Shopping habits and trustworthy brands

I’ve been going through my wardrobe afresh sorting out my clothes by selling some and donating others. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my style and those few key pieces I need to acquire to live with me for at least 5 years.

There are so many temptations, especially with fashion trends spreading through social media like a virus. Heartily there is nothing wrong with that when the budget allows you to. In my case that’s a complete other story, I give myself an allowance every month and with that amount of money I have to make decisions very consciously.

For some of you the budged would be ridiculously small and for others maybe not. What I try to always remember when shopping to stick the budget and pay attention to quality. I can’t press this highly enough, quality goes above all as often I have to buy only one item per month.

I am planning to make another post soon about the brands I love and trust, pressing point here for Petite Women. Let me know in the comments below if you would be interested in something relevant.

I realized one day that I must be the only adult woman out there who doesn’t own a pair of hoop earrings. I had to remedy that and Jenny Bird convinced me about the quality of her creations. I own two items from her collection and I am very satisfied. The only backdrop is back of the earrings not meeting my quality standards very well. Do you guys know that you can actually write to brands and give them an honest review?

Here is a very good example: I bought my Chie Mihara sandals on Ebay, brand new but God knows from which collection they are. The buckle was making my feet bleed although the shoes are extremely comfortable. I wrote to the brand about this tiny problem, they send me a shipping bar code to Spain and back where they shoes were repaired by adding a small piece of leather on the inside of the buckle. Now this is what I call a first class service and a trustworthy brand.

Maje skirt (here), love this one (here), The Ragged Priest T-shirt (here), Chie Mihara sandals (here), Jenny Bird Hula hoops (here).

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Cheers,

T.