This week, I was fortunate enough to be included in a story about shopping addictions on a very funky show here in Australia called The Project. It airs at 6pm Sundays through Fridays and is a news and comedy show that is presented in a panel format. It’s news, but not as we usually know […]
Fashion, Style and Shopping
The Real Difference Between Fashion and Style
I’m prompted to write about the real difference between fashion and style after reading a piece in Melbourne’s Saturday Age newspaper entitled “Maybe it’s time for a change of gear in fashion’s fast lane” written by sociologist Dr Ruth Quibell. Dr Quibell proposes that the pace of fashion is so fast now that keeping up is […]
Fashion Failures: Why ‘Single Event’ Outfits Never Work
I recently attended a fashion festival with my mum. It was a chance to have some together time, and was a very girly day with three fashion shows, each a ‘composite’ event showcasing five or six designers’ work. We saw a wide range of clothing (all in stores, available for immediate purchase) from swimwear to bridal wear. Sometimes it […]
Who knows their style?
I’ve been wondering about the nature of style for decades. It fascinates me. Where does style come from? Who gets to determine what it is? How is it that some of us come to know what we love when it comes to style, and others of us never feel confident? And what on earth is a […]
Is Fashion Sustainable?
Sustainable fashion is an area I’m interested in and want to learn more about. When I first started my own year without clothes shopping challenge, there was something buzzing vaguely in my ear about this whole “eco- environmental-ethical” stuff – but I wasn’t sure what it was. Well, that buzzing never truly went away during […]
The Question That Saved Me
I still shop, even though it looks and feels different to how I used to shop when I was a compulsive, and unconscious, overshopper. Since re-entering the Land of the Shopping after my year without clothes shopping, I have been employing many smart shopping strategies for staying on the straight and narrow. Why? Because I seriously […]
What a Shopping Ban Can Teach You
Today’s post is from Sally McGraw who instituted a self-imposed shopping ban on herself in an effort to knock off her particular shopping dragon. Everything you’re about to read is true. And since there’s no better person than a communications specialist with a flair for storytelling to do the telling, I’ll hand over to Sally right […]
Do Shopping Addictions Really Exist?
Sometimes people ask me this question: do shopping addictions really exist? Sometimes this question is asked outright, in words very similar to those. Sometimes it is asked without any words being spoken, and the question is there in the lift of an eyebrow when I tell people what I do with my time and my […]
Messing with your Image
Welcome to another blog post in our 2011 series! I am doing the 30 Day “Trust” Challenge which is a month-long writing/reflection challenge. The trust bit is self-referential – it’s about trusting yourself. Every day, we receive a new prompt. It’s a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson followed by a question to write and reflect […]
