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My Award for Best and Most Inspirational Halloween Costume Goes to One-legged...
Josh Sundquist is a former Paralympic skier who lost his leg to cancer when he was a child. He competed in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin and now makes a living as a motivational speaker and...
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Catherines Plus Size is All About Color for Spring 2013
This past Tuesday, I was invited to the plus-size retailer Chatherines Plus Size spring 2013 preview. After the past few weeks of damp, dreary weather in New York City, what a welcome sight this...
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Radio Show Recap: Shapewear, Ugly Christmas Sweaters and Holiday Beauty Tips
During the holidays we think about things like looking good, feeling good and having a good time. On today’s radio show we talked about all three of these holiday priorities with some great guests....
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Nigella Lawson Refused to Have Her Tummy Airbrushed for “The Taste” Promo Poster
Kudos to Nigella Lawson who refused to have her tummy airbrushed for a promo poster for ABC’s upcoming show The Taste. As Lawson said in her blog: “Although it was very thrilling to think of being up...
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Get Intimate This Valentine’s Day with the Right Shapewear and Lingerie
However you plan on spending Valentine’s Day this year, be it going on a hot date, rekindling your marriage after having a baby or celebrating your single life with your gal-pals, you deserve to feel...
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How I Finally Lost Weight, and How You Can Too
Before and after my 15lb. weight loss. This is the story of how I finally lost weight, along with an invitation and opportunity available so you too can finally lose the weight you’ve been trying to...
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New Research Suggests That Bras Don’t Offer Support
Leave it to a man to conduct a study and find that bras don’t offer support. French sports medicine expert Jean-Denis Rouillon has studied breasts for the past 15 years and concluded that not only do...
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If You’re a Parent, Please Mind the Thigh Gap
Between you and me, I have a favorite niece. Don’t tell my other nieces and nephew, okay? Her name is Morgan. She’s a lot like me. In fact, my sister and I joke that if her husband and I had a baby...
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H&M’s Groundbreaking Approach to Plus-Size Finally Gives Me Hope
Talk about redemption. It was only a little over a year ago that H&M got hammered for putting real heads on computer generated fake models with ridiculously perfect bodies to sell their bathing...
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How Playing a Woman Changed Dustin Hoffman’s View of Female Beauty
In this must-watch interview, while preparing for his role as Dorothy Michaels for his starring role in the 1982 movie Tootsie, Dustin Hoffman gets asked to consider how he would be different if he...
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I Am Too Beautiful to Wear A&F
Ever since CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch, Mike Jeffries’ six year old interview on Salon.com included comments about their exclusivity and only wanting to sell their product to skinny, beautiful...
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Are We Blowing the Lululemon Controversy Out of Proportion?
Last week my post on tights not being pants, quite unexpectedly, went viral. It included a photo that I took of a woman wearing a pair of tights as pants and an “Am I wearing pants?” flow chart, that...
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Pantene Commercial Nails the Double Standard for Men and Women
We totally need to discuss this commercial. Everyone is aware of the double standard for men and women. My mom educated me on this at a very young age. However, seeing this syndicated Pantene...
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No Body is Perfect: Fashion is Finally Starting to Get This
Fashion is finally starting to get that no body is perfect. This week, career-fashion-focused designer, Carrie Hammer debuted its first-ever model in a Wheelchair and DKNY used ‘real women’ (real...
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How to Dress a Large Chest (Video)
Last week, on my YouTube channel, I answered a readers question about how to dress a large chest. Having a large chest, myself, in addition to writing the book Style Rx: Dressing the Body You Have to...
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Throwback Thursday: Big Girls, Boobies and Cardigans
Welcome to another week of Throwback Thursday at BridgetteRaes.com, a weekly review of what I was blogging about a year ago this week. There are three significant posts that I wanted to revisit. One...
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Friday’s Fab Find: Commando Underwear
Friends Season 3, Episode 2 “The one where no one is ready” Joey: I’m not wearing any underwear now. Ross: Okay, then why do you have to wear underwear tonight? Joey: It’s a rented tux. Okay? I’m not...
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Self Worth and Body Image (Video)
Is your self worth tied to the size that you wear? With the recent announcement of J. Crew’s plans to sell a size 000, I received a message from a dear friend of mine who openly admitted to how this...
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How to Hide a Large Tummy (Video)
Have a tummy? Wish you didn’t? Well, join the club. Most women are dying to figure out the best way to hide a large tummy with clothing. Sadly, the solutions and strategies most women come up with...
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Friday’s Fab Find: Bra Bridge
Once out shopping with a male friend, I noticed that Victoria’s Secret was having a 2 for 1 sale. I knew my size and what styles I like so I just ran in and grabbed four bras and popped out. When I...
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