Caroline V. Smith

plus size christmas morning outfits are not about impressing anyone. They are about feeling good while you do the best parts of the day. Slow coffee. Gifts under the tree. Maybe a pancake or two. You want soft fabrics, easy fits, and just enough polish that the morning photos look cute without you trying too … Read more

plus size winter outfits get a bad rap, don’t they? The second temperatures drop, it feels like the fashion world hands us two options: a shapeless black puffer or the same leggings we’ve worn three days straight. No thanks. Here’s what I actually believe: winter is the best dressed season for curves. Think about it. … Read more

Nobody teaches you how to buy jeans. You’re just supposed to walk into a store, try on forty pairs, and leave upset. It doesn’t have to go like that. With a tape measure and about ten minutes, you can learn exactly how to find jeans that fit, your rise, your stretch, your cut. Here’s the … Read more

Best plus size jeans are harder to find than they should be. Most of us have a complicated relationship with denim: the pairs we love get worn to death, and the rest just sit there making us feel bad. Usually it’s not you, it’s the rise, the stretch, or the cut. These are the 10 … Read more

Plus size work outfits have one job: look good at 9am and still feel fine at 5pm. No adjusting, no tugging, no watching the clock until you can change. That’s a higher bar than it sounds, because office dressing has to balance polish with eight hours of sitting, moving, and living. These 15 plus size … Read more

Plus size wedding guest outfits come with a special kind of pressure. Look amazing, don’t wear white, don’t outshine anyone, be comfortable for six hours, look good in photos you’ll be tagged in forever. No big deal, right? These 14 plus size wedding guest outfits take the guesswork out. Just find your dress code below … Read more

Plus size New Years Eve outfit ideas should start with one question: how much shine do you want? Because NYE only asks one thing of your outfit, make it shine. Doesn’t matter if you’re at a rooftop party or on your couch, midnight deserves something with a little drama. These 12 plus size NYE outfit … Read more

Best plus size coats are worth their weight in gold, because your winter coat is the thing people see most from November to March. It kind of has to nail it. Warm enough, closes properly, doesn’t make you look like a marshmallow. Finding that in plus size used to be miserable; it has gotten so … Read more

Plus size cozy sweater weather outfits are what fall dressing is all about. There’s nothing better than a great sweater on a cold morning. The problem is when the sweater wears you instead of the other way around, you know the feeling, all cozy and all shapeless. The fix is always the bottom half. These … Read more

Plus size holiday party outfits should be the most fun thing you shop for all year. December is the month to stop dressing sensibly, sequins, velvet, satin that catches the light, this is what the holidays are for. But here’s my rule: if you can’t sit, eat, and dance in it, it’s not a party … Read more