The Best 2011 Swimwear for Fashionable Housewives
March 22, 2011
by Guest Blogger
Filed under Body Shapes, Swimwear
Women are a lot like fingerprints – no two are the same. While one housewife may enjoy gardening, an occasional glass of wine and extravagant fashions, another may loath anything with stems, abhors alcohol and would rather play with leaves than pay full price for her clothing. Who is right? The beauty is that in [...]
The Beauty Double-Bind: Part 3
February 11, 2010
by Sarah Polyakov
Filed under Body Shapes
Re-Frame How You See Yourself. In 1993, Shania Twain was still relatively unknown. Producer Mutt Lange had heard her little known-debut album that barely made a splash, but nonetheless, he contacted her. They quickly became close and co-wrote all of the songs that would later become the album “The Woman in Me”. This was the [...]
The Beauty Double-Bind: Part 2
February 10, 2010
by Sarah Polyakov
Filed under Body Shapes
Image Courtesy of eHow.com When Exactly Did We Start to Hate Our Bodies…? I can precisely pin-point the moment when I started to hate my body. I was twelve years old and my dad was a professor at UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada. I hadn’t thought much about my appearance until the summer I would turn [...]
Beauty Can’t Be Measured Merely By Your Dress Size
January 23, 2010
by Sarah Polyakov
Filed under Body Shapes, Plus Size
One of my favorite singers, bar-none, almost wasn’t. That’s right. Her career almost never got started at the ripe old age of sixteen. She was sent to an audition at a famous singing hall because of the sound of her voice. A voice that was so sweet it sounded like angels carrying spoons of dripping [...]
MyShape.com for Perfect Fitting Jeans
December 15, 2009
by Sarah Polyakov
Filed under Body Shapes, Fashion Advice, Jeans, Recommended, Winter Fashion
This Holiday Season, Eat Your Heart Out and Still Look Swell, Without Looking ‘Swollen’ Oh my! Is it that time again? All of a sudden I am hearing Perry Como, from the 1958 recording, gently crooning “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” in the background. The kids are all sweetly tucked under fleece [...]
Putting Your Best Curves Forward For a Fashionable Plus Sized Holiday
December 14, 2009
by Guest Blogger
Filed under Body Shapes, Fashion Advice, Plus Size
Say hello to Marie, who is guest posting for us today to share a little insight on plus size fashion! As plus size fashions become more readily available, we find ourselves with more options, choices, and motivations for wanting to put our best curve forward! But where does one begin to fashion her curves with [...]
Summer Outfit Ideas For Pear Shaped Bodies
June 24, 2009
by The Fashionable Housewife
Filed under Body Shapes, Outfit Ideas, Summer Fashion
A faithful reader here on The Fashionable Housewife recently informed me about a cool new site, www.ShopYourShape.com, where you can actually plug in your measurements and have it Calculate Your Body Shape. While the site is fairly reliable for calculating your measurements and determining your most possible body shape, the outfit suggestions leave a lot [...]
