My journey to personal style coach

Personal style coach This post is inspired by a recent Instagram challenge.  The aim was to help me tell the story of my personal style coach business and for my potential new clients to learn more about me.  I thought that it would be a good idea for me to develop this theme and expand … Continue reading My journey to personal style coach

Denim jacket shopping

Denim Jacket Shopping Take two denim jackets. Two different brands, two different sizes, with one similar fit. This is the perfect illustration of why it is less important what the label says and more important how good the shape and fit of a garment is on you. I wanted to fill what I thought was … Continue reading Denim jacket shopping

A spring in my step

Hello Spring Spring is in the air and I can already feel the positive benefits.    As I said in my previous post, I feel more energised in the springtime and am ready to set myself a few realistic goals.  To enhance my life, and to help me to nurture my sense of self. After a … Continue reading A spring in my step

New year, True you

New year new you true you! We’ve reached the end of January!  Hopefully this means we might soon see the end of all the ‘New Year, New You’ calls to action that seem to be everywhere this month. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never found this to be the most inspiring season for … Continue reading New year, True you

The demise of the department stores

Is this the beginning of the end for department stores? I think it is a real shame that we are in danger of losing many well-known stores from our local High Street. We’ve recently lost BHS, and other big names including House of Fraser and Debenhams are struggling to survive. I live in Edinburgh and … Continue reading The demise of the department stores

Your wardrobe and the Pareto principle

What is the Pareto Principle? The Pareto Principle is basically the theory is that whatever the situation, be it in business, science, or in day to day life, we mostly get 80% of our results from 20% of our efforts. (Click here to view the Wikipedia definition) Are you one of the many people only using … Continue reading Your wardrobe and the Pareto principle

To sparkle or not to sparkle?

There’s nothing quite like a bit of sparkle to brighten up an outfit, or indeed your day. Yes, that’s right – your day.  Who says that you have to save your sparkle just for special occasions or after dark? Of course, there are degrees of sparkle and you wouldn’t want to overdo it, but a … Continue reading To sparkle or not to sparkle?

Sustainable Style?

We all have our own style personality and mine veers toward the creative, so I couldn’t resist the challenge to try and create an outfit that would fit the brief for Ms Wanda’s Wardrobe’s, human friendly outfit competition. Ms Wanda has invited fashion bloggers to describe what human friendly fashion means to them, to coincide … Continue reading Sustainable Style?