MFWPlus 2016 - Runway One

 

 

The first runway started off with a bang with some very sexy ensembles by State Of Liberty. Think corsets, harnesses and knee hi's teamed with loose flowing sheer fabrics and lace.

Such gorgeous lingerie! The kind you would want to [once upon a time only] wear for your wedding night!

My fave was definitely the all red one found red Here that is pictured below. I'm such a sucker for red but it also looked awesome on the gorgeous skin tone of Margie. 

 

 
Photos from Curves In A Cardigans Instagram 

 

Second up was new kid to the block, Voluptua. Designed by fashion student, Leah Streader (pictured below with Jenny Amosa), these outfits had a darker gothic vibe to them with a blue and purple feather pattern appearing repeatedly which connected together the pieces of the collection.

 

 
Above photos from MFWPlus Instagram and Facebook page

 

Courtney Zoh is a brand that does turbans, scarves and head pieces.

Now I'm not sure if it was the music, the jewellery or the turbans that gave this brand a bit of an India feel; either way all I know is I am in absolute love with pinky purple kimono jacket displayed on their last model! One of my fave pieces and definitely from what I've seen a lot of people are also loving it! Im pretty sure it's now named "that" jacket! These women looked gorgeous and made me feel like I wanted to wear a headpiece more often. So much inspiration!

 

 

Nyata means "real" in Indonesia, where these garments are ethically made, and is the brand made by gorgeous Geelong woman Amber.

This collection contains cute black and white geometric patterns and floral two pieces with Nyatas signature sequin stripes. My fave though is definitely the red Indah design worn by Amber at the launch party with its black sequin edging and hi-lo design

 
 
photo from MFWPlus Facebook page

 

The evening was capped off by the larger, more well known brand Estelle, which is sold via Myer department stores. 

Estelle showed a variety of styles and designs including a cute butterfly pattern and a fabulous paisley dress. Personally I could see myself rocking the sheer black and white hi-lo top modelled by hottie Danielle.

  
Pics from the Estelle Clothing blog

It was a great start to the runways with the crowd left wanting more... Which was definitely to be delivered over the next three runways to come!

Runway Two to Four still to come!

See all the photos taken by MFWPlus official photographer Jessie Obialor at MFWPlus' Facebook page

Huudaverti

So I knew today was going to be really cold so I fished out a bag of winter jumpers I had stored in the top of my wardrobe.

I pulled out a black jumper I bought from ASOSCurve that has bronze studs on it in the shape of a heart. I put in on with my black tights knowing I wanted to wear a skirt, now just to find the skirt...

As I looked at my reflection in the mirror I couldn't help but be drawn to the sparkly bronze studs on my chest and then it hit me... I had the perfect skirt!! And I havn't even worn it yet! I've been waiting to find the perfect top to make it's debut with!

Back in March at The Curvy Couture Roadshow market I had discovered Huudaverti. The skirt I had worn to the market had a non stretchy lining that had split, frayed and was driving me nuts as it kept crawling up under my skirt. Huudaverti had showed me a gorgeous bronze skirt and what I love about it as much as the amazing bronze colour was the deep red jersey lining, that stretches!!

I eventually decided I needed this skirt and when I went online to order it was on sale!!

The delivery was so quick I didn't even know what my parcel could've been when I was told I had one! Not to mention the shipping was free! AND It was even sent express!

The quality of this skirt is excellent as is the customer service I experienced! The bronze material is stretchy and the waistband is too so no need to worry about popping a button after a big meal!!

I was so glad I made the connection between my bronze studs and this skirt. This outfit has easily made my day more pleasant... Even if it is a little dressed up but then again I am a big believer that we should dress up every day cause every day is worth celebrating!!

Outfit details:

  Bronze skirt || Huudaverti || On Sale for $40 || Get it here! 

  Black Jumper with bronze studded heart || size au22 || ASOSCurve || $27.20

  Bronze clutch || Corelli || Opshopped for $3

  Footless tights || ?

  Rose/bronze hooped earrings || Lovisa? $?

  Heels || Target || Opshopped for $4

Outfit 3 - The Curvy Couture Market

The Curvy Couture Market

What I wore

The Anchor tee || Hope & Harvest || $45

Because It was Hope and Harvest who gave me the free ticket so I had to represent!

Earrings || I can't remember where I got these from I've had them so long but they were the perfect blue to go with the rest of my outfit!

The skirt || Basque at Myer || $30

The Wedges || Emerson at Big W || $25

The blue of these wedges went perfectly with my skirt! And they were surprisingly comfy! No blisters either!

The Bag || Colarado || Opshopped for $5

Big enough to put my wedges in for the train ride and quickly swap into them when I got off at the station.

The Market was great fun in a great location. 

Just next to the Collingwood train station at the Collingwood Town Hall (which is apparently at 140 Hoddle St despite what my Maps app was telling me!)

Tip 1 - Don't just look at your Map! Look around you too! 

The blue dots is where I had to walk. The red is where I walked... *hangs my head in embarrassment*
I got off the train, walked STRAIGHT past the town hall towards the pin on my map. Got half way there and thought this can't be right? Turned around, saw the old, tall town hall looking building and thought "you idiot! You walked straight past it!" I could only laugh to myself!

I got to take a selfie with Tess Munster! She's is gorgeous in every way! And her hubby is gorgeous too!

Tip 2 - Try to know who you are talking to and make sure you are right!

I went up to the gorgeous chick helping Tess & Nick sell Effyourbeautystandards merch. Now I really thought it was Rachel from the blog 'A dress is for Life' (below)

I went up to her and said "can I get a pic with you?" She looked at me weird and said "me?" I said "yeah your blog was one of the first blogs I started reading!" to which she laughed and said "I don't have a blog!"Oops! Complete wrong person! How embarrassing!

Jacqui from Pho Sizzle. Jacqui and her bestie, Kristie were my lifesavers!! And entertainers! Awesome chicks! Awesome brand! And I've heard a little of what's next to come from Pho Sizzle and I am pretty darn excited!!

Back at work after the long weekend wearing one of my purchases from Seraphim! It was a total score and I love it!

Overall, such an amazing weekend!

I'm definitely going next year! I can't wait!

Related Posts:

Outfit 1 - On my way to the Curvy Couture Show

Outfit 2 - The Curvy Couture Roadshow 

NZ Style Curvettes - Floral

A little while back Nyata had an awesome pop up sale.

Now this pop up sale was so awesome because there was nothing over $40! How could I say no?!? Designed in Australia and manufactured in Indonesia, I would definitely class this as an Aussie brand so I'd be helping our economy and such a bargain sale so I just had to!

I used this thing people call "self control" and only bought 3 items. Mind you I can't seem to figure that "self control" thing out around chocolate...hehe

With trademark Indonesian names I bought:

The Ungu Vixen top for $20 (ungu means purple);

The Bunga Charm Kimono for $20 (Bunga means flower); 

And Pas Pas pants for $25 (Pas Pas apparently means 'fit snugly' according to google translate)

All in size stunning! What size you say? Yep, I am size Stunning! 

I was pleased yet disappointed that 2 out of 3 fit. That's a pretty good percentage for qn online purchase I know but I wanted them ALL to fit! It was my own fault however, I panicked cause the prices were so good and didn't check the size chart properly and consider materials etc. 

Size stunning is equivalent to Aus28-30 but my size considering my rather endowed chest. Of course it wouldn't really matter with the kimono but with the Ungu Vixen top it definitely mattered cause the material doesn't have much stretch (pictured below)... One size down and my twins would not have fit!

Whilst the rest of my outfit for this challenge is very bland and black all the attention is drawn to this glamorous kimono and its beautiful tropical flowers and birds pattern. It even has flower designs embossed into the material as you can see in the pic below!

I think the sequins are a great touch. They allow the top to be dressed up if needed but they are smaller than usually sequins which I think helps them seem not too overglam so still able to be worn in everyday outfits like mine here. 

Nyata means "real" in Indonesian. I love that! We are all "real" regardless of our size! If you want to check them out in REAL life keep an eye on them at Nyata on Instagram as they are in the process of creating a studio in Geelong.

Outfit details:

• Bunga Charm Kimono || Nyata || $20 during their online pop up store

• Black jeans || City Chic || $50

• Black top || Taking Shape 14+ || Opshopped for $4

• Boots || Autograph || $100

• Leaf necklace || $1 at a garage sale

Oh and dont forget my $1 leaf necklace which sorta keeps with the floral theme wink

PhoSizzle - The Lollygaggers

When I first heard Phosizzle was doing more extended sizing I was pretty happy and then when I saw sneak peaks of bits and pieces on their Instagram I was so pumped and excited to see the whole lollygaggers mini range.

However I think I had already decided before everything was officially out that I wanted the hot pink Folly tea skirt and the button fly flares.

Having read that there was one available in some sizes I made sure I was super quick to obtain what I desperately wanted! 

The Button Fly Flares

Skinny jeans are not my thing. I love a good bootcut jean. When I see flares I just think of them as super bootcut so that helps explain part of my lust for these Phosizzle jeans. 

I've been quite impressed by the quality of these jeans and also the consistency with sizing is super impressive too! It's always hard shopping online when a brand isn't sized the same over different items and I rarely will return anything. So it's nice to know that when I buy something from Phosizzle again, that it will fit because they clearly put alot of thought and effort into that. 

Now I must inform you all that I'm pretty short so (as the above pic shows) these are a few inches too long for me at the moment. Usually I would just wear them into the ground but I definitely like these too much to do that! So even though I really really want to wear them out and about I'm trying that thing apparently called "self-control" to make sure I don't impulsively wear them until I get them to a tailor... Good motivation to get them taken up though!

One thing I love about these jeans is the pockets. The only right way to describe  these pockets in my mind is as 'Phosizzle pockets'. 

I'm a back pocket girl so I keep going to put my hands in my back pockets but when I find none I still get that pleasant little voice in my head saying "oh yeah I've got cute front ones!"

The Folly Tea Skirt

This skirt. Well where do I start?

The colour. Im not a huge pink girl but if I was going to choose any shade of pink it would definitely be this shade of hot pink. Make this same skirt in black (hint hint Jacqui!) and it would sell like hotcakes I reckon! It would be a staple of mine without a doubt. But as for the pink it will still get some good wear from me. 

 

I initially wasn't really sure what to wear with this. I didn't want to look too prissy or girly so I paired it with a denim vest to give it a little bit more of a rock punk feel but still wore heels so it didn't look too grunge. 

The sizing. Just like the sizing of the Button Fly Flares, the sizing of the skirt is very consistent aswell when compared to the other Phosizzle items I have. Which makes shopping online with Phosizzle so much easier! Yay!

The material. Now I know it was said somewhere that there was a limited amount of skirts because it was the end of the roll but OMG this skirt feels like heaven on! I didn't want to take it off! Only reason I did was because I had to take some pics of the button fly flares! Now excuse me whilst I go change back into it! 

Outfit details:

• Button Fly Flares || Phosizzle || $120 with free postage

• Pink peplum || Autograph || End of season sale $5

• Folly Tea Skirt || Phosizzle || $90 with free postage

• Denim vest || My Size || Opshopped for $5 I think, years ago

• black bandeau || Opshopped for 50c

• Pink watch || Diesel || Opshopped for $5

• Blue and colours wedges || Naughty Monkey || $15 from Famous Footwear

• Awesome macaroon earrings || Made by a good friend of mine

• Musk sticks || Supermarket $1-$2