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It's a little blurry so if you can't read it:

"Hi Ladies,
We haven't forgotten about you! City Chic Online will be opening in the Us on November 22nd. It has taken a little longer than expected but we wanted to make the site and the product perfect for you. We will be emailing you when we launch with your 30% off and Free Shipping coupon so you can be one of the first people to check out the site.
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Adrianna Papell = Genius

The Stiletto Siren's Droolworthy Dress of the Day popped up in my google reader this morning. She was showcasing one of designer Adrianna Papell's gorgeous plus size creations. If you've never heard of Adrianna Papell (which is a company, not an acutal person - It was founded by the Berkman family in New York in 1979) it's a well respected brand that does both straight-size and plus size evening wear. In my opinion, they do some the of best evening wear around for plus sizes.

I'm already the proud owner of two Adrianna Papell dresses, both of which have gotten tons of wear to weddings, parties, New Years Eve events, and other such fancy evenings:

I've gotten SO many compliments on both of those dresses, especially the pink one. The ruching and the shutter pleats are both super flattering and make your curves look perfect. It looks to me that the Black Tiered Satin & Chiffon dress is a signature design - I picked mine up almost three years ago, yet you can still buy it at Nordstrom and other department stores. The pink one is another story - I found it on the sale rack at Macy's, and have never been able to find the exact dress online. I've seen a similar one in straight sizes, and the same dress but with a big print recently in plus, but never that same gorgeous magenta I have.

Adrianna Papell is, and has been, the go-to label for me when it comes to evening-wear, and taking a look at some of their current pieces, I'm already planning my outfit for my next big event:

HOW GORGEOUS is the Embellished Shutter Pleat Dress (left)?!? Honestly, I could do without the embellishment (I'm actually surprised they added that), but that shape is KILLER. I love the Faux Leather Trim Dress as well, it's sexy as hell and the leather gives it some edge which I love!

Do you have any pieces from Adrianna Papell? What's your favorite?

Rain, I don't mind.

Hello everyone! It's raining here in Jersey but I'm having a lovely day so far! I wanted to share with you one of my very favorite outfits of the moment, two pieces of which are from my first ASOS Curve order back in August.

I just love these two together. This sweater is a regular in my work wardrobe, but this look shows just how versatile it can be.

This is another multitasking out fit in my book. Yes, it is a tiny bit risque to be wearing to the office, but a little thing like that never stopped me ;) I love how my favorite chain belt sits perfectly right at my natural waistline, though for work I did wear it under the sweater rather than over (a la the picture above, left). I think that tiny difference takes it down just a notch. This dress is really cute on it's own as well, though I would probably pair it with a different belt that sits higher on my waist, and black boots or pumps rather than my grey boots.

Yay for accessories :)

Dress & Sweater: ASOS Curve (No longer available)
Tights: Hue
Boots: Target
Bracelet: Sister's cuff
Belt & Necklace: Nordstrom Rack
Polish: Essie Midnight Cami

Confirmed: ASOS Fail

It's confirmed guys; my ASOS order is long gone :(  I received this email today:

Hello Ariana,

Thank you for your email, and I’m sorry to hear you’ve not received your order.

I have checked and can confirm that unfortunately the parcel has been lost with our carrier and I have processed a refund for your order as the items are now out of stock.

Please allow up to 10 working days for the funds to appear in your account.

For the inconvenience caused I am pleased to confirm that I have generated your own personal discount code. This expires on 01/12/2010. Unfortunately, the code is not able to be applied to any existing orders with ASOS and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

I hope this helps, but please get back in touch if you have any further questions.

All the best,

ASOS Customer Care

What does that mean, the package never even left the UK?? It's pretty sweet they're giving me a discount on top of my refund (full refund, not store credit), but I am definitely unhappy that this situation occurred in the first place. I want that goddamn tribal dress!!! And now I'm hesitant to order from ASOS again...which sucks! It's not right to have to second guess if you should order from somewhere, especially from the retailer which, in my opinion, has the best selection of plus clothes.

Silver lining: I now have $58 dollars to spend on something else!! I think I might have an idea of what I want...

The Evans Black Knee High Boots have been on my mind for a while now, and it seems I have the perfect opportunity to finally buy them. At £39.50, these would cost me about $63.60, so about $11 out of pocket for the difference plus shipping. Win!


Welcome to Shoejunkie, Anika, and Amanda of one of my favorite blogs, My Kids Might Be Martians! Check it out, she's hilarious!

City Chic rewind?

I could have sworn when I visited City Chic's pending US site a week or so ago, it was on the last few days of it's countdown. All of a sudden it's back in the double digits?? Did they push back the launch, or am I just delusional??

ASOS Fail

Guys, ASOS and I are in a fight. We had some great times together, and all of the sudden, it decided it wanted to cause a ruckus. I placed an order with ASOS on October 7th. On October 10th, I got my shipping confirmation, with a delivery date of October 19th. On October 26th, ASOS Customer Care told me that international orders sometimes have delays, so give it 'til the 29th.

It's now November 2nd and I still haven't received my package!! I want my tribal dress and booties and awesome bracelet!! This is so disappointing because ASOS is pretty much my favorite retailer and I don't want to have to think twice about ordering there again :(

Has anyone else had the same problem recently?? Did you ever get your package??

Koi/Coy Fish

I hope everyone had a great Halloween! I had so much fun visiting my alma mater for homecoming/halloween weekend. You'll see a pic of my homemade costume below ;)

I'm so behind on posts! This was my outfit on Thursday - I've been running around like crazy and didn't have time to post til now!

This vest from INC International Concepts Plus Size was a bit pricey but totally worth the money when I bought it last year. I've worn it everywhere from a bachelorette party to job interviews. This was my work outfit, and the first time I've work the vest open rather than buttoned. It's much more casual and I really like the way it looks! I thought it was going to hang too wide open and just look unflattering, but the tailoring of it gave shape even though it wasn't buttoned shut.


Though I live in leggings I generally don't do the leggings-as-pants thing by wearing them with shorter tops - I usually do a tunic that at LEAST will cover the bum. I was in a serious laundry emergency (aka, I havent done any in AGES), so I threw on these black ankle length leggings I picked up in JCPenney the other day. Surprisingly, I feel like my legs look rather good in this outfit! Yea, I may have some thunder thighs, but who cares? I love how the leggings look with flats, and I especially love the button up detail on the bottom of these. I like that it's on the back instead of the side, it's a little surprise for when you turn around ;)

I was running out the door so I kept it relatively simple with the accessories. My wrist is wrapped up in a combo of three bracelets. The beaded on is a long strand wrapped multiple times, and it has this cute shell loop closure. Then there's a leather band that looks like a belt buckle, and my favorite (though you can't really see it) is a gold chain link that's weaved with black leather - that's the three round snaps you see in the pic above.

My favorite though is this koi fish necklace. Isn't the detail on this gorgeous!

And of course the required Halloween pic:

 

We were a double rainbow!! "What does it meaaaaaaaaan?!" LOL! Excuse the bad quality, it was a BlackBerry pic. The top is a tunic from American Apparel that I sewed rainbow strips of fabric to. The Green E was a lazy bum and didn't make hers in time, so I improvised and sewed long strips of color to the neckline of her top. I actually like it better than mine! The tunic was uber short, but oh well, I had some fierce tights on! 

 

Cute right! I layered these awesome black textured tights over a bright pair of pink ones. I liked the tights so much I'm planning to wear them with a real outfit, not just with my costume!

Vest & Yellow top: INC International Concepts Plus via Macy's (No longer available)

Leggings: JCPenney

Bracelets: Aldo Accessories

Flats: Preview via Nordstrom Rack

Necklace: My sister's

Tights: JCPenney

Rainbow top (minus the rainbow): American Apparel

Polish: Love&Beauty Teal

If you haven't seen the Double Rainbow YouTube video yet, check it out below!

And welcome to a bunch of new friends!! Courtney of Loving The Reflection, DoADoubleTake of The Detoxification of a Fat Mind, Polly of It's Pure Happiness, L.Michelle of Musings of L. Michelle, Case of Frugal Fatshion Frenzy, Emily of WanderLust, and Joanne of Color Me Happy. So happy to have you :)