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Before you decide on a dress, you need to examine its characteristics to see if they complement your curves. Before you hit the racks or the bridal salon, there are few fit facts that you must consider. Fit Fact #1 – Know your shape, show your shape. Ride your curves, don’t hide your curves! This [...]
This past Friday saw the beginning of a journey that has probably been my destiny since I began plus size modeling in the mid 80s. I always loved live fashion shows and got my fill of events when I was doing Mode on the Road with that magazine for four years from 1997-2001. When Mode [...]
2012 could become the Year of The Why: Revisiting the Why-ness of it all…. I am getting a bit reflective during this holiday time. And I try to take matters into hand and assess the situation. I wound up taking a seminar a while back which I really enjoyed with Barbara Sher called “I Could [...]
As Michael Kors celebrates his thirtieth year in fashion with his Fall 2011 collection, I thought it appropriate that we give a shout out and applaud his efforts in providing the same trendy, cutting edge looks for missy, petites and plus sizes across the board. Little is said about his success in believing in size [...]
Crisp fall days with frigid temperatures are just around the proverbial bend. That’s the true barometer of weather change, when the wardrobe morphs from cottons to wools and other heavier fabrics and sandals give way to tights and boots. Luckily this year, I’ve discovered a new brand of footwear that will allow me to strut [...]
One of the true joys of living in New York City is walking down the street and window shopping. It is as important to my daily life in the Big Apple as any other activity I can name. It’s second only to watching what people are wearing (my daily infusion of street style) and billboard [...]
NEWS FROM A BROAD by Catherine Schuller Julie James is an award-winning vocalist, theatre performer, voice over artist and radio personality. She is also my dear friend and has been for over 15 years. I met Julie with her husband Josh at a relationship workshop where I went to heal myself after my first husband, [...]
Getting booked on the show….or Lions and Tigers and MeMe Roth, oh my!- Part II Like I said, it seems there have been numerous cases recently where obese children have been literally taken from their parents’ homes and put in foster care or made victims of the bureaucratic clutches of the Child Protection Services. “It’s [...]
Getting booked on the show….or Lions and Tigers and MeMe Roth, oh my!-Part I It starts with a phone call. On the line is a chipper, upbeat young woman who says, “This is Sam from the Dr. Oz show and we’d like to see if you’d be available to be on the show this Monday…” [...]
Since the Fall of 2010, I have been working on a book about plus size models called Such a Pretty Face. It has been a labor of love, one of the toughest things is seeking out the models, having them either sit with me and answer my 12 questions face to face, or send me [...]
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