Anyone for Coffee? (no boys allowed)

[Janine]

I am a huge fan of the peasant skirt:



I own three of them; one red, one green, one pink and white.

I love peasants skirts, too. This one is really pretty; nice to have all 3 colors. I used to wear them all the time. I need to lose wt!!! I have a dozen of these skirts and I would losen the waists but not sure they will still look good with my added pounds. I won't give them away though. I like them because they are casual and yet can be dressy too....very versatile.

papaya, don't think about your new top looking like an Easter basket, although that is funny. Enjoy wearing it. I once was checking out of a store and the young woman waiting on me said her mother had a dress like I was buying and she called it her 'potato sack dress'. I thought - thanks a lot for telling me that. At anyrate, when I wore this linen dress, I got compliments. I took it in last year and now it doesn't fit me...figures...I should have left well enough alone.

Annamariah, Yes - they say you pay for quality; not that Timex watches are very expensive. However, my experience with them is that they do keep ticking no matter what you do to them. Usually the band wears out first, but it still tells perfect time.

mkhockenberry - I would prefer my curves as well to that model.

[JuniperWoolf]

Eeeew, that picture is nasty. You can see her sternum.

I'm really lucky, my momma's really tiny and my dad's huge so I'm right in the middle. Medium height, medium waist, medium bust. It's boring, but convenient... everything fits me. I have this friend though that has the exact proportions as a pear. She's teeny tiny up to about her diaphram, then she balloons right out. She's almost perfectly round down to her knees, then her calves and feet are itty bitty. It's the strangest thing. I know another girl who's a twig, and 6'4". I have no idea how either of them find clothing.

[Niamh]

I put a belt at the empire line of my maxi to show curves. If i dont i look like a big busted fatso walking around wearing a tent.

[applepie]

I put a belt at the empire line of my maxi to show curves. If i dont i look like a big busted fatso walking around wearing a tent.

I bet you don't, so don't even think it. I've seen your pictures Niamh, and you're adorable

Interestingly to me, I was talking to my husband about that picture. Keep in mind I'm the polar opposite of all the girls he's ever dated. I'm short all of 5'2'', curvy, and while I certainly don't consider myself fat I'm not skinny really either. He, and all the other guys I've ever asked, assure me that they really do prefer that. So if men prefer women to have a little meat and not look like they're starved, why is the female "idea" (obviously not for us ) to be so skinny???

[Niamh]

I bet you don't, so don't even think it. I've seen your pictures Niamh, and you're adorable

You havent seen me in a maxi though! "A Sail! A Sail!"

[JuniperWoolf]

What's a maxi?

[Shalot]

What's a maxi?

are you asking what is a "maxi" as in what are they talking about in this thread, or are you asking what is a "maxi" and why are those dresses called "maxi" dresses? And why are feminine hygeine products called "maxi" pads? What the heck is a maxi???

[JuniperWoolf]

are you asking what is a "maxi" as in what are they talking about in this thread, or are you asking what is a "maxi" and why are those dresses called "maxi" dresses? And why are feminine hygeine products called "maxi" pads? What the heck is a maxi???

The former.

[Shalot]

The former.

a maxi dress is long dress having a hemline at the ankle

Maxi is Canadian grocery retailer

There is a also a serbian grocery retailer by the same name

Irene McCoubrey goes by the name Maxi. She is an Irish dj actress journalist and singer

There is also a Maxi CD - which holds only 2 tracks.


Now I just want to know why there are so many maxi things in the world.
I don't like the word.

[papayahed]

a maxi dress is long dress having a hemline at the ankle

Maxi is Canadian grocery retailer

There is a also a serbian grocery retailer by the same name

Irene McCoubrey goes by the name Maxi. She is an Irish dj actress journalist and singer

There is also a Maxi CD - which holds only 2 tracks.


Now I just want to know why there are so many maxi things in the world.
I don't like the word.

Don't forget Maxi Priest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ZWD_0VRK8

[Niamh]

you should look into getting a maxi then. I felt so summery in mine and the lightness of the fabric meant i was cool.

Mine is this shape but its a blue and white paisley design.


And it touched the ground cause i'm short...

as shown on the previous page, this is a maxi.

[Annamariah]

I'm 159 cm (5'2.3") tall and have a cupsize 70D (32D) - not a good combination in terms of fitting in to the clothes that are designed for people 15 cm taller than I am but who weight 10 kilograms less... And I'm not fat! Not skinny, but normal weight, my waist is narrow enough. As I've already said, it's hard to find tops that fit, and it's even harder to find decent jeans or other trousers. First of all, they are always too long, and I'm usually too lazy to shorten them myself... Secondly, if they fit on my thigs, they are too tight on my bottom, and if my bottom looks good in them, they are usually far too loose on the tighs. And I know lots of short, curvy girls and women like me, why can't they make clothes for us?

JuniperWoolf: Wow, so there is at least one among us who doesn't have difficulties in finding clothes that fit

Niamh: I also often wear a wide-ish belt with an empire waist, otherwise it often doesn't look as flattering. Because of my breasts the empire waist often rises a bit too high without a belt (obviously the tops I've bought have been designed for a flatter chest) and makes me look like I'm pregnant

[Niamh]

Hey you and me are the same height! I so know how you feel! I've had the pregnant look too many times. try being short with 36D chest and not being exactly skinny. Currently size 12-14 but closer to the 14 than the 12. (not sure what that is in Euro size or American sizes.) I always have to buy bigger on top and it sometimes results in my looking... eh... bulky.

[Annamariah]

I usually by my clothes from H&M, mostly size 36 (size 10 in GB, size 6 in the US), but for trousers I often need 38. When it comes to buttoned down blouses my waist fits in size 34, so I often buy those, as there's no hope I could button the shirt above the waist anyway until size 38 or 40, which would simply make me look shapeless. A simple tank top worn underneath the buttoned down blouse solves the problem (Though sometimes it would be nice to have a blouse you can button all the way up to the neck...) So it seems I come in several different sizes - one for my lower half, another for my waist and a third one for my chest

[Niamh]

I'd just button below the bust and wear a cami underneath. It adds shape and size to the bust area. Its a pain in the bum for me to get shirts for work that fit so i dont. I hate the tent like flow i end up with.