Can fat people wear maxi dresses?

Can fat people wear...? is a series that roadtests current trends on a fat body. Of course, the moral of the story is "wear whatever you want", but I'll be sharing how I felt, how I looked and the reactions I received as a chubby girl in the latest trends. Fat is used here as a tongue-in-cheek, yet factual, adjective, rather than a derogatory term and always, always remember "If you like it, wear it". 

I've never been a fan of maxi anything: Dresses, skirts, even trousers! Then, last year, I bought this striped maxi skirt and absolutely fell in love. Since then, I've been a lot more open-minded and couldn't wait until this summer so I could wear all the maxi dresses. I might have gone a bit overboard though, as I've bought four in the past week! 

This maxi dress^ is from Boohoo and I love it because of the capped sleeves. Most maxi dresses tend to have strappy sleeves, which aren't really my thing. I feel a lot more comfortable like this and I prefer the way it looks too. Although I don't usually like belts with dresses since the size of my waist doesn't correlate with my dress size, this one is completely adjustable with no belt holes and actually sits on my natural waist. Result!

Can we also appreciate the fact that, for once, I'm not wearing my Crocs? These black sandals are from Primark and were an absolute staple of my wardrobe last year. Hopefully they're stocking them this year too as I want to get some different coloured ones.

Yes, it's pretty clingy so it did show off my tummy but, on the flip side, it also accentuated my curves so swings and roundabouts! The clinginess means it's probably best to carefully consider what is worn underneath since the waistband of my pants was obvious and you could see the seam down the front of my leggings. Yeah, I wore leggings underneath. Chub rub and all that! 

I think the length of the dress made me look taller than I usually do and the black is a colour I feel comfortable in. All in all, I think it looks pretty good! 

Damn good! I felt kinda boho chic which is a phrase I would never use to describe myself! Wearing my hair loose with a thin braid looped over the crown of my head added to that hippy feeling. As it was such a hot day, I felt cool but also really confident. Come at me! 

As happens a lot when I test trends, I had no reaction. Turns out nobody laughed at me or shielded their eyes in disgust. Who would have thought?

This dress has definitely earned its place in my wardrobe, along with the other three... and probably the future ones I'm going to buy!


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