If The Dress Fits, Wear It

One week after I wrote a post celebrating a year of healthy living, I tried on a dress that’s been hanging in my closet for a year- and it fit! It was even loose around my midsection. It fit so well I decided to spend the whole day wearing it: a day which included a lunch outing…

Post-Shopping Thoughts

Every time I come back from a shopping spree, I feel punched in the gut, with my self-esteem always going down to the lowest of lows. I cannot really understand how some people love going to the mall and can spend hours on end and have that be how they unwind and have fun. If…

The Story of A Dress (and Sentimental Value)

We all have that one item that stares right back at us when we open our closets in the morning, wondering what item of clothing best represents how we feel on that particular day. It is usually something we bought a long time ago, probably only ever worn once, but refuse to give up on, in…

You’re Doing It Wrong

Sometimes, I don’t understand the society around me. A society where a woman who is going out to dinner with three other females finds it so urgent to get hair extensions, in addition to changing her whole (already overdone) makeup in record time. I won’t even get started on the outfit. I mean, who are…

I Despise Shopping

When the sales start, I usually find myself heading to the nearest mall to pick out whatever is missing from my closet. Despite the fact that I try to update my wardrobe frequently, I always find myself needing things for work. So any chance of saving some money and getting more things is always welcome….

The Ugly Thoughts In My Head: Dressing Up

I’ve written about this topic so many times, it seems  to me that I’m constantly repeating myself. And yet, it always pops up around the time when I have a rare night out or a major meeting where I’m speaking. I simply have no sense of style. And that bothers me, a lot.  Or rather, I…

Primark, Revisited

As a graduate student in the city of Maastricht, we used to travel 30 minutes by train to shop at Primark, the English low-cost clothing store that Europe absolutely loves. In exchange for cheap clothes suitable for our budgets, we would go through the ritual of Primark shopping: turning down temptations at every corner, yet…

On Dress Fitting

Seeing your wedding dress on you months after you picked it out is a strange feeling. Seeing it actually fit you, hugging your curves in all the right places and completely closed up is an even stranger feeling. I can’t put my finger on this to be able to describe it but I’ll tell you…

No More Tiaras!

Call me Blair Waldorf (from Gossip Girl for those of you who don’t know the reference) but I love headbands. They’re the only thing I can tolerate wearing on my otherwise unkempt, curly-ish hair. So I always knew I would have one on my wedding day. Headbands are all the rage now in the bridal…

The Beauty Complex: Will I Ever Be Good Enough?

I live in a country where appearances are everything. Where people complain about how low the wages are yet you wait over half an hour to get your hair straightened out at the most expensive of hair salons. Where all the women are suddenly blonde, have their eyebrows tattooed on, and wear the trendiest clothes…