Plus Size OOTD: Tartan Heatwave

We're having a heatwave! Yes in the UK! It's not even raining!

I am already over the extreme hot weather though as I had my graduation ceremony last week and I was a sweaty mess in my cap and gown, but there will be a post all about that very soon.

So my house mate and I decided to explore Bristol a bit today, though as with everything I do, it went a bit wrong. We planned to go some of the museums and I wanted to show her the library too, only we got to the first museum and saw a sign saying that all the things we wanted to see that day were closed due to a strike. We had picked the only day that was happening to go on our jaunt, so we just walked (and got lost) around Bristol.

But anyway, back to the outfit, and I did make a bit of an effort to be a little cooler. I don't know if I succeeded but I liked how it turned out anyway.

The dress I'm wearing is one of two little black dresses that I have had for yonks but go back to all the time. This one was on sale in H&M for about 3 quid around 2 years ago. You can't see but it's got a low back so you can dress it up or down.

The shirt I'm wearing is one of my favourite items of clothing and it was from George at Asda for around 8-10 pounds. My shoes are also just some plain white pumps from Asda and they're really comfy,  but also really slidey.

I decided to have my hair down today and sweep it to the side with a flower clip that I got for 99p on eBay.

We had an awesome day and found a big mirrored ball and so we had to take selfies obviously.

Well, until next time :)

Sam x

Plus Size Fashion: Double Denim and Jaws

If I told you this outfit was partly inspired by the movie Jaws would you believe me? My unlikely style icon here is Richard Dreyfuss' Matt Hooper, aka, the king of double denim. I haven't quite mastered the double blue denim that he does in Jaws but I will one day and this is a step towards it.

Sorry for the TMI but this morning I woke up with conjunctivitis in both eyes so to counteract this I decided to try to dress nicely and play with my make up.

In the past two weeks I've lost a stone and I've definitely noticed a difference in my clothes and the shape of my face especially.

The denim jacket I'm wearing is my mum's from the 90's so not technically vintage but I'm going to call it that. I'm not sure where it's from because the tag has been cut out. I love it but I haven't worn it of late because it hasn't fitted nicely, and although I've only lost a stone, it seems to fit a little better. It might just be in my head though!

The jeggings I have on are just from the F&F range at Tesco as I used to work in the electrical department there which was right next to the clothing department. It was dangerous for my bank balance. But I've had these for ages and I love them. Although my only two posts include trousers, I actually hardly ever wear trousers, practically living in skirts and dresses. But I like to grunge it up a little sometimes so that's when I reach for these jeggings. I also cut two 'rips' in the knees because I think I'm cool, but it means I need to shave my knees when I wear them.

The top I'm wearing isn't actually a top, it's a dress from everythingfivepounds.com but I'm too fat for it so my tits and ass make it too short. But that won't stop me, so I'm wearing it as a top. I think it would be a very short dress on someone who actually fit in properly anyway.

My favourite part of this outfit are my shoes. They're Dr. Marten sandals that I got for christmas because they were on sale for fourty-five pounds. Last time I wore them they gave me the worst blister I ever had and it scared me to wear them. But I bought a men's gel deodorant to rub on my feet to stop the blisters. It has worked in the places I put it but I forgot to put it on the top of my foot and by the time I got to uni I had some pretty monster blisters and don't have any plasters so I've put sellotape on them. I know I'm going to regret that later.

Apart from the clothes I just have foundation and red lipstick on. I had my albino eyebrows dyed and I can't put make up on my eyes for obvious reasons. I've also just done a side fishtail braid and put my hair in a side parting.

So how do you think I've done? Do you think Richard Dreyfuss would be proud?

Sammy x