You have done absolute WONDERS for my body image. I have basically your exact body type and it's one I hardly see represented. I've literally looked in the mirror and thought ''hey, this is like how Carrie looks" and felt a million times prettier. I know it's a struggle, obviously it is for me too, but you're helping so many people feel so much better :)
Gherker yes! Exactly what I think too! I look at myself and then I look at Carrie and I'm like wow we have such similar body types and I think she's amazing and smart and gorgeous! It helps me think the same of ME
Hi Carrie, I just love that you said it's okay in this self-love journey to sometimes not be feeling your body like that. I'm kind of in a valley myself, but I do feel like I'm coming out of it. I think it's so vitaly important to our personal growth to acknowledge and embrace those moments and love ourselves through it all. Thank you for your transparency it really does help others not feel so alone ❤️
I appreciate you talking about wanting aerie to extend their sizing. I think sizing can also be improved by making options for bustier gals. Proportions of breasts to bands differ greatly and it feels like most sports bras have the same proportions in all the sizes. It's frustrating not being able to fit into sports bras because the bust isn't generous enough. And sizing up means the band underneath will be too loose and then have no support. That's another area of size inclusivity that I think can improved.
Tell me about it. I wear a 40/42 C. That basically doesn't exist, lol. Bralettes and sports bras are always too small in the band but too large in the cup 🙄🙄
Yes!! And I have a huge rib cage but a smaller bust in comparison so I have to size up to have some room around my ribs but then the cup area is too big! S, M, L sizing for sports bras doesn’t cut it anymore brands!
This! Their bralettes are so cute, but if I get the size that will fit my DD/DDDs, the band is usually way too big. and now Ive gained a few quarantine pounds everything is spilling out
I'd love if you could do a video where you watch you old try on videos back and give a review on if you actually ended up wearing those items, if they held up, or if you never touched it. Love your videos 😍
I've had a lot of peaks and valleys with my body and self-image throughout quarantine. I can know and hear the words that the only thing my body has to do during a pandemic is stay alive, and I believe that! I repeat it to friends all the time...but sometimes your own advice is the hardest to take. Seeing you go through those moments, feel those feelings, and try on these clothes in a body that looks like mine is more validating than you could know. Love you, mean it!
"You don't have to love every part of your body. You can accept it for what it is and there can be ways you can dress that make you feel more comfortable that are totally fine." This
I love how real you are. Sometimes I look in the mirror and just wish I had the confidence that you have in yourself. To know that we can acknowledge our imperfections and not be “happy” with it but still embrace it has really changed my perspective on body positivity and made it so much more feasible.
I live in Arizona as well , as a mom of three young girls I struggle with body positivity. Thank you for stepping out of your shell and giving me insight on different styles and brands who support mid to plus size styles. This has helped me a lot .
You’re so inspiring! Being a size 18-20 and having you to help gage is so helpful. Women’s sizing is so complicated. I am an XL in most things so it’s interesting how you are too yet I’m a bigger pant size. 💕
Yes I was waiting for you to review this line, agree with you whenever I go to order XXL it is always sold out it’s so frustrating! Thanks for speaking out for us! Love you Carrie hope you are doing well ♥️
Same with anything in short or long lengths omg. They’re rarely even offered, and when they are, they sell out IMMEDIATELY. How can they praise themselves on being so inclusive when they almost never have anything available that’s not for “average” sized customers? They’re an incredibly popular brand, so it’s not like they don’t have the money to extend their sizes and make sure that items remain in stock. 🙄
Girl, we are all struggling right along with you! I have gained weight during this lockdown and have had many days where I want to avoid my reflection. Watching your videos have been a tremendous help for me during this time. You let me know I'm not alone in this and, even better, what to wear while going nowhere lol. Keep that chin up, you're doing great.
Things I love about you in this video (starting at the top): -Your hair!!! -your kind heart -your emotional moment (thank you for sharing) -your long legs -your humour -your energy -your beauty -your beautiful smile Thank you for an awesome review and video, queen! ❤️🤗
Carrie is simply a QUEEN. a supportive queen and ally to all. In the first 40 seconds of the video you mention Aeries lack of sizing for us plus size folks. stunning queen long live carrie✨❤️ I’m a size 20 and I’ve never bought aerie leggings because I’m scared they won’t fit and it’s such a disappointment they haven’t extended the sizing further. I’ve been on a body positive journey for the past year and you have been my main supporter in that. The past 2 months I’ve hit the lowest low I’ve had in a while with my body so you opening up about also experiencing this was so comforting. Sending you love❤️ thank you for all that you do✨ you spread goodness and love and acceptance and that’s beautiful
Carrie I’ve been a silent subscriber/viewer for a while now and I just cannot express how much I love your messages in your videos, and how you share your “valley” with us. I’m in a valley myself and your videos help so much. All my love!!
I've already tried this collection and love it! But, like, I'd watch you watch paint dry as you read Apple's terms and conditions so of course I'm still going to watch this
I always love when Carrie takes a second to recognize the continual struggle we all face in the process of finding acceptance and love and appreciation for our bodies. Some days are better than others, and sometimes it is still really hard to look in the mirror. I'm so thankful for Carrie's message and constantly wanting to promote *actually* important information on her platform. Also -- CARRIE! You look freaking amazing! That first pair of printed leggings I was like.... shook. You. Look. Fire. Much love as always! xx
When you started crying, I started crying because this week I’ve been in a funk about my own body and actually cried about how uncomfortable and big I’ve gotten. I’m currently at my heaviest and I can’t recall the last time I cried about how I looked, maybe in my early twenties but I guess being on my period doesn’t help and it made me emotional. 😭 I’m glad to relate to women like me and know that I’m not alone. It’s a life long journey to love yourself in every possible way but thanks for sharing with us a struggle we all encounter! By the way, you looked amazing, despite what you feel! 🤩 Keep being you Carrie! We love it! ❤️✨
before aerie like FULLY announced their offline collection they had dropped a few pieces on their site and I randomly got this AMAZING offline longline/crop style cami bra thing that i QUICKLY became obsessed with and I believe is exactly the style you talk about loving - it's called THE HUGGER and you can usually find it in their sports bra section. I tried to find a link and I saw it on the site but when i clicked it, it said it was no longer available. My biggest pet peeve with aerie is that they RARELY restock - i find something I love, try to go back to buy more, and it's gone forever (RIP my favorite high cut ribbed bikini underwear that only existed for a month on the site) BUT ANYWAY - i say all of this to say to keep an eye because they usually bring back something similar and it's by far my favorite top to work out in.
Carrrieeeee these pieces looked so wonderful on you! The colours suited your skin tone and hair shade SO WELL!!!!! Green is YOUR colour! The olive green halter neck set on you made me GASP!!! So beaut!!!
Your honesty makes me so happy. You're not a bullshitting blogger who pretends that they're ok with their bodies all the time.. Also when you say you dont have to be in love with every single part of your body, loved that. Ups and downs with our bodies is normal 🙏🙏
I just love you Carrie. You are such a beautiful person, inside and out. You always touch my heart in your videos. I connect with you on so many levels. I have to admit when you pulled out that gold outfit I was like “oh no!” But once you put in on I was like “omg how freaking cute!” It looks so good on you, as does everything else but that gold outfit is my fave on you! ❤️ I’m sorry you’re having a tough time with your body confidence journey. You ARE beautiful, worthy, and you bring light to so many peoples lives, including mine. So thank you for that ❤️ much love to you. Hope you feel better soon.
As someone who works at Aerie, I can say our sizing sucks, especially in stores. I am an XS-S and we never really have XS in stores, or XL ever. Our most popular and common size is medium in pretty much everything. Occasionally finding an XXL in the store after returns is like hitting the gold mine. In-store and online sizing needs improvement for sure!!
thank you for sharing and being open carrie! ive been having a couple bad days of disliking my hip dips, and it really helps to hear other people talk about their own body journeys. love you!!
You look amazeeeee in that olive set and I really love the mustard tank you weren't 100% on 🌟I love thar your positivity radiates through everything you say, and the message around body acceptance rather than love - feeling that pressure to love every part of myself can be really difficult when my self esteem is flagging. 💖
omg what you said about the larger sizes always selling out is so on point and seems to be the case literally every where I shop. stores that carry "overstock" like tj maxx always have an abundance of xs and s sized clothing.. when will they just.. make the bigger clothes the norm?!?!
@@madalynglime6883 yep, without fail. i've never experienced the opposite. even stores like plato's have pretty bare racks for the larger sizes compared to the small ones.
It depends on the most common size in your area. Also if a lot of people wear those bigger sizes they will rarely reach TJ max due to them mostly carrying overstock from other brands.
Carrie, you are such a breath of fresh air! When the world around us is in such dark state, you bring sunshine! I Love your channel and how genuine you are. I admire you for fighting for what you believe in. You’re not afraid to be vocal about your stance on politics, gender equality, racial discrimination, and body image. You are a bad ass Queen and role model to so many 😊 Thank you for being You! 💕
I can't even begin to tell you how influential you have been on my body positivity journey. I feel like I'm still at the beginning, even though I've been watching you for years now, and I still really struggle with not hating my stomach. I appreciate your vulnerability, your humor, which allows me to feel less at war with my body, and your candor when you too struggle. Thank you for sharing, I'm sending you lots of love! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
I'm so glad you mentioned all this about Aerie. Everyone stans them, which is fine, but as someone who is curvy, I've always struggled to find clothes that are flattering and fit well for me. So many better brands in my opinion
For making inclusive swimwear, they don’t have any support. It would be nice if they actually made the items to fit curvy women, not just a larger size.
Their sizing is also about a full cup size vanity sized, which is very frustrating. I’m a textbook DD and I’m like a G in aerie, which means that almost none of the styles come in my size. And when I was bigger? No chance.
Thank you so much for this video! You've honestly helped me so much through this pandemic as I dealt with gaining weight and struggling with all of those same issues (not to mention while immigrating to a new country in the middle of it - I moved from NYC to Switzerland). I look forward to your uploads, such a light of positivity
Love you speaking up for marginalized voices regarding size, race/ethnicity, abilities, etc. Especially in light of recent events with Aja Barber and Lucy and Yak. Thank you for speaking up!
I'll actually be addressing this in Friday's video - unfortunately the video does include 1 clothing piece from L&Y as it was ordered a month ago and filmed a few weeks ago before Aja's stories were posted, but I'll be sure to bring it up and mention why I no longer feel comfortable recommending them as a brand! Thank you for being here 💞
I'm 46 and I have always been over-weight and dieting and I'm am learning the self love now and it is so hard! But I love to see you youg girl doing the self love on youtube and encouraging each other, it is great! If I had learned this and accepted myself at a young age I would have avoided a lot of pain, believe me! You are pretty , no matter the size and a great person. Don't stop being a good influence, it is soooo important for the young ones! Bravo!
you’re literally so incredible, thank you for sharing your rawest moments with us. it makes us all feel less alone. such a light in this community!!!💖✨
These try-on's are extra helpful right now for those of us that are not comfortable with visiting/browsing physical stores during the pandemic. Thanks for taking the time to try out the items for us.
Girl you made me cry😭 I just wanna say you are a beautiful badass! And when I’m having a really bad day where I hate the way I look or when I’m upset about my body I turn to your videos and you always make me feel better. Thank you so so much for making videos Carrie!!❤️❤️
Honestly Carrie thank you so much for all of these videos, you make me feel so much better about my body. I constantly fluctuate with my weight due to an eating disorder, I lose a ton of weight then I gain an awful lot and it’s like a cycle, but I can get so low about myself when I gain but I’m starting to love how I look when I do because of your videos and all of the positivity about learning how to accept the way we are. I’m now beginning to eat better and not starve myself. Thank you for standing up and doing what you do. You always look so gorgeous. We got this. So much love to you ❤️
What I have been noticing about stores lately is they are repeatedly running store sales of 20-40% off (Aerie and American Eagle, included). It’s definitely a marketing tactic to make you feel like you are saving money (increase sales) when they could just lower the base price of the products... but you know- economics 🤷🏼♀️
I don't think you realise just how much we appreciate these videos at a time when you're not feeling your best and probably have to really push yourself to be motivated. I think that each and every one of us is feeling pretty crap right now, for a whole host of reasons, both personal and in society. Carrie, you share our experiences and keep us sane ❤
When you said the little bit about how you are allowed to have parts of your body that you might not like and prefer cover up to feel comfortable- that hit my heart hard today ❤️ big sis Carrie at it again
Carrie thank you for being so real about how you have been. I feel like so many of us are feeling very similar and I just appreciate it. I’m sorry you have not been feeling your best, but neither have I and thank you for normalizing that ♥️
Queen! I felt your emotion so much in this video that I just had to pause and come leave a comment. You have helped me so much in the past year or so to overcome my negative self talk about my body. I find myself reiterating your words when speaking to my friends and female clients about loving themselves and embracing the body they are in. Thank you for always being real on your channel about your struggles and beliefs. You are gorgeous inside and out and the world needs more people like you. Sending love ♥️
LOVE that lace up set on you!! Also your hair and makeup game is so perfect for fall, absolutely love. Appreciate you always being real with us and I am in such a bad rut right now too, cannot look in a mirror or it sets me off again. Wishing you such a good week 💕
Carrie, I’m so glad you decided to film even though you maybe don’t feel the best about your body. Seeing how cute you are with your tummy makes me feel like I might be cute too with my tummy. I know how hard it is when you don’t feel your best in your body (cause girl, same) but seeing someone who looks like me helps me so so so much.
Man I love you Carrie. Unproblematic, kind, inspiring, sweet, funny, just a queen. I have said it once and I'll say it again, you have brought me along so much on your body positivity journey, and I'm so grateful.
The first outfit looks cute af on you. You’re gorgeous. You make so many of us feel happier in our own bodies. I love that you speak your mind, you wear what you want to wear. Hearing you talk in videos about how insecure you’ve felt at times shows how far you’ve come, and even when you’re not feeling your best, you’re still like “we doin’ this.” Keep it up beautiful! 😍♥️
I’ve been binging your videos all day and It just reminded myself of why I have loved your videos for literally the last five years. Thank you for brightening up my day and this really fun video. I love the clothes. You look absolutely incredible in them. And I know you’ve said you had a rough couple of days and I just wanna send you all my love 💛 you are an incredible person inside and out, a huge Inspiration and you’ve helped me trough so many struggles with my own body. I hope you will feel better soon. Every day is a journey and you will come out of it stronger. Okay enough rambling. I hope you have a beautiful day 💛(I rarely comment, but I just needed too)
Carrie, you make me feel so confident in my mid-sized body that I’ve always struggled with. Your try on hauls in these adorable clothes make me feel like, “wow, i could actually get that and it could look good on me!” ❤️ Been a long time watcher, never really commented.
First of all Carrie you’re such a wonderful human. You always speak the truth and what’s on your heart and I love that about you! I truly think mustard yellows, terra cotta orange, and neutral colors were made for you! You look stunning in any color but neutrals just suit you so well!♥️
I cant express how much watching you has boosted my confidence. You're the reason I started being able to wear crop tops and feel comfortable with myself. Thank you.
I have the neck thing too! It took me forever to get used to wearing crew neck t-shirts, because I just felt like I was being strangled. I remember wearing a choker for the first time and wanting to claw it off my neck. Things have gotten better, but yeah I still prefer not to have anything pressing against my neck.
Carrie! What I love about your channel is that you’re so honest and you accept yourself for who you are; and honestly it motivates me and makes me love myself knowing that there’s someone who has the same body as me. I’m always cheering you on through the screen and you’re like the big sister of positivity in TH-cam. Keep doing you because you’re doing amazing and you’re an inspiration ♥️
Carrie, you are such an inspiration! I know it’s probably so hard being the one that needs to always be strong because you have so many people relying on you to be their motivation and body posi strength... you are doing an amazing job and we love you! ❤️❤️
I just wanted to say that you are one of the main reasons i decided to hop on the self love train. your videos taught me to be more confident and accepting of my body. thank you ❤️
I’m just so thankful for you, Carrie! It’s so hard to see your own beauty (going through my own self love journey) but for what it’s worth, you’re beautiful exactly as you are ❤️
Carrie you are the most real and genuine youtuber out there. I love your videos so much❤️ and you are so beautiful inside and out and I appreciate you talking about your body struggles, I think we can all relate to that, but I hope soon you’re able to see just how gorgeous u are💓✨
That criss cross too is toooo cute!! You look so amazing like always and thank you for always being soooo honest we’ve all been there but videos like this always gives me something to go back to when I’m in that place too and help cheer me up 💖
THE GREEN LACE-UP SET!! CARRIE THAT IS YOUR COLORRRRRRRR YOU LOOKED AMAAAZING (as per always, but the way you looked in that green number made me go **full heart eyes**)
Girl, you are absolutely amazing 👏 I LOVE all of your videos but I especially love watching them when I am feeling bad about my self image because you are so true to how you feel and how real life is. You are an inspiration, always!
That number two top with the crossed back is so cute and it looks good on you, but i imagine it paired with some slim high waist dark jeans and a vintage belt instead of the tights. I would wear it as an ‘every day’ tank top and not as a workout tank top, as you mention. I would love to get my hands on one of those. Thanks for sharing.
Your videos make me feel so much better about myself! Your little emotional moment is something I do to myself in the mirror all the time. Glad I'm not alone 💞
Omgosh you look adorable in these clothes.and hugs for you for the emotional bit.i am 48 and about same build as you ,and you gave me the confidence to wear stuff and quit worrying about my stomach.i actually wore a pair of linen bibs this summer thank to you 😁✌🏻thank you
You are absolutely beautiful. I searched for so long to find someone who was Large and up to give us an accurate review about the leggings and their compression before i spent money on these. Thank you!!! You should be on the top so more of us can access this honest review
Early squaaad💗💗 also I the only reason I dislike this collection is bc its so hard to tell what’s what now when nothing is really labelled like it used to be aka Chill, Play, Move etc.
abcdefghijk lmnopqrstuvwxyz i have a HUGE problem with texture! The chill and play leggings have been my favorite but the moves were too tight for me and definitely ran a bit small. I’m usually a medium short in their leggings in general but I’m very confused now without the fabric explanations and labels! Also for people who are deaf or blind who may not have any other way of knowing what kind of fabrics/feels/looks etc. It is definitely not the most practical anymore.
@@meredithgomes6559 I am with you 100 % on the texture issue. Ugh! Thanks for pointing out as well the issue for folks with disabilities having difficulties shopping with this brand etc. I never would have thought of that.The things I take for granted..
abcdefghijk lmnopqrstuvwxyz Yes! My cousin is deaf and she definitely can struggle with that kind of thing from time to time. Thank goodness for technology tho am I right😂🖤
@@meredithgomes6559 Wait, I'm deaf. How is a word in a title affecting me in terms of not knowing what fabric something is? We can read the description, feel, and see it so I'm genuinely confused.
SWEETIE, SELF ACCEPTANCE IS HARD AND I FEEL YOUR PAIN! You have helped me in my confidence journey (I never miss a video) and your light shines so brightly! Though I never want you to feel how I'm feeling, it is some comfort knowing that we're not alone. I wish I could send a big hug to you through this message! 💙💛⭐🤗
Carrie, thank you so much for all of the videos that you do! Since quarantine, I’ve gained a lot of weight and my body image has completely gone down. Your videos have helped me to understand that it’s okay to not fully love every part of your body yet and the main thing to focus on right now is to stay safe and get through this crazy year. Anyway, yeah I’m a huge fan! 💛💛
I LOVE your videos so much and I find myself so often thinking "PREACH" when you talk about body confidence/acceptance. Thank you so so so much for being a gorgeous light in the TH-cam world for body acceptance and positivity.
Carrie, I have been going through the body confidence blues lately too!!! I love you so much, you are beautiful! Thank you for sharing how you are feeling because many of us are there with you.
I would love it I’d you could to a squat test! I hate finding super cute leggings and then finding out they’re totally see through 😭 Love your videos!!! ❤️
I’ve had that green lace up outfit in my American eagle cart for months. I want it so much! And now I want it even more cause you look amazing in it! And I love that mustardy greenish leopard legging look! It was so stinking cute on you!
I honestly think the mustard/leopard print outfit looked great on you! I feel like if you’d want the top to be a little more fitted, you could always do a little knot with a hair tie or something along the lines of that. And since the sports bra is visible in the back, its brownish-gray color helps tie in the colors of the leopard print on the leggings!
I was having a really, really bad day and I’m so glad you put this video up. Thanks for the reminder that we’re not always perfect and that’s okay, but it’s more about loving yourself through it 🥺💗
You getting emotional immediately got me emotional. I feel like so many of us have those moments in private, we go about our lives and we appear to be happy/carefree. Its really important for me to know that other people experience it too.
I’ve really been interested in this line but was too scared to pull the trigger...I watched reviews but you’re generally the only person I trust 😂 thank you for this!
I needed to see this today. We have the exact same body type and I’ve been struggling with self love lately. Thank you for being so real and honest. You help me so much more than you’ll ever know, Carrie 💖
Carrie! Don’t cry! Iv been doing enough for the both of us! Iv been dealing with some weight gain recently and it’s honestly been so tough! Just hang in there girl!
When you got emotional, I got emotional. You have genuinely helped me become more confident, and I couldn't thank you enough :)
You have done absolute WONDERS for my body image. I have basically your exact body type and it's one I hardly see represented. I've literally looked in the mirror and thought ''hey, this is like how Carrie looks" and felt a million times prettier. I know it's a struggle, obviously it is for me too, but you're helping so many people feel so much better :)
I absolutely agree with this!! Carrie, you are a life-saver!!
Sameeeee
Gherker yes! Exactly what I think too! I look at myself and then I look at Carrie and I'm like wow we have such similar body types and I think she's amazing and smart and gorgeous! It helps me think the same of ME
Same same same! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Same for me too!! I have been “mid-size” my entire life and have never felt better about it than after following Carrie! 💗💗💗💗
Hi Carrie, I just love that you said it's okay in this self-love journey to sometimes not be feeling your body like that. I'm kind of in a valley myself, but I do feel like I'm coming out of it. I think it's so vitaly important to our personal growth to acknowledge and embrace those moments and love ourselves through it all. Thank you for your transparency it really does help others not feel so alone ❤️
I’m with you on this one,‘I’m in the same place 💜💜
I appreciate you talking about wanting aerie to extend their sizing. I think sizing can also be improved by making options for bustier gals. Proportions of breasts to bands differ greatly and it feels like most sports bras have the same proportions in all the sizes. It's frustrating not being able to fit into sports bras because the bust isn't generous enough. And sizing up means the band underneath will be too loose and then have no support. That's another area of size inclusivity that I think can improved.
Tell me about it. I wear a 40/42 C. That basically doesn't exist, lol. Bralettes and sports bras are always too small in the band but too large in the cup 🙄🙄
Day Breaker I am giving you a massive thumbs up!,,
same. small ribcage but bigger boobs... not a combo thats easy to shop for :(
Yes!! And I have a huge rib cage but a smaller bust in comparison so I have to size up to have some room around my ribs but then the cup area is too big! S, M, L sizing for sports bras doesn’t cut it anymore brands!
This! Their bralettes are so cute, but if I get the size that will fit my DD/DDDs, the band is usually way too big. and now Ive gained a few quarantine pounds everything is spilling out
Love your message about accepting your body even if you’re not in love with every part of your body!!! Thanks for the positive vibes!! ❤️
I'd love if you could do a video where you watch you old try on videos back and give a review on if you actually ended up wearing those items, if they held up, or if you never touched it.
Love your videos 😍
I've had a lot of peaks and valleys with my body and self-image throughout quarantine. I can know and hear the words that the only thing my body has to do during a pandemic is stay alive, and I believe that! I repeat it to friends all the time...but sometimes your own advice is the hardest to take. Seeing you go through those moments, feel those feelings, and try on these clothes in a body that looks like mine is more validating than you could know. Love you, mean it!
"You don't have to love every part of your body. You can accept it for what it is and there can be ways you can dress that make you feel more comfortable that are totally fine." This
I love how real you are. Sometimes I look in the mirror and just wish I had the confidence that you have in yourself. To know that we can acknowledge our imperfections and not be “happy” with it but still embrace it has really changed my perspective on body positivity and made it so much more feasible.
I live in Arizona as well , as a mom of three young girls I struggle with body positivity. Thank you for stepping out of your shell and giving me insight on different styles and brands who support mid to plus size styles. This has helped me a lot .
You’re so inspiring! Being a size 18-20 and having you to help gage is so helpful. Women’s sizing is so complicated. I am an XL in most things so it’s interesting how you are too yet I’m a bigger pant size. 💕
Yes I was waiting for you to review this line, agree with you whenever I go to order XXL it is always sold out it’s so frustrating! Thanks for speaking out for us!
Love you Carrie hope you are doing well ♥️
I swear they only make like a dozen in XXL. it’s always always always gone
Same with anything in short or long lengths omg. They’re rarely even offered, and when they are, they sell out IMMEDIATELY. How can they praise themselves on being so inclusive when they almost never have anything available that’s not for “average” sized customers? They’re an incredibly popular brand, so it’s not like they don’t have the money to extend their sizes and make sure that items remain in stock. 🙄
Wait, I think the $54 price might be for both pairs of bike shorts. Online they are listed for $29.95. Anyways, love the video, Carrie!
Makes sense!!!
Girl, we are all struggling right along with you! I have gained weight during this lockdown and have had many days where I want to avoid my reflection. Watching your videos have been a tremendous help for me during this time. You let me know I'm not alone in this and, even better, what to wear while going nowhere lol. Keep that chin up, you're doing great.
Things I love about you in this video (starting at the top):
-Your hair!!!
-your kind heart
-your emotional moment (thank you for sharing)
-your long legs
-your humour
-your energy
-your beauty
-your beautiful smile
Thank you for an awesome review and video, queen! ❤️🤗
Carrie is simply a QUEEN. a supportive queen and ally to all. In the first 40 seconds of the video you mention Aeries lack of sizing for us plus size folks. stunning queen long live carrie✨❤️ I’m a size 20 and I’ve never bought aerie leggings because I’m scared they won’t fit and it’s such a disappointment they haven’t extended the sizing further. I’ve been on a body positive journey for the past year and you have been my main supporter in that. The past 2 months I’ve hit the lowest low I’ve had in a while with my body so you opening up about also experiencing this was so comforting. Sending you love❤️ thank you for all that you do✨ you spread goodness and love and acceptance and that’s beautiful
wow, the mustard outfit is CUTE. I love it. Keep the top. Do a knot in the front it's hella cute.
Carrie I’ve been a silent subscriber/viewer for a while now and I just cannot express how much I love your messages in your videos, and how you share your “valley” with us. I’m in a valley myself and your videos help so much. All my love!!
Your hair is dynamiteeeeee right now. I absolutely love the bronde look on you! 😍
agreed!!! i LOVE the color!!
I agreee, she suits any colour! Her blue eyes are stunning.
Agreeeeee 😍
I've already tried this collection and love it! But, like, I'd watch you watch paint dry as you read Apple's terms and conditions so of course I'm still going to watch this
I always love when Carrie takes a second to recognize the continual struggle we all face in the process of finding acceptance and love and appreciation for our bodies. Some days are better than others, and sometimes it is still really hard to look in the mirror. I'm so thankful for Carrie's message and constantly wanting to promote *actually* important information on her platform. Also -- CARRIE! You look freaking amazing! That first pair of printed leggings I was like.... shook. You. Look. Fire. Much love as always! xx
You’re the only channel where I will watch try on hauls and it’s 100% because of how you do them. I love your format!
When you started crying, I started crying because this week I’ve been in a funk about my own body and actually cried about how uncomfortable and big I’ve gotten. I’m currently at my heaviest and I can’t recall the last time I cried about how I looked, maybe in my early twenties but I guess being on my period doesn’t help and it made me emotional. 😭 I’m glad to relate to women like me and know that I’m not alone. It’s a life long journey to love yourself in every possible way but thanks for sharing with us a struggle we all encounter! By the way, you looked amazing, despite what you feel! 🤩 Keep being you Carrie! We love it! ❤️✨
before aerie like FULLY announced their offline collection they had dropped a few pieces on their site and I randomly got this AMAZING offline longline/crop style cami bra thing that i QUICKLY became obsessed with and I believe is exactly the style you talk about loving - it's called THE HUGGER and you can usually find it in their sports bra section. I tried to find a link and I saw it on the site but when i clicked it, it said it was no longer available. My biggest pet peeve with aerie is that they RARELY restock - i find something I love, try to go back to buy more, and it's gone forever (RIP my favorite high cut ribbed bikini underwear that only existed for a month on the site) BUT ANYWAY - i say all of this to say to keep an eye because they usually bring back something similar and it's by far my favorite top to work out in.
Carrrieeeee these pieces looked so wonderful on you! The colours suited your skin tone and hair shade SO WELL!!!!! Green is YOUR colour! The olive green halter neck set on you made me GASP!!! So beaut!!!
Your honesty makes me so happy. You're not a bullshitting blogger who pretends that they're ok with their bodies all the time.. Also when you say you dont have to be in love with every single part of your body, loved that. Ups and downs with our bodies is normal 🙏🙏
I just love you Carrie. You are such a beautiful person, inside and out. You always touch my heart in your videos. I connect with you on so many levels.
I have to admit when you pulled out that gold outfit I was like “oh no!” But once you put in on I was like “omg how freaking cute!” It looks so good on you, as does everything else but that gold outfit is my fave on you! ❤️ I’m sorry you’re having a tough time with your body confidence journey. You ARE beautiful, worthy, and you bring light to so many peoples lives, including mine. So thank you for that ❤️ much love to you. Hope you feel better soon.
As someone who works at Aerie, I can say our sizing sucks, especially in stores. I am an XS-S and we never really have XS in stores, or XL ever. Our most popular and common size is medium in pretty much everything. Occasionally finding an XXL in the store after returns is like hitting the gold mine. In-store and online sizing needs improvement for sure!!
thank you for sharing and being open carrie! ive been having a couple bad days of disliking my hip dips, and it really helps to hear other people talk about their own body journeys. love you!!
You look amazeeeee in that olive set and I really love the mustard tank you weren't 100% on 🌟I love thar your positivity radiates through everything you say, and the message around body acceptance rather than love - feeling that pressure to love every part of myself can be really difficult when my self esteem is flagging. 💖
omg what you said about the larger sizes always selling out is so on point and seems to be the case literally every where I shop. stores that carry "overstock" like tj maxx always have an abundance of xs and s sized clothing.. when will they just.. make the bigger clothes the norm?!?!
really? at least where i shop it’s always the opposite i’m looking for xs and smaller sizes and they’re are always so many larger sizes available
@@madalynglime6883 yep, without fail. i've never experienced the opposite. even stores like plato's have pretty bare racks for the larger sizes compared to the small ones.
Paige T that stinks we gotta switch stores haha
It also depends a lot on where you live. I live in downtown Toronto where majority of women strive to be thin. So size small is always sold out.
It depends on the most common size in your area. Also if a lot of people wear those bigger sizes they will rarely reach TJ max due to them mostly carrying overstock from other brands.
Carrie, you are such a breath of fresh air! When the world around us is in such dark state, you bring sunshine! I Love your channel and how genuine you are. I admire you for fighting for what you believe in. You’re not afraid to be vocal about your stance on politics, gender equality, racial discrimination, and body image. You are a bad ass Queen and role model to so many 😊 Thank you for being You! 💕
I can't even begin to tell you how influential you have been on my body positivity journey. I feel like I'm still at the beginning, even though I've been watching you for years now, and I still really struggle with not hating my stomach. I appreciate your vulnerability, your humor, which allows me to feel less at war with my body, and your candor when you too struggle. Thank you for sharing, I'm sending you lots of love! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
I'm so glad you mentioned all this about Aerie. Everyone stans them, which is fine, but as someone who is curvy, I've always struggled to find clothes that are flattering and fit well for me. So many better brands in my opinion
For making inclusive swimwear, they don’t have any support. It would be nice if they actually made the items to fit curvy women, not just a larger size.
Their sizing is also about a full cup size vanity sized, which is very frustrating. I’m a textbook DD and I’m like a G in aerie, which means that almost none of the styles come in my size. And when I was bigger? No chance.
american eagle has a curvy jeans line...not sure about aerie though
@@beats4u2 absolutely! I'm curvy, but I'm a size 8/10. So I 100% agree!
Thank you so much for this video! You've honestly helped me so much through this pandemic as I dealt with gaining weight and struggling with all of those same issues (not to mention while immigrating to a new country in the middle of it - I moved from NYC to Switzerland). I look forward to your uploads, such a light of positivity
Fellow USA-to-Switzerland transplant here! 👋
@@jessicah2703 omg! how awesome! where in Switzerland are you living?
@@TheTravelingSwiss Ah sorry I didn't get a notification! I'm in Lausanne
Love you speaking up for marginalized voices regarding size, race/ethnicity, abilities, etc. Especially in light of recent events with Aja Barber and Lucy and Yak. Thank you for speaking up!
what happened with lucy and yak?
I'll actually be addressing this in Friday's video - unfortunately the video does include 1 clothing piece from L&Y as it was ordered a month ago and filmed a few weeks ago before Aja's stories were posted, but I'll be sure to bring it up and mention why I no longer feel comfortable recommending them as a brand! Thank you for being here 💞
I'm 46 and I have always been over-weight and dieting and I'm am learning the self love now and it is so hard! But I love to see you youg girl doing the self love on youtube and encouraging each other, it is great! If I had learned this and accepted myself at a young age I would have avoided a lot of pain, believe me! You are pretty , no matter the size and a great person. Don't stop being a good influence, it is soooo important for the young ones! Bravo!
you’re literally so incredible, thank you for sharing your rawest moments with us. it makes us all feel less alone. such a light in this community!!!💖✨
YES! I've been hoping you'd review the Offline collection!
The olive green set looked SO good on you! Thank you for being vulnerable. Seeing your self-love journey has been so helpful to my own.
These try-on's are extra helpful right now for those of us that are not comfortable with visiting/browsing physical stores during the pandemic. Thanks for taking the time to try out the items for us.
Girl you made me cry😭 I just wanna say you are a beautiful badass! And when I’m having a really bad day where I hate the way I look or when I’m upset about my body I turn to your videos and you always make me feel better. Thank you so so much for making videos Carrie!!❤️❤️
Honestly Carrie thank you so much for all of these videos, you make me feel so much better about my body. I constantly fluctuate with my weight due to an eating disorder, I lose a ton of weight then I gain an awful lot and it’s like a cycle, but I can get so low about myself when I gain but I’m starting to love how I look when I do because of your videos and all of the positivity about learning how to accept the way we are. I’m now beginning to eat better and not starve myself. Thank you for standing up and doing what you do. You always look so gorgeous. We got this. So much love to you ❤️
What I have been noticing about stores lately is they are repeatedly running store sales of 20-40% off (Aerie and American Eagle, included). It’s definitely a marketing tactic to make you feel like you are saving money (increase sales) when they could just lower the base price of the products... but you know- economics 🤷🏼♀️
I don't think you realise just how much we appreciate these videos at a time when you're not feeling your best and probably have to really push yourself to be motivated. I think that each and every one of us is feeling pretty crap right now, for a whole host of reasons, both personal and in society. Carrie, you share our experiences and keep us sane ❤
Thank you for all of your little pep talks throughout your videos. We all need those reminders every once in a while!
When you said the little bit about how you are allowed to have parts of your body that you might not like and prefer cover up to feel comfortable- that hit my heart hard today ❤️ big sis Carrie at it again
Carrie thank you for being so real about how you have been. I feel like so many of us are feeling very similar and I just appreciate it. I’m sorry you have not been feeling your best, but neither have I and thank you for normalizing that ♥️
Omg I could cry with you!!! Thank you for being so vulnerable Carrie we are all here with you!
Queen! I felt your emotion so much in this video that I just had to pause and come leave a comment. You have helped me so much in the past year or so to overcome my negative self talk about my body. I find myself reiterating your words when speaking to my friends and female clients about loving themselves and embracing the body they are in. Thank you for always being real on your channel about your struggles and beliefs. You are gorgeous inside and out and the world needs more people like you. Sending love ♥️
LOVE that lace up set on you!! Also your hair and makeup game is so perfect for fall, absolutely love. Appreciate you always being real with us and I am in such a bad rut right now too, cannot look in a mirror or it sets me off again. Wishing you such a good week 💕
Carrie, I’m so glad you decided to film even though you maybe don’t feel the best about your body. Seeing how cute you are with your tummy makes me feel like I might be cute too with my tummy. I know how hard it is when you don’t feel your best in your body (cause girl, same) but seeing someone who looks like me helps me so so so much.
Man I love you Carrie. Unproblematic, kind, inspiring, sweet, funny, just a queen. I have said it once and I'll say it again, you have brought me along so much on your body positivity journey, and I'm so grateful.
I was literally looking at the collection yesterday and thought “I wish Carrie would release a video about this so I know if it’s good or not”
The first outfit looks cute af on you. You’re gorgeous. You make so many of us feel happier in our own bodies. I love that you speak your mind, you wear what you want to wear. Hearing you talk in videos about how insecure you’ve felt at times shows how far you’ve come, and even when you’re not feeling your best, you’re still like “we doin’ this.” Keep it up beautiful! 😍♥️
I’ve been binging your videos all day and It just reminded myself of why I have loved your videos for literally the last five years. Thank you for brightening up my day and this really fun video. I love the clothes. You look absolutely incredible in them. And I know you’ve said you had a rough couple of days and I just wanna send you all my love 💛 you are an incredible person inside and out, a huge Inspiration and you’ve helped me trough so many struggles with my own body. I hope you will feel better soon. Every day is a journey and you will come out of it stronger. Okay enough rambling. I hope you have a beautiful day 💛(I rarely comment, but I just needed too)
Carrie, you make me feel so confident in my mid-sized body that I’ve always struggled with. Your try on hauls in these adorable clothes make me feel like, “wow, i could actually get that and it could look good on me!” ❤️ Been a long time watcher, never really commented.
First of all Carrie you’re such a wonderful human. You always speak the truth and what’s on your heart and I love that about you! I truly think mustard yellows, terra cotta orange, and neutral colors were made for you! You look stunning in any color but neutrals just suit you so well!♥️
That lipstick is so gorgeous on you! And it gives me all the fall feels! Your whole look is the casual cool style I'm always trying to shoot for.
I cant express how much watching you has boosted my confidence. You're the reason I started being able to wear crop tops and feel comfortable with myself. Thank you.
I hope she see this because this is so sweet!
lemme tell you I GASPED at the full green fit OH MY GOD JUST SO CUTE
I have the neck thing too! It took me forever to get used to wearing crew neck t-shirts, because I just felt like I was being strangled. I remember wearing a choker for the first time and wanting to claw it off my neck. Things have gotten better, but yeah I still prefer not to have anything pressing against my neck.
The yellow outfit is so cute. I really appreciate your attitude about your body image. It is refreshing.
Carrie! What I love about your channel is that you’re so honest and you accept yourself for who you are; and honestly it motivates me and makes me love myself knowing that there’s someone who has the same body as me. I’m always cheering you on through the screen and you’re like the big sister of positivity in TH-cam. Keep doing you because you’re doing amazing and you’re an inspiration ♥️
Carrie, you are such an inspiration! I know it’s probably so hard being the one that needs to always be strong because you have so many people relying on you to be their motivation and body posi strength... you are doing an amazing job and we love you! ❤️❤️
I just wanted to say that you are one of the main reasons i decided to hop on the self love train. your videos taught me to be more confident and accepting of my body. thank you ❤️
Love the emotionalness. Never apologize for being vulnerable, raw, and real. 🖤🖤🖤
I’m just so thankful for you, Carrie! It’s so hard to see your own beauty (going through my own self love journey) but for what it’s worth, you’re beautiful exactly as you are ❤️
Carrie you are the most real and genuine youtuber out there. I love your videos so much❤️ and you are so beautiful inside and out and I appreciate you talking about your body struggles, I think we can all relate to that, but I hope soon you’re able to see just how gorgeous u are💓✨
That criss cross too is toooo cute!! You look so amazing like always and thank you for always being soooo honest we’ve all been there but videos like this always gives me something to go back to when I’m in that place too and help cheer me up 💖
your realness makes your content so special, you truly are beautiful & have a lovely good vibe. lots of love carrie!!
I absolutely adore you. You have helped me accept my midsize body! Love ya girl💕 that mustard colored top with those leggings looks stunning on you!
THE GREEN LACE-UP SET!! CARRIE THAT IS YOUR COLORRRRRRRR YOU LOOKED AMAAAZING (as per always, but the way you looked in that green number made me go **full heart eyes**)
Girl, you are absolutely amazing 👏 I LOVE all of your videos but I especially love watching them when I am feeling bad about my self image because you are so true to how you feel and how real life is. You are an inspiration, always!
That number two top with the crossed back is so cute and it looks good on you, but i imagine it paired with some slim high waist dark jeans and a vintage belt instead of the tights.
I would wear it as an ‘every day’ tank top and not as a workout tank top, as you mention.
I would love to get my hands on one of those. Thanks for sharing.
Your videos make me feel so much better about myself! Your little emotional moment is something I do to myself in the mirror all the time. Glad I'm not alone 💞
Omgosh you look adorable in these clothes.and hugs for you for the emotional bit.i am 48 and about same build as you ,and you gave me the confidence to wear stuff and quit worrying about my stomach.i actually wore a pair of linen bibs this summer thank to you 😁✌🏻thank you
You are absolutely beautiful. I searched for so long to find someone who was Large and up to give us an accurate review about the leggings and their compression before i spent money on these. Thank you!!! You should be on the top so more of us can access this honest review
Early squaaad💗💗 also I the only reason I dislike this collection is bc its so hard to tell what’s what now when nothing is really labelled like it used to be aka Chill, Play, Move etc.
I can see why that matters, especially with the leggings!!,
abcdefghijk lmnopqrstuvwxyz i have a HUGE problem with texture! The chill and play leggings have been my favorite but the moves were too tight for me and definitely ran a bit small. I’m usually a medium short in their leggings in general but I’m very confused now without the fabric explanations and labels! Also for people who are deaf or blind who may not have any other way of knowing what kind of fabrics/feels/looks etc. It is definitely not the most practical anymore.
@@meredithgomes6559 I am with you 100 % on the texture issue. Ugh!
Thanks for pointing out as well the issue for folks with disabilities having difficulties shopping with this brand etc. I never would have thought of that.The things I take for granted..
abcdefghijk lmnopqrstuvwxyz Yes! My cousin is deaf and she definitely can struggle with that kind of thing from time to time. Thank goodness for technology tho am I right😂🖤
@@meredithgomes6559 Wait, I'm deaf. How is a word in a title affecting me in terms of not knowing what fabric something is? We can read the description, feel, and see it so I'm genuinely confused.
i love how honest you are about your body journey, it makes me feel like it's okay to have ups and downs so thank you for sharing
Those shorter bike shorts are something I’ve been looking for . I think the winner of this haul is that army green set, like so beautiful 😍😍
SWEETIE, SELF ACCEPTANCE IS HARD AND I FEEL YOUR PAIN! You have helped me in my confidence journey (I never miss a video) and your light shines so brightly! Though I never want you to feel how I'm feeling, it is some comfort knowing that we're not alone. I wish I could send a big hug to you through this message! 💙💛⭐🤗
Carrie, thank you so much for all of the videos that you do! Since quarantine, I’ve gained a lot of weight and my body image has completely gone down. Your videos have helped me to understand that it’s okay to not fully love every part of your body yet and the main thing to focus on right now is to stay safe and get through this crazy year. Anyway, yeah I’m a huge fan! 💛💛
I LOVE your videos so much and I find myself so often thinking "PREACH" when you talk about body confidence/acceptance. Thank you so so so much for being a gorgeous light in the TH-cam world for body acceptance and positivity.
Loveeee that mustard outfit! And I actually love how that top looks on you!
Carrie, I have been going through the body confidence blues lately too!!! I love you so much, you are beautiful! Thank you for sharing how you are feeling because many of us are there with you.
I would love it I’d you could to a squat test! I hate finding super cute leggings and then finding out they’re totally see through 😭 Love your videos!!! ❤️
I’ve had that green lace up outfit in my American eagle cart for months. I want it so much! And now I want it even more cause you look amazing in it! And I love that mustardy greenish leopard legging look! It was so stinking cute on you!
I honestly think the mustard/leopard print outfit looked great on you! I feel like if you’d want the top to be a little more fitted, you could always do a little knot with a hair tie or something along the lines of that. And since the sports bra is visible in the back, its brownish-gray color helps tie in the colors of the leopard print on the leggings!
This positivity was exactly what I needed today! Thank you girly! You look gorgeous! (:
girl you look cute as HELL in all of these oufits. the green set, we love
“Sometimes my nipples just be out there” 😂😂😂 I feel you girl
The second outfit is THE bomb - you have to keep the top, it looks so so perfect together with these leggins!
loooove the outfit you’re filming in. literally every single item. my style icon, fo real
I was having a really, really bad day and I’m so glad you put this video up. Thanks for the reminder that we’re not always perfect and that’s okay, but it’s more about loving yourself through it 🥺💗
You getting emotional immediately got me emotional. I feel like so many of us have those moments in private, we go about our lives and we appear to be happy/carefree. Its really important for me to know that other people experience it too.
That dark green set is EVERYTHING!!! Wow I think I need to buy it
I’ve really been interested in this line but was too scared to pull the trigger...I watched reviews but you’re generally the only person I trust 😂 thank you for this!
I needed to see this today. We have the exact same body type and I’ve been struggling with self love lately. Thank you for being so real and honest. You help me so much more than you’ll ever know, Carrie 💖
Carrie! Don’t cry! Iv been doing enough for the both of us! Iv been dealing with some weight gain recently and it’s honestly been so tough! Just hang in there girl!