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Showing posts with label Svoboda. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Straya Day

Jeans: Svoboda
Shoes: Claude d'Alban

Happy Public Holiday, fellow 'strayans! I don't want to get into the politics of Australia Day vs Invasion Day... All I know is that there's fireworks and a parade and I don't have to go to work, so hurrah!

I thought I'd celebrate the day with my favourite Australian icon, Grug.

He used to be an effective way of weeding out fellow members of my generation, since only people born within about three years on either side of me would recognise him, but he's recently come back into print which is both delightful (I can get Grug again!) and sad-making (he's no longer a secret mascot for Aussie Gen Xers everywhere).

Totally off-topic, but post-Christmas, my bank balance is looking quite sad and sorry for itself, so I'm doing a lot of vicarious virtual shopping... here's what's on my wishlist right now

Thursday, November 27, 2008

A Leg Up

dress: Neeso - bought from eBay http://www.ebay.com.au/
leggings: My Size http://www.mysize.com.au/
Thank God for leggings, eh?

This dress has been sitting in my closet - unworn - since it arrived in October.

Which might not sound like much, but I'm the kind of girl who as a child would wear her new shoes out of the shoe shop (I still do when I think I can get away with it!), so having a shiny new frock wasting away while older, frumpier outfits get worn again and again suggests there was something I wasn't quite sure about....

It was the length, of course.

After I re-jigged the dress so that the dropped waistband was closer to my waist than my knees (seriously) the hem crept closer and closer to my no-fly zone.

You see, I'm not a big knees fan. I'm painfully aware that mine are gorgeously plump and dimpled. Like a toddlers. So as much a possible I steer away from hems that fall any further north than my kneecaps.

Hence, thank God for leggings.

When I was first on the hunt for a denim dress I had a very firm idea of what I wanted: A dark denim shirtdress, short sleeved, knee-length. Something like this:


The dress I found doesn't really look at all like the one I'd invisioned, but now I've spent a day in it, I've decided I actually love it, it's a great curvy shape, and wonderfully comfortable. The inclusion of leggings means that I'm not worried about flashing either my knickers or my dumpy knees, and I don't have to worry about chafing.
Now, if you're on the hunt for a denim dress of your own a little bird whispered to me that Jessica Svoboda of Svoboda Denim will be extending her range to include denim dresses some time soon:

Keep your eyes peeled on www.svobodastyle.com

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

If you're only going to buy one pair of jeans...

Svoboda Renee

I find it somewhat ironic that jeans are the most important - and reputably the most comfortable - item in the modern wardrobe.

I mean, denim's a tough, unforgiving fabric and trousers can be restrictive. Badly fitting jeans are difficult to get on, have to be constantly hitched up, are agony to sit in for long periods of time. They were designed to be the uniform for factory workers, and it wasn't until the 50's that they became popular with the general populace.

Nowadays everyone has to have a pair of jeans: Bootleg, slouch, boyfriend, skinnys, flare, highwaisted, hipster - the list goes on.

I've spent hours, days, months of my life looking for the one pair of jeans that fit comfortably, and look good, too - and I'm sure I'm not alone in the hunt.

Well, today I'm here to tell you. If you were going to buy just one pair of jeans, these are the jeans to get.

Svoboda Denim http://www.svobodastyle.com/ was created by Jessica Svoboda as the first premium denim range specifically designed for the plus-sized woman.

This means that when you buy a pair of Svoboda jeans you're buying jeans that are cut to accommodate a fuller thigh and a bigger butt. But that doesn't mean they're big all over, they're just curvier; they won't swim around your waist, and the legs don't meander off down the street and around the corner.

Here's what makes Jessica's jeans so great:

1. They fit high at the back, so you don't flash your knickers every time you bend over:

Svoboda Simone Skinnies

2. BUT, they're cut low at the front so they still look like hip young jeans, not elastic waisted nana-pantsSvoboda Simone Skinnies

3. Don't ask me how, but somehow this high-low curved waistband completely eliminates all potential muffin-tops.

4. She has all the current styles and washes - from trouser jeans to sailor jeans. Skinny jeans, wide-leg jeans, black emo jeans

Svoboda Eleanor

4. She has big back pockets that sit low on your butt, giving the illusion of a cute, round, pert ass
Svoboda Eleanors

5. The denim is the softest, most comfortable, most "I've worn these every day for the last six years, so the fabric feels like butter" denim on the market, but at the same time they're not swimming in spandex, so they don't loose their shape too easily.
Svoboda Annie Back Flap Pocket jeans
6. They come in regular and tall leg lengths, so you don't automatically have to get the hemmed the second they arrive

Svoboda Annie Back Flap Pocket

They don't last forever - the trade-off for having deliciously soft denim is that they do wear out between the old thighs. If you're regularly washing them and tumble drying every week then they won't hold their shape as well as, say, the Embody range. Recently I've been finding that the zip rolls itself down (but this is easily remedied with a simple hair elastic looped through the zipper head and around the button).

What I can promise you though, is that you won't find a more comfortable, hotter looking, better fitting pair of jeans than those offered by Svoboda.

So, here's where you buy them:

http://www.svobodastyle.com/ is Jessica's online shop, and she has the biggest range. She also - sometimes - sells on eBay, from her account "Svobodawarehouse".

The best place to go for your Svoboda jeans though is Cherished Woman http://www.cherished-woman.com/ Nancy provides the absolutely best customer service of anywhere - she's friendly, informative, and gives a 20% discount for Australian buyers with the code CHERISHED