Archive for the ‘Clothing’ Category

Sportshoes As Fashion – More Recent Than You Realize

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

It’s hard to imagine that when we look at shoes like the Nike Dunk, that this is a very modern phenomenon dating back barely twenty years. Yet we see basketball shoes as an item of fashion as almost timeless, and the Nike Air Jordan shoes have certainly been one ...

Fashion In Our Changing World

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Our world seems to be changing continuously around us. Maybe it’s always been like this, but it now feels like this change is accelerating. It’s very pronounced in the world of shopping, where the current economic climate coupled with change in fashions has created a huge change in ...

Crises at Louis Vuitton

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

One thing that really marks out the traditional European design houses is their conservatism. We’ve all seen the new range of Louis Vuitton products out this season, and to be honest, there isn’t anything revolutionary or drastically new. Not that we expected this. LV have always been ...

Are Chanel Replicas Better Than The Real Chanel?

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Now that the major fashion shows are over, we can take stock of all the new innovation that have happened this year. Innovation though is perhaps a strong word to use for Chanel, one of the most conservative of all the major European design houses. There was always the ...

Is there Price Fixing in Fashion?

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

t’s becoming evident in the world of shopping that there is a large amount of price fixing going on with the higher end goods. People are now beginning to ask themselves why they should pay so much money for a pair of mens True Religion jeans when they ...

Difficult Decision For The Shopper?

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Sometimes shopping is not easy.  We have to make decisions all the time, and some of them are difficult decisions.  One of these issues that is very widely discussed in the fashion world at the moment is that over replica items, with the ethics and morals become more and more ...

Why We All Deserve Nice Things

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

We all love nice things, to have the best designer clothing, or the fanciest luggage. Unfortunately, most of us normal people can’t afford these things. So how do we get round this? Well, would you believe that you can get the same look of, say, Louis Vuitton ...

Why Fashion Should Be Practical Too

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

It’s probably a fair statement that the fashion world has ignored outdoor or practical clothing in general. When you look at the catwalks of Paris and Milan, you see the most outrageous clothing with minimal practicality. However they do this at their own peril. Most of us ...

The Secret to Looking Your Best

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

We all try to look our best, and buy nice clothing, jewelry, accessories and the like. But it’s easy to forget the shoes. No matter how well you dress, a bad pair of shoes will ruin your whole look, whereas a nice pair of designer shoes matched carefully ...

Individualism Without Being Ripped Off

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Sometimes, it seems that this world is becoming more and more alike, and that our ways to identify ourselves as individuals becomes harder and harder. We might try to show our individuality through what we own or what we wear, but paradoxically, it becomes harder to achieve that individuality ...