online shopping

Many times over, I have expressed my love of second-hand as an alternative to consumption of new personal style items, for three reasons: it is more environmentally sustainable (one fewer unit…

A year or so ago I wrote a lengthy evaluation post of the “from purchase to receipt” experiences I had with shopping online, specifically from luxury-focused e-commerce sites. These included…

Part of the intrinsic appeal for luxury shopping is the peripheral experience and presentation of the goods, in addition to the goods themselves. To be blunt, the pomp and circumstance…

This time of year is an especially stressful one. Not because of all the holiday preparation and partaking, but because of the deluge of sale e-mails I get in my…

Or women. I’m all for unisex. I’m also all for unconventional. To a point, of course. Within reason. Inside the comfort zone. Or at least, on the edge of it.…