BBWellness is about bringing like minded plus sized women together to create positive momentum for living full, active, positive lives.

SexyPlus Clothing and Maximum Woman will be the exclusive retailers celebrating the launch of BBWellness on September 25th, 2010 with a super entertaining fashion show featuring new Fall selections including business casual, cocktail & party dresses, urban casual and exciting Halloween costumes.

We are seeking models for the fashion show!The fitting will take place at the Maximum Woman store at 2120 Eglinton Ave West on Sunday September 12th at 5pm.  YOU MUST BE CONFIRMED – this is not an open house event.

Please RSVP via Facebook (or send a message directly to stefanie@sexyplusclothing.com) to indicate if you are interested in being a model for this exciting event. Screenings will be done on an individual (one-on-one) basis. Selections will be made based on charisma, ability to walk with confidence, professionalism, and overall presentation and versatility.

Gear up ladies, we look forward to working with you curvy beauties!

BBWellness Launch Party

Bring your husbands, partners, lovers, girlfriends, sisters, and sweethearts!

Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Place:       Holiday Inn @ Yorkdale Mall

This event is open to ALL!
BIG BEAUTIFUL WOMEN and the people they LOVE, HAVING FUN!

Hot & Cold Appetizers from 7:00 – 9:00
Cash Bar
Fashion Show from SexyPlus Clothing and Maximum Woman
Music
Gifts and Prizes

Ticket Price:
$30.00    OR   2 for $50.00
$35.00 at the door

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No paypal account needed, all major credit cards accepted.

Click hereto visit the BBWellness website and to purchase your tickets.

By Nina Ashe, SexyPlus Clothing Blogger

Ladies… what’s with the jiggle?  What’s more, what about those horrid panty lines or worse – egad! – the bright colourful granny panties shining through thin material?  I’m not just pointing at the sexy plus sized ladies, but the slimmies too.

Now, don’t you dare give me any excuses:

“I feel constricted.”

“It makes me sweaty.”

“I don’t really need it.”

Uh-huh.  Can you ladies just picture my I’m-not-buying-it look?

Shapewear is no longer a dirty word. This is neither our grannies’ girdle nor our Victorian ancestors’ corsets. This is modern, breathable, flexible, hold-you-up, tuck-you-in goodness!

I will always remember the salesgirl who sold me on my very first pair (Spanx at the time).  The Numero Uno selling point to me was not that it would flatten my stomach, take me in a size or even holster my jiggle… it was its promise that it would almost eradicate a serious problem that most women, big and small, suffer from: summer thighs.  You all know about sweaty summer days and thighs that rub together… the rashes, the acne, the discoloration… oy vei! We’ve all tried baby powder (dries up eventually), baby oil or vaseline (works great but eww to the slippery feel), and every acne over-the-counter medication that simply does not stop the problem.

Shapewear has made that a thing of the past.  Now, I have soft pink inner thighs and I brazenly say to summer heat: Bring it on! But I mostly sing the praise of its jiggle-stopping powers. 

How many women complain how a certain dress would almost fit like a glove if it weren’t for the visible panty line… or how a particularly fetching top only seems to accent their belly roll… or that they simply “look fat” in everything! Fat or not (or “traditionally built” as my favorite heroine would said) there is no reason you cannot look and especially FEEL like a goddess in everything you wear… even last year’s sparkly pantsuit… smoothed out, tucked in and flawlessly supported!

Mamitas, let’s be frank, even if you were to start doing 500 crunches every morning, you will not get this feeling.  On the other hand, the right shapewear will do this for you. Even my lovely friend Hélène, Miss Natural Size 2, swears by her own shapewear when going out on the town in her favourite slinky dress. 

All the beautiful plus size women who have tried one on after some careful prodding have all agreed that their original misgivings were baseless.  I’ve yet to encounter anyone who has survived the first gruelling and arduous attempt to put one on who did not leave with it… and possibly a second pair in black!

But… I can already hear a few of you humming… “…it’s all good for every day or under that napkin-colored bridesmaid dress I have to wear… but what if I’m on a date… a sexy date no less?” Well my dear naughty ones, whatever happened to excusing yourself to go the ladies room to powder your nose?

Women throughout the ages have used that excuse for a myriad of reasons: to push the girls back up in their holsters, to make sure nothing is stuck in their teeth, to reapply some lipstick and a strategic dab of perfume, to rearrange their hair and give themselves a pep talk or even because they actually had to go!

Personally, I am a big fan of the old “change into something more comfortable”.  After ensuring that nothing is indeed stuck in my teeth, I simply remove my shapewear and either slip on a naughty little piece of floss (aka a thong) or nothing at all.

It doesn’t make you less of a modern feminist to harness your shape nor does it relegate you being a fake let’s-try-Botox-next kinda gal.  This is not a total transformational sham… this is just figure flattery.

We all pluck, shave, wax, blow-dry, make-up, cream and whatnot?  So why not start with the basic?

And last but not least… not only will you look better in whatever you chose to wear but you really will FEEL better.  We all remember what feeling better leads to, yes?  You feel good about yourself, you start standing up straighter (remember posture), you might smile a bit more, be a tad less self-conscious… and the world around you will feel that way about you too!

Ooh and let me tell you… they don’t just come in the short format anymore!  They make the panty one too with elongated torso (perfect to really cover all our bellies and not roll down unseemingly), that can be tucked in under our bra wire as I do.  I’ve also been lobbying the company who makes my favorite pair (the BodyWrap) to also make a thong one as they do in the regular sizes.  In the meantime, I’ve been cutting mine out in the shape I want… nothing sexier than being fully supported and knowing your sweet buttcheeks are poking out (they’re allowed to jiggle).

Oh… and ladies… no man will be the wiser! No man ever is!

Quick Basic Intructions

-         Put them on like you would stockings and not like they are a pair of shorts.

-         Rub a dab of cream into your skin prior to putting them on; it will keep your skin softened all day long.

-         Wash them like you would your favourite bra: either by hand or in the delicate cycle.

-         Do not machine dry. ]]> http://sexyplusclothing.com/blog/support-your-shape/feed 3 http://sexyplusclothing.com/blog/what-fashion-means-to-me-a-usurpation-for-the-rest-of-us http://sexyplusclothing.com/blog/what-fashion-means-to-me-a-usurpation-for-the-rest-of-us#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:54:07 +0000 Stef http://sexyplusclothing.com/?p=3799   

A More of me to Love Blog Post by Patricia Morgado
April 23 2010

Why Wasn’t Fashion For Me?

For a long time I thought fashion wasn’t for me. I always loved it, but I just couldn’t relate to the pictures I saw in fashion magazines.  I loved to adorn myself, but at the same time I believed that my body wasn’t fashionable enough.

I couldn’t fit into the sizes of the jeans that were available in the coolest stores, and to be honest, that made me suffer for a long time. 

However, at some point I realized that I was entitled to wear nice clothes even if I wasn’t thin enough. I decided that I would look for stores that sold my size, and I would not be depressed about those places that didn’t.

It was time to leave behind the idea that I was somehow a fashion outlaw!  I decided that I was entitled to fashion, and that I would make it my own.

Maybe you can say that with me? “I’m entitled to good fashion!” Believe it, because you are.

Freedom For Fashion

I was no longer a slave to fashion standards and rules. I reclaimed the right to fashion, to wear beautiful and comfortable clothes, to wear makeup and jewelry.  And I started to adapt fashion to my body and to my personal taste.

I believe that fashion is an important way to express who we are, and that it can make us happy, that it’s a fun experience and that it’s a form of art. Your body is your canvas and you can express yourself through it.

I also believe that fashion is for everybody.  That means you don’t need to have a certain body type or size to be fashionable. One of the most important steps to reclaiming the right to fashion is letting go of the rules about what’s “allowed” and “restricted” for your body.

A New Fashion Philosophy

You are your own fashion designer, and you are the one who makes decisions based on what you like and what makes you feel comfortable and beautiful. You are the master of your own style.

Part of the process of making peace with fashion is to wear clothes that fit the body you have today, not some imaginary body that you think you “should” have.  After all, it’s very hard to have fun with fashion when the clothes don’t fit. So, accept your size, embrace your curves and show the world how beautiful and unique you are.

It’s important to do a little research about stores that sell your size and that treat you with the respect that you deserve.  You don’t need to have a lot of clothes to be fashionable, and you don’t have to spend a lot of money. Accessories can be great friends, too, and they don’t have to be expensive. Creativity is the key word here.

Fashion can be a beautiful expression of self love: when we love ourselves we want to dress in ways that express that we are comfortable with being who we are.

Get inspired and believe in this idea: fashion is for everybody!  You can make it work for you, and you can make it your own, and I’m here at More of Me to Love so that we can learn about it all together.

I’d love to hear about what fashion means to you (and this applies to men as well!) and to know how you’ve been made to feel about fashion as a result of your body size. Please let me know in the comments.

In the meantime, gab it up in the great More of Me to Love forums.

Many of us do not realize what we believe when we look in the mirror.  Many of us do not see our own image but someone else’s image that we feel we must please, thinking it might be of value.  But there is no value or glory playing second fiddle to someone else.  You cannot live your life with someone else’s image.  It means self-destruction: you become your worst enemy.

You are your worst enemy when you want to be perfect.  You become fearful of making a mistake, so you don’t assert yourself; therefore you cannot achieve happiness in life.  You cannot gain friendship that way or in any negative way where you (symbolically) walk around on your knees trying to get attention by trying to please everybody.

Friendship begins with you; you can’t be a friend to others unless you are a friend to yourself.  What is equally important is that you can’t be a friend to everybody.  We all see things differently.  That is the way it should be; and because of that, it is inevitable that we will make enemies with people who violently disagree with us.  If we firmly and honestly feel that our cause is right, we should not be afraid of making enemies but should try to maintain harmony.

There is an old Chinese proverb that says, “Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies.”  By far you are your worst enemy either when through fear and indecision you live to please someone else, or when you refuse to live at all because you are fearful of making a mistake.

Nina Ashe

SexyPlus Clothing and Curvacious.ca (hosts of plus sized events in the GTA) have teamed up to officially launch the SexyPlus Clothing website. It’s a party and you’re invited!

When: Saturday, October 17th, 2009; 8:00pm-10:00pm SexyPlus Website Launch Celebration and Fashion Show; 10:00pm-2:00am Curvacious.ca Afterparty

Where: Maple Leaf House: huge covered patio, casual dining, free parking and street car stop at front door. 2749 Lakeshore Blvd. West, Etobicoke, ON M8V 1H2.

What: SexyPlus Clothing website launch, fashion show with on-site sales, Curvacious.ca party with Top 40, R&B, Hip Hop and Old Skool to keep you groovin’, champagne, raffle and more!

Who: All curvacious ladies, their friends/family and guests – GUYS WE WANNA SEE YOU THERE!

Cost: FREE!!!

Please RSVP via Facebook.

Strut your sexy stuff! Need sexy club wear for the party? Here’s how to get it:

–> Come to the Oct. 17th Launch Party and buy on the spot
–> Come to the SexyPlus Clothing flea market booth – http://sexyplusclothing.com/contact
–> Contact Stefanie for a private appointment at her place in Etobicoke – 647-999-6682 or stefanie@sexyplusclothing.com