Fat and Fashion...

Finally the whole host of exciting Fat Fashion blogs have been recognised by none other than the Guardian. Last week Kira Cohrane wrote an article titled 'Young, Fat and Fabulous', where she comments and discusses the work of some brilliant fat fashion blogs.

Here are some of my personal favourites to keep an eye out for:

• Corpulent
• Fashion Hayley (Australian Fashion magazine stylist)
• Fat Girls Like Nice Clothes Too
• Le Blog de Big Beauty (in French)
• Young, Fat & Fabulous

There's a few to keep you going but it excites me that this area of fat and fashion is being recognised beyond the Fat-o-sphere. It seems it is being acknowledged as something special in and of itself. I hope that long may this continue to expand.

Thoughts on Fat and Fashion

Just now I was reading the article 'Fat is a humanist issue' by Marianne Kirby over at Comment is Free in the Guardian (don't read the comments). It made me think about the role of fashion for fat women, and yes here I'm referring to what Kirby describes as the 'marginally fat' (I imagine this means those that struggle to fit into mainstream shopping sizes - even a size 14 can be plagued by this phenomenon). This led me to ponder whether fashion blogs such as What Katie Wore, where a photo is taken of a slender woman (probably size 8) in a different outfit everyday, would a similar blog be as popular if it was someone that was a size 16? size 20? size 24? size 28? Or is it that she has such a slender figure that makes us so excited by the blog? Would such a blog be possible if it were by the fatter woman? You know what, I'd like to see a fat woman try a similar project - wear a different outfit everyday for a year. I mean it'd be amazing if they could catch the interest of designers etc.

A girl can dream... I don't think I'd be brave enough to tackle such a project or willing to spend that much on clothes but I'd love to see it exist somewhere. Perhaps in time...