How To Dress Like Who You Are
In my ongoing search for old-school interestingness, (and anti-hacks), I’ve been reading Mary Brooks Picken (1886 – 1981) again. She calls it distinctive dressing , but really, it’s more along the ...
Signature Wardrobe House Cleaning Outfit
As you know, I have been trying (for a long time) to lift my game on cleaning house. Aside from clothes that are loose, with elbow length sleeves I haven’t ...
5 Shoe Fit Myths Busted
So I recently took my “go-to” boots to Toseland the cobbler to be resoled, and it turns out that as they have moulded soles, they can’t be done. Nor can ...
Signature Wardrobe Outfit for Air Travel
Your Signature Wardrobe Outfit for Air Travel is another one of those things that have changed over time. In the early, heady days of flying, you would sit in an ...
Signature Wardrobe Outfit for Watching Football
Football season is finally here! It’s still hot enough to feel sorry for the boys running around on the field, but nonetheless, it is time to start thinking about your ...
How to Choose The Clothing Quality That’s Right For You
Today I want to talk about clothing quality. In the main because there has been a recent push for people to buy fewer, higher quality garments that last longer. In ...
How to Enjoy the Deliciousness of Dresses
I am obsessed with the deliciousness of dresses at the moment. I mentioned in my January review that I bought some dresses and that I particularly adore my “house dress”. I ...
How to BE an Indomitable Presence
Something else that people do at this time of year is consider revamping their wardrobes (won’t you be glad when January is over and I move on). Katy recently sent me ...
Signature Wardrobe Exercise Outfit for Newbies
The new year often brings the intention to lose weight and get fit, and this requires a Signature Wardrobe Exercise Outfit for Newbies. You could just wear any old thing, ...
About Dame Edna’s Amazing Signature Style
My gladioli are coming into flower, and I don’t know about you, but I always think of housewife gigastar Dame Edna Everage when I see gladioli. Dame Edna is a ...
Signature Wardrobe Outfit for the Beach
Like most people, I love summer. But while many Australians love to go to the beach, I’m more of a bush person. I like to be in the shade. So ...
2015 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan part 3
I have to say that I am really loving these Second World War summer uniform pictures – so stylish. In part one, I gave myself a budget of $500 to build a signature ...
2015 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan part 2
Last time, I gave myself a budget of $500 ($334 for Cinderella clothes and $166 for Princess clothes) to build a signature summer wardrobe consisting of: My preference is ...
2015 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan part 1
After four years of unemployment, I have recently acknowledged to myself, that I probably won’t be leaving the house to go out to work in a nice air-conditioned office any ...
Why and How I Wrote Signature Wardrobe Planning
A reader asked a question (I’ll paraphrase): Love your work! I’m really happy and excited for you about your new book (and I hope it goes well) but what made ...
What You Need to Know for a Strategic Wardrobe Review
It was a sunny and balmy 62.8° F (17.1° C) this morning. I was dressed quite lightly because I was following up on my intention to walk more. It might ...
Signature Wardrobe Outfit for the Fair
We recently went to our annual state agricultural show (you might know this type of thing as a livestock show or a county or state fair). I love watching the dog and livestock ...
How Wardrobe Reviews Make You Happy and Boost Personal Power
I recently watched a video where some women talked about the life-changing nature of KonMari-ing their closets. How their wardrobe reviews boost personal power, and made them happy. I haven’t read the book, ...
How 1918 Style Weight Control will make you Slim and Happy
As you know, I am writing a book which I am calling Build Your Signature Wardrobe. It draws against advice and purchasing statistics from the early twentieth century, a time when buying ...
A Critique of Glamour’s “24 Fashion Essentials You’ll Need in 2015”
Stradbroke Day 1935 at Ascot (Brisbane, Australia) race day fashion essentials. By Contributor(s): The Queenslander (6 June 1935) , via Wikimedia Commons In a large nutshell, this is my ...
The Three Kinds of Capsule Wardrobe
I’ve already mentioned that I have a cold, and am flat-out (like a lizard drinking) trying to get my book Build Your Signature Wardrobe finished so just a very quick post today ...
The Importance of Appropriateness in Clothing
Brighton Beach 1967, H. Dacre Stubbs via State Library of Victoria Just a quick post today. I am starting to get a tiny bit stressed about getting my book Build Your ...
Wardrobe Planning 1935 style
Today’s advice about wardrobe planning 1935 style comes from a college textbook I discovered during my book research . It offers advice on designing and fitting clothing, gaining the most satisfaction from ...
Your Clothing Shopper Responsibilities
I’m going to share the Author’s thoughts about clothing shopper responsibilities the responsibilities of wardrobe shopping. Some are still surprisingly relevant today and looking back some are strangely prescient
Wibbly Wobbly Family Timey Wimey
We just got home from a mad dash back to the town we grew up in (as opposed to our hometown, where we live now). The principle purpose of our trip was, of course, to visit ...