SO...Some how I have survive the dreaded back to school and I have actually been pretty proud of my outfits (sorry I don't have pictures). My hair has been doing some pretty interesting things and thought to document it before it goes back to being pin straight. Also I really want to dye my hair a red variant of magenta (sort of like Krystle's amazing hair here). Tomorrow is also the blogs first birthday and I am want to post something special but I don't quite know yet....hmmm
OK down to the real reason I am posting
Books
I really love them so once a month I want to post about a book that has changed the way I dress and how I interact with fashion. So this book caught my eye a few years ago and from that point it has made me more aware of our impact of buying what they refer to as "Glad rags". What they mean bye glad rags is clothing from any outlet store that we buy for the sake of buying, which is unfortunately the sort of society that we live in. The intro is written by Dame Vivienne Westwood (yes you heard me correctly) and then goes into the author's year of not buying clothing and how she actually rediscovered herself and actually got more opportunities to interview people from it (she is a Swedish fashion journalist). It also has a few pages of studies about the impact of the fashion industry and consumerism that are pretty cool. My favorite part of the book is the fact that they have DIY's done by people who really understand their personal fashion and are not afraid to show it off. Over all it has made me a more self aware consumer and know really strive to by unique pieces or fill in where my wardrobe might be missing (like brown leggings right now...then I could show off this really cool skirt I have...)
Any way I hope you have enjoyed this book review//suggestion!!
