This week’s Friend Friday, brought to us by Modly Chic, discusses copying in the fashion industry,  knockoffs and designers “borrowing” ideas from one another.   Quite the meaty topic and an issue that I can see both sides on. 1. Which side do you take… Copycat designs are a way for the average consumer to stay [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I was forced (well, almost) to stop wearing  my contacts after a nasty eye infection from…well, wearing my contact lenses too frequently.  I guess after a solid 3 year run, the jig was up.   Now, I’m still learning how to navigate while wearing my glasses and feeling comfortable about wearing [...]

It’s finally beginning to feel like the first signs of fall are underway.  The weather in Chicago is not smoldering hot,  the final “final” sale racks at retailers are almost empty with leftover summer clothing and a trip to Target is more hectic than usual with kids buying their back to school supplies. I’ve been [...]

Holly Golightly: Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany’s. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that’d make me [...]

(image source) 1. Do you think fashion blogs are often just conspicuous consumption? Are some? I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I didn’t think that some fashion blogs displayed great amounts of conspicuous consumption.  I mean, many fashion bloggers really like to shop, right?  However, I don’t judge or point fingers at anyone [...]

I have decided to participate in the weekly Friend Friday Q&A sessions, provided by ModlyChic.  I thought the topics were stimulating and opened up wonderful dialogue.  This week’s topic deals with size, which in a discussion can be polarizing in itself.  Here are my thoughts on size, the term “plus size” and my own size [...]

One of the best (and worst when it comes to the pocket book)  attributes  of Etsy is how easy it is to find new shops that suit your style.   As with many popular online shops, you are given the opportunity to check out designers that you may have never heard of otherwise.  With Etsy, you [...]

I usually don’t write much about my weekends or other extracurricular activities, mainly because I either forget to bring a camera or I never feel that there is anything that exciting happening.  I did decide to shake things up a bit.  My friend and I habit of taking food pictures whenever we grab dinner, so [...]

This past weekend, I finally bought my first Vogue magazine in…over a year?  It wasn’t intentional, but I was going on a little impromptu trip to a hotel after a huge storm left me without power.   I was looking for magazines to keep me occupied and I picked up the latest issue of Vogue with [...]

I feel like I should be grateful with all of the shopping options that I have in the U.S–and living in Chicago, no less.  It’s true that we don’t have a Topshop and Henri Bendel jumped ship a long time ago.  We’ve only recently been graced with the presence of Zara and although there are [...]