Trouble with the Curve - What does it mean to have curves?
What does it mean to have curves? Haha, truthfully I’m laughing as I write this because I think more than anything this is an off the cuff blog that I didn’t intend to write but the rhetoric of it all just keeps popping into my head. Hence, something perhaps worth mentioning.
I recently decided to blog fashion on my Instagram along side my art 1) because I love anything fashion related, good design is art, and 2) because growing up I’ve always had a naturally larger bust and bum and I felt there should be more representation of clothes for women like me, how they fit and what they look like on. Now, don’t get me wrong, there are some gorgeous hourglass women out there but I don’t find it as often with a natural bust. So when a brand is telling me you wear that backless dress and “the ladies” are sitting at that level, I know that isn’t quite how gravity works hahaha. And we know it’s not the tape trick, bc that definitely is a joke too. So as an online shopping rookie, I would’ve maybe fell for that, bought the dress, then decided no way in H-e-double hockey sticks I’d be wearing it out. Luckily ( or sadly to say, to my wallet) I’ve done my share of online shopping enough to know pretty much down to material composition and cut if 1) it’ll work for me and 2) if I or another naturally curvy woman will find it flattering. Shopping from China doesn’t scare me but the overall cut and material just might. Online shopping is my 95% of time go to for everything. (We will give 4 percent nod to rep groceries - hey boo! 👋 - and another 1 for the things you randomly just have to go to a physical store for hahaha).
Haha this brings me to the comic side of what it means to have curves in general. It means that depending on the outfit and how you stand in a photo, you can gain or lose 15 Lbs in the visual. Haha yes. It also means that the cut of the dress or fabric can equally do the same for you. 😆😆😆. ( I’m dying of laughter as I write this bc well it’s true). It means that when you see people, inevitable they too in person ask you if you dropped weight or hitting the gym hard when your outfit is a better one compared to your last one they saw you in person or in post lol ( no I’ve been too over worked in my work to workout lately lol... although I love to... I dream to, literally as I fall asleep in sitting position, dreaming). It means that until the Kardashian’s made curves normal to acknowledge in women again, every time you shopped the 1) tops either fit your top but baggy at the waist or they fit your waist & you spilled over bc no fabric where the top is meant to be, making you feel like a Pam Anderson rendition ( sorry Pam ❤️) 2) if it fit your bum it was loose on the waist and that material also added to your waistline ... haha thank God, fashion cuts are improving... having curves also means that sometimes sports bras become your best friend when you want to play areas down, but that the moment you wear normal clothes again people think you had a boob job. Nope, all natural. Same as last week. And it also means when comments go from kind on photos to crude, you just may get the itch to block people or delete commentary that should stay in their head. ( hmm I said that out loud, didn’t I? ) welp, you get it all on social. Swat it away like a mosquito. *swat, swat* . More so, it means sometimes people who know nothing about you will prejudge you bc you have or show/celebrate your curves. You could be even more conservative than them on all other fronts, haha, so to them, I say I don’t plan to hide in a bag. I believe in celebrating all body types. Don’t let my body shape offend you. To each their own and own what you got.
So why am I partnering up with brands? For me, I love fashion. It’s not a name thing it’s a design and fit thing. That designer can be a luxury designer down to the $5 top on sale. It’s about the design, look, texture. The way I see it is by creating my Instagram as a bit of a lookbook, it helps maybe other women like me. Women with curves who want to see another woman with a similar structure wearing and testing out the clothing, see if worth buying to them. Some brands as of recent, I have more of an influencer relationship and some an affiliate. Anytime some one shops through my link, it supports me to bring looks to you. So thank you. THANK YOU. 😘 I’d love to continuously grow and share with you brands, share some of my favorite places and things, share some of my own personal apparel designs, and share some of my art. After all it’s all a form of art. It’s all expression. A beautiful canvas comes in all shapes and forms, it’s just a matter of how we choose to express and decorate it.
Love,
Lisa Alavi 💖