I don’t like shopping. I like buying.  There is a huge difference between the two.

In my many years in the fashion industry I was both a professional buyer and professional shopper. I got paid to sho...

Recognize what hues bring you happiness - and stock your closet

“Purple, Grandma, purple.” At the tender age of three, my granddaughter Zoe had definite opinions of what colours she wanted to wear. P...

Zoe Brown is going into 8^th grade this year. Like so many other teens and tweens who are ready to make their own fashion choices she knows finding the perfect first day of school outfit can be dauntin...

My daughter called it my *broccoli* hair. Ouch.

Sadly, she was not wrong.

A recent graduate of Fashion Academy in the late 80's (yes, I've been around for many, many years) I knew my new 'do was the...

April is arriving in style. I think you'll agree that no matter what the temperature, Easter signals the *official* start to spring.

There's still a chill in the air here in Canada. It won't be time ...

Style is part of self-care. Especially now as we've entered the long-haul part of the pandemic it's time to put über - effort into getting properly dressed again. I'm not saying we need to be *dressed...

If I have to be on lockdown, at least this time *outside* isn't calling me because it's -2 and the ground is covered in that snow-slash-sloppy-slash-slush that makes you wonder which shoes you're goin...

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries our own life-plan, which cannot be superseded by any other.

~C.G. Jung

Nothin...

Never underestimate the power of RED. 

In Red is Best by Kathy Stinson, the little girl in this simple but exuberant children's story knows that red barrettes are best, "because they make my hair lau...

I think that playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.
~Kate Spade

Growing up, back-to-school was a big deal for me. I got new clothes and new school supplies!

(Who doesn't love a new...

If shopping doesn't make you happy, then you're in the wrong shop.

~Mimosa Rose

I don’t like shopping. I like buying.

It’s not about the hunting it’s about the gathering. In my many years in the fa...

It’s not about seducing men, it’s about embracing womanhood.

~Dita Von Teese

My granddaughter Zoë, just two and recently potty trained, started to hop around at the mall as if she was dancing on a b...