Ask the Aficionado: body shape advice
Reader Odie voiced her dilemma on this post, stating: This is NO help for me! I am 5’5 and my torso is 3 inch longer than my legs, but I am very short waisted! My hips are so high that my waist hits right below my breasts (which are proportionally big too, making my waist [...]
Your Vertical Body Type
The Style Aficionado helps you determine your vertical body type
Identifing your body shape: Men
The Style Aficionado explains the different male body types.
Support the girls: how to determine your bra size
October is breast cancer awareness month and so many of us ladies are rockin’ pink in our support for a cure; but there is also another serious problem that needs a cure this month. And these girls also need your support, but not the kind you are thinking. I’m talking about wearing the wrong size bra. So, I thought it a [...]
Sunday Confession
One of my readers wanted me to be a little more personable, and asked that I share more about myself. So I have started a confessions series, and this is the first one.
Ask The Aficionado
The Style Aficionado Reader Ms. I Need FasHion Help. Writes in with the following: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Over the course of a couple years I have become a broke, busted and disgusted fashion victim. I am broke, my credit cards are maxed out. So I am in a tank top rut. I can’t stop. That is all [...]
Quick Rant: Petite is a size
I’m flipping through this magazine and there’s a pretty good article about body shapes and how to dress for them. I get to the end of the article and it lists petite as a body shape. Ummmm…. What? While it would be nice if stores merchandised items by body shape, that is not how it works. [...]