Category Archives: miscellaneous
Plus Size Bridal: Katherine Roll for Real Size Bride
May is here, finally! It felt as if winter really hung onto the city of Montreal this year. It’s wonderful to open all the windows and enjoy the warm breeze and sunlight of spring time. May is the beginning of … Continue reading
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Tagged bridal, fashion illustration, Katherine Roll, plus size art, Real Size Bride, wedding gown
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The Glitter Thread
Last week, I was catching up on posts at The Plus Side of Me and I saw this great round-up of plus size fashion bloggers size 24 and up. I’m a size 24 myself, and it was nice to see so … Continue reading
Justine Legault: Elle Québec Cover Girl!
I love living in Québec. I moved to Montreal about 12 years ago from the East Coast and promptly fell in love with charming architecture, beautiful landscape, and truly scrumptious pastries (and cheese, and bagels, and a heck of a … Continue reading
Over One Year of Curves Illustrated!
When I started this site in October 2011, it was under a different name (Designed by Doyle) and I was doing a mix of costume design and fashion design sketches. In February 2012, I did a week of plus size … Continue reading
Grace: Working Woman
Rise and shine to another wintry Monday morning! Since the holidays, the weeks have really flown by. I’m amazed that it’s already February (thank goodness the groundhog predicted an early spring). For all of us career women out there, here’s … Continue reading
More Rosie Mercado!
I’m still on an ink kick- haven’t picked up the watercolours in a few weeks, though I’m sure that will change soon. Ink is an unforgiving medium, but a beautiful one. I love crisp lines and simplicity. I’ve featured plus … Continue reading
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Ink & Paper
Happy New Year! I know, I know, that’s old news now- we’re almost into February but I can’t quite get used to saying 2013 yet. I sat down tonight and sketched this fairly quickly from the new cover of Skorch … Continue reading
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Meet Curvaceous Inc: New Plus Size Magazine
Before Christmas, I was contacted by the team at Curvaceous Inc. They are a new plus size magazine based in England, and their first issue launched this month (if you don’t have it yet, visit their site and snap one … Continue reading
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Tagged Curvaceous Inc, fashion illustration, magazine, plus size, plus size lingerie, watercolour
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Stacey: Canadian Winters
I live in Canada. Our winters are cold and long, and many people eschew fashionable for warm and comfortable from December to March (or much longer, depending on the province!). For example, I bought winter boots last week. I bypassed … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian fashion, fashion illustration, outerwear, plus size, Stacey, Tim Horton's, watercolour, winter
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Sabihah: Beautiful Belly Dancer
Last weekend, I went to the art supplies store to pick up a new pad of watercolour paper. I browsed around and of course ended up with more supplies than I needed. This is a frequent problem when I venture … Continue reading
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Tagged belly dance, costume illustration, glitter, plus size, review, Sabihah, Twinkling H20, watercolour
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