Gwynnie Bee—“The Netflix of Plus Size Fashion”

A while back I saw an ad on Facebook about plus size fashion. I clicked over, which I never do in Facebook, because Lord knows if it’s a virus or whatever else on there, and was pleasantly surprised. Gwynnie Bee is pretty fantastic. I signed up for a free month trial, just around my sister in law’s wedding, so that if I needed some nicer clothes I had the option to get some things from Gwynnie Bee.

Here’s how it works: You sign up {for a fee, if you’re not doing the free trial}, add things to your closet, and they randomly ship you clothes, based on how many items at a time you signed up to receive, try them on, wear them out, ship them back when you’re done {in the enclosed postage paid mailer}.

What did I think?

I liked it. I liked the majority of the things they sent me. A lot of them were things that I would have never even tried on before, because I would have immediately discredited them on the rack. I ended up buying one of the pieces, because I just loved it so much. That’s the other thing, if you like a piece, they’ll sell it to you.

I think I got a total of 8 or 9 different tops/dresses over the course of a month. A few of them were pieces that I had seen in Lands’ End {which I LOVE}, but hadn’t known what size to get. Others were companies that I’ve never even heard of but now know to look for.

The dress on the bottom right, in peacock blue, I kept. It was a bit large on the top for me, but I had already canceled my membership trial and couldn’t get it in the size down. It’s just such a nice weight dress and perfect for dancing. I’m hoping that this fall we’ll start back with our Ballroom Dance club. I have so many black long sleeve dresses that I couldn’t help but love the color on this one.

The other dress I kept {not shown above } was one from Lands’ End. I had it in hot pink for my SIL’s rehearsal dinner, but of course have no pictures of me in the dress. I ended up ordering this one from Lands’ End, when they had one of their 40% off sales {which they seem to do quite frequently}. I paid around $37 for it.

It was worth doing the free trial with Gwynnie Bee, because it gave me a bit of a chance to step outside of my normal and try some other things. Some with great results and some with absolutely horrifying results. If I actually worked outside of the home and needed nicer clothes on a regular basis, it would probably be well worth the membership fees, but for, now, it’s definitely not.

Give it a try, if you’re interested. The people were really great to deal with, very quick in their responses to my emails and questions about the cost of pieces etc. All in all they seemed like a really great company to deal with.

*Disclaimer: NONE of these links are affiliate links. Nor did I receive any kind of compensation from Gwynnie Bee for my review of their program {however, if they want to give me something I certainly wouldn’t complain}.  I simply wanted to share with everyone my experience with Gwynnie Bee, as well as how I am trying to be more fashionable, as a plus size gal.