I will admit that I cannot provide an authoritative opinion on the fashion industry since I am likely not one of its frequent investors. People may know me for my practical fashion sense. I dress for comfort. I shop for ease-of-care. I will visit thrift shops yet I will spend extra for new, petite sized pants if I don't have to hem them!
Anyone who has seen or read "The Devil Wears Prada" can agree on the apparent absurdity, flightiness and wastefulness of the fashion industry. Any middle-aged mother who shares my "physique" will agree on the unlikeliness that one of us would consider wearing any of the ridiculous outfits being strutted on the catwalk by hungry human clothes hangers.
To begin my de-cluttering project, I must start with my closet and my own bedroom. You can't change or improve the world without first taking a look inside yourself, your habits and tastes.
Without pulling readers too deeply into my OCD tendencies for organizing my closet, I will make brief posts over the next few weeks about progress with spring wardrobe preparations and down-sizing my entire closet, dresser drawers and my room.
Come back often :-) I welcome helpful comments and tips. Below are some links I gathered during a brief search on the topic of Fashion.
- Fashion Industry Pressures Teen Girls to Be Skinny: Survey
http://www.empowher.com/news/2010/02/02/fashion-industry-pressures-teen-girls-be-skinny-survey - Fashion Criticism
http://topics.cnn.com/topics/fashion_criticism - Selling Beauty and Fame
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/fashion/Supermodels.html - Self-Regulation in the Fashion Industry: Too-Skinny Models
http://www.businessethics.ca/blog/2006/12/self-regulation-in-fashion-industry.html - Frugal Fashionistas
http://www.frugal-fashionistas.com/
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