If you're not a size 2, the Times hates You!

If you ever wanted to find out why the New York Times is in such financial trouble, you just have to peruse the latest gem vomited out by the “Critical Shopper” Cintra Wilson in her diatribe titled “Playing to the Middle.” In this bile soaked missive the elitist scribe takes on JC Penny and the fact that it had decided to “invade” Herald Square.

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Is Losing Weight Leaving a Hole in Your Pocket?

One of the worse things about losing weight is that your favorite dress is just getting too big to wear! I know, it’s a great problem to have but here are some strategies to help cope with this fashion emergency.

A recent post on a Glamour Health & Fitness blog gave some decent but limited stop gap strategies.  They talk about wearing wrap dresses and utilizing a cardigan or a belt to cinch up clothes that are too big on you.

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Say Yes to the Dress and No to the Mess!

I have previously talked about the perils of who you bring shopping with you in my post “Shopping Posse or Not?” And I just recently had another terrible example of what a big mistake it is to bring the wrong people shopping with you if you want to accomplish anything.

I get quite a few tourists in the store who come specifically because they have seen us on “What Not to Wear” or have found us on the net. So a plus-size girl will try to squeeze us in on her visit to New York.

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What Not To Wear Comes to Lee Lee's Valise

I am sorry to have been out of touch, but we were very busy this week at the store. What Not to Wear came to film another episode, and we had so much to do to get the store ready.

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What's Happened to the Plus-Size Fashion Industry in the Recession? Nothing!

There have been several articles recently about the state of the plus-size fashion industry in the face of the current economic downturn.  They are the typical “Oh-woe-is-me" bologna, suddenly, the plus-size industry is in such trouble.

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A Conversation with Kendall Farr, "The Pocket Stylist" Part Two

This is the second of a three part interview with Kendal Farr author of Style Evolution How to Create Ageless Personal Style In Your 40’s and Beyond (Gotham Books 2009) in which we touch on several points that are of interest to the plus-size community.

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Everybody in the Pool--Not with that Swimsuit You Don’t!

It’s almost "summertime in the city" and we want the “swimmin’ to be easy”...

We plan so many things in life, so why not develop a plan for your swimsuit shopping?

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A Conversation with Kendall Farr, "The Pocket Stylist"

I recently had the opportunity to talk with Kendall Farr who is one of the top stylists in the motion picture industry. Kendall has dressed many stars such as Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Andie MacDowell and Uma Thurman and is the author of the definitive guide to personal styling called:

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