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Hi everyone, it's Karen from the Geordie Grammar. Welcome back to my channel. Today I've got
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a Roman Originals clothing haul for you. I don't actually know if they call it Roman
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Originals anymore, but it's Roman Clothing. Just for reference, I'm 5'4", I'm a size
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18 to 20, I do have a large stomach, so you can get an idea of what the clothes would
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look like on that kind of body. So I've got four tops and a dress to show you today. So
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I'm just going to show you each item. I'll show you the item and then I'll try it on
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and you can see what it looks like on us. So this is the first one. It is a pink and
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white or pink and cream top with a v-neck. It's got short sleeves that are a little bit
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sort of bell-like. It's a stretchy material and I got this in a size 20. It is 96% viscose
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and 4% elastane, so that's where the stretch comes from. And it's got a little bit of Russian
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detail on the shoulder there, which is quite nice. So we'll try that on and see what it
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looks like. So this is what it looks like on. I'm just trying them all on with a pair
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of jeans that I've got on from Roman. I really like this top. I think the print is really
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nice. It's kind of a, like a paint splatter effect. I love the v-neck, always like a v-neck
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I like the short sleeves. I'm not so keen on the flooty sleeves, but this one isn't
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too bad because they are shorter than normal. I don't know whether I could have sized up
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in this. This is a size 20. I don't know whether I could have maybe got it in a size
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22 because there's not, it is stretchy, but it is quite, not fitting, but do you know
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what I mean? So I'm not sure if I could have actually sized up in this one. I would probably
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be quite happy to wear it like this, but I don't know if you can see, it's got like a
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little kind of pleat detail here and it's pulling a little bit. So I think if it had
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been in a larger size, that may have lay a little better. I'm not sure if the camera's
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picking that up very well, but I do like the top. I think the colour is really pretty
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I'm very happy with that. I'll put the links to all of these in the description box below
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in case you want to go over and have a look. I wasn't gifted these at all. I did buy them
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with my own money, but if you do click on a link below and you go through and buy anything
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I will get a little bit commission because they will be affiliate links. So that is the
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first top. This is the second one and it is another pink top. I'm really liking pink at
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the moment. And this is a pink, it's kind of got a, what would you call that? Like a
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broidery onglet detail. It's also got a v-neck. It's got the short, I don't know if you'd
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call that a bell sleeve or a cap sleeve, but it is a short sleeve. And this one has got
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the tie front detail, which I think can be quite flattering when you've got a large stomach
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because it kind of camouflages it a little bit. Again, I got this in a size 20. I'll
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just check what the material is. This is also 94% polyester and 6% elastane. So we'll try
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this one on. So this is the second top and I really like this as well. I think I like
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the length of it, even though it's kind of short and I don't always like showing my stomach
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I think the tie bit kind of camouflages that a little bit. So you can see it is quite short
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That's what it looks like from the back. But I think this is a lovely top. If you watched
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a Marks and Spencer's video, try on video I did recently, I got a shirt from there and
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I did kind of the tie front with the shirt. So it looked a little bit like this shape
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And I think I really like that sort of styling, but the top is really, really pretty. I love
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the broidery onglet detail. It does have buttons, but they are not functioning buttons
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It is just a button detail. This one fits really nicely. The size 20 and I love the
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colour again, sleeve length, just the right length. I don't like long sleeves because
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they're always too long on me. I have short arms, I think, but I do like a short sleeve
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So yeah, I'm really, I'm really happy with that. I really like that one. I think that
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would, this makes a lovely outfit with the jeans. So yeah, that's a winner. So on to
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the next one. Now for this one, I've moved away from the pink and I've gone on to blue
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which I really like blue as well. This one has a little bit of a, I'd say that was maybe
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a boat neck. I'm not sure if that's what you call it. Again, it's got short sleeves. It's
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got kind of a, an abstract, I think you could call that like paint smudge as well. It is
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navy blue and white. And this is from the Curve range. This one is longer line. Again
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I got this in a size 20. I think I got everything in a size 20 actually, just to make sure
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This is 96% viscose and 4% elastane. So we'll try this one on and see what that looks like
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Okay. This is the navy blue and white one. It does fit. The 20 was the right size for
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me. I like the short sleeve on it. I quite like the neck. I do prefer the neck, but because
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this is a wider round neck, I think it looks a little bit better. Like I say, I think the
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sizing was right for me. It does fit nicely. I don't think it goes so well with the straight
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leg jeans I've got on. I think this would go better with maybe leggings. I do have some
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Roman Bengaline crop trousers. I bought three pairs last year. Absolutely loved them. And
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if you watched a recent decluttering video I did of me spring clothes, I showed them
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on there and they're just the favourite trousers ever. I love them. And I think this top would
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go really well with the navy ones I have. I've got some orange ones as well that it
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will probably go with as well. I do like the top, but I don't like it as much as I like
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that pink one that I've just had on, but I do like the colours. I like the blue and white
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colour. So onto the last top. Now this one is also navy. It is navy and grey. It's a
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little bit thicker than the ones I've just shown. So I think this would be better for
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early spring when it is a little bit cooler, which it is at the moment. It certainly doesn't
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look like it might be nearly spring outside, but I think it is spring now. 21st of March
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Is that the beginning of spring? I think it may be. This is also in a size 20. This has
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a zip detail, which is functional. You can zip it up and down. I really like the zip
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detail on there. I do have another top that has that kind of zip detail in the front and
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I like it. This one is a gold zip detail. Like I say, it's almost like a fleecy material
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but a thin fleece. And I quite like that. And it's got stripes going across, which are
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always a bit of a worry when you're a larger lady, because you just feel like it's going
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to make you look bigger, but sometimes they don't. The material on this is 96% polyester
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and 4% elastane. So again, it is stretchy and it's got a kind of a straight sleeve in
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there. So we'll try this one on and see what that looks like. So I really like this one
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as well. The sleeve length is really nice. It kind of comes to your elbow. I like that
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I love this zip detail. It is quite cold on my neck though at the moment. It fits really
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nicely. I don't think I would have wanted to have sized up or down on this one. It is
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just a nice fit. The material feels lovely. It's lovely and soft. And I don't actually
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think, I'm just looking in the mirror here, I don't actually think these zigzaggy stripes
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across make us look any bigger than I already am. I actually really like this. This would
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be a kind of an everyday top for me. It is just right up my street this. And I really
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do like this zip detail. Like I said, it actually works. You can zip it up and down. I won't
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zip it right down because it would be a little bit far. But yeah, I really like that top
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I think that is so nice. Just a nice everyday top. Again, I'll leave the links to these
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in the description box below. So the last item I got is a dress. And I'm on the lookout for a denim dress because denim
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dresses seem to be in at the moment. They have them everywhere. And this one I saw is
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absolutely lovely. It's got a v-neck. I don't think you can see it properly off the hanger
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And I haven't ironed it. I've just literally took these straight out the bags. So I apologize
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for that. It's got some lovely kind of embroidered, you'd probably call that embroidery on glee
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on the sleeves, which I think is so pretty. It's got a, what would you call that, a gathered
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detail at the sleeve end. It's got a ruched, what do you call it, ruched? It's got a shirred
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back, which I like that because it's going to make it quite stretchy. And I like the
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kind of bust detail on the front. So it kind of, it hangs from under the bust. And I think
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this is a midi. It is quite a thin, it's denim look, I would say, rather than denim. And
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it's quite thin, so you're not going to be too hot in it. Again, I got it in a size 20
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and it is a hundred percent cotton. I think cotton is just denim, but yeah, it's just
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the color. Correct us if I'm wrong. So yeah, we'll try this on and we'll see what that
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looks like. Okay. The bust on this doesn't quite fit me right. And I don't know whether
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it's too big or too small. I would have to wear a different bra with it because you can
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see the bra there. And these feel like they would slip down your arms. Now, I don't know
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whether you could wear it like that, but I don't think I would feel comfortable with
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it off me, off my shoulders, if you see what I mean. I really like the sleeve. I think
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that is so pretty. It fits round. I mean, it fits well apart from this not seeming to
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fit quite right, but I don't know whether I've got the wrong bra on. So I'll just step
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back and see if you can see. I'll just move my camera a little bit. So it is midi. It
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comes halfway down between me, my knee and my ankle. I've just got my white trainers
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on with it. I do actually like it. I think the shape is nice. It is very comfortable
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really comfortable. I think this would be lovely to wear on a warm day. It is just so
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comfortable. I'll be able to see what it looks like from the back when I look on camera when
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I edit the video. But I just think for some reason, the bust bit doesn't look right
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And I don't know, like I said, I don't know whether it's the bra I've got on or whether
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it just doesn't fit me right round here. I would have to try it in maybe a smaller size
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I don't know. I would have to say, but I do like the dress. I think this is a nice denim dress
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I am going to be trying some more denim dresses on in the next few weeks. So I may mark them out
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of 10 because this is the first one. I think I would give this maybe a seven out of 10 because
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I just think it is so pretty. It is really pretty. I love this bit on the sleeves and I haven't seen
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that when I've been looking online. I haven't seen that on many denim dresses. I think I said
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this was a 20 as well. So that was all of the items that I got from Roman. I did buy them online
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because there's not many Roman shops around in the North East or I haven't come across many
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which is a shame because I do prefer to go into shop and try them on in there rather than buying
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them online. But you have to do what you have to do. So I hope you enjoyed that try on haul. Let me
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know in the comments below what you thought of them. Have you bought anything from Roman that
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you really liked and that I might like? I wouldn't mind you pointing that out. And I will put links
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to the video that I mentioned before where I tried on, I don't think I've tried them on. I think I
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showed the absolutely gorgeous Roman Bengaline crop trousers. They are just the best trousers
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ever. And I can't wait to start wearing them again. So I'll put a link to that video just up
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here. If you haven't already subscribed to my videos and you like this kind of thing, then
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