How To Shop: The Eleven Commandments
- Know exactly what you are looking for
- Conversely, just browse till you fall in love with
something expensive and inappropriate
- If you are unsure, leave the store. If the potential
purchase calls to you from the shop, then you know
- Always work out the cost per wear: £200 boots
you'll wear everyday: way cheaper than a Starbucks
- In fact, so cheap, if you really like them, you should get
two pairs
- Always buy two of something you really like;
it just won't be there when you go back. But make sure it's timeless,
otherwise you're buggered
- Contrary to popular magazine advice, never buy timeless
classics
in the sales: look for something kooky and eccentric you'd never
usually contemplate
- If you eat two chocolate digestive biscuits, they cancel
each other out. Whoops, wrong list
- Never "think" about something for too long: most
stores
have about four sub-seasons per season, and there's very little chance
of the same thing being there in your size when you want it
- Know what suits you: don't succumb to strange unsightly
trends
because some over-hyped it-girl is wearing a pelmet skirt. If you have
fat legs, wear black trousers
- Don't wear black trousers every day, or people will realise you have fat legs and are following rule ten
10 September 2002