I used to love playing with my Barbie doll. She was so gorgeous and glamorous, with her shiny, cascading locks, fancy electric blue eyeshadow, and long, flirtatious eyelashes. And her body? Oh, please! Her teeny little waist looked fabulous in everything from glittery gowns to retro bikinis, and those long legs carried her from her dream house to Ken’s red Corvette and back to Barbie Academy, where was really good at math.

I am a fan of Lloyd Boston’s makeover show Closet Cases. So I was extremely pleased to be a part of his first special on the Fine Living Chanel called Lloyd Boston’s Style at Any Age. Lloyd helps three women find their own unique style. One is in her 20’s and another in her 30’s.The show came to Lee Lee’s Valise to dress the career woman in her 40’s.

This morning, I’m appearing on the Today Show, where we’re breaking the story that Ralph Lauren model Filippa Hamilton, whose body was so ridiculously Photoshopped that it made headlines internationally, was actually fired in April for being too heavy.

My Pick of the Week had nothing to do with clothing. Instead it has everything to do with keeping your intimate apparel fresh around long enough to make it worth the big bucks. Soak is the best product on the market to keep your delicates delicate.

Did y’all hear? A once-H-O-T Baywatch babe is now F-A-T. Nope, it’s not Pamela Anderson (though she gets into her fair share of antics). And it’s not David Hasselhoff (though he’s no saint either.) It’s Nicole Eggert! (Wild applause from the jealous and catty section of the audience.)

I have donned many a get-up for Halloween: Britney Spears at the Superbowl Pam Anderson in the pink furry hat Madonna, ConeBra Era

The newest issue of ESPN The Magazine is not for the prude or the squeamish. The inaugural “Body Issue” hit newsstands today, featuring 30+ athletes - male and female – either totally nude or in the same amount of clothing a small bird might need if it were getting dressed up a day at the beach.

One of the hardest things for those of us in the plus sized industry is to be taken seriously. Plus sized fashion has always been the red headed step child in the fashion world. That is why it was quite a coup when Svoboda Jeans was asked to kick off LA fashion week and it was very disappointing when Jessica Svododa told me she had to cancel her participation.

By now you’ve surely heard about the Ralph Lauren photoshopping debacle. In a nutshell: Model, Filippa Hamilton was digitally whittled and twisted into a comically carnivalesque

Over dinner last Tuesday, my friend Beth showed me some pics of her adorable two-year-old niece. This little girl looks like a carbon copy of her mom, aunt and grandma, thanks to a gaggle of uber-strong genes. But among the physical traits this toddler has inherited – curly dark, dark brown hair, big brown eyes, ethereally pale skin – there is one problem feature rearing its stubborn head: A unibrow.