Bombarded by media images in print, on the web, and the screen, girls realize early on that this is an image and the weight conscious world we live in an image and the weight conscious world. Although, America says it believes bigger is better, that’s not the case when it comes to the beauty ideal. Chamein was diagnosed with uterine cancer. My life’s purpose was instantly crystallized. The scale wasn’t her enemy, cancer was and she fought for my life over several years. Cancer is a game changer. I forgot about her obsession with attaining the perfect size and approached life with a different attitude. I was eager to share what I’d found out the hard way through how Down That Aisle A Wedding Guide For Full Figured Women (WindRiver Publishing) The book offers fashion tips and information, but more importantly, it concentrates on the key to feeling and looking beautiful for your wedding and beyond begins with body acceptance, setting realistic goals for your body and living a healthy life style.
Down That Aisle In Style: The Definitive Guide For Curvy Brides afforded me appearances as a bridal expert on The Insider/Entertainment Tonight, Get Married with David Tutera, NBC Today in New York, Eyewitness News Sunday Morning in New York. Lifetime, FIOS Push Pause (Verizon) profile of me as a romance and wedding author for curvy women. I worked as the stylist for the first bridal planner with a full figured bride on the cover for Newsday.
With a young attitude and confidence, I set about writing romances or it “still a chick lit”. Fiction for women with the three b’s boobs, bellies and butts and for women north of forty who haven’t handed in their chick cards for hot flashes or hormone replacement therapy. My first book Not His Type received the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best African American romance.
Down That Aisle: The Bridal Concierge is in essence Rachel Zoe for regular girls with a bridal focus. A wedding is the Oscars, Golden Globes, Grammys and Emmys rolled into one.
The Hollywood experience includes:
• Demonstrate that size or disability shouldn’t limit a bride from finding the gown of her dreams and having her heart’s desire on her wedding day.
• Make sure brides with disabilities don’t feel limited & have a beautiful experience
• Give all brides the confidence to say YES to her body love her curves and embrace the partner who loves them.
• Shifts her mindset from “flaws to fashion” and let the romance inspire the bride’s wedding style.

• Get inspiration from celebrity style and translate the runway to her wedding day.