The Demoiselles

Marzipan is a twenty-five year old with an English degree, a penchant for body image activism, an over active imagination, and a desire to love and adore herself and others truly and imperfectly and to the best of her abilities. Her blog, Medicinal Marzipan, is both a record of her recovery from a lifetime of [...]

Alterations Needed is a twenty-something city girl who dumped her college-age closet with a vow to build a respectable adult wardrobe. However, at a towering 4’11″ tall, she found herself too small for conventional garment sizing, and constantly pointed towards the children’s department by well meaning “average-sizers”. Refusing such injustices, she started a blog documenting [...]

After much toiling, and some great entries on our Flickr Pool… We’ve chosen a winner for our second [better?] giveaway! The winner is… TOTUS MEL! She won for her submitted image, below, taken by her 5-year old daughter – stunning and precious. (Plus, she’s rocking a gorgeous top from an Etsy designer – how can [...]

We’ve been doing some considerable moving and shaking around here lately, and it’s caused some of our favorite, early features of TD to get momentarily pushed to the back burner. Unfortunately, our monthly Flickr contest, Flickr’D, was one of the casualties. But fear not! In the same vein as Dawn of the Dead, the Zombie [...]

This is a post by Julie Goodale. We were elated when Julie contacted us with her story. She is an incredibly brave woman who has truly taken control of a negative, and turned it into a positive. If The Demoiselles is about one thing, it would be that very concept. Please visit Julie’s amazing blog, [...]

Jaime, our favorite jeans fiend over at the Denim Debutante, is a huge supporter of body positivity and self-love…but every path has its struggles.  This guest post is truly touching, and reminds all of us that every woman – no matter how enviable her body seems – has demons within her.  Keep Jaime’s story in [...]

Michelle, of Decline Designs fame, has been a longtime supporter of The Demoiselles – since the beginning! We’ve loved her numerous contributions to our Flickr pool, her fresh perspective, and her massive indie design talent. She is a truly unique individual and we value her opinion and authority hugely. If you’d like to contact Michelle [...]

Today’s guest blogger is Sheena from the wonderful style blog, Clandestine Chic. Her story is one that is particularly close to The Demoiselles, as Jennifer Nicole and Elle are both well-endowed – and have been since their youth. Sheena’s confidence and loyalty to herself are extremely inspiring. If you’d like to tell Sheena how her [...]

This week’s guest blogger is Hanna, the author of the too-cute (and witty as hell) fashion blog, appropriate titled Oh, Honey. No. She offers the point of view of a girl who grew up with the influences of Asian culture surrounding her, and this is her story of overcoming family pressures and expectations. She is [...]