Curvy Couture

Hi I'm Mandy!

I am an aspiring plus-size model trying to make it big in the Fashion world. I love Crystal Renn, photography, fashion, being myself, and making new friends. Let's be friends. :)

mandy(at)thecurvymodel(dot)com

Anonymous asked: I have always issues with stretch marks. I'm not even really big, im just curvy. Last year I gained weight and got them on my stomach pretty bad. Now that i'm losing more weight and i'm going to start modeling soon I'm still very self conscious. I was wondering if you have ever had problems with stretch marks?

I do have stretch marks on my thighs. I am not a big fan about them being on my body, but as far as having problems with modeling, I haven’t had any issues.

1st: Because I haven’t really done a lot of work where you can actually see them. 2nd: The photographers I work with know how to edit them out. Hell, even I do! But it is never anything to worry about, even super thin girls have stretchmarks or cellulite. It happens. :D

<3 Thanks for the question love, and don’t be afraid to show your identity next time. ;)

My dress I made on me in the ModCloth.com bathroom!

Yesterday was basically the best day ever! My last midterm was easy, it was friday, and the first day of spring break!!! LOVE IT!

I ended up drinking a bit too much, but water and some waffles cured that so I went to bed without the spins!! :D YAY! haha

Funny thing is I am going out tonight also, my friend is turning I think 27? I know I am cool, I have older friends. ;) But she is getting a limo to a club and we are getting bottle service like classy ladies!! :) HOPEFULLY I won’t drink too much tonight. I’m not used to all of this partying! It’s fun, but exhausting!

Any good plans for the rest of this weekend?

Yep, messed up already.

Yep, messed up already.

Measuring how wide I want it to be.

Measuring how wide I want it to be.

LENGTH! Is a huge issue for me.

LENGTH! Is a huge issue for me.

Getting ready to put the elastic in.

Getting ready to put the elastic in.

Pin it the the end once your done.

Pin it the the end once your done.

Finished product.

Finished product.

So. I made a dress last year, took all of these photos and then left for Ireland. I completely forgot about the dress, until I was going through my closet the other day!

So, I am wearing it to work tomorrow! But I also took pictures as I was making it that I STILL HAVE!!

I am a self-taught sewer, so I really don’t know what I am doing. Just sort of feeling it out. I have used patterns before, but I didn’t for this or most of my previous projects.

I made this dress out of a vintage sheet I found in a thrift store. I fell in love with the pattern, and decided to make something out of it. Found a tank top at forever 21 for $2 which would be way too short for my torso and turned these two items into a fabulous tank dress!

The cool thing about sheets is that they already have a lot of the sewing done for you, I just cut the sheet after I fitted it to my hips. I added extra room because I wanted it to be a comfy dress that I could dress up or dress down.

Something I did learn from this is that next time I make a dress like this I will put the elastic in the skirt AFTER I sew it on to the tank. I got ahead of myself and put the elastic in first before attaching the tank, and it was a lot more challenging to sew. I did it by hand, and that takes FOREVERRRRR. lol.

But I love how it turned out and will take a photo of me in it tomorrow!

<3

Just cleaned my room, time for finance homework. LAME!
I want to waste my life away on my dashboard! Darn school.
TOMORROW I have an exciting post for you all! I made a new dress! OUT OF A SHEET (and a tank)! :D
But I do have a quick question for you my dear followers, Do you look at your dashboard for my posts? Or do you go to my web page?
I am asking because I am thinking about designing my web page into something nice, but if no one goes to my page whats the point!? haha
So what is your opinion??

Just cleaned my room, time for finance homework. LAME!

I want to waste my life away on my dashboard! Darn school.

TOMORROW I have an exciting post for you all! I made a new dress! OUT OF A SHEET (and a tank)! :D

But I do have a quick question for you my dear followers, Do you look at your dashboard for my posts? Or do you go to my web page?

I am asking because I am thinking about designing my web page into something nice, but if no one goes to my page whats the point!? haha

So what is your opinion??

My new vintage jacket!!!
Someday I will have an amazing picture in this jacket. Today is not the day. haha :}
MY ROOM IS A WRECK! Going to clean it now&#8230;
P.S. I liked all of your answer&#8217;s about Vogue&#8217;s Curvy page. You all have such unique point of views, I LOVE IT!!! I also, LOVE YOU!!! &lt;3

My new vintage jacket!!!

Someday I will have an amazing picture in this jacket. Today is not the day. haha :}

MY ROOM IS A WRECK! Going to clean it now…

P.S. I liked all of your answer’s about Vogue’s Curvy page. You all have such unique point of views, I LOVE IT!!! I also, LOVE YOU!!! <3

My outfit yesterday!! I was lookin’ fly in florals!! :D

I also got a new necklace from ModCloth.com! Because I have been really into B&W film photography as of the past year or so. :}

I really like wearing florals in the winter, I think it cheers people up. Winter can be so depressing sometimes!! :D

Do you wear pretty colors in the winter?