A sampling of posts from the Constant Shopper archive, which ran for seven years from 2007 as part of the Montreal Gazette website.
Dress defiance: down with holiday dressing rules
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 [...]
Mink shmink: my quest for a coat
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, [...]
Falling for Roots
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 [...]
Amethyst of my eye: Pomellato inspires
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 [...]
Think before you tweet
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 [...]
Lessons from the gala circuit, Take 1 and 2
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 [...]
To return or not to return: the perils of shopping
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 [...]
Malled: when fast fashion is like fast food
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 [...]
Style and the city: an ode to the floral pin
Lessons from Sex & the City never go out of date.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 [...]
Strange times on the catwalk
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 [...]
Dhoti or dotty: Will drop-crotch pants take hold?
We're still flirting with dhotis, which the cool kids have adopted. (I personally wear nothing but in the summer, but do NOT consider myself a cool kid.) From The Constant Shopper, Feb. 2, 2009 / [...]
When a trend has legs
Here's a post from The Constant Shopper in 2009 titled Whole lot of leggings going on. Just to show you how the legging look goes on and on and on. //When I was young, there were [...]
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