Saturday 28 September 2013
RETAIL THERAPY
Shopping! I love
shopping…it’s exciting, exhilarating, fun and very therapeutic. No wonder they
call it RETAIL THERAPY! It’s food for the soul…like a psychiatrist only
cheaper!
BUT it can also be
frustrating (when you want something so bad and they don’t have your size),
exhausting (when you see nothing you like) and mostly expensive (when you
simply can’t afford those designer shoes or bag you want so desperately).
Luckily it’s mostly FUN! A
few weeks ago I had a beautiful baby girl…I also have a gorgeous little boy who
is 2 and a half, so you can imagine my household is busy, noisy and challenging
at times, so when my mom (who is visiting from South Africa at the moment)
offered I take the afternoon to go shopping…I grabbed the chance before anyone
could change their minds!
I went into the city and
had a delightful afternoon browsing the shops, read my magazine while enjoying
my “hot” latte (yes I often have to drink my coffee cold or with “something”
floating in it that my son dropped in there) and just people watched…bliss,
relaxing and therapeutic.
The shops were filled with
bright, gorgeous summer colours in pink, yellow, green, orange and blue!
Colours that lured me in and wanted me to buy everything at once! Colours that
screamed summer is here! Colours that lifted my mood and my spirits instantly,
colours that made me happy!
This made me think and ask
the question…is fashion repeating itself? Is fashion taking and borrowing from eras
and decades past? What is current right now or is it just history repeating
itself?
All the neon in the shops
reminded me of the 80’s, a happy place for me where the memories of friends,
family and happy days live and great music meant lots of dancing and laughter –
so yes shopping is fun and exciting and makes me happy!
After my afternoon of
retail therapy I was ready to rush home in time to bath, feed and put my little
munchkins to bed! HAPPINESS.
Thursday 26 September 2013
It's all about ME!
My name is Antoinette Chorlton and
yes I’m a shopaholic and addicted to fashion! I’m not a slave to fashion but I
follow all the latest trends and runway shows and consider Vogue, Harper’s
Bazaar, Marie Claire and Elle magazine my closest confidants!
I’m South African, from Cape Town
and I am married to an Englishman, we have 2 beautiful children, a 2.5-year-old
boy and a 4-week-old girl!
I’m a wife, mommy, daughter, friend
and Fashion Stylist. In my “previous” life – before marriage and children – I lived
in Dubai and worked at Emirates Airline as a flight attendant for 10 years!
This was a great time in my life and I was so fortunate to travel and see the
world and off course shop in all the shopping capitals! I blame Emirates for
starting my fashion obsession! This is also where I met my gorgeous husband and
my life changed forever…for the better!
In January we moved to Brisbane and my
fashion career really started! I fulfilled my lifelong passion of becoming a
fashion stylist and completed my Diploma in Fashion Styling. I started Glamour
on the Go, and am the Fashion Blogger for Love Republic Magazine and the rest is history.
Every week I will bring you fashion
trends and take you on a fashion journey through my weekly blogs! Come along
for the ride!!!
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