This is a really personal view of what it’s like to buy for Beige. As you will learn our trip is a rollercoaster of highs and lows.
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Joanna Scanlan interviewed by Lorraine Kelly on ITV daybreak wearing a fantastic jacket from BeigePlus.
Now that spring is upon us (fashion wise anyway!) it’s a reminder that summer isn’t really too far away, so you might already be thinking about clothes for your holiday.
Joanna Scanlan is an award winning television writer, actress and loyal customer of BeigePlus. After beginning her relationship with drama as a lecturer at De Montfort University
Curvy ladies that don’t fit the fashion industry’s stereotype can face a tough challenge when it comes to finding gorgeous designer clothes that flatter and celebrate your figure. We think it’s about time fashion designers woke up to the fact that women have different shapes, and that not all of us can fit in clothing under a size 12.
The term plus size has been one that has become incredibly more familiar over the years and we are gradually seeing changes within the fashion industry that show more and more appreciation for the fuller figured woman.
We have started to buy for SS14 and I’m so excited because we are off to Milan to see the Elena Miro collection. Even after 11 years of buying plus size fashion I still get a thrill when I walk into their show room. Elena Miro is one of the few collections that really understand how a curvy woman should dress. There isn’t any compromise on quality or style.
I was recently invited to give a talk to a special group of ladies; my brief was to give our top tips for dressing curvy women.
The above is a headline from the news section of the Mail online. This ridiculous remark has made me so cross that I just have to respond. It’s the use of the word fat that has particularly disturbed me especially as they have misquoted the Professor.
When it comes to discussing plus size designers, only one truly springs to mind. Anna Scholz is probably the industries most recognised plus size designer with one of her specialties being the perfect plus size dress.