Comments on: PINUPS

By: Courtney

Courtney — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:52:28 +0000

Thank you for writing this post. I have had a really hard time with my post baby body, mainly my belly. When I see my two beautiful children, I am grateful for my belly because it gave me them (not technically but you know what I mean . It is important not to compare ourselves although extremely difficult to do. I love that your clothes are made for every woman. We all deserve to feel beautiful. Thank you for all that you are and all that you do. I think you are a BEAUTIFUL woman Natalie. I hope to meet you one day. You are truly an inspiration. xoxo

By: carolyn choi

carolyn choi — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:24:00 +0000

Like you I had limited resources growing up in rural Winfield, Alabama. I was so skinny I couldn’t even make a shadow and we were so poor I’d never seen a copy of Seventeen magazine . During my teen years it was popular to be ” stacked ” as they called a full-figured girl. Now that I’m in my late sixties and have some curves its popular to be thin so I guess I’ve never been in vogue. As an artist I have a sense of style and design but I won’t wear anything that’s not comfortable or doesn’t reflect my personality. I love your designs and the material -cotton which I spent many a hot sunny day picking in my youth. My top weight picked in cotton was a hundred pounds a day, which was considered high for a young’un.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:22:23 +0000

If this is really how you feel, Natalie, I’d love to see some bustier models in your clothing lines. I’d like to know how the fitted dress looks on someone with a D-cup, for example.

That said, I’m a huge fan of your designs and my tank dress is my favorite article of clothing and the bolero makes it a year-rounder!

By: erin jewell

erin jewell — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:02:19 +0000

I hope that there is a lasting resurgence in this trend! I have dieted, excercised and nearly starved myself in order to try and fit into society’s limited views of what shape is acceptable. Now that I have two children I am learning to accept myself as perfectly acceptable. I am petite and I have large breasts it is not a problem with me that clothing doesn’t fit it is that U.S. clothing and bra manufacturers only offer limited sizes, that I am somehow defective because I do not fit into these parameters is riduculous. I have spent the last few years trying to understand the methods in which clothing patterns are made and how to alter things to improve fit, I was shocked to learn that most patterns bust line is based on a b cup and that the average us size is now a c cup. As you have stated your designs are meant for all women and I have found that to be completely true, the clothing I have made based on your patterns and with your jersey fit like no other. I honor and applaud you for creating the patterns shared in your books and for recogninzing that we all deserve to feel good and live beautifully in beautiful clothing.

By: jonn

jonn — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:50:45 +0000

Natalie, you are so beautiful on the outside because you are beautiful on the inside. Because you have inner beauty, your looks will never fade. Besides the American Craft’s most breath taking cover was you! xo – jonn

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:47:56 +0000

Read the poem “Homage to My Hips” by Lucille Clifton, which starts out: “These hips are big hips” and goes on to glorify a body part most women despair of.

By: jeanne kuskowski

jeanne kuskowski — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:27:27 +0000

i am so happy to read this, i have finally made piece with my curvy body too! you, natalie, are a beauty!