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I had a great chat to Julie Jacobson from New Zealand Woman's Weekly about all things Boom. There were a few weird sub editing things in the piece - like that they put "fat" in quotation marks, and that I was called Joanne in one place, and I felt it odd that they didn't mention that the youth charity I work with is for queer youth (although there is nothing subtle about all the rainbows I'm wearing) and I wish I hadn't let the photographer put me in pony tails with ribbon bows cos that's not me, but, y'know, learning...

Today House of Boom has its very own Spinoff piece The 'fatshion' label making ethical clothes for fat people

The lovely Meagan wrote a great profile about House of Boom's launch, and picked out her favourite pieces from season one.  "My personal favourite has to be the DEMELZA dress, which fits like a t-shirt on top and then a swishy skirt on the bottom. It has pockets (of course) and is designed to be about knee length on a tall person, but if you’re short like me you have the option of either wearing it longer or, thanks to the simple hem design it’s pretty easy to take up. The reason I’ve gravitated to this dress is that it...

I talked to the lovely Megan of Mode & Methodology about the design process involved in setting up House of Boom, and the challenges faced by fat people who want to dress up nice.  Megan is straight-sized but is really great at recognising that her shopping experience is very different from that of others.