Category: Fashion

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Posted on by Christine Elias

Every year I like to buy myself a Christmas present. I also like to buy myself birthday presents. (Oh, who am I kidding — I don’t require an occasion to buy myself things….)

So this year I decided I needed a bb simon belt. Belts are only second to footwear in my fashion hierarchy.

Now, might a belt adorned with “Swarovski Crystals” be a bit tacky? Perhaps. But that has not stopped me yet. This is the first one that caught my eye in the shop but it was too small. Indeed I almost cried (with both pain and sadness) as a tried it on.

But in retrospect skulls are going out of fashion very swiftly. Case in point — I saw some skull pajamas at Zellers. This does not bode well for much of my winter wardrobe but it did calm me down somewhat as I accepted that I’m just not a ‘medium’.

Moving on, bb simon has some pretty spectacular belts! I like all the examples below. But I only bought one of them…

Alas, no. I didn’t see this one in the shop…
I have one like this already but not with —
you know — “Swarovski Crystals” …

Yes! This is the one. The belt I purchased (for the curious) is bright blue with clear and blue Swarovski crystals. But the buckle is the same and it looks even better in real life.

Really! It does!

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Posted on by Christine Elias

I was looking around online and found myself thinking that I’d like to go to Eddie Bauer to do some fall clothes shopping. (I didn’t shake my head after this crossed my mind — which is mildly perplexing. I actually shared the thought with others during my workday!)

Okay, so does this make me old now? Or boring? Old and boring at the same time? I need dress pants for work but I don’t like them to be too dressy-dressy. I prefer suits for the days I really need to look very professional. For my daily pant purposes, I just need a step-up from jeans or khaki pants — just a step.

These pants (from that store I just mentioned ) meet my demanding criteria — they don’t look too involved or complicated and they come in black and other dark colours.

These are nice too but I’ll be damned if I’ll wear something called an ‘easy fit trouser’. But you know, since I’ve crossed the bridge already, what’s the point really of shunning the easy fit. I probably would enjoy them.

I think something is happening to me…