Image via Wikipedia Clothes shopping is a lot more fun when you bring along the right shopping companion. When it's time to put together a new wardrobe using your hard earned dollars, having a fun and exciting friend by your side can create a memorable experience. An Ideal Shopping Partner's Personality You may have not given much thought to the characteristics of the ideal shopping partner. After all, coordinating schedules with others can be hard enough. Worrying about picking just the right person to go along may seem like too much work. However, for the best shopping … [Read more...]
Understanding Your Shopping Personality
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Not all shoppers are alike. Each person has his or her own approach to shopping. Here are a few categories of shopping personalities. Cost as a Priority Bargain hunters prioritize the cost of items over all other aspects of the shopping experience. Regardless of the degree of passion felt for a particular item, this category of shopper will only purchase something within budget. Paying too much for an item is extremely frustrating for this category of shoppers. Quality as the Most Important Factor Another shopping personality is one … [Read more...]
Reconciling Fashion Trends With Personal Traits
Image via Wikipedia Many people have witnessed others who wholeheartedly wear the latest fashion trends but somehow look odd or uneasy. To be truly fashionable, a person must feel at ease in his or her own skin. Revealing Clothing and the Reserved Personality One of the mismatches of personality to fashion trends has to do with wearing revealing clothing. Low-rise jeans exposing the bellybutton and tube tops that leave little to the imagination are just a couple of examples of clothing that may not be suited to a reserved personality. When a person exposes her skin, … [Read more...]
Plaid: The Great Social Equalizer
Image by seanhagen via Flickr Plaid has been around much longer than any fashionable teen could ever imagine. In fact, its origins are Scottish and Welsh. However, one can look back at American fashion trends and see that this brightly colored pattern of cloth as manage to jump social barriers to become today's coolest summer fashion statement. In Scotland, plaid was the uniform of pipe bands. As the pattern hopped the ocean, it was associated with wealthy boys who attended prep schools. It was a fabric of the elite, and quite frankly, it was alienating. Sometimes it was jokingly … [Read more...]
Look Like a One Woman Army
Sometimes in life, you just have to look your toughest. While you can always wear a man-like power suit, in some situations you just need to be less formal and more casual than your work clothes will allow you to be. In those situations, like when you want to look tough, there are some other, more effective options that carry plenty of street cred, and will allow you to move around like you need to and look feminine. For one thing, Coogi shirts help a lot with projecting an image that works as a bit of a dichotomy. Your outfit can say "I look good and can walk around flashy" as well as "I … [Read more...]
Are Jeans O.K. For the Ballet?
Image via Wikipedia The ballet is not just for stuffy, blue haired old ladies. It is an event that everyone should experience because it is not only artistically stunning, but it is a feat of serious athleticism. However, not everyone has or wants the elegant clothing typically associated with ballet. Here's the skinny. You don't have to deck out in designer clothing to enjoy yourself. In fact, in some cases, even jeans are O.K. If you're the casual type, then consider buying tickets to a matinee performance. In general, afternoon events are more casual. Therefore, a nice pair of jeans … [Read more...]
How To Break Your Teen’s Obsession With Brands
Image via Wikipedia Today, a simple t-shirt means much more to teenagers. They need the brand emblazoned across their chest. Even if a product without a recognizable label is better quality, it seems impossible to make a teen understand that. Peer pressure, non-stop media messages, and good, old fashioned insecurity fuel their obsession with brands. With a little work and patience, it is possible to break that focus and make your kids see it your way. Probably the simplest way to make a teen back off the label quest is to explain that all fashions are seasonal, so that expensive … [Read more...]
Trend Alert: Modern Wedding Dress Trends 2011
Are you getting married this year and searching for the best dress for this season? Well it seems that this year heralds a return to the long flowing dresses in soft fabrics. Vera Wang is, as always, one of the hottest wedding dress designers out. Her dresses are still incredibly popular and this year she has bought a collection of twelve stunning affordable dresses. Wang 2011 Spring collection is, as always, breath taking. Her latest collections are predominantly strapless, and range from off-white to grey. Madeline Gardner is another great designer who has her finger on the … [Read more...]
Essential Tips for Bargain Shopping
Image by epicharmus via Flickr Try these essential tips for successful bargain shopping. You will still be able to satisfy your habit, whilst not breaking the bank! If you need or want something, don't just purchase the first kind of the product you see. Look around and do some comparison shopping. Compare prices and product. You may be getting ripped off on one product, but be getting a really good deal on another. Most people start a day of shopping with nothing in mind that they want to buy. It's these people that end up spending more money than they planned to. … [Read more...]