I’m the kind of girl who loves going to Selfridges, Harrods and the designer bit in Westfield shopping centre… but i don’t actually buy anything. I try stuff on, tease shop assistants…they think they’ve got a big sell on their hands but no! this girl isn’t made out of money!
I know a lot of you aren’t made of money either but that doesn’t mean we can’t simply appreciate high fashion for it’s sheer beauty.
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love” said the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once – and I do agree on that, Mr. Goethe because I do love accessories and feel shaped and fashioned when I wear them.
Although I have plenty of necklaces, bracelets, rings, hats and scarves… I always end up wearing my all times favourites such as my silver creoles, my silver ring (which was a present from my best friend on my 18th birthday), my silver necklace, my white Pashmina scarf with my black initials… Most of the time you would see me wearing at least one of th these favourites. Even though they are very “simple” and not that unusual – I love them! I couldn’t bear to throw them away, not even if they were broken or come out of feashion. I’d rather keep them in my casket and look at them from time to time.
I believe that everyone has a favourite piece in their jewel case. This one piece makes you feel happy and special.
To say it in fashion designers Coco Chanel’s words “ Fashion is made to become unfashionable” but your FAVOURITE stays with you all the time.
There are many smart people in the world and some of them know various languages. Have you ever heard of shoeish? It is mostly spoken by women – but not only. Everyone has the chance to learn it… How many does speak shoeish?
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Pamela Anderson for Vivienne Westwood, Madonna for Louis Vuitton and Ines de La Fressange for Jean Paul Gaultier. All above 40, and all endorsing top designers on the catwalk and photo shoots.
My intention is not to come across ageist, but there is nothing aesthetically pleasing with Madonna’s crotch (see below-at own risk), no-strike that, there is nothing aesthetically pleasing with a 50-year-old’s crotch no matter who or what you are!
Madonna for LV
We all know and love Vivienne Westwood for her crazy designs, but I don’t think even the queen of fashion can get away with hiring Pamela Anderson’s breasts to endorse her collection.
Pamela Anderson for Vivienne Westwood
Here are two examples of getting it completely wrong (for me at least). Take note LV and Westwood for Jean Paul Gaultier shows you how it’s done. Ines de La Fressange is classy, undeniably beautiful and comes without the tacky baggage and pages of undesirable media coverage.
Ines de La Fressange for JPG
She is someone women can relate to, I’m not sure the same can be said Pammy or Madge.
Question: “How can you assure me that I should still shop at Primark?”
Answer: “Primark is committed to improving the lives of workers who make our clothes – and here’s why: Primark buys from third parties, which are often exactly the same factories used by other fashion retailers”.
After a lot of media coverage about the state of Primark sweatshop conditions, what have their PR people done to rub out their mistakes? Well they now have an online ethical strategy, where they have listed what they do to improve standards, but to be honest- its laughable. Points to consider on the website are:
Regular employment is provided for staff
Primark is in the process of more than tripling the size of its own ethical trade team
The challenges in the global garments supply chain require the collaboration of many different types of organisations to ensure that the gains from trade are spread.
Translation:
Our staff work all day
Our ethical team now consists of 3 members
Here’s some retail Jargon to throw you off the scent
Although most people (myself included) are fully aware of the problems with Primark, for students Primark is the easy option when you’re strapped for cash, as one person mentioned in one of my earlier posts about buying ethical fashion. Also, many of us fail to see the differences between Primark and other mainstream fashion retailers.
But then again, I feel really guilty as I sit here, in my Primark skirt, blogging about the dodgy dealings Primark take on, but I literally can’t afford anything else. SO what’s the solution? I think the future is charity shopping!
