STYLE JOURNEY: PURPLE METALLIC

Hey curvy girls all over the world,

One of the things that I try to encourage plus size women to do is to create a wardrobe of balance. Of course wear what works for your body but it is equally as important to embrace new shapes and silhouettes that you normally wouldn’t wear. While my style is sophisticated chic and I wear lots of classic styles, I do enjoy a body con dress every now and again. In my opinion every plus size woman should have one.

Our post on how to wear a body con has become one of our top 5 posts (read it here). So many of you expressed that you love them but want to wear them confidently. I totally understand. What I dislike is when women say oh, I can’t wear that because I have a big stomach. As a plus size woman with a big gut, I am telling you and showing you that you can wear one and still flatter your gut. As I’ve always said, you can wear anything you want but just find the right cut for your shape.

I find that body con dresses with prints work well for women who have large stomachs because they create an illusion of a smaller stomach. A few weeks ago, LoveDrobe allowed me to pick an item from their site and I chose this purple metallic tribal print dress (HERE). I loved the combination of the gold and purple and thought it would have looked great against my complexion. As you can see, my stomach doesn’t look big , it almost looks non existent  (or am I imagining?). The dress actually makes my waist look small. To help keep my gut in check under the dress, I am wearing Spanx In-Power line super higher power shaper for smoothing and control.

I paired the dress with my black and gold ankle strap heels from Enzo Angiolini.

LoveDrobe is UK based but they do deliver to the US.

You can check them out HERE