Window Shopping in Matalan

Went window shopping in Matalan today and l saw this beautiful skirt ,cardigan and dress,l tried on the cardigan and skirt they fit but the dress was to small ,l love the colour of the skirt its a beautiful and I'm a big  fan of polka on clothes.This look is very 1950's ,dont forget to share this post

Liebekind Real leather Bright Purple Hangbag

Why coming home from Germany I saw this bag ,in the airport shops in the waiting area ,its by Liebekind ,theirs several different styles and its truly beautiful ,its made in lovely soft leather and its a beautiful shade of  purple.God lets me get the money to buy it .These are bags to die for ,get one while stock last as there on  sale

Primark Dresses for Curvy girls

Here's some dresses I brought from the Mecca of cheap throwaway fashion  Primark

 ,there both in a size 16 and both £8.00

Primark is a great place of cheap fashion for a UK fashion blogger like me.

Men shirts for a size 16/18 girl

Due to my ever expanding waistline l have to start shopping at the men department ,for shirts to wear,here's some lovely shirts in H and M , there great if you have broad shoulders like me

Here's some favourite dresses in size 18 as 2 May 2014 from New look , that I love the look off.

Its been to long since I've post felt like no one was reading this blog but ,I'm determine to make this blog success as I love fashion , here's some of my favourite dress of this week.

Rimmel Lipstick for black girls

Today was one of those day's I wanted to feel special ,its was 2 Centigrade outside and I decided to wear some warm clothes and put on some fuchsia lipstick.The lipstick I use was Rimmel 320 fun time fuchsia The outfit I worn was a pair of blue jeans from Asda G21 range ,a Red jumper from C and A and a pair of sand colour ankle boots from Van Herren (pictures coming soon) 'I looked lovely if  I do say myself ,I felt like a million dollars and its amazing how many men stop to stare. Here's some pictures Marilyn Monroe eat your heart out Love Betty

I love fashion

I want to make this blog the best blog for curvy women so I going to be updating more of and going to me making my own clothes.I always wanted to be a model but unfortuately I dont have perfect straight teeth and I am not a size zero but I dont think this should.stop my dream .Fashion should include women of all sizes .my favourite blog for fashion got to be Greta sewing blog .she one stylish girl with her retro chic .Hopefully I can be as good as her and make a living from blogging so I dont have to work a 9 to 5.Bye for now

Beautiful Dirndl dress from the Kik shop

This is beautiful dress ,its bright pink and lime green , if I had to money I snap it up straight a way

In honour of Oktoberfest its time for dirndl fashion

Oktoberfest is a festival in German speaking countries from late September to early October and its a great excuse to where a beautiful dirndl dress , here's my pick of some beautiful ones  source from the internet,

there look great on chubby girl and skinny girls.

My new coat from Kik shop in Germany

This is a lovely purple coat l found while shopping in the kik shop in germany and it only cost me 15  euro

Mark and Spencer bubble jacket Jan 2013

Mark and Spencer bubble jacket Jan 2013

Mark and Spencer bubble jacket Jan 2013

I wanted this blue bubble jacket from marks and spencer but after trying it on, l decided l didnt like the colour but its a lovely jacket its retails for 69 pounds,I'm wearing the large size.

Three matalan dress for curvy girls Jan 2013

This is a lovely malatan dress but l like my dresses to flare out at the waist so l didnt  buy this one  but its still very nice , this is a size 16 and the belt was to small too.

Matalan dress same as below but in size 18,this dress is  to big and  baggy but  l  brought this dress in size 16 in both colours as l will be losing the 2 and half stone l put on.

Matalan dress in size 16 a bit tight but the size 18 was to big

Catrice Cosmestic Nail polish

Here's some pictures of the nail polish l brought on my trip to kaufhof department store in monchengladbach, germany.Monchengladbach is that next major city for me since l live near the border of germany and netherlands .Its a great little city with about quarter million people living there and you can also get lots of products for afro hair there,there quite a few afro shops there.This is where l go for my hair products.

The colour's called the pinky and the brain 790 ,its was only 2.50 euro and its a lovely shade of pink.I used two to three coats as l hate peeling nail vanish ,l should really start wearing gloves to wash plates and other manual work but for now l'll have to topup my nail polish,untill l get some gloves.

Singer 8280 sewing machine

What to do when your fix up of not finding clothes to fix ,buy a sewing machine and learn to sew
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Here's a picture of my new singer 8280 sewing machine , l brought since l moved to the Netherlands
l brought it from http://www.matson.nl as my old machine at home in Manchester. It cost me 115 euro including delivery and l'm very happy with it. l havent tried it yet but l'm sure it work fine.l'll review by the end of this week.Singer a excellent maker and has a good reputation for making sewing machine that last .it only took four days to come that include sat and sun which are working days.

My new Pattern Cutting books by winifred aldrich

Winifred Aldrich Metric pattern cutting for women's wear http://www.amazon.co.uk/Metric-Pattern-Cutting-Womens-Wear/dp/1405175672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316632798&sr=8-1 is the book l use to make my taliored made patterns with . On the ABC pattern cutting course l did at college, this is where the instruction sheets were copied from and this is the book my tutor says l needed.Its an expensive book even on amazon but its an investment, in my future plans to be an talior. l brought for £21.95 on amazon and its worth every penny.The first thing l'm doing from this book is making a closed fitted gingham shirt in pink gingham ,pictures coming soon.