As a way to feed her creative streak while studying Law at university, Stephanie created her blog (previously known as ‘Nerd About Town’) in 2008, before influencing as we know it today entered the popular zeitgeist. 

Stephanie writes on a range of different topics, including; plus size fashion, beauty and skincare, personal thoughts and musings, body image and travel.

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Let’s face it: there’s nothing ‘athletic looking’ about me physically, so let’s just change the name why don’t we? #Fatleisure In today’s post, I bring you a variety of photos with myself wearing athleisure-ish pieces, accompanied by some ranting, as per. <3 One of the main complaints plus size people get is that we ‘don’t […]

FATLEISURE…BUT MAKE IT FASHION

April 25, 2018

If you’ve been a long time reader of Nerd about Town, you’ll know that I have a slightly unhealthy obsession with mesh material, and try to incorporate it into most of my outfits. Second only to crop tops, mesh to me has always been one of those fabrics that have always been sort of ‘taboo’ […]

MESH PLEASE!

April 19, 2018

Is it just me, or is check print having a bit of a moment right now? As with the polka dot frenzy before it, check print is back, and is currently most frequently seen on blazers and jackets, however, the detail has graduated to leggings, asymmetrical tops, and floaty dresses. Checks are by nature an Autumnal […]

CHECK IT OUT

April 9, 2018

April 5, 2018

Hi friends. I know that I have written countless blog posts and Twitter threads on the subject of self-love body positivity and fat acceptance (etc etc) for you guys in the past, but I guess this time I’m writing this more for my benefit than anything. Selfish, I know, but it’s my blog and Idowhatiwant. […]

LEARNING TO LOVE YOUR BODY

I’ve always been in two thoughts about shirt dresses for the longest time. On one hand, I’ve been living in shirt dresses for about a good 3/4 years now – I find them easy to dress up, casual and simple. In the back of my mind, however, I would always be on the hunt for […]

THE SHIRT DRESS

March 31, 2018

I’m sure a lot of you guys will be able to relate to the daily/monthly struggle of bra shopping as a plus size teen. At the time, the only pieces available for us were Mumsy, neutral bras, big pants with loads of lycra, thick straps and 100% total boob coverage with no scope for even […]

LUXE PLUS SIZE UNDERWEAR – YES REALLY!

March 17, 2018

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