The Curvy Model

Hi I'm Mandy!
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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. :)

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Posts tagged dress

Mar6

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?

10 notes #party #dress

Mar4

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

11 notes #diy #dress #sheet #tank #tank dress #yellow

Aug31

Hello my tumblebabies! So, I just wanted to post some photos up that I shot about two months ago, but just got to CD today!! :) And this will teach you a very valuable lesson about modeling. Sometimes, things don&#8217;t go your way. I travelled to Philadelphia for this bridal shoot and it was a big deal for me: 5 hour drive, for an online magazine, very professional. It still wasn&#8217;t paid (haha can&#8217;t cut a break),but it was for a reputable magazine so I did it anyways. However, when I got there the dress didn&#8217;t fit&#8230; They had 4 BEAUTIFUL dresses, but I am about a size 14 in dresses and the dresses were at the smallest an 18. I was broken up, I thought it was the end of the world, the photos would look horrible&#8230; This was all in my head of course, always being courteous&#8230; ;) So, yes it was so unfortunate, and yes these pictures might have looked better if the dress fit&#8230;But I made the most of it, I tried to work the dress as much as I could. You can&#8217;t let these things ruin the pictures! But here are some pictures of me in a HUGE wedding dress. Let me know what you think?

Hello my tumblebabies!

So, I just wanted to post some photos up that I shot about two months ago, but just got to CD today!! :) And this will teach you a very valuable lesson about modeling.

Sometimes, things don’t go your way. I travelled to Philadelphia for this bridal shoot and it was a big deal for me: 5 hour drive, for an online magazine, very professional. It still wasn’t paid (haha can’t cut a break),but it was for a reputable magazine so I did it anyways. However, when I got there the dress didn’t fit… They had 4 BEAUTIFUL dresses, but I am about a size 14 in dresses and the dresses were at the smallest an 18. I was broken up, I thought it was the end of the world, the photos would look horrible… This was all in my head of course, always being courteous… ;)

So, yes it was so unfortunate, and yes these pictures might have looked better if the dress fit…But I made the most of it, I tried to work the dress as much as I could. You can’t let these things ruin the pictures! But here are some pictures of me in a HUGE wedding dress. Let me know what you think?

6 notes #bridal #me #gown #dress

Aug13

What I am wearing now&#8230; Dress- Sal-VAL (salvation army) Booties- ModCloth.com Belt- uhhh Target? Bangle- Sal val I ate soo much food yesterday, so I felt crappy this morning. This dress is perfect for that!! I look feminine yet funky and mod. I like this look&#8230; I kinda regret sitting, I like standing photos better&#8230; OH WELL (PS this is the backdrop from a photo shoot at work yesterday&#8230;) What do you think of my outfit?

What I am wearing now…

Dress- Sal-VAL (salvation army)

Booties- ModCloth.com

Belt- uhhh Target?

Bangle- Sal val

I ate soo much food yesterday, so I felt crappy this morning. This dress is perfect for that!! I look feminine yet funky and mod. I like this look… I kinda regret sitting, I like standing photos better… OH WELL

(PS this is the backdrop from a photo shoot at work yesterday…)

What do you think of my outfit?

10 notes #vintage #dress #outfit photo #food

Aug11

Aug10

What I am wearing at Deep Creek now! Dress- From the bf Necklace- Target Bathing suit- Target Shades-Hot topic Gosh, today has been so relaxing&#8230; It has been the first weekend ALL summer I have been able to be in the sun! It&#8217;s hard to believe I know! But back to work tomorrow, and my 21st birthday is in a week!! ahhhhh How was everyones weekend?

What I am wearing at Deep Creek now!

Dress- From the bf

Necklace- Target

Bathing suit- Target

Shades-Hot topic

Gosh, today has been so relaxing… It has been the first weekend ALL summer I have been able to be in the sun! It’s hard to believe I know! But back to work tomorrow, and my 21st birthday is in a week!! ahhhhh

How was everyones weekend?

11 notes #daily outfit #photo #purple dres #dress #birthday

Aug5

Jul14

Nikki Blonsky! She is who I chose to blog about a new body shape. I call her the rectangle hourglass. This picture it may be hard to see her figure, but I will be posting more pictures of her after this post. This dress is gorgeous on her body type! I bet she feels super confident in it. Flowy dresses rock! They are definitely my favorite!

Nikki Blonsky! She is who I chose to blog about a new body shape. I call her the rectangle hourglass. This picture it may be hard to see her figure, but I will be posting more pictures of her after this post.

This dress is gorgeous on her body type! I bet she feels super confident in it. Flowy dresses rock! They are definitely my favorite!

#nikki Blonsky #curvy #dress

Jul9

Jul8

forever 21’s plus size line sucks

mydailythread:

i know its awesome that they are offering bigger sizes. i was thrilled when i first found out but now that i have tried on the majority of the collection not only is almost all of it god awful looking the rest that is actually cute is so freaking short if i were ever to purchase any of it my ass would probably hang out. like this dress for instance, you would be like “aw that is so cute, with some nude pumps and gold bangles…so precious.” well yeah until you realized it is only 34’ inches from neck to hem. that is about as long as half of the tops they are sell on this site.

I completely understand where she is coming from. What is up with the super mini-mini skirts and dresses?? I am 5’11 and I try to pull the dresses down as much as possible!

The stylist at work yesterday was laughing at me because apparently I “forgot my pants”… Because the “dress” that I was wearing looked like a shirt. I cannot stand the too-short trend that is apparently new and hip. They are so unrealistic. I like to have fun, jump around, and bend over lol…

So, my suggestions are-

1. Wear a slip underneath that matches the dress. It will look painfully chic with the layered look.

2. Get short spandex, maybe colors that match also. I think this look will be cool eventually… I’ll show you an example in an outfit photo later.

3. This one is obvious, wear it as a shirt.

2 notes #mini #dress #short #too short #skirt

Ok, so I love a lot of what is going on here&#8230; Good- The neckline is to die for, love the white collar. The model, she&#8217;s adorable. However, there is always something I would change&#8230; ;) Not so good- The yellow/orange color isn&#8217;t my favorite, I was thinking maybe totally bright yellow, or bright orange. TOO LONG! She could totally rock this if it was higher on her leg&#8230; I am thinking an inch or two above the knees. Never be afraid to show off a little leg! :)

Ok, so I love a lot of what is going on here…

Good-

The neckline is to die for, love the white collar.

The model, she’s adorable.

However, there is always something I would change… ;)

Not so good-

The yellow/orange color isn’t my favorite, I was thinking maybe totally bright yellow, or bright orange.

TOO LONG! She could totally rock this if it was higher on her leg… I am thinking an inch or two above the knees. Never be afraid to show off a little leg! :)

#dress #plus size #white #curvy #orange #yellow

Jul7