After months in lockdown, my credit card was begging, gasping for air. So, when Nordstrom emailed me to announce they had reopened their Sherway Gardens store in Toronto’s west end after three months in COVID…
Posts tagged fashion
These shoes were made for . . . social distancing? I don’t think so.
Another first-world problem has emerged during the current health crisis. I know it’s frivolous but at times like this, we have to lighten up or we’ll go crazy. This past winter I bought some new…
Should we mourn the loss of bricks and mortar retail stores?
Were fashion retailers reading BOOMERBROADCAST and actually paying attention? A recent full-page writeup in The Globe and Mail, Video Fashion, by Odessa Paloma Parker got me thinking that somewhere, someone might actually be recognizing that…
Is Home Ec the answer to sustainable fashion?
In previous postings, I’ve written about the environmental problems created by our obsession with cheap, disposable fashion (It’s time to dump disposable fashion). We’re finally realizing that we can’t keep buying and indiscriminately disposing of clothing…
Let’s discuss the ‘C’ words . . . competition, comparison, and confidence
When I was born, I was missing one significant factor in my DNA strand—competitiveness—which is somewhat essential for getting ahead. Consequently, I’m happy to settle for less, which can be a good thing and a…
For happy feet, check out Sheec
When Boomer gals are on to a good thing, we share. We can learn so much from new sources that didn’t exist a generation ago—like our blogging friends, You-Tube and of course, OK Google. We…