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Celebrate Your Body Fashion Show!

6/4/2013

 
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I was asked by Kearny Street Workshop to walk the runway for their May 31 event, Celebrate Your Body, representing my new fav SF upcycle/vintage spot 31 Rax. On Friday night SOMArts was packed with San Francisco's finest fashionistas (including some of my closest friends), vendors and lots of wine.
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These were the looks that competed for top two: it was tough letting go of peplum and this purple chiffon Miss Piggy + fur look!
The show started at 8pm, but a lot went into prep! Me and my runway teacup pig, Miss La Chochi (formerly "Sunshine" #psh), and I had been up since, like, 9am! Our hair and makeup appointment was at 2:30, practice was at 4:30 and photo shoot was at 7:30! We barely managed to get in our coffee and mandatory lumpia snacks pre-show!

For the runway I ended up going with two looks:
a Jackie O yachting homage with pearls, white gloves, a vintage seal skin hat with veil and red pumps (pics forthcoming on Facebook) (we styled Miss La Chochi with a red leopard print scarf to keep the look modern - though pictured here with pearls).
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And a vintage (80s?), long-sleeve, loud floral print with paisley highlights and faux wrap-around crop top, which I styled with an over-sized hair flower and vintage fur collar.
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Here are snippets from an interview I did with Kearny Street Workshop pre-show:
  • Describe your fashion style. I have a playful, gawdy, superlatively feminine style. I love glitter, pencil skirts, cheetah print, pink on pink on pink, vintage hats, and feathers. I really love how my big body acts as an expansive canvas for big, colorful pieces (like huge statement necklaces: one of my absolute fashion favs). I like re-imagining and pushing up against traditional femininity - and making room for plus size fashion and fat visibility - with my outfits.
  • What does beauty mean to you? Beauty is sometimes an oppressive force that I fight and critique. Sometimes it's a word that I don't feel belongs to me. But in the context of love, beauty is a radical way of being and seeing.
Check out the amazing work that Kearny Street Workshop does & if you are a member of the Asian Pacific Islander community apply for inclusion in their upcoming event APAture!



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    Virgie Tovar

    Virgie Tovar, MA is one of the nation's leading experts and lecturers on fat discrimination and body image. She is the founder of Babecamp (a 4 week online course focused on helping people break up with diet culture) and the editor of Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion (Seal Press, 2012). She writes about the intersections of size, identity, sexuality and politics. See more updates on Facebook.

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