Cheers to clothing swaps with amazingly stylish ladies!
How am I so lucky to have received so many wonderful and lovely items from Claire aka Mamushka Marie. I am so blessed. I mean, the black military-style boots would have been enough, but no, she sent me TWO boxes full of goodies. I want to wear everything at once. Ha. Anyhow, thank you, thank you, thank you, Claire. You are my oh-so kindred thrifting spirit sister. I feel like we’ve know each other for years as well!
xoxo
corazones rojos
Little known fact about corazones rojos: She read the entire Twilight series and saw New Moon last night at 1am, or rather, this morning. Don’t judge her. Christy practically forced this obsession on her. She couldn’t help but laugh because girls were going crazy over shirtless men/boys. This is what she wore.
I just love hanging out at Brand Park. It’ so quiet. People just walk around and mind their own business. Except one creep who was following me around. He was probably thinking it was one of those kinds of parks. Nah, bitch.
Anyhow, I love this dress. I don’t know what it is about it that makes me keep it and never want to give it away EVER. Paired with my TopShop patent leather brogues and it’s perfect for a nice casual work day.
Oh, and a special shout-out to Instaboner who wrote I gave them a Fatshionista Boner. I thought I only gave other kinds of boners. wink wink. But seriously, this site knows the way to old corazones rojos’ heart. All talk about boners (of all kinds! Get your head out of the gutter!), Lady Gaga, Linda Ronstadt, Designing Women, and the use of the phrase “I want to go to there.” But my absolute faves are the Morning Wood: Stiff Links. I think I’m going to start off my days with checking out Instaboner so I can have my own baby boners. Morning wood check!!
This is me at my new favorite thrift store, North Hollywood Super Thrift. Value Center, you really are beginning to disappoint me, but I will love you forever. Oh, and I didn’t buy the hat. Did I ever mention I have a weirdly-shaped noggin? Well, I do! BFMH.
Sorry there have been no real posts as of late. I’ve been working on selling my clothes and shipping it out plus super busy with work and hanging out with old friends, new babies, and of course, la familia. But don’t fret because I have lots of events planned for this week so I will definitely have some outfit posts. Also, I have written down some notes on a couple posts I have been wanting to write up soon so hopefully those will all pan out during the next week or so.
And if you’re so inclined, I still have items for sale over at my livejournal. Again, thanks a million to those gals who have purchased items so far.
After a long night of editing, measuring, and almost passing out, my sales post is up over at my livejournal. I’m going to leave it up for about a week. As soon as a person calls dibs on an item, I will delete that item from the post and then invoice through paypal. Thanks so much to those who already bought up a few items. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to leave a comment here or e-mail me at corazonesrojosblog at gmail dot com.
Just a quick reminder that I’ll be doing a sales post over at my Livejournal tomorrow. I will put it up at 8am PST on the dot.
And I wanted to explain how it’s going to work out beforehand.
1. The first person to comment that they want a particular item (along with their e-mail address), will get that item unless they tell me otherwise.
2. As soon as it’s confirmed you want the item, I will delete it from the post or edit it as SOLD.
4. I am only accepting PayPal. I will invoice you as soon as we both confirm you want the item.
5. SHIPPPING: $5.00 for the flat rate priority envelopes. If you purchase more items, I will ship in a box (again, flat rate boxes). Obviously, international orders will be more, but there are flat rate prices as well.
If you have any other questions that haven’t been answered here, please feel free to leave a comment or e-mail me at corazonesrojosblog at gmail dot com.
First photo by Nicholas Morales. The rest by Darren Blackburn
My friend Nick has had this “Last Days” bench ad for a long time and I’ve been meaning to take some photos posing all hot and shit. What better time than after Happy Hour at the Chaparral! I look to’ up with the flo’ up, but I don give a fuck because I’m wearing my new favorite heels from where else, but the Value Center. They’s bomb. I almost didn’t get them because they cost $9. I know, cuh-razy! Thank you to Nick because he made me get these along with the purple flats from Monday’s post. He’s seriously stepping up his game since that last clog fiasco.
Wearing DIY torn jeans, black H&M blouse dress, and black sparkled H&M scarf. I actually can’t believe I’m wearing two H&M pieces. This never happens. I mean, I don’t even remember the last time I even went into an H&M. These items are from at least two years ago.
I mean, I hate to do this here as this is a “fashion” blog. And I use the term loosely because what I do is soooo not fashion. But I digress. This is totally fashion-related, I guess. Anyhow, Friday, November 13th, I will be posting about 40 items on my livejournal to sell. Basically, everything will be between $10-$20 because I ain’t tryin’ to become no millionaire! Most of the items were thrifted and there will be a variety of items (lots of dresses, some skirts, blouses, bags, shoes, and sweaters). And actually, a few of the items are from actual real stores, y’all. I know, shocker, right? And those are from Target and H&M so they might be a little more, but still reasonably priced.
This is how it’s going to work. I’ll post the items this Friday at 8am PST. Whatever items do not sell within a week or so will be posted in a Fatshionista LJ community post. After that, the rest is going to my local charity shop.
And here’s a little preview of some items that will be for sale.
mustard-colored leggings, multi-print dress with matching belt
red/black blouse, nautical sweater and 70s peep-toe pumps
navy blue blazer and navy blue brogues, floral 60s hippie dress and purple bag
Note: These are not the photos I’ll be posting. I have better-detailed ones.
Like I said before, there are going to be lots more items and they’ll range in size anywhere from 14 to 20 and a few a little bigger. But you guys should check out all the stuff because some of it runs big or the tag sizing is ancient. Anyhow, here’s a link to my LJ and I’ll put up a reminder post on Thursday. My livejournal
Bleh, Monday! This is such a “I woke up late and missing the weekend and I have to head back to work now, but I just want to wear comfortable clothes” outfit. I felt like I was wearing pajamas. Actually, these pants might be pajama bottoms, but I’m not sure. They and the purple suede monogrammed flats are part of my findings from last Friday’s VC visit. Do I look like Hugh Hefner with my slippers and soft jammie jams? Whatev! I felt like I was still in bed all comfy and shit. This is me hanging out reading a magazine at Brand Park. Love this place. No one around and the weather was perfect; nice enough to start wearing sweaters.
Photo by Darren Blackburn
Outfit worn yesterday. Yes, it was 90 degrees out and I wore an all-black outfit. Who does that? Usually not me, but I’ve only been buying dark clothes recently.
I sang LL Cool J and Mana during Karaoke. Who goes out to two bars on a Tuesday? Usually not me, but I gave into peer pressure. I’ve only been drinking margaritas recently.
100 percent thrifted from The Value Center:
Fat Friends for Life.
This is a long post, so if you read it all the way through, I applaud you. And I’ve included a photo because I just hate all-text posts. Enjoy.
My friend told me I need more fat friends. It’s weird, I don’t have a lot of fat friends IRL. But I have tons in my interwebz world. No pun intended. I don’t know what it is, though. I guess I just don’t meet a lot of fatties in HelL-A. Or maybe I just don’t consider people in terms of their fatness (or non-fatness). My sister says this is a problem for me. Sometimes, she’ll ask me, “Do you think that person is fat?” and I’ll usually respond with a “No, not really.” I don’t want to be mean or politically incorrect.
Of course, I talk about being fat in jest with my friends, but that’s only because I know they won’t be all stupid and get all butt-hurt or offended and I’m the same way. Hell, if someone calls me fat, it’s not like I can deny it; I clearly am fat. Duh. But when I talk to my regular friends about style or clothes and fashion, it’s never about fat-fashion. We don’t talk about plus-size stores or lines. I don’t think there should be a divided line between fat-fashion and straight fashion; although there clearly is, but that’s a topic that’s been widely covered already, so I’ll just pass over that for now.
Anyhow, I don’t think my friends see me as some kind of anomaly because I have style and I happen to be fat. I think - hope, at least - that they see me as the norm because I know I see them that way. I personally think all my friends have great style and maybe that’s the common factor that binds us; not the fact that we’re not all models. And for the most part, I am probably the only person on the larger end of the scale in terms of fatness amongst all my friends. I just don’t know what to think about all of this stuff that’s running through my cabeza.
On the one hand, I like to talk about fat-fashion, but on the other hand, I don’t want to be all “the world needs more plus-size lines, pronto!” political feminazi (because that’s so not me and it’s so not what this blog is about). I seriously am content with the clothes I find at thrift stores. Some might consider this to be complacency. Do not be confused, my dears. I have shopped at department stores in the mall, but my style will always remain true with more one-of-a-kind items found only while thrifting. I like that I’m probably the only person to find that crazy striped Oscar de la Renta smock. I like the fact that I can go with all my friends to the Value Center and we’ll all be able to find at least one thing that will fit each one of us exclusively. That’s the fun of being able to shop at thrift stores. I know I won’t go into Forever 21 with one of my smaller-sized friends because I would not find anything in my size, save for a pair of earrings. And maybe that’s why i don’t shop at the mall. Who knows, really?
But what do you, my fair readers, think? Do you have a lot of fat friends? Does a shopping experience differ if you’re with friends who are different sizes?
I chose to post this photo because I’m not all philosophical corazones rojos all the time. And if you’re a fattie who happens to live in the Los Angeles area, hit me up. We can shop together, have coffee, text each other (or if you have Verizon and can do long distance texting, anyone! everyone! e-mail me your numbers. I text all day long). I’m down for whatever. I have fun. See! It’s evident in this photo.
This year for Halloween, I was actually invited out to party, so I figured I might as well make a go of it and not be a big ol’ halloWEENIE. Anyhow, I dressed up as Pierrot. Originally, I was going to dress up as one of my favorite literary heroines, Hester Prynne, but while out looking for an appropriate dress, I found this black and white collar instead. Soon enough, Hester was out and Pierrot was in, but I knew I wanted to wear all black, so I just pulled out a bunch of black stuff from my closet. And I don’t look good with hats, hence pulling up my hair into a bun. I bought some white pom poms from Joanne’s and whim wham bam, I had a costume. I’m also wearing black nylon leggings from INC, a sheer blouse given to me by Becky, velvet heels from The Value Center, and a poncho with puffy collar made by my good friend, Daniel. All in all, I only spent $6 for the entire costume. Really, it’s that easy, folks. And a special thanks goes out to my make-up team, Darren and Nicholas; because this bitch don’t know shit about make-up, yo. I have a very shaky hand which is why you will never see me wear more than eye liner and chapstick. I did, however, like the way I did my lipstick and want to do it like this all the time, but with a darker shade - maybe a black cherry color. Anywhoselbees, the following photo was part of my inspiration. I really liked the Erin Fetherston look from her Fall 09 collection and I wanted to look as chic as that, but I don’t think it worked out very well. Regardless, I liked my costume even though most people just thought I was a plain clown. It’s like, hello, doesn’t anyone know who Pierrot was?
Part of my Halloween costume..if I decide to go out that day.
*NOTE: I will not be wearing it on my head like in this photo.
This past Sunday, I headed out to the Brewery Art Walk in Downtown. My lovely friend, Luz, was showcasing some of her art. Sadly, I forgot to take photos of her amazingly cute pieces; mainly because it was so damn hot and I couldn’t deal with being in the stuffy humid studio spaces. Anyhow, Nicholas had my camera and I didn’t even know he took this photo of me! Sheesh, my boobs look huge. I am wearing my pink paisley silk dress and black Dr. Scholl’s wedges.
More photos of some random art displays taken with my mobile phone; including my all-time favorite food, CHEESE! Ahh.
Some ghetto-ass hyna from Los Angeles (but really, Pacoima) who likes to thrift shop and do her nails. I ain't no fucking photographer or style icon, but shit, I work it out.
