Celebrate your Curves

This is a subject I am incredibly passionate about, and wanted to address in a little post. This morning I was flicking through a recent copy of Emporium (a magazine freely given to Myer customers, here in Australia), when I was stopped in my tracks with this image below and the tagline 'Celebrate your Curves'.

I have struggled with this exact concept for many years, and it has only been the last year that I can say I have ultimately become happy with my body - despite a daily fight with my head and every single image that confronts me in the media.

I have given up reading trashy celebrity magazines, which frequently tell me women are 'too skinny' next to 'How to lose 5 kg's' and I give my full support to body positive movements, preferring to read interesting, funny and positive blogs such as Fuller Figure Fuller Bust, Curves to Kill and Tess Munster.
                         

Too Skinny!

Too fat!

So what upset me with this advert? Looking at this image I see a beautiful woman, covered totally with baggy, ugly clothes that ultimately do not celebrate this lovely ladies figure. The antithesis of 'celebrating' her curves.

There are many clothing brands such as Pinup Girl Clothing, Domino Dollhouse and Collectif - that allow women of all shapes and sizes to wear beautiful, form-fitting and fun clothes. Fashion shouldn't be limiting and I encourage everyone reading this to think about their own body confidence. How do you feel about your own body? Do you put other women down for their choices? How do you want your daughter/niece/god-daughter to feel about their body?

 Now I certainly don't believe that one body type is better than another, and we should be teaching young girls to love themselves and celebrate their individuality no matter what shape or size they are, not only this, but to accept others and embrace diversity.

                       
So I guess the point of this post, is to open you eyes to your beauty, to give you some options to those trashy magazines and shapeless plus size clothing, to embrace your individuality and make you think about how you treat not only yourself, but other women. We all have our 'flaws', but ultimately what makes us different is what makes you, you.

I could talk forever about this, but ultimately you need to be kind to yourself and to others. This is just the tip of the iceberg, and if you are still searching for your own body confidence I would highly recommend switching those awful magazines, to a couple of the blogs I mentioned (and there are many more out there!) x