Wrestling with the twins in the bane of my life, forcing them to fit into dresses that fit the rest of my body but not my lady lumps. Well Saturday night was our annual university sports awards so trying to find a dress that I would feel confident in surrounded by size 8 sports women was a struggle! There were many, many failed attempts, Pepperberry, a specially designed big boobed clothing range came up with nothing, I even tried TOWIE star Gemma Collins clothing range (for those who know me, this would be a shock!) Finally, I came up trumps in a shop that I thought would be the least likely to have a dress to fit my ample bosom. I found this GORGEOUS dress from Coast and although there was a serious fight and some huge help from my best friend to squeeze me into it, the outcome made my boobs look SO much smaller! Yes the dress is a size 18, but who said curvy women can’t look nice?
Fresh from a recent visit to my family in Mauritius, it’s not just about finding a dress that fits it’s about one that matches your skin tone, your personality and your accessories! (A little help from our friends at MAC never goes a miss either!)
One of my best friends and blogger Veronica Melkonian
Many of my beautiful blonde friends with their amazing bodies and amazing dresses.
This is a tactic I opt for often, women with bigger boobs often consider them as their best asset and find any excuse to get them out (well, if you’ve got em flaunt em) but I prefer to hide them away. So, if you want my advice this is how I go about it. Normally (if I actually start looking for a dress in advance) then I either find one I love and have it tailored or find one I love and get it copied. This was last years colours ball dress, which you will notice also has a high neckline. This one was made for me, but still wasn’t expensive. The tip is to find an amazing tailor and stick to them like glue, the longer you use them for the better the discounts you get!
I know this blog is supposed to be focused around celebrating curvier women and my own pursuit of happiness but I would like to share with you some of the best dad advice I have ever seen, ever since reading this my own views on how I dress have changed dramatically.
An incident transpired when Muhammad Ali’s daughters arrived at his home wearing clothes that were quite revealing.
Here is the story as told by one of his daughters:
“When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father’s suite. As usual, he was hiding behind the door waiting to scare us. We exchanged many hugs and kisses as we could possibly give in one day.
My father took a good look at us. Then he sat me down on his lap and said something that I will never forget. He looked me straight in the eyes and said, “Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to.
Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected.
Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell.
Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You’ve got to work hard to get to them.”
He looked at me with serious eyes. “Your body is sacred. You’re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too.”
This epitomizes to me one of the issues I have with today’s society. Women are proud and confident in their bodies and that is something to be celebrated, but women need to learn to dress their bodies in a way that is respectful too. The female form is beautiful and should be cherished, it’s either boobs out or legs out girlies, never both!
So whether you decide to cover up or get them out what is most important of all is to find out who you are, your style and wear your dress with pride, after all you are BIG BOOBED AND BEAUTIFUL!
My cup runneth over! 