Caseyfern's Page

Plus Size 411, a new online listing center for plus size resources, opened its virtual doors officially at noon, 7 September 2009. Starting categories include Blogs, Books, Boutiques, Business, Communities, Directories, Events, eZines & magazines, Fashion & Style, Health & Wellness, Lifestyle (social groups, clubs, etc… Continue

I need your opinion on something, please. A lot of folks here know me from Twitter, as @perfectlyshaped - but not a lot know me from my OLD Twitter account, Caseyfern. Fern was a nickname I got while I was doing game development on Legends of Karinth, which I just shut down in April 2009 after nearly a decade online.

Casey has been my nickname since the early 1970s, acquired while working in an Seattle area office packed full of Marys. When someone would yell 'Hey, Mary!' a bunch of us would ge… Continue

We hear a lot about the plus size apparel marketplace here in the United States, often to the exclusion of the rest of the world. Today, however, let's look at how one woman has improved the plus size apparel situation for her home country of Thailand.

Here's Surivipa Kultangwattana's story as featured in the Leisure > Women section of today's Bangkok Post:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/leisure/women/2211… Continue

Take a gander at Softpedia's Life & Style Editor Elena Gorgan's write-up on The Curvy Fashionista soon to be launched by Perfect Social Club featured member Marie Denee - great press and a strong supportive statement for the cause. Not to crib, so I'll just quote:

“While many retailers a… Continue

I read and empathized, heartily, with this woman who feels marginalized by the fashion choices she's been able to find for plus size (or at least on the borderline of plus sizing) bridesmaid attire. Left a comment on our behalf, then read the comments. So many expressing upset, so much bitterness. And some comments that one would think that human decency and respect would prevent from being written on a public forum.

I won't quote the comments here. But I welcome your comments in response to wh… Continue