrings, Deptford market aka HEAVEN, £2</div>
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Worn with badly applied eyeliner and the MUA lime crime dupe, which is a good'un.<br />
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Here's a thing I'm organising in a few weeks time! This is my first time doing any solo organising in London, so any support is appreciated. There's an event on facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/442256282568451">here</a> which you can RSVP to for further details, if you have any questions, and to keep me up to date with the numbers I'm expecting. As well as clothes, I'm hoping there'll be zines, tea and cake.<br />
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If you're not in London, the ace <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/255778594515036/">Yorkshire Rad Fat Collective </a>are co-ordinating a swap in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1384364945135398/">Sheffield</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/644682555596702/">Leeds</a>. <br />
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I've been involved in organising clothes swaps for a while now, and today I was thinking about them as tools of resistance themselves. It's really hard to divorce fashion from capitalism, and I think fatshion faces a lot of (often fair) critique because of its dependency upon brands and lack of skepticism about consumerism. I've found myself drifting away from fatshion communities over the last year because of this, because I'm not interested in fashion as an industry, and often the divide between blogger and brand isn't there in the way it has been. It doesn't appeal to me as much anymore, because I can't buy buy buy all the time, and also because I want blogs to be *different* from mainstream fashion chat, and brand websites. <br />
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Passing clothes among each other is something that happened in my communities growing up - people didn't have much, and to make do we would help each other out. This wasn't really something I had much access to in my family, because there was just two of us, and my friends were all thinner than me at the time. BUT I saw how passing stuff on helped people - when you needed a white shirt for a job interview, someone could help you out. When I was unemployed, the swaps in Leeds helped me in a similar way - they gave me access to new clothes, both practical and frivolous, even though I couldn't otherwise afford them. It's for this reason that I always encourage people to come to swaps even if they don't have much to swap themselves. <br />
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There's another dimension to fat swaps too, for me, that comes with clothes that don't fit you anymore. I *still* hoard clothes sometimes, even though mainly I have enough now. I was pretty poor growing up and used to diving for things that might fit me when I saw them - whether I liked them or not didn't really matter. It's an instinct I still have. I've kept badly fitting clothes for the same reason, for *just in case* purposes. Being able to see other people look amazing in stuff that doesn't fit me anymore, or never did, takes away the shame of stuff not fitting right, of those feelings of shame that still sometimes come. It feels amazing to pass clothes on to other strong fat people. <br />
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Swaps are a way to play with clothes, to connect with other fat folk and joke about how shit fat sized clothes are. They've been a space to try stuff on and experiment outside of a traditional gendered shop setting - to laugh and explore and support others too. It's a way to build fatshion community outside of the BUY BUY BUY model, and that's really important right now. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523421975629999663noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528897460625037601.post-51079911742373280172013-09-09T10:32:00.001+01:002013-09-09T10:32:30.580+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />This dress sat unfinished in my project pile for MONTHS. I started it at a hectic point during my MA, and put a not very successful lining in. This weekend I was a bit restless and found it again. I'm trying really hard to finish some of the craft projects that have sat around in my house for ages, so I decided to take the lining out and finish the facings/hemming on it. I'm so glad I did because it's cute! Also, I really like shifts lately because my hair is reaching that almost 60s pixie stage.<br />
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Dress, handmade (with a £7 remnant)<br />
Tights, M&S<br />
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No apologies for the somewhat awful mirror shot/unglam work location here. Some new finds here - a t-shirt dress from <a href="http://www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=12552&catalogId=33053&productId=11152040&categoryId=291043&parent_category_rn=291042">Dorothy Perkins </a>that is so good I may have also just ordered it in navy, and some new sale loafers. Teamed with some accessories you've seen loads of times, cos that's how I work. <br />
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Dress, Dorothy Perkins, £12<br />
Belt, passed on by a friend<br />
Shoes, Dorothy Perkins, £10<br />
Scarf, old vintage stock<br />
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Okay, so I'm wearing a lot of black lately apparently! This is still quite amusing to me, but whatever. This mesh top was one of my favourite buys this year, it was from Inspire at New Look and is actually a body/leotard. Today I'm wearing it with a somewhat ancient pencil skirt and a belt, so it looks almost like a wiggle dress. <br />
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My lipstick is lime crime velvetines in suedeberry, and is basically the best wearing lipstick I've ever owned! It was a pay day treat last month. </div>
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Body, New Look inspire, £15</div>
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Skirt, Forever 21, £8.25</div>
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Belt, Dorothy Perkins, £7</div>
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Excuse my somewhat awkward pose! So lately I've found myself drawn more towards wearing lots of blacks, which is funny given how garish I have traditionally dressed. I'm really liking my blonde almost pixie and lots of black + obnoxious lipstick right now. I wore this to go potter around a market with my dad.<br />
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Top, clothes swap, free<br />
Skirt, Deptford market (one of my favourite tat hunting grounds!), £5<br />
Belt, passed on by a friend<br />
Necklace, Tatty Devine, gift<br />
Hoops, 75p, Primark<br />
Shoes, <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sun-Jellies-retro-vintage-jelly-sandals-plastic-beach-shoes-Meduse-French-/300874971053">eBay, £20</a>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523421975629999663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528897460625037601.post-12346688309934456992013-08-20T15:22:00.000+01:002013-08-20T15:22:47.074+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today (work):<br />
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Striped tee, passed on by a friend<br />
Belt, Dorothy Perkins, £7<br />
Skirt, Dorothy Perkins, £15<br />
Sandals, Dorothy Perkins, £7<br />
Jacket, ASOS, £32<br />
Necklace, Tatty Devine, birthday present<br />
Bag, car boot, £3Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523421975629999663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528897460625037601.post-16618498388170950132013-08-17T23:19:00.002+01:002013-08-17T23:19:40.530+01:00The price of everythingI've always felt a bit of an odd fit in the fatshion world, cos I can't afford to buy things. Now I have some disposable income, but even with that I probably can't buy things full price. Over the 3 years I've been blogging, I've worn some of my clothes countless times - I guess until they've fallen apart in a lot of cases. In this time I've been on the dole, on minimum wage, on a pittance of university funding, and generally speaking not particularly well off. <br />
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Part of the reason I started blogging here was because clothes have always mattered to me (not necessarily fashion, but clothes themselves) - because they've been a way to express myself and explore who I am, no matter how little spare money I've had, and whether I've been shopping at jumble sales or high street shops. I'm a constant re-mixer, because what I buy has to go with EVERYTHING I own. I've learned to thrift through years of having few other options. I've never had a lot, but I've always had fun making things work for me where I can. <br />
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I've been putting the prices on what I buy ever since I started this. That's for a reason too - often what I wear can't be bought again by someone else (because it's second hand, or on super duper last one left sale), but I still want to be able to be transparent about where I find things and how I dress myself. I want to be able to show others who don't have a lot how I get by. Again, I feel like knowing the price of something is something I was brought up with, and dressing on the cheap is something I feel proud about. I also tag all of the items I wear so you can see the ways I've remixed something too. <br />
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I'm never gonna be the sort of blogger with a wardrobe of outfit options. My clothes will always be a little bobbled, and yes, I've worn that blouse a million times. I'm not on trend, I'm not invested in fashion as an industry, or in keeping up to date because of any sense of obligation. I'm mainly into finding ways to have fun dressing myself even when I have nothing. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523421975629999663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528897460625037601.post-81046235916519885722013-08-17T23:00:00.002+01:002013-08-17T23:00:51.311+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Re-emerging from the end of my postgrad course, hurray! I've been thinking lots about what this blog is, what I want it to be and how I want to be present in the fatshion community for the future. Here's an outfit for now though...<br />
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Dress: handmade<br />
Scarf: 50p, car boot<br />
Belt, passed on by a friend<br />
Sandals, Dorothy Perkins, £7<br />
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I spent the last weekend doing fun things, including going to the Alternative Press Fair on Saturday. Seeing as I never make it out to North West London, I took the chance to hit some charity shops while I was there and found this Beth Ditto for Evans dress in one! I've been stalking these on eBay for YEARS, but they always go for lots and my budget is pretty non-existent, so I was pretty excited to find it for £8.99. Hurray thrifting! </div>
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On a side note, I'm wearing this today and I'm always amazed at how bold the Beth Ditto for Evans stuff was - it's all pretty unapologetic and I always feel extra visible when I wear one of the pieces I bought from it. I don't really feel like any collaboration has come close since, especially in terms of also being good quality and well tailored. Sigh. </div>
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Dress, Beth Ditto for Evans via charity shop, £8.99</div>
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Shoes, Dorothy Perkins, £7</div>
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Scarf, vintage, £1</div>
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So I optimistically decided it was summer and began my annual wearing shorts and no tights as much as possible recently, but er, apparently it's not anymore. I thought I'd show you folks a few casual outfits incorporating my favourite shorts, which are generally what I throw on most days. </div>
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Shorts, New Look (<a href="http://bit.ly/13SDTOd">available here</a>), £15</div>
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Top, clothes swap</div>
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Scarf, vintage</div>
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Hoops, Primark, £2</div>
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Shoes, Vans, £25</div>
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Top, Primark, £4</div>
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Denim vest, used to be a jacket, New Look</div>
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Shoes, ASDA, £4</div>
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And the most important latest addition to my self:</div>
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Done by <a href="http://womenarewolves.tumblr.com/">Rose Whittaker</a> at <a href="http://www.hauntedtattoos.com/">Haunted Tattoos</a>, who is most highly recommended! </div>
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So I buzzed my hair about two weeks back, partially because I'd gotten fed up of styling the hairstyle I'd had and partially cos I felt like I'd been edging my way towards shaving it all off slowly anyway! It was a pretty good decision I think, I'm really enjoying dressing up again, and finding that I'm heading back towards vintage inspired femme-ier looks again, which is amusing! </div>
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On another note, this dress was the best I've ever made! I wear it constantly, it fits just right and it works for a whole bunch of occasions. Good old Vogue V8615. </div>
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Excuse the apparent miserableness of that day! Er, here's a close up of my collar chain which I haven't worn nearly enough. </div>
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Shirt, New Look</div>
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Dress, handmade</div>
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Belt, Evans</div>
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Collar clip, ASOS</div>
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Shoes, Office</div>
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