Sequinned Caftans And Colourful Clothes, Stunning on Larger Ladies, Helen Chesshire wearing Fun Fumbalinas post 547

 

I saw Helen Chesshire at the entrance to the London Wine Faire at Olympia in May 2025. She looked absolutely fabulous in this colourful and glittery dress, from Fumbalinas. I thought it was fun - balinas but the name of the company is Fumbalinas. 

Here's all the good news about Helen's wonderful outfit supplier.
1 Sizing Solved - sizing problems solved. 
They sell outsize caftans. And other clothes.

2 Look Co-ordinated, 
Fabulous. Turbans can be added to complete the look of an outfit. Turbans, in matching colour, or multicolour to go with two or more outfits. Turbans, can be custom made.

3  Proud and Loud
Look fabulous, whatever your size. Attract attention. Make new friends. Great PR for your business or event. Be found in a crowd.
Glittery - covered in sequins. 

 4 Individual
Visit them by appointment. Items such as turbans can be custom made.
They have an online swap shop.

5 Hidden Ribbons
A special feature of their caftans is the hidden ribbons. These are ties at the waist inside the garment to pull in the waist giving larger ladies a sleeker or curvier look. Hidden ribbons, advantages, don't cut you into two but adding to the veritcal look.  Instead of the double oblong effecInsteadt created by a belt. 
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6 Turbans
Turbans have several advantages. Firstly they draw attention to your face, away from your body, make sure people talk to you and are impressed by your voice, smile, personality. Secondly, they can add height, making you taller. A vertical image. Another attention-getter.

7 Swap Shop Advantages
As you might expect, due to the large amount of material and embellishements used, thre prices are high. Starting at 100.  Cut the cost by selling off last year's garment. Use the money to cut the cost of a new garment.

Look different. Get hold of that fabulous outfit somebody else was wearing. 

You might not want to risk feeling awkward about saying something which might sound envious or jealous, like, 'I want your outfit.' Instead, you can just say, 'If you ever plan to put it on the swap shop, let me know.  I love that outfit so I'm a potential buyer for you.'

8 Ribbon & Belt Potential Extra Options
Hairband
If you don't want to tie the ribbons, you can cut off the ends to make a matching hairband (by covering all or part or a hairband,or adding a coiled, tied, rose in the middle). You could do this yourself, or ask them to add extra fabric or a made up item to your order.  
Ear-rings
Add a hanging piece of fabric to hooped ear rings. Use spare fabric to cover a coin or button, round square, coiled, spiral, twisted, plaited, shredded into a mini-fringe. 

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