I love Re/Dress, NYC’s only size 12+ vintage and resale shop, and I loved doing this piece with Deb Malkin, the proprietress. The Tablet audio/video team rocked it out. I do wish we’d had enough time to shoot pictures over several days or weeks so we could show a trunk show, a zine party, a class, a book reading…I worry that the piece is a little too marketing-y/sell-y, whereas I wanted to show the political aspects of celebrating fat beauty and outsider-dom in general. And I wish we could have shown more of Deb’s alt-beauteous staff. But hey, gotta go with the Voltaire: Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien. The best is the enemy of the good. This piece is good…enough.
we’re here, we’re fat, we’re fabulous
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Great article, great shop, great women.
And most importantly, great fashion!!!
Won’t a store like that just encourage fat people to be fashionable?
Dude! I can’t believe people are still using the old-give-them-plus-size-and-they-will-eat-twinkies argument. It doesn’t fly with birth control or with fashion. Why are people eedjits?
I love this store. I love that it’s in the East Village. It’s like it was put there Just For You! The opposite of if you build it they will come. Something like that. I need more coffee.
you do need more coffee! it’s in brooklyn.
So, you will come to Brooklyn for clothing. For ice skating. For countless other things. But, ahem, when have you visited the homestead last?
Now I am very embarrassed. But I hadn’t listened to the thing yet; Denbele grabbing on to me so I only read the blurb and the comments.
Do you also go to Brooklyn for your superhero supplies? A friend of mine recommended I pop into the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company during my last trip and I found everything I needed there.
Actually, I was kinda surprised I didn’t bump into you there as well