Did you know that more GB households are buying online than ever before and that More than three quarters of GB households now have access to the internet at home (78%) and over the past year buying online has become more popular (up 4% points to 62%).
Drilling down even more, according to Bacs more than half of Britons now use the internet everyday (61%), and the typical GB adult made 24 purchases online throughout the course of last year. The average value of their most recent purchase was £94.00. A whopping 37% of UK online sales are clothes and jewellery! This stacks up to an interesting scenario if you’re looking to set up your own online fashion business.
But where do you start?
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Hi Lidia,
Please help me! I am a terrible overpacker and this year I am going on my first ever 2 week holiday. Its also the first time I have been out of Europe -I am going to Thailand.
We are going in August so I know it will probably be rainy/humid. My biggest problem is that everyone says buy loads of stuff out there-I am a size 20 so can’t imagine there being much choice for me. Our holiday is mainly a lot of sight seeing and staying in a few nice hotels. I don’t want to look a total mess or like a typical fat tourist.
What an earth can I pack in my case?
Many thanks
Wendy
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Posted by Chantelle on Mon 16th June 2008 at 07:00 AM, Filed in Fashion Agonies
Hi Chantelle,
I absolutely love your no nonsense, never failing fashion advice on holiday wardrobes - in fact I would go as far as to say I have practically turned it into a mantra!
As a new mummy my time is limited but I still like a bit of glamour and style. I’m 28, a size 12 and 5ft 9 and facing a challenge which is bringing me out in a cold sweat. I am relocating to Singapore with my husbands work and need a capsule wardrobe to last at least 8 weeks before the rest of my clothes arrive. I have never been to Singapore before, but from what I gather it is extremely hot, humid and rains at least once a day!
Please help me become a yummy mummy xxx
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I don’t know why I’m sharing this with you - maybe its some sort of subconsious therapy in a bid to permanently dislodge it from my memory, but I want to tell you about my worst fashion disaster.
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Hello Lidia,
I’m going to a wedding in May and have been trying to find something suitable. It in a very posh venue so I need something that looks expensive!
I’ve seen lots of lovely dresses around but alas I have shapeless legs and just cannot get away with it even with tights and very high shoes!
I am definitely pear shaped, size 10 on the bottom and 8 on top so all the wide leg and high waist trousers around at the moment make me look very bottom heavy.
I’ve been trawling the Internet, walking miles and miles around the shops but cannot seem to find anything to suit my shape or that caters for all weather prospects! I’ve a budget of around £250-300.
Any advice would be very much appreciated!
Chrissie
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