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The World Explained In Color
Do you ever find yourself wanting to wear a certain color as soon as you wake up? Are you ever affected by a colleague at work wearing a bright hue like red? Or do you consider yourself totally impartial to color, much like Andy Sachs is to cerulean blue from the movie The Devil Wears Prada? According to an overwhelming array of psychological studies, we are all affected by the color we choose to wear in addition to how we perceive others. There are even socially accepted colors to wear to a wedding, funeral or a job interview. And how we choose to interpret those social norms is a reflection upon…
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Size Is Just A Number
What’s your personal definition of beauty? I hope everyone just answered, “me!” In my book, beauty is all about believing in yourself, acceptance and being unafraid of who you are physically and mentally. Since I can remember, the fashion catwalk (along with magazines and numerous advertisements) has been littered with super-skinny models that we look up to as our definition of sexy. And they are sexy. However, there’s a whole other world of people living in different body types that are equally as sexy and worthy of walking our runways. The ‘Skinny’ On My Own Body I was actually closest to the super-skinny model body when I was about eleven years…
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The Secret Cost of Fashion You Didn’t Know About
What price are we willing to pay for the clothes that live on our bodies? How much is too much and is our vision of “affordable” askew due to a constant influx of things we don’t need? Sustainable fashion is often viewed as inaccessible due to high price points, but when we look at the cost per wear (CPW) we understand the value a bit more. “Cost per wear” refers to how many uses (or “wears”) you can get per item of clothing, so the more wears, the better. We also should factor in the cost of paying a living wage to all the workers that make our clothes. In…
