Great Clothes On A Budget

I feel so inspired this morning. And that's on a gloomy day with a migraine...so it had to be good. I found another learning tool from my fashion ebook series, this one was a teleseminar on great clothes at budget prices. So I ordered it. It wasn't a long read, but it was really interesting. It also has a taped version of the seminar that I can download onto my iPod. I truly learned new information on setting up a budget for clothing, what quality category and store category would be best to purchase different clothing & accessories. Fascinating. I'm much clearer about how to get the best clothing for the best price and rate it according to how often this item will be worn.

The department stores were rated at the highest cost, unless the products were purchased on sale. Which makes me think about how I shop. I use a personal shopper at Nordstroms. Now I know she tries to pull sale items for me and also work within my budget range. But I'm still paying the most for my clothing across the board going this way. I knew this on some level, but now I know some alternative places to shop. It's actually doing the legwork and trusting my own judgment as to how things feel and look on me. That's a little scary.

She strongly suggested shopping from a list, which I have already made. However, I also have an appointment with Lynn at Nordstroms on Saturday to shop for my spring/summer wardrobe, a white top for the wedding and possibly a swimsuit. I have to try mine on today. Argh... Since I have nothing to work with I just want to have Lynn put it together and then buy it. All ready to go. I'll have to stay very close to my list and budget while shopping with her.

Probably the best place to start is to determine my budget and what items are investments and which ones aren't. Then how much I can spend between clothing and accessories. Then what percentage of that can go towards trendier items to update my wardrobe.

Well, I'm off to do just that!