About Us

Anna Marie Hartman - Fashion Editor
After 15 years in corporate America Anna Marie decided it was time to overhaul her professional life. The constant travel her job required had to change when she decided to start a family. Her only daughter, Elizabeth was born in 1997. For the next several years Anna Marie worked part time in inside phone sales. Wanting to spend more time at home with her duaghter, and her fascination with the internet fueled her desire to become an on line entrepreneur. Anna Marie is a plus size woman (a size 20 to be exact), and had struggled for years trying to find fashionable clothing that was flattering and stylish in large sizes. Fortunately, with the advent of many plus size clothing stores establishing an on line presence, her search for stylish clothing was over. Now a devout convert to on line shopping, Anna Marie was able to find the chic, plus size fashions that are generally unavailable in local malls and department stores. A love of fashion and writing led her to establish CurvyandChic.com, bringing together the best on line plus size stores, with the finest product offerings, for plus size women, like herself.


Jan Hecox - Contributing Editor
Jan, a freelance writer, and Anna Marie met in corporate America. Jan, also a plus size woman, and Anna Marie supported each other in their efforts to slim down. Finally they joined forces and decided to celebrate their curvy figures. American culture and the fashion industry have overlooked the plus size woman, now a growing portion of women in the United States, and Anna Marie and Jan decided to champion the curvy woman's cause. They feel that being healthy and physically fit is far more imprtant than making a woman's weight a measure of her success. Jan, as a freelance writer, has come aboard at CurvyandChic.com to write articles of general interest to the plus size woman. Jan is from the midwest and is also a full time mother.