Clothes
Shopping
Some Valuable Tips for Women Who Love to
Shop for New Outfits
Here is some cute advice for women who
love to go clothes shopping. Get with the fashion trends at
a discount price. For most women, clothes shopping is a
hobby. We love browsing catalogs of clothes, reading women's
fashion magazines and fashion blogs, always on the lookout
for a new item for our wardrobe. However, I suspect there's
a lot more 'window shopping' happening today than actual
purchasing.
Money is Tight
Our clothes shopping budgets have
dwindled lately, cut down by a stagnant economy, giving way
to more pressing expenses. Well, here's some good news. With
a smart strategy, shopping for clothing can still be a fun
indulgence, while staying in line with your budget. Let's
take a look at several strategies you can employ to have
your cake and eat it too!
No More Designer Fashions?
Gone are the days when you could
browse a clothing rack and snap up a dress without thinking
twice. “It's cute!”, followed by a trip to the
register with a credit card in hand, is no longer the norm.
You now immediately peruse the price tag and see if the
price lives up to the cuteness. You give some thought to how
versatile this garment is – how many times do you think
you'll actually wear it?
How the Depression Will Help You Shop
Smartly
Ladies, the new clothes shopping trip
strategy borrows a page from the 30s and 40s fashionistas.
The world was then fresh out of the Great Depression and the
ladies of those days wanted to look well dressed, but on a
conservative budget.
As a result, designers came out with
women's clothes which, while chic, were also classic.
Neutral colors, navy, black, brown and beige formed the
backbone of the typical woman's wardrobe. Plainly cut, but
elegant designs were all the rage. Perhaps this period was
the beginning of the now well-known 'mix and match' strategy
many of us use today.
Using neutral colors as the staple
items in the closet allowed women to brighten up the
landscape with inexpensive cotton shirts in colors ranging
from pastels to a fire-engine red. The same clothes shopping
strategy applied to sweaters. These classic costumes could
be dressed up or down, by mixing and matching.
Want to Look Expensive? Add an
Accessory or Handbag
Clothing accessories, such as shoes,
hats, handbags, scarves and belts were of major importance
in making the most of her clothes shopping dollars. Costume
jewelry, of the type we now see as retro items, provided
another way to create several costumes from one basic suit
or dress.
Let's see what could be done with a
single short-sleeved navy dress. With a pair of beige shoes
and matching handbag, worn with a wide-brimmed straw summer
hat and a multicolored scarf at the neck, the chic lady of
the 30s, 40s and 50s had a nice summer costume.
A red cardigan sweater, embellished
with a jewel-tone pin, red shoes and handbag made yet
another. Team the very same dress with a navy hat and shoes,
accessorized by a string of pearls, and Voila!
Our fashionable lady was well attired
for an afternoon at the symphony. It's easy to see how this
mix and match strategy, dressing up or down, made it easy to
have a wardrobe that appeared to be far larger than the
casual onlooker might suppose.
This timeless clothes shopping
strategy still works. Today's easy care fabrics, along with
factory outlet stores and online finds in accessories can
buy you a very nice wardrobe indeed, inexpensive, but tres
chic!
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