Buy what fits - sometimes (sadly) you have to....

T-shirt - H&M

Igår var jeg ude at shoppe efter overdele i lilla. Jeg er nemlig blevet medlem af et skønt kor og om to uger står jeg i London med og synger koncerter med dem. Og det foregår altså i lilla. Og eftersom at jeg ingenting ejer i lilla, så måtte jeg jo finde noget. Hvilket ikke er nemt, fordi:

1. Lilla er umiddelbart ikke den mest populære farve lige nu (med mindre man er vild med pastel-lilla, hvilket ikke lige er mig i øjeblikket...)

2. Når lilla ikke i forvejen ikke er super-populært og let at finde i almindelige størrelser, så er det faktisk så godt som umuligt at finde i plus size (fordi plus size-mærkerne åbenbart har tænkt sig at følge med tidens trends i år - hvilket er pisse fedt. Hvis det ikke var fordi jeg seriøst mangler lilla tøj).

Så derfor var jeg tvunget til at tage mig til takke med det, jeg kunne finde i almindelige størrelser - hvilket i forvejen ikke var meget. Men når man samtidig godt ved, at man skal igennem en seriøs kamp mod størrelserne i prøverummet, så er der ligesom ikke plads til at være alt for forfængelig og kræsen. Så jeg tog alt med lilla nuancer (bortset fra pastel...) med mig og kæmpede mig igennem en lille håndfuld overdele hvoraf én kunne forsvares som passende.

Og det gjorde mig faktisk skidt tilpas, fordi jeg med hjælp fra andre skønne plus size bloggere har lært, at jeg ikke behøver "nøjes" med det der passer mig - der er nok at vælge imellem til at jeg kan vælge det, jeg har lyst til at gå med. I langt de fleste tilfælde i hvert fald. Så situationen igår sendte mig lidt tilbage til usikre teenagedage, hvor jeg mere eller mindre bare blev nødt til at gå i det, der passede og blev nødt til at se bort fra om snittet, farven og udtrykket passede til mig... Om det var moderne eller gammelkone-agtigt.

Så min pointe? Hurra for plus size-tøj som giver os muligheder, hurra for at vi minder hinanden om, at vi ikke behøver nøjes. Og... hurra for tøj med stræk i!

Yesterday I went shopping for purple tops. I joined a wonderful choir and in two weeks I'll be in London doing a few concerts. And I have to wear purple for that. Since I don't have anything purple in my choir I had to find something. Which turned out to be quite difficult because:

1. Purple is not exactly the most popular colour at the moment (unless you really like that pastel purple - and I'm not quite there yet....)

2. Because purple is hard to find even in normal sizes it's even harder in plus size, because this season plus size brands decided to be pretty much on trend. Which is cool. If only I didn't desperately need something purple... 

So I was forced to take what I could find in straight sizes, since there was nothing in the plus size ranges I found. And even in straight sizes there weren't much. And since I knew I was going to have a struggle with sizes I didn't have much room to be picky. So I took everything purple with me (well... Almost. Not the pastel ones and the once without any stretch in them). I tried them all on and one of the pieces fit alright. 

It didn't exactly make me feel good, because with help from the wonderful plus size community I've learned that I don't have to just take what fits me. There's enough to choose from, so that I can choose what I want to wear. As long as I don't have to buy something very specific. Like a purple top.  The situation yesterday made me feel like an insecure teenager that had to buy what I could fit into and had to not think about if the colour, the cut or if it's on trend or too grandmother-ish. 

My point? Well... Hurray for plus size clothes that give us something to pick from, hurray for Us because we remind each other that we have a choice, and..... hurray for clothes with stretch!

Har du set noget pænt lilla for nyligt? Så tip mig gerne. 

Have you seen anything pretty and purple lately? Please let me know then!