Here's a post from Dec. 3, 2007, just in time for the holidays. BTW, I mis-typed the title as Dress Definance just now. Is it a message? I still feel the same way. The constant shopper is also a contrarian. Conventional wisdom tells us to dress conservatively (hold all things sexy!), act with decorum and [...]
Published in The Constant Shopper, Oct. 23, 2007. The coat quest is reaching new levels of desperation. Witness my outing with my Sunday entourage of three old dames to the Cavendish Mall. (Like the Ukraine, this mall can't shed its definite article, and I can't explain why.) So there I was with the ladies - [...]
Posted Jun 12, 2008 I rush into Roots for a fall preview really, really late, wearing my hot pink Pleats Please shirt. Company co-founder Michael Budman, of the bushy brows, likes the colour – in fact he likes colour. He recounts how he tried on a chartreuse jacket at Hermès in Paris for a cool $10,000. [...]
From Aug 18, 2008 It was photos of Capri-inspired gems in aqua, azure and mauve that drew me to Bijouterie Italienne on a fine, full-moon Saturday night. Flowing Prosecco, spicy panini, pasta and lively music kept me and most of the crowd at the fête well into the evening, part of the Settimana Italiana, in [...]
This was posted on Sep 12, 2011, before Instagram became the medium of the moment. Do you think before you tweet? Do I? The ever-changing universe of mass communications – some still call it journalism – is well documented. Information must be disseminated immediately, and Twitter appears to be the medium of the moment. All [...]
Here are two posts from when I was relatively fresh on the gala circuit: May 2, and May 8, 2008 So, I’ve done the Daffodil, Denim & Diamonds, the fur gala and tonight I’m off to the Fondation de la Mode tribute – to Utex CEO David Gurberg this year – and fashion show by Lasalle College [...]
From Nov. 5, 2007 The big trouble with buying is often buyer’s regret. And even when a store has a good return policy, you’re walking into a minefield of temptation when you bring back that shiny metallic tunic T-shirt that makes you feel like a fashion victim. Yes, I bought just such an item at [...]
Here's a post from July 14, 2008. You have a closet full of clothes but nothing to wear. The situation can be likened to the consumption of junk food. What to do? One option I exercise far too often is to exacerbate the situation by heading for the mall – where the equivalent of empty calories [...]
Lessons from Sex & the City never go out of date. Here is a blog post from May 26, 2008. I bought a floral pin à la Carrie Bradshaw in the days leading up to the opening of Sex and the City. It is blush-coloured, and big, not as in Mr. Big, but honking big [...]
Published in the Constant Shopper Sept. 5, 2012 / It was strangely surreal to be watching fashion at Montreal Fashion Week as the final Quebec vote results were unfolding on Twitter Tuesday night. I tried very hard to watch the fashion, but the results were riveting. In any case, Twitter is enough of a distraction [...]