Plus Size Fashion for Women over 40 : This week is a fun week I have a ton planned and Spring is almost here. My outfit this week is from Sunday and it was still cooler. The snow is still on the ground. I started thinking about what being a Big Girl means and how my body image affect those around me.
Dress is Gwynniee Bee
Shoes WideWidth
Tights Lane Bryant
I am a size 20- 5’10” and 245 lb so I tall I use to be taller but with age and kids I have shrunk. I found that once my daughter turned about 6-7 years of age that I was neglecting my needs. As a mom I was in to clothes but they were not mine. I loved shopping for my daughter. Boy it is fun to dress a little girl it is like your own personal moving talking doll. I remember that my girls friends just wait till your daughter is 5 she will not let you pick out her clothes. I am glad that I can pull out .. that I am a “Fashion Designer”.. so I pull that card on my daughter and she still respects my opinions. Though lately we have been struggling more.
She recently at 10 has developed the start of a chest. When I look at pictures I was the same even though she is not developing or no where getting her cycle according to the doctor. She does have enough to wear a cami or prebra. She is also taller, bigger than her friends, and built like me. Which makes me nervous, because I worry about my issues with always being Taller and fuller that my friends. Not that I ever lacked confidence just, I always knew I was taller than all my friends. I have always been in the back of every picture, there was many a times I made myself shorter it fit in. I can remember people always commenting on how much bigger I was than others girls my age. I was 5’7″ 145 in 9th grade.. but my friends we 5’3″ 115. I was a really tall but felt so much large than everyone else.
As an adult it is a real asset to be tall, you automatically command a room just because of physical presence.. it really does make life easier.. this is a fact shorter people will never understand. I know my daughter will struggle with her height, because it is not easy. As her mom It is really important that she sees that I love who I am Tall and all my big Girl. That it is a blessing and I love my look thin or thick. Embracing who you are is so important and confidence is what matters. Lead by Example.. So Be fabulous if you don’t feel it than fake it till you make it- for your Daughter.
Bracelet JcPennys, Lia Sophia, Pier One
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