Il y a quelques semaines, j’ai été contactée par Caroline Lallemand, journaliste au Vif l’Express, afin d’être interviewée pour un article sur les blogs belges. J’ai trouvé Caroline vraiment passionnée et très sympathique. Je l’ai déjà dit mais pour moi c’est toujours très bizarre d’avoir un contact avec la presse. Je n’ai jamais créé ce blog pour être connue. Mon but avant tout est de vous faire découvrir des marques et de montrer que l’on peut être ronde et bien habillée. En tout cas j’apprécie vraiment que l’accent ici soit mis sur des blogs très différents. Je pense que la presse peut vraiment faire changer les idées un peu préconçues que les professionnels de la mode ont sur les filles rondes et ce qu’elles attendent de la mode.  Donc merci de m’avoir mise en avant! Vive la diversité!

P.S.: je n’ai jamais dit que je ressemblais à Beth Ditto mais je suis flattée de la comparaison!

English

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Caroline L’Allemand, journalist for Le Vif l’Express, to be interviewed for an article about Belgian blogs. I found Caroline really passionate and friendly. I have said it before but it’s always a little awkward for me to have a contact with the press. I have never created this blog in the hope of being known. My main goal is to show you new brands and prove that you can be curvy and well-dressed. In any case I really appreciate that the article showcases very different blogs. I think that the media are the ones who can breaks the stereotypes that the fashion industry can have about curvy women and what they expect from fashion. So thank you for featuring me! An yay for diversity!

P.S.: I have never said I looked like Beth Ditto but I’m flattered by the comparison!

Le Vif Weekend – 5 novembre 2010

English translation

Blog To Be Alive
Super Size Me

With a more classical writing style, Blog to be Alive is aimed at “plus size” girls. Her owner, Valerie, shares her tips and tricks, helped with her outfits, to find a look when you don’t fit into a standard size. The blogger knows her subject as she herself wears proudly a size 48. “It runs in the family, we love our curves!” she says. Her model is Beth Ditto, the singer of Gossip, and also the muse of her favourite brand Evans. The resemblance is sometimes striking between the two curvy women. “In Belgium it’s very difficult to find nice clothes in XXL, New Look doesn’t have Inspire (its plus size range) in Brussels, and H&M keeps downsizing its collection Big is beautiful. So I find less glamourous brands and I try to show to my readers how you can make it your own, says the young woman in her thirties. To meet this girl with zero complex who shows her curves with style and energy: www.blogtobealive.com

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Les autres blogs mentionnés / Other blogs mentionned:

The Fashionalists

Monsieur De Vos

Monsieur Mademoiselle

The Fashion Cloud

Alerte à Liège

Frock’n Roll & La Blogueuse Mode

You know you can’t come with César

Valentine’s blog

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