Size Positive Style:
Clothing for the Plus and Supersize
Woman
by
Linda S. Kanzinger
Absolutely the ultimate
guide for women wondering how to identify, find, and wear the clothing
that will make them look their best.
Linda uses only
plus-size models throughout the book and, in this case, "plus-size"
really does mean women who are well beyond size 14. You will find
yourself in these pages.
Blowing the
traditional rules of dress for fat women, Linda goes through 15 body
sizes and types (Venus, Pear, Rectangle, Renoir, Reubenesque, Apple,
Scalloped, Tall Reubenesque, SuperPear, SuperVenus, Goddess, Super
Reubenesque, Juno, Heart-Shaped, and S-Shaped), suggesting ways to make
you be the best version of yourself. For instance, she defines a
Venus as a woman having "moderate bone structure or frame, with well
developed muscles, heavy upper arms, average width shoulders, large to
very large bust, defined waist (hourglass), protruding stomach/abdomen,
rounded rear, heavy thighs and calves, approximately 5'5" to 5'7", with
a curvy silhouette."
The supersize version
of Venus morphs into "squarish shoulders with heavy upper arms, medium
to large build, muscular, very large bust, medium tall, waist 10" less
than bust or hips, very wide and big hips, hips and bust approximately
the same width across the figure, big thighs, big calves, but tapers to
a slender ankle."
The author follows up
with photographs of beautiful women who are representative of that
particular body type, as well as examples of artwork and a goddess image
that is representative of this figure type.
Then on to the tips on
dressing yourself well. Insisting that there are no problem-areas, no
judgment of what is good or bad in anyone's body, she dumps the idea of
figure flaws and moves straight into a more positive attitude about each
individual body's traits.
Using this valuable
resource, you will finally have a good idea about how to dress
beautifully and feel wonderful in any setting, from casual to work to
sexy evenings. If you purchase only one size-positive book this year,
make Size-Positive Style! that book. You'll be doing yourself a
favor as well as supporting a talented and insightful writer.
