A special thanks to Megan Underwood and Stephanie Davis of skirt! Atlanta for inviting me to the 2nd annual anniversary party for the magazine. I love the message and the beauty of skirt!, a free monthly magazine available in print in Charleston, SC; Atlanta, GA; Augusta, GA; Charlotte, NC; Savannah, GA; Jacksonville, FL.; Columbia, SC; Knoxville, TN; Memphis, TN; Richmond, VA; Houston, TX; Boston, MA; Lexington, KY; Winston Salem, MA, Ventura/Santa Barbara, CA; Tampa Bay, FL. Not only will you love reading it, you’ll want to frame it!
The party was very “Sex And The City” — held on the rooftop of Atlanta’s MidCity Lofts, trés chic ladies (and their gentlemen friends) sipped pink drinks by the pool and hobnobbed with all sorts of interesting and talented people. I did remark on an absence of big girls at the party - I don’t know if that says something about skirt!’s audience or shyness on the part of curvier girls.
I was invited as a member of a great organization, Ladies Who Launch, an international organization with local “incubators” that offers in-person events and an online social network to support entrepreneurship as a lifestyle for women. Without the support of the lovely ladies in my incubator group I would have never gotten this blog out of my head and onto the Web. I highly recommend them if you want support in launching your dream, be it for business or otherwise.
Thanks, also, to Kyle at Multi-Tasking Woman for adding our picture to her news page.
Just wanted to share.
2 Responses for "Living the Curvy Life at skirt! magazine party"
fun! Looks like a nice party..!!
Great fun! What I like the most was that, even though everyone was trying to be chic and hip, there was a sense of inclusion, beautiful people without being “beautiful people.”
I went to another event shortly after this one that had a snobby sense about it, and I despised it. I thought I looked good, but I got the sense from some (women) that I didn’t have the right label, and that I was probably too fat to be there. Chic, but miserable.
I value inclusion–I want to get dressed to the nines and drink pink drinks, but I want the person who doesn’t care about such things to feel welcome, too.
Leave a reply