What does fashion mean to an individual? Fashion means creating, dreaming something big, striving for the new & pushing for the best. Individual style comes from within a person's ideals & their spiritual persona. My style of fashion thrives & reflects from my person within. Fashion is a way of life, a way to express […]

Fingerless gloves date way back to the days of the Greeks and Romans, where they were used considerably for their practicality and to carry out specific tasks requiring finger dexterity such as stitching and embroidery. They were quite popular with the wealthy classes in the 16th century, who liked to display the flashiness of their […]

Should fashion designers be idolised? Traumatic experiences in life make you stronger. In late 1999, my mum was diagnosed with a condition called Bell's palsy. For those who aren't familiar with this illness, it's a sudden weakness in the muscles on one half of the face & damage to the facial nerve causing the face […]

Do you often wonder why the same trends come back to haunt us in fashion, or why the creative folk aren't being creative, but repeating the same designs and the only difference is the shape and fabric used? Many people have stated that a lot of this has to do with shoes. It's the shoes […]

Does fashion play a part in getting a job, even when the heels don't work? Looking fabulous & sleek definitely helps to look the part when going for a job interview. Conservatively speaking, in a corporate world, it's all about the suit, skirt & shoe ensemble. In some cases, your employer even knows what you're […]

The generation these days might not help each other in a humanitarian way at times but definitely in a materialist fashion way. Fashion for past generations was classified as an extravagant item to buy and very expensive. It was very rare for a teenager to be able to afford a high fashion item to have […]

Should fashion be followed? Working in retail you meet so many interesting people. Yesterday I met a lady, who was quite conservative, well established and somewhat prim & proper. Shopping with her fourteen year old daughter, who was looking for a pair of shoes to go with a pair of Topshop culottes. While ringing up […]

What is your most treasured item? I spoke to a man yesterday and we both thought about this question. He being a hairdresser couldn't think of an answer straight away, I said "it could be anything that symbolises an event, a memory or a moment which makes you feel good". He then said "My Ghd […]

So when I was twelve, grade six seemed so grown up & old. My main passion was to write in a fashion magazine, in those years that's where the supermodels got discovered. You were either an Elle, a Cindy (my favourite) a Naomi and lastly a Linda. Bringing a Cleo magazine to school was so […]

When you meet someone for the first time your initial thought is to look at them in order to greet them but the one thing that stands out to you more than anything about them is their scent. It defines who they are and what they're trying to say about themselves. The person's character comes […]

Love is the biggest emotion in one's life, the perfect antidote to true happiness. Even though many people believe they can do without love in their lives, I think they're just putting it on. Everyone wants to be loved and be in love. To be loved not only in a companionship way but an everything […]

I remember Alicia Silverstone in the movie Clueless (1995) proclaiming "You see how picky I am about my shoes, and those only go on my feet". Well this justifies the belief that shoes are the most important fashion accessory known to wo/man, and that without them we would damage our most precious possession, our tootsies. […]