Clothes Haul

I'm going to try to keep this introduction short but no guarantees. I'm going to start from the beginning. I was going through my blog list and reading everyone's new posts and commenting, following, subscribing, ect. Well, I was reading Ann Marie's newest blog post (http://scoliosisfashionandbraceadvice.blogspot.com/) and I fell in love with the first dress. It was really pretty and it covers the brace perfectly. She said she got it from Plato's Closet and I was thinking it's worth a visit! I went with my mom today and it was just....wow. Clothes everywhere. Everything I got was pretty much less than $10. It was amazing. So I got a lot of clothes. I'm going to post a individual picture of each item I bought. Pictures tend to make my posts really long so I'm probably going to have a separate posts of outfits with the clothes. I'll add prices and where each item was originally from. Oh! I got some new shoes today which I'll add to. I really like shoes. Hahaha, time for the clothes. Sorry in advance for bad picture quality, I'm using my mom's iPad.

This is a gray and pink floral tankish top. It's that transparent material but with a tank or jacket it will be fine! The ruffles at the bottom help conceal my brace really well. And it's long which also helps cover the brace.

Price: $8.00

Original Store: Fun & Flirt Company

This is actually a vest but the picture is terrible. It doesn't really cover my brace but it adds color to a drab outfit. Well, I take that back. It goes down past my brace so it conceals any awkward bumps. But the sleeve holes are too low to cover the part of my brace that goes up to my armpit. But this is really cute! I like it a lot.

Price: $4.00

Original Store: Forever 21

I was really surprised when I tried on this top. It's stretchy and high so it actually covers where the brace goes up to my armpits. It needs a jacket/ tank top but since it's a bubbleish top it sort of flows from top to bottom. You can't see the brace with this on, a tank, and a jacket.

Price: $4.00

Original Store: Papaya

I really like this light pink color. I bought a lot of things in this color. The bottom has an elastic strap that sort of adjusts. By that I mean that when you raise your arms the top stays down instead of flying up. It's also longer then it seems in the picture. It covers my brace. It goes high in the back as well. Just the armpit parts of my brace aren't covered but I'd wear a jacket with this anyway.

Price: $5.00

Original Store: IZ Byer

This is such a good shrug! It's a dark gray so it will go with a lot of things. It covers the armpits and top of my brace which is what I have the most trouble concealing. It also buttons and looks really cute.

Price: $5.00

Original Store: BCBGMAXAZRIA (honest that's the store...)

This is really pretty. The top half of this is that stretchy stuff that sort of expands so you can get in it instead of a zipper. Know what I'm talking about? The bottom half is ruffles. Ruffles really help conceal awkward bumps your brace makes.

Price: $6.00

Original Store: Poetry Clothing

This is just a handy dandy white ruffle layering tank. Goes down long which is always good. Ruffles conceal bumps. We've heard this before.

Price: $8.00

Original Store: Hollister

This is like the third top I posted. It's ruffly, pretty, and I like it. It definitely needs a tank top and a jacket but it's great. 

Price: $5.00

Original Store: Rue 21

 

Total Items: 8

Total Price: $50.00 with tax.

 

I got two pairs of shoes from Payless. Here they are:

The first pair are just for summer things. Picnics, barbeques, other things. The second pair are sort of fancy for a wedding I'm going too.

 

 

I hope this post was helpful! I really like Plato's Closet. I'm planning on trying to go to H&M too since Claire (http://embracingfashionn.blogspot.com/) said it was a really good place to shop. Also Allyson mentioned it in her vlog (http://scoli-fashion-byallyson.blogspot.com/ <-- the link to the vlog is in her blog). When I get a chance I'll go there.

I love comments and questions! Tell me what you want me to post about.

Ellen :)

Summer Clothes

Yes, it's that time of year again. I really like summer- I do. But I find that it is the hardest time of year to find clothing for your brace. Especially if it gets really hot where you live so that means no baggy sweatshirts and old jeans. See, in the winter time when I went to school some days I would throw on old jeans and a sweatshirt and my brace would be perfectly covered. Lazy days at my school (well old school since it's summer!) means tank tops and shorts. That doesn't work out well for me. I wore a lot of dresses to school during May/June but I didn't want to look fancy everyday. So I found a few things that really helped! But also my summer consists of  A) thinking about going out to do something but then B) deciding to stay hone and watch reruns of old TV shows and eating ice cream. And also my closer friends know about the brace so I don't mind if it shows if I'm just going to their house. But when I go out in public I still like to have my brace covered so here are tips!

1) Layering
Layering has also been my best friend through fall, winter, and spring. Why not summer? If you have the right things to layer with then a outfit can be light weight but still cover your brace. I find vests are very helpful and half-jackets. I don't really know what half-jackets are called but they have short sleeves and only come down to halfway down your stomach, just enough to cover the top of your brace.

 
These two are from the Target website. Both come up high in the back and sort of high in the armpits. The only thing you have to watch out for in vests are if they come up high enough in the arm pits to cover your brace. My brace goes pretty high so I have to wear a high tank top under whatever shirt I'm wearing sometimes to cover it.

2) Bright Colors
Bright colors or designs attract attention away from the brace. This also goes for shiny jewelry or a cool hairstyle. Bring attention away from the brace and towards your best features.

 





 





3) Dresses and Skirts

This one is a given but it's one of the easiest ways to cover your brace! You can get workable dresses and skirts anywhere! Here are some pictures:

This is from Forever 21. High low dresses are actually good with back braces because most tend to be flowly and they go high in the back. Now this is a really bad picture so I can't tell how high it goes up in the arm pits but if it doesn't go high enough pair it with a vest or half sweater! It's all coming together now....

I'm going to end the post now since I wanted to post something today but I'm getting tired. I'll be sure to keep posting this week. I'll have more time on my hands since it is summer!

 

Ellen :)

 



Just Another Blog...

 

Hey Everyone! I hope you are having a nice summer. I have two days left of school. ;)

Here is a new blog to check out:

 

--->  http://scoli-fashion-byallyson.blogspot.com/

 

This is going to be a short post but I do want to post what I wore to my 8th Grade Dance. I didn't wear my brace for the dance but the dress was really pretty. I have to upload picture though, so I'll do that later. Bye bye for now!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Style & Clothes

 

Hey Everyone! I've been less lazy and I've actually took some pictures of more clothes. I'm just going to skip right to the clothes and ramble at the end of my post.

Pants: Aeropostle

Black Buttoned Tank: Hand me Down

Purple Shirt: Hand me Down

Jacket: Marshalls

Necklace: From a Friend

I like to layer...a lot. I like to layer because I've gotten a lot of hand me downs and it's easy to make different outfits with the same items so I don't have to go get new clothes if I want a new outfit. I just have to layer differently. Marshalls is Amazing because their stuff is really cheap and pretty. The Aeropostle jeans are good but not for braces. I realized that after I bought it though. I don't shop at Aeropostle a lot but I had a giftcard and had 1 or 2 pairs of jeans so I needed new ones. I got those. It's just uncomfortable and doesn't stay up well even with a belt. Oh, and the jacket is really one of those sheet shirts, I just wanted it to be a jacket :)

Necklace: From my Uncle

Belt: My mom's

Jacket: Target

Dress: Marshalls

My mom actually found the dress and the jean jacket.....

 Just as a heads up I have four other dresses to show. I know, I like dresses. I feel like dresses are the most comfortable thing with your brace because in a dress I'm not self conscious that my pants are falling or the way my shirt is positioned will show my brace. If I throw a jacket on a knee length dress, I'm good. And dresses are pretty <3

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So I just decided to ramble now. I've recently looked through all the pictures on my blog and sort of saw a "style". The outfits I end up liking best are the layering ones with constrating colors or a theme. Say, pinks, corals, pearls, and golds in a outfit. Or I either like just plan dark blue jeans, a bright shirt and a soft colored jacket. With my favorite boots of course. And I love all my dresses! So simple and easy :) So what I've learned through the past 1 and 1/2 years is that a) my fashion has been very strange at moments and b) it's easiest to hide your brace and buy clothes with a style. So I would find your own style. I also like flowly shirts. So next time I'll look for those instead of something else. Just sort of random but embrace a style! Sorry for my lame puns, the embracing one is all I got and I've taken that from quite a few different blogs. Haha, more clothes now.

 

 Jacket: Target
Dress: Macy's...I think
Necklace: Charming Charlie's
I'm wearing my purple All Star shoes with it but you can't see them. I recently moved my desk around so this is the other wall of my room!

  Okay, I'm going to end the clothes for now since the other picture my mom took with her camera and it will take longer to upload since I have to upload all the photos. I started searching for other people with scoliosis on instagram and youtube. Here's a list.

 

Instagram:

~scoliosis_fashion (one of my follower's accounts)

~scoliosis_probs

 

Youtube:

~scoliosissarah

 

That's it for now! If you want more websites just scroll through my many lengthy posts. I have lists in there. June is also national scoliosis awareness month! I'll try and post soon again.

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~Ellen :)