Shabby Apple reached out to me as a fat style blogger person to find out if I was interested in doing a review and giveaway. I had never looked at their site before, but was delighted to find a lot of dresses in the style of vintage clothing, many of which are available in plus size.
Their sizing is specific to their site, I checked out their size chart and saw that their “WL” was what would fit my measurements, and I ordered their “Boss” dress to see how it would look on me. I will be honest, I was completely dubious. The website doesn’t use plus size models so I didn’t know how it would look on me. The description made it sound like it might not fit me; they suggest larger busted customers go up a size in this dress and I was ordering the largest size they had. I figure with the surplice bust if it didn’t fit well it would at least be one of those dresses I could spill out of in a slutty sort of way. When I got the dress I was very surprised.
Photo by Gizelle Peters from Rebel Cupcake.
The dress is a great stretch cotton, which looks structured but actually is incredibly comfortable. I wiggled in easily and had plenty of room. The arms are a little tight but seem to be breaking in on the second wear. I think it fits really well and looks classic retro pin-up. I actually loved it so much I might get another one in black and experiment with going down a size to get more cleavage out of it.
There are a lot of other vintage clothing style dresses in plus sizes (and straight sizes, too) on the Shabby Apple site. Check it out!
Shabby Apple is offering a $50 gift certificate to the winner of a giveaway. To enter, make sure you’re a fan of Queer Fat Femme on Facebook and comment below. I’ll select one random winner by random number generator on May 21st at noon and will email the winner.
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I’d love to be entered into the Shabby Apple drawing & I’m following you on Facebook. Thank you!
I’m here I’m here…I love me some Shabby Apple and love that you are having this giveaway I and I am following your FB page. yayyyy!!! 🙂
Beautiful dress, beautiful lady!
i like ur fb pages (name is vunda vall) ive had my eye on the sugar cone top on shabby apple and this sure would be fun to win!
Love that style on you, and the color! Great venue for the photo shoot too..the brick totally makes that dress and your hair pop.
I’ve also been admiring their clothes for a while now – it’s great to see the dress on you and makes it much more likely I’ll give them a try!
I like that you can shop by Silhouette on their site.
I follow your tumblr and your facebook, love them both to bits! Love the sleeves on this dress.
Hooray! I follow you on tumblr and Facebook and think you’re a delight 🙂
I’ve been eyeing their clothing with trepidation and hope for awhile now, so it can’t hurt to try entering! I’d love to see the dress in a size smaller on you, since I think the top would look great a little tighter. 😀
Not sure if my last post made it. Love your sites. You’re quite encouraging. Thank you for the empowerment. I follow you here, on Tumblr & Facebook.
The dress looks great. Can’t wait to see the black one on you.
That is a gorgeous red.