The older I get, the more I realize that the days of going with the fashion flow of the moment are all but over for me. For the most part I have always worn what I like whether it is "in" or not, but I have tried to find one or two trends that I [...]
Tag: clothing
Not quite as planned…
I had a brilliant idea a month or so back. Well, let me qualify brilliant - brilliant by my standards...at least in that moment. I must qualify my use of the word brilliant as I am fairly sure that many others will merely shake their heads and wonder aloud about how I was able to [...]
Fair and square.
JC Penney's has a new CEO - Ron Johnson. Johnson comes to JC Penney from Apple and has been tasked with pulling the mega-retailer out of its slump. Johnson's most notable effort to date has been the implementation of a new pricing strategy for JC Penney called Fair and Square Every Day. This strategy sought to [...]
Dissed robe!
When I say robe, what do you envision? Perhaps something made of plaid flannel, that is manly, knee level length, covers your night clothes and keeps you warm on chilly mornings? Or are you thinking of one of those really soft, fleece, floor length frocks that make you look and feel like a cozy stuffed animal? Perhaps you [...]
Maxxed out!
I did something I rarely do today - I went to TJ Maxx. Historically, I get to TJ Maxx maybe two or three times a year at best. It's not that I don't like TJ Maxx...it is the fact that shopping at TJ Maxx takes greater shopping energy than other stores. They are not the [...]
Ditto that!
If the fashion world wants to wax nostalgic and continuously revisit trends from the past (some of which should have died a quick death before they pained so many) - why haven't they gotten around to bringing Ditto jeans back into the mainstream? I do believe that Ditto jeans played a key role in the resurgence of men in the [...]
Romper room
I feel a moral obligation to alert the community about spurious fashion trends that are being revisited. In the past that has resulted in a blog or two on mom jeans, leggings and the most aggregious fashion crime of all time -stirrup leggings. Of course I report about these items as a past offender. I [...]
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