Tag: fat acceptance

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Alex Heberling

Hello, my lovelies.

Outfit from 3.12.2011.  My birthday outing!

Dress: Pure Energy
Leggings: Lane Bryant
Shoes: Crocs
Necklace: Paperelle on Etsy
Headband: Fellow patron at the bar.

Decided to go through with reduxes of the first few OOTDs I drew and colored digitally.  And of course, the cupcake is on its way. :D

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Alex Heberling

Button-down: Converse One Star (via Target) sz. 3
T-shirt: Merona sz. 2
Jeans: Merona sz. 22
Shoes: Avia sz. 11
Corn: Made by me!

This is me doing my best Lori Beth Denberg impression.

Since Tumblr doesn’t really want to embed the YouTube video in the body of this post, ya’ll should really go watch this clip from All That: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOBKkLiw0hw

Looking back, Lori Beth is a big inspiration to me now that I’ve found fat acceptance.  I was a rabid fan of All That in its glory days, and to make it even better, here was this girl on the show who actually looked like me.  She was on another show on the CW when the CW was still a thing, and also got a small role in Dodgeball as a fat cheerleader.  According to her IMDB page, in recent years she has started to go by L.B. Denberg. I hope to continue seeing her pop up now and then in Hollywood!

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Alex Heberling

Cardigan: Avenue sz. 18/20
Shirt: Avenue sz. 18/20
Jeans: Merona sz. 22
Shoes: Dansko sz. 42 (US 11)

I walked into a nearby Avenue last month to find just about the entire store was in Winter Clearance Mode. I got hearts in my eyes.

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Alex Heberling

Sunglasses: Don’t know
Shirt: Avenue sz. 18/20
Shorts: Avenue sz. 20
Sandals: Avenue sz. 11

I bought these shorts on a whim and was surprised at how short they were on me.  Still, body acceptance is about pushing one’s comfort zones, so I wore them several times.  I would look down and see legs as far as the eye could see.  This t-shirt is incredible, and one of my favorites.  It’s actually made of a slightly thicker material than regular t-shirts, so I wear it pretty much year-round.

I’ve actually had this drawn and inked for months, but since the t-shirt has such a detailed design, I didn’t get a chance to sit down with it and make sure I drew it accurately.

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Alex Heberling

My bridesmaid’s dress from my sister’s wedding.

Dress: David’s Bridal sz. 18 (I think; this is when I was a slightly smaller fat)
Jewelry: don’t remember… maybe Claire’s?
Shoes: Invisible, but I’m wearing the white ballet flats from this OOTD.

Damn, I loved the hell out of that dress.  I replicated it as best I could with the greens I had, but the wedding colors were sage and silver, so my dress was a more muted, cool green called “celadon."  Here’s a color-adjusted version that’s a bit closer:

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I didn’t want to overwork the coloring too much, otherwise I might’ve attempted to replicate these colors on the actual paper.  The brighter version really does convey the beauty of the dress effectively, as well as makes me look like the Frog Princess!

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Alex Heberling

This OOTD is actually of my sister on her wedding day, which I made her as a birthday present. ^_^

Dress: David’s Bridal
Veil, Bouquet, Hairpins: eBay
Jewelry: Don’t know.
Sandals: Birkenstocks, because my sister is that awesome.

Coming soon: an OOTD of my Maid of Honor dress. :D

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Alex Heberling

Here are the color versions I decided on for my FA button set!

1. Argyle. It is awesome.

2. These will be debuting this weekend at Bodyslam!, put on by Love Your Body Detroit.

3. I have no idea what to expect, but I’m going to test out OOTD prints as well.  Just some of my favorites, and a few copies of each at that.

4.  The buttons, at least, will go up in the store next week!

After this very strenuous work week, I am really looking forward to the weekend.