If you tuck in a slim fit t shirt or neat knitted jumper these skirts can be the most flattering, most eye catching wardrobe choice. If you feel that you are too short wear long boots in the same colour for an elongated look. As for too old, keep your colour choice feminine and elegant, you can wear tulle at any age!
Alternatively you could simply have fun, go all out Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex in The City vibe and take the leopard print option, wear with the loads trainers and create your own style.
]]>In store I like to create mini pictures with product, little areas of creativity, it's what makes the product shine, the way they are positioned beside each other. I buy and display by colour, imaginative display brings the product to life. It is very difficult therefore to actually put that across with flat images in white boxes and turn them into online sales. It's the new challenge to bring Minsky alive and inspire shoppers online!
]]>When I look back, most of the time spent in lockdown seems a blur except for the feeling of calm and the lack of anxiety with no decisions to make. The feeling of peace in chaos as the whole world stands still. Should I feel guilty to say.. I have actually enjoyed it! For me I threw myself into the home schooling and transferred my usual obsession with Minsky to my obsession for perfecting the teaching I was undertaking. It sounds crazy but in fact it kept me sane!
And so for the Re-Opening! Last week was a week of preparation, we were determined to make sure the shop looked amazing to welcome everyone back but of course we had to factor in the safety guidelines which now dominate our lives outside. Posters went up, hand sanitiser was placed and space was made to accommodate all of our shoppers.
Now the first customers have come through the door and it has been lovely to have a glimpse of normality back. People have been happy to look and talk and ready to move forward.
And now for me....I have two roles to balance the teaching one and the Minsky one! Lets see how that goes!
]]>Sofie Schnoor white print t shirt with Maison Scotch Keeper denim, link below
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I don’t know about you but I have always felt the same through my 20’s, 30’s and 40’s but should the way I dress have changed? Is there such a thing as age appropriate clothing? I personally continue to wear some of the clothes I have had in my wardrobe for 20 years or so, it’s how I style them that has changed, how I mix new additions and blend clothes together, I think that is the key! Surely how we dress is a perfect opportunity to express ourselves, an opportunity to feel good about ourselves. It’s not so much about trends but what works for each of us, we can not all wear the same shapes, colours or prints, it just doesn’t work. Also how boring would that be if we did all dress the same.
On a daily basis you can generally tell how I feel on that day by what I have chosen to put on from my wardrobe. Its just nice to have a choice, even if I am just at the school gates, will I choose the practical coat or will I choose the totally impractical number? I am in a great position where I do not have a work wardrobe so have wardrobe freedom. I was reading an article in Red Magazine the other day that spoke about dressing appropriately for your career. I was interested to read that some women are breaking free from the “clever woman myth” which dictates that they wear the sensible clothes in dark colours so as to be taken seriously. I am sure that we have all judged a professional person’s worth based on the way they have dressed. I am sure that if faced with a wildly crazily dressed solicitor or the power dressed norm my instinct would tell me that the latter would be somehow more professional. It is instinct to accept the stereotypes, should this be a thing of the past? Should we dress appropriately? Whatever that means!
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