tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post653724873411942835..comments2024-01-18T02:53:32.754-05:00Comments on LoveBrownSugar: Why Don't You Love Me? A Curvy Girl's Ode to Outfit PostsLoveBrownSugarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242387228090874919noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-88546047489984646682013-05-06T11:37:34.854-04:002013-05-06T11:37:34.854-04:00I enjoy what you guys are up too. This kind of cle...I enjoy what you guys are up too. This kind of clever work and coverage!<br />Keep up the terrific works guys I've added you guys to my personal blogroll.<br /><br />my homepage ... <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CherylLFitzsimmons" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-6066983726728685072012-11-15T18:27:40.402-05:002012-11-15T18:27:40.402-05:00Agreed. Being Fat has to be your "thing"...Agreed. Being Fat has to be your "thing" - there is no room for a fashion blogger who just wants to blog about fashion and happens to be large. ReluctantFemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764300825696007123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-154986835563728732012-08-06T18:59:19.970-04:002012-08-06T18:59:19.970-04:00Hit i'm a curvy blogger. I tried with lookbook...Hit i'm a curvy blogger. I tried with lookbook and got no where at all ( sad face) but I was on another site ( the fun lookbook) called Chicisimo. Miles better and I have loves and comments right away and the all important FLOWERS.Chicisimo is about the attitude and clothes not the ill people that wear them.I have realized that if I was normal height I may have been a size 8/10 but being on the verge of 5'11" everything is bigger. HELLO I have size 9 feet. As many people say bigger is better. I have also thought about setting up a new outfit side called 12 and bigger or something. No skinnies. big girls we are beautiful. what do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-9871636995336383062012-05-18T17:24:01.885-04:002012-05-18T17:24:01.885-04:00Yeah I believe there is room, but you have to call...Yeah I believe there is room, but you have to call yourself 'fat' first, I don't know, many plus-size bloggers i've seen who got famous usually have the word fat somewhere in their name....<br /><br />CheChezka Cenon Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11355985518433976560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-25105400012055785612011-11-11T04:28:10.162-05:002011-11-11T04:28:10.162-05:00I adore girls who can simply carry their dress wit...I adore girls who can simply carry their dress without any hesitation. Whether their skinny or fat. I appreciate it because its fashion, its in the way on how you carry and mix clothes and accessory and come up with a new trend.Discount Western Wearhttp://cowboykicks.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-64252979445096429592011-09-29T01:14:30.675-04:002011-09-29T01:14:30.675-04:00I'm expanding my online boutique to extended s...I'm expanding my online boutique to extended sizes, would definitely love to pick your mind and get some feed back. email me at darv@causeofmyjoy.com and the site is www.causeofmyjoy.comDarvhttp://www.causeofmyjoy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-55208960700772389672011-08-20T00:23:13.215-04:002011-08-20T00:23:13.215-04:00Thanks for your comment Anonymous. I actually have...Thanks for your comment Anonymous. I actually haven't posted anything to any of those networks since writing this post and I don't think I will again. I've chosen to keep my outfit posts on my blog, where I know I have a faithful group of folks who appreciate my outfits. <br /><br />I think your comment above about skinny people wearing "regular" outfits getting more hype goes to prove the point of this entire post. It really shouldn't be that way. It's an evaluation with self that needs to happen when it is. Thanks much for ur feedback :)LoveBrownSugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242387228090874919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-51601740024564296312011-08-19T23:31:39.052-04:002011-08-19T23:31:39.052-04:00im not totally agreeing with you but also not disa...im not totally agreeing with you but also not disagreeing. <br /><br />as a fellow lookbooker i must say when i hype looks i hype according to if i like the actual outfit. i don't judge by the size of the person not to say that i dont notice... because that would be a lie!<br /><br />but i think everyone is beautiful and if you can style yourself well kudos to you!<br />but honestly the example look you put up was just average :| not to say it didn't deserve any hypes!<br /><br />ASIDE ALL THATTTTT<br />i do agree the thinner good looking people get more hypes even when there outfits are just average :\ <br /><br />it's sad to say ... but however many times people may say they are only critiquing an outfit they are also looking at the person... its disgusting but i think if you keep going at it you'll get the hypes you DESERVE :) <br /><br />good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-66911978456364867292011-02-10T21:41:04.927-05:002011-02-10T21:41:04.927-05:00AMEN to most of the comments under this post. Bein...AMEN to most of the comments under this post. Being a blogger who's main target is the community of curvy gals I try to stay focused on the passion that I have for myself & hope that the readers I draw to my blog are exposed to a different perspective that "challenge" them as a person to embrace all people....and that is including the forsaken.<br /><br />www.thelushepisodes.com<br /><br />S Nicole - the lush expertS Nicole - lush experthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680672591527635262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-83576126747077710862011-01-17T15:14:37.882-05:002011-01-17T15:14:37.882-05:00Not to necro this post or anything, but I found th...Not to necro this post or anything, but I found this while googling (for blog posts about awesome shoes) and you piqued my curiosity. I am a member of Chictopia and have not gotten many comments either. I don't think that necessarily has to do with size, though (I'm a size 4-6.) <br /><br />A lot of the popular girls are popular because the owners of those accounts pimp their profiles. I wish I had the energy to post on a 100 people's profiles a day, but I can only type "LOVE<333" or "CHIC!!1" so many times before I start to feel like a phony and an idiot. <br /><br />I also notice that certain sites cater to certain styles. For instance, Chictopia's general population likes younger, edgier styles, sort of like Rihanna and maybe Lady Gaga type stuff. There's lots of short skirts, wild looking heels, and scraggly hair going on. Lookbook strikes me the same way, except maybe more trendy, e.g. hipsters. There's another site, I can't remember the name, but it's conservative compared to the aforementioned sites, no avant garde stuff. My point is, you've got to play to your audience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-35302787875162840822010-11-05T15:36:51.395-04:002010-11-05T15:36:51.395-04:00Wow this post was written so well! I completely un...Wow this post was written so well! I completely understand where you're coming from. Although I am not a fashion blogger, I do visit Look Book from time to time. Now being a size 13 there are some times where i'm like damnn that outfit would look nice on me if I was a couple sizes smaller but to hell with that! I'm proud to say that I am comfortable in my skin and its people like YOU that give me the motivation to do so. We all have our moments so don't beat yourself up for feeling that way. You're fabulous and don't let anyone (I mean ANYONE) tell you otherwise. You're doing such a wonderful thing here by shining a positive light on us thick women. <3<br /><br />http://myeclecticheart.wordpress.com/Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885511165928891245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-69966180329963104582010-11-03T19:39:25.138-04:002010-11-03T19:39:25.138-04:00I found you through the style sample blog. Ill be ...I found you through the style sample blog. Ill be honest, I was very surprised to see a curvy girl doing the fashion blog thing. I just have not ever seen it. But Im glad you're here. Diversity of all sorts is important, and I sincerely hope it makes you happy to put this blog out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-6122209268161245632010-11-03T14:20:45.235-04:002010-11-03T14:20:45.235-04:00soo Im late, but just wanted to tell you keep doin...soo Im late, but just wanted to tell you keep doing what you do girl! And what the hell is plus size anyway? I hate that phrase...like who is this "standard size"? A chick smaller than me was on ANTM and they called her plus size. wtf? You look hot in the pic btw and most of the posts and times I see you!! Dont even worry about all the people who wouldnt be reading or commenting on your posts. They're missing out anyway. In the meantime Ill keep reading and hopefully one day be as fashionable as you! :)Diddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407376869966496009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-70923552715063293882010-11-02T20:37:01.533-04:002010-11-02T20:37:01.533-04:00I just found this post (a little late to the party...I just found this post (a little late to the party!), and I loved it! I am not gonna reiterate what everyone else said, but I did want to add this:<br /><br />I am white, a size ten. I am not popular AT ALL on Chictopia, lookbook, or weardrobe. I post an outfit every day. I will continue posting, just so I can be a 'different' thing to look at. Perhaps I can help tip the scale!Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01014769202704872348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-23045912241308538192010-11-02T11:30:37.868-04:002010-11-02T11:30:37.868-04:00I don't post outfit pictures either (not only ...I don't post outfit pictures either (not only am I not skinny, I'm not young) but I think you're being overly hasty to say "they don't love me!" after only posting two! outfits.<br /><br />There's maybe a half-dozen people I follow on lookbook, and the most interesting and exciting of those (who has, alas, stopped posting) posted looks for MONTHS without a single comment or heart. She's white, thin as a rail, put her clothes together with the eye of a runway designer, and had gorgeous atmospheric pictures shot by her partner - but only in the last year of postings (and she's got looks going back three years) did she start to get floods of hype and comments.<br /><br />It's a huge community, and unless you already have a social network of followers and friends to get you started, it's going to take you some time to get noticed in the stream. (Particularly since, as @Ioana Liliana Gheorghe points out, the karma filter is applied by default - so if your outfits aren't hyped, you won't show up in the regular front page - a catch-22 situation.)<br /><br />I agree that it can be harder to be (or at least feel) stylish - let alone fashionable - by the popular definition if you aren't a shiny waif, and it's a bit of a self-perpetuating ideal. At the same time, if that makes you hesitant to show us your own beauty, how will anyone see it and expand their own ideas?CompassRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298536570391529376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-66330522480495635252010-11-01T23:52:47.241-04:002010-11-01T23:52:47.241-04:00I think I love you. Seriously, I actually teared u...I think I love you. Seriously, I actually teared up reading this because it is something I am really struggling to address myself. <br /><br />I love fashion. I blog about it. But I am too scared of posting my outfits photos because I feel like I don't fit the fashion blogger mould. I'm not fat, not by any stretch of the imagination, but I am a girl with boobs and a bit of thigh. I feel like I will never be able to compete with the other famous fashion bloggers because I am not a stick. And that, in my opinion, is tragic. <br /><br />I think you are beautiful and that your attitude is refreshing. The only way the industry will change is if there are enough voices saying that you don't have to be rail thin to be beautiful or a part of the fashion world. <br /><br />You've also inspired me to start posting my outfit photos, once and for all.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200946524510196234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-18242893580813208942010-11-01T21:57:42.767-04:002010-11-01T21:57:42.767-04:00Let me first think Stylish Curves for sending me y...Let me first think Stylish Curves for sending me your way. I'm a skinny girl who absolutely loves and adores fashion. That's what I see when I read your blog....style and ways to mix it up and create looks that I like. I say this alot and I'll say it here because it certainly is worth its weight in gold: "A woman's greatest accessory is her confidence" (which you have and exude!) ~My Barber (and he's a real guy who says what he means and means what he says). Keep writing and smiling for the camera. We are watching :0)Kerissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546546010795837472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-38784868184385511982010-11-01T16:57:28.977-04:002010-11-01T16:57:28.977-04:00I just have to say that after reading this post, I...I just have to say that after reading this post, I think I just met another one of my soul sisters. :) Much like you, I feel that way whenever I visit Lookbook, to the point that I don't visit it anymore. I really get inspired by what the people there are posting, but a lot of times, I just end up getting depressed. Mainly because I want to be able to wear some of the stuff they post there, but most of those stuff won't look good on me because I'm plus-sized.<br /><br />But, I don't let that get in my way. In my head, I'm not plus-sized. I always see myself as someone fit. I don't know how to explain it, but if I think about myself, I don't mind my figure.<br /><br />You're beautiful, and from what I can see, you're confident as well. :)I feel for you, and I know that it must be hard. I'm plus-sized too. And people always (as in always) comment on that. There was even one time when this guy that I don't know offered me slimming pills. On most days, I just shrug them off, and I honestly don't give a fuck. But, there will always come a time (like the one you just had) when you'd start questioning yourself. I get that too.<br /><br />It's confusing. Am I the one who has to adjust to these people? Or should they just accept who I am physically? The latter is not an option, as some of you would probably say. I think what's really wrong here is that the 'less than size 6 (i really don't know the preference but you get the point) models' mentality is too ingrained in a lot of people's minds. And that's why they can't accept the concept of plus-sized models.<br /><br />But, I believe that it is gradually changing. I guess, the only thing that we can do right now, is to continue what we're doing. It won't happen overnight. But, if more people are aware and exposed, if more people advocate for this cause, then we may have a chance. Hell, we really have a chance. :)<br /><br />I just want to say that you are really beautiful. And I know it's easier said than done, but don't let it get to you. One of my best-est friends ever once told me: "Don't give up just yet. Sometimes, the best part happens after the worst. It would be worth it. Maybe not today, not tomorrow, not next month, not this year. But the who knows what awaits us?"<br /><br />And I believe in that. Maybe, after this post of yours, people will be flooding your lookbook posts. Or maybe not. I cannot guarantee which one. But like the quote said, don't give up just yet. Something good is bound to come out of what you're doing. :)<br /><br />You're really confident. And you have a lot of people supporting you, and that's a plus. ;) Your post really touched my heart. It's good to know that I'm not alone. :)<br /><br />Anyway, I would like to share with you one last quote from Nina Garcia's book, The Little Black Book of Style:<br /><br />"And once you've got confidence, the rest is gravy."<br /><br />There's a HUGE difference between a fat girl, and a CONFIDENT fat girl. I fervently believe you're the latter. Don't let them get you down. :)<br /><br />Keep it up! Take care dear!<br /><br /><br />❤EuraThe Mazuonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18019906400494330983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-33409470204868840572010-10-30T21:50:24.728-04:002010-10-30T21:50:24.728-04:00I may not be that curvy but I'm not tiny eithe...I may not be that curvy but I'm not tiny either and even I have trouble getting any likes on Chictopia, and it really bugs me! I will occasionally get 1 or 2 comments but thats all. And it's often the same people who follow me. So I totally get where your coming from!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.daisymay-dayz.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Daisy Dayz Home</a><br /><a href="http://www.crossjonesphoto.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Cross-Jones-Photography Home</a>Chantele Cross-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07357950060552148083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-24736409123160413362010-10-29T11:56:09.470-04:002010-10-29T11:56:09.470-04:00Your Lookbook pics are wonderful, and I am glad yo...Your Lookbook pics are wonderful, and I am glad you posted them. I think blogs and the Internet are a great new mean to show diversity and to find like-minded people, besides the stereotypes shown in traditional media. However, because of the large number of blogs and pictures it gets harder to get noticed in the masses.Miss Vikihttp://missviki.at/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-7332811371935330402010-10-28T15:35:05.007-04:002010-10-28T15:35:05.007-04:00I think there is favoritism to certain bloggers. I...I think there is favoritism to certain bloggers. I will say I often get 0 on lookbook and I am tall and skinny. While I do think that some of the best outfits do get noticed, I think a lot of the times people don't even look through the recent parts and only the popular ones. I think you're gorgeous! I found you through the independent fashion bloggers link and enjoy reading this so much. I do see that often your point makes sense, but at the same time I have seen a few bigger girls who do get noticed often. I tend to look more at the outfit content rather than the size of a person when I am liking/hyping people.Victoria / Justice Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03547195552335345704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-71941444217711900352010-10-28T12:57:35.016-04:002010-10-28T12:57:35.016-04:00I loved this post. After blogging for over a year...I loved this post. After blogging for over a year, I've finally had enough courage to come out and start doing outfit posts (just started my first round of pictures last night). I was feeling just like you were - insecure that my curves wouldn't be noticed!<br /><br />I agree with CoCoon in her comment too. If enough of us banded together and take the blogosphere by storm, people have no choice but to notice. Posts like these definitely opens up dialogue which is a great first step! We could start a movement for sure to get more diversity in the blogosphere!MJhttp://www.fiercebeautyandfashion.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-79280369524630570442010-10-28T12:39:06.574-04:002010-10-28T12:39:06.574-04:00Well written!!!!
You make a really strong case.
I ...Well written!!!!<br />You make a really strong case.<br />I think the answer is in your statement. You've been holding back from posting photos because you're not sure how they will be received. I say post more and set the new standard for style bloggers. You'll be surprisd how many comrades will come out of the wood work!<br /><br />www.iheartcocoon.comCoCoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817389923578561921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-8013881187374311452010-10-28T11:06:36.672-04:002010-10-28T11:06:36.672-04:00Man did you take the thoughts right out of my mind...Man did you take the thoughts right out of my mind. I was thinking about this the other day when I was looking at my chic votes on Chictopia. I think that there are so many people who are not ready to give curves a chance and I can't understand it for the life of me. On these wardrobe sites a curvy girl can post a very similar look as someone smaller and receive little to no votes, but, the smaller girl has received hundreds. And you're so right that we have never graced the front page of these sites either. I know tons of curvy girls who post on these sites and their looks are front page worthy. What disappoints me about this is that these sites continuously get away with this, but, I think this post just may put an end to it. Thanks for speaking out.Alissahttp://www.stylishcurves.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124179856996693527.post-39031250876354214472010-10-27T09:37:51.847-04:002010-10-27T09:37:51.847-04:00Sophi i have to agree because i see smaller girls ...Sophi i have to agree because i see smaller girls with really nice day to day outfits that are simple but unique and because they aren't staring off into space or in a field filled with wildflowers people don't hype them either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com