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The month of May simply flew by for us. We were invited to participate in a pop-up market featuring local artists and artisans—we were so honoured...

I recently participated in an outfit challenge on Instagram and wanted to share some photos—and some of my thoughts on capsule dressing.  The ru...

Does anyone wear two-piece suits anymore? I recently acquired one to sell and I decided to break it up, mainly because the jacket and skirt are tw...

Secondhand September is an initiative from Oxfam Great Britain to to challenge consumers to buy only secondhand for 30 days—and hopefully beyond!...

The first four images are public-domain illustrations I found online. Each of them depicts a Filipino woman in traditional dress. I love them for ...

My sister told me about this online lecture on Filipiniana dress history sponsored by The National Arts Club which I was unable to attend live, so ...

You're familiar with the 80-20 rule, right? Statistically, we use 20% of our clothing 80% of the time.  There are many reasons why most of us hav...

My sister said just the other evening, "Everyone has their own brand of crazy." Mine would have to be spending hours combing through racks of seco...

We've surveyed six of the seven archetypes outlined by Andrea Pflaumer in her book, Shopping for the Real You:  Dramatic Natural High-Spirited Cl...

In my last post we looked at the first three of the seven archetypes outlined by Andrea Pflaumer in her book, Shopping for the Real You: Dramatic...

In her book Shopping for the Real You, Andrea Pflaumer discusses seven style archetypes with detailed charts, covering physical traits as well as ...

I've been reading Shopping for the Real You by Andrea Pflaumer on my Kindle app and I'm finding it so insightful, I thought I'd share some of her...