Styled

By Gregg Hall

 Queen Latifah, Dana Elaine Owens adorned the silver screen and Broadway stage with much grandeur. She is one of the most elegant plus-size women to have carried herself beautifully. Her twinkle and her smile has millions swoon over from time to time whether singing in Chicago or the cranky Nina Brewster of Mad Money, this first lady of Hip Hop has always had “size” by her side.

Today, almost all national and international brands have plus-sizes from 14 and above; exclusive designs to accentuate the curves and hide the bulges. From Sears to Avenue from Macy’s to Nike or Victoria’s secret, all big businesses know that this section of the population needs special attention and forms a formidable market force in twenty-first century America. A report says that today the plus-size clothing movement is at 32 billion dollars. Today there are plus-size beauty pageant to enhance and celebrate the beauty of those who like it “big” and “voluptuous”.

While there are a number of dressing options available today, like any other woman, as a plus-size lady, you would also need the correct lingerie to accentuate what is beautiful and hide what you do not wish to flaunt. Choosing the right lingerie thus becomes paramount in feeling good and looking great in your new clothes.

Tip 1: Keep the curves.

The beautiful cleavage or the lovely thighs are the curves that make you a woman. Your beauty lies in your curves. So do not ever attempt to hide those; rather wear the correct negligee to accentuate those.

How?

Look at yourself on the mirror. Mark the areas that you like the most; your breasts, thighs, buttocks or legs. Choose a bra that accentuates your cleavage if that’s what you want to flaunt. Go for a baby doll negligee if you want to cover from breasts down. Alternately if you want to hide your upper arms choose a short-robe.

Tip 2: Keep it simple.

Remember because of your size, you wouldn’t want to add more color or frills to your lingerie. This will only take away attention from the parts that you want to accentuate. Use solid colors and lacy material; single colors are always great! Avoid a cluttered look by choosing simple floral patterns and self-designs.

Tip 3: Keep supports at hand.

Every body needs a bit of a support at times to accentuate what they lack and at times to hide what they have in excess. Today for plus-size women the lingerie lines have come up with great supports to hide your belly bulge, hips or thighs if you so wish. Bras with wide shoulder straps will help support bigger breasts. Forget girdles. Shop for bodysuits that hide belly panels and the extra pounds on the hip while accentuating your breasts - a must-have in a plus-size woman’s closet!

Tip 4: Keep it fitting.

Don’t buy lingerie bigger than your actual size. Don’t buy a smaller one either, hoping that it will hide bulges. Always keep it fitting. It is good for your posture, support and of course to look beautiful and sexy in your lingerie.

Tip 5: Keep looking.

Don’t be disheartened if you do not find the bra or the panty for your size in your regular store. Most websites have a bigger collection than they actually display in their stores. So the mantra is to keep looking instead of settling for something that you are not comfortable in.

Gregg Hall is an author living on the Treasure Coast of Florida. Now that you know more about lingerie be sure that you get yourfull figured lingerie by going to http://www.Nsearch.com

The Rise of 3 Renowned US Clothing Stores
By Dave Southern

 Abercrombie & Fitch Co, JC Penney, and Pacific Sunwear are three of Americas popular clothing stores. Abercrombie started out as a hunting and camping gears store; JC Penney a dry goods retailer; and Pacific Sunwear a store for surfers.

Ever wonder how your favorite apparel store came to be? Check these three stores out and learn how they soared to be among USAs most admired clothing retailers.

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH

David Abercrombie and Ezra Fitch founded the Abercrombie & Fitch Co in 1892. David Abercrombie, a former a railroad surveyor, topographer, and miner loved the outdoors. He had a store and factory offering gears used for hunting, fishing, and camping. Ezra Fitch, a thriving lawyer in New York, was one of his clients. And in 1900 the two became partners, thus Abercrombie became Abercrombie & Fitch.

Yet their partnership did not last long as they would often disagree about the companys future undertakings. In 1907, Abercrombie left the job in the hands of Fitch. Opting to feature an outdoor touch for the shop, Fitch arranged a tent and campfire right in the store premises. An expansion for both stocks and the store happened. Abercrombie & Fitch was the first New York shop to deliver outdoor clothing for men and women. The company eventually grew to become the globes biggest sporting merchandise store. It took pride in offering the greatest, most indispensable compilation of guns and fishing equipments, too.

Abercrombie & Fitch’s instituted a name as supplier to the sporting greats. The store even had provided a African Safari outfit for President Theodore Roosevelt. US presidents beginning from Theodore Roosevelt to Gerald Ford ultimately would purchase something from A&F.

When the company experienced bankruptcy, Oshman’s Sporting Goods restored the name; Abercrombie & Fitch however, swung its concentration to modern sporting gears as well as to a more generous range of men and womens clothing. The Limited, Inc. obtained Abercrombie & Fitch in 1988, and totally removed sporting merchandise.

JC PENNEY

In 1902, 26 year-old James Cash Penney established his first retail store in a tiny mining town in Wyoming. Counseled by his physician to transfer to a place with cooler temperature, young Penney transferred to Colorado. There he worked for a dry goods retail store owned by T. M. Callahan. Penney was soon promoted by Callaham, and assigned him to work in his branch in Evanston, Wyoming. There, Penney partnered with Guy Johnson.

After a few years of being a salesperson, Johnson and Callahan made Penney a business partner. Penney, along with the two opened the Golden Rule store, his first dry goods retail shop. Callahan and Johnson eventually parted ways leaving Penney in charge of three shops. Employing the values of his former associates, Penney spread out the branches all through the Rocky Mountains. In 1912, he owned 34 shops. The following year, Penney integrated the firm as J.C. Penney Company, Inc. In 1917, Penney became the chairman of the board when J.C. Penney carried 175 shops. The firm went on to rapidly launch more stores.

These days, as United States top and largest clothing as well as home furnishing seller, JC Penney presents an extensive collection of quality, fashionable, and reasonably priced private and exclusive brands. It now has a total 1,073 stores in all of US, Puerto Rico and Mexico.

PACIFIC SUNWEAR

The Pacific Sunwear started out as a store offering surfing apparels. It was Tom Moore who founded it in 1980 in Newport Beach, California. A year following it, Moore together with his business associates inaugurated its second branch this time in a mall at Santa Monica Place, the location that has become Pacific Sunwears territory for nearly 20 years. The achievement of its first shopping mall shop set off an additional 10 branches. And, as business entrepreneurs financially backed the company in 1987, Pacific Sunwears branches got bigger to 21 stores.

The company went to make several transformations and had its share of failure too when Pacific Sunwear ventured outside of California. Branches had to labor much to sell tees and shorts when it was freezing outside. Michael W. Rayden, an industry expert led the new management and widened client interest by taking on a fresh perspective for the company. Apart from presenting shirts, shorts, and hats alone, Rayden integrated stylish teenaged men’s casual wear from company brands like Mossimo, Stussy, and Billabong. This powerful strategy of trying to interest suburban, male teenagers worked out well. In 1993, sixty branches operated in California and other States such as Washington, New Jersey Arizona, and Florida.

When Rayden resigned from Pacific Sunwear to be President of Limited Too, Greg Weaver took his place. With Weaver leading, Pacific Sunwear aims to become the dominant seller of casual clothes and footwear for Americas young people with its over 300 branches.

For more information on Clothing Stores in US please visit our website.

Your Source For The Latest Outdoor Apparel

outdoor apparel

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.