Shopping depresses me. In the dressing room mirror, I always look pastier, doughier, and misshapen. My deep belly button becomes a sucking black hole over which the cloth of my shirt/dress stretches. It appears to be dressing a doughnut.
David likes my doughnuts, those flabby pouches of flesh and fat. No matter the chins and cottage cheese that makes up me, he sings beautiful, beautiful. And that's why he doesn't understand how tragic the shortage of plus size indie clothing is!
Crimes of Indie Clothing:
Manufacturers comprehend just how many big girls love indie clothing
Plus size models for indie clothing are not actually plus sized
I know it requires many inches of material, but $200 for a skirt is outrageous!
The number of thin girls dressed in indie clothing. Making us want it. Cruel joke.
(Interlude by Laura Marling.)
However, as I type, I am wearing an outfit I just bought for only 7 dollars!
The key, big girls who love indie clothing, is Goodwill, ribbons, imagination, and a sewing machine. I didn't need the sewing machine this time, but I have a couple projects in mind for the future.
I found and gorgeous lavender skirt - a pixie skirt, fun to twirl in! I already owned a white blouse with lace trimming at the bottom. I bought light gold flats and dove gray leggings. The leggings were footed, which wouldn't go with the flats, but I took scissors and opened the seam at the toes. Yay!
David and I have a date tomorrow. Gigglepies and longkiss cookies... He's excited to see my outfit. His exact text message was:
"GAH! [Buying a skirt is] a huge deal! That's my favorite thing on you! I can't wait to see my beautiful panda!"
"Panda" is his pet name for me, by the way.
(Now we switch to Lucy Rose.)
Want to see his Christmas present to me? I asked for a pretty dress. This is what we found. It's from a very nice, if not small, website of indie clothes for big girls, B&Lu.
Dear Santa,
This is Emily in America. Please use your influence to augment the production of plus size indie, vintage, and artsy clothing! I especially like dresses, skirts, and blouses; cute floral prints; pearls; lace; and ribbons.
Sincerely,
A big girl who loves indie dress
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