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All the Florals

wray silk dress, size inclusive sustainable brands, ysl college bag

When: April 27, 2021 // Weather: 70s // Real life: working from home, then fajitas & margaritas on a patio

wray silk dress, size inclusive sustainable brands, ysl college bag
wray silk dress, size inclusive sustainable brands, ysl college bag
wray silk dress, size inclusive sustainable brands, ysl college bag
wray silk dress, size inclusive sustainable brands, ysl college bag

It’s been brought to my attention that a lot of “sustainable” fashion brands don’t offer plus sizes. To be perfectly honest I don’t always think about this issue because I’m roughly the height and weight of the average pre-pubescent 14-year-old boy. But just because a problem doesn’t affect me personally doesn’t mean it’s not a problem. As consumers, we need to keep the pressure on our favorite brands to offer more sizes and not just cater to skinny bitches like me – tag them on social media and give them some constructive criticism!

But in the meantime, I did recently learn about a size-inclusive and sustainable/ethical brand, Wray NYC. Fair warning: if you’re like me, you will drool on your computer over the beautiful fabrics. Granted they’re not cheap, but you might be surprised what you can afford when you stop buying tons of fast fashion every month (I’m looking in the mirror as I say this). I ordered this dress in a recent sale and it’s gorgeous! Wray NYC generally carries every style in sizes XXS to 6XL, so none of that nonsense where only certain styles come in “plus size.”

This isn’t a sponsored post, but Wray if you’re listening, I would gladly take more dresses off your hands. 🙂

Dress (sustainable brand) // look for Saint Laurent bags secondhand // similar Shoes

Purple

When: January 21, 2021 // Weather: 40s // Real life: working from home

This was the day after inauguration day [insert sigh of relief] and clearly I was inspired by VP Harris, Michelle Obama, and other fabulous women to bust out some jewel tones.

I was living for all the fashion on display from the Biden and Harris women on January 20. Some people might think it’s frivolous to talk about clothes when there were important historical things happening. But what if the clothes were part of the historical thing?

I can’t even count how many times I’ve read or been told that to be “taken seriously” I should dress conservatively and professionally (whatever that means), look nice but not too nice, wear makeup but not too much makeup, make sure my clothes fit well but aren’t too tight or revealing…I could go on. Over the years I’ve found a pretty good balance between following the rules and wearing wtf I want, but I know plenty of women who stick to drab workwear just because it’s easier.

So to see all these women at a hugely important political event proudly rocking purple and pink and bejeweled plaid and statement belts made me SO HAPPY. What a great day in (fashion) history.

Shirt (look for Equipment blouses secondhand) // Shoes (sustainable brand) // Sunglasses (secondhand) // Earrings (sustainable brand)