Alternative Curves: Alternative Fairytale
05 October 2014
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Wow, so glad to be able to post my first Alternative Curves challenge post – such interesting themes to the challenges in the upcoming months, and after a little while of gawking at all the wonderful participants, I thought, why not, it’s called a ‘challenge’ for a reason. Alternative Curves is basically the go-to for alternative styling for plus women, some of the looks these dolls pull off have me completely floored, seriously. I don’t really have anyone to take my photos yet, so I found my photos were way over on exposure because of all the (yay) sun. Hopefully I’ll skill up in this soon enough!
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So, my take on the Alternative Fairytale is looking at the traditional Irish story of Deirdre (or Derdriu – pronounced dare-DRUH). I consider this ‘Alternative’ because aside from the modern connotation of little girls in dresses that look like cakes, Deirdre’s story is what is classically a tradgedy. Also known as ‘Deirdre of the Sorrows’ – it has stuck in my mind for two reasons. The first being that my name has derivatives in the flower of sorrows and secondly, the story itself.
