Most people accumulate clothes and accessories over time. As the paycheck gets bigger, closets fill up. Sometimes it is difficult to let go of the dress you wore on your first date with the hubby, and of course, you need to keep the necklaces and earrings he gave you over the years. The thing is [...]

Wicker is a plant branch or twig that is flexible enough to be woven into baskets, chairs, tables, headboards, chests, and drawers. These often come from rattan, willow, reed, or bamboo. The term, however, is also applied to plastics that resemble wicker sourced from natural fibers. Furniture, decors, devices, and gadgets made of wicker have [...]

In spite of the trend among office workers towards dropping the necktie from their office attire, thanks to the dot-com company executives, there are still plenty of men, and women, who opt to wear traditional neckties for the plain and simple reason that they like wearing them. Even a number of companies in traditionally conservative [...]

Valets have a long history, dating back to as early as the 15th Century, although only the royalty and the very rich could afford to have one. Often known as a gentleman’s gentleman, one of the many functions they performed is to maintain their master’s clothing. Such valets are rare today even among the rich, [...]

Everybody, or almost everybody, wears baseball caps. The list includes American President Obama (at least when golfing or fishing) and Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe (seen wearing a green baseball cap with his country’s flag), babies and elders, men and women, stars and unknown, and millionaires and paupers. They have become a fashion trend of some sort [...]

For most people, closet space is never enough. They are always adding something new to store in them, and even if they are not, simply pulling out and putting back stored items can disarrange or rearrange its contents until they become disorganized and seemingly filled to capacity. For these reasons, people are turning to closet [...]

Neckties began as cravats as early as the Thirty Years’ War in the early 17th Century. Part of the traditional attire of the Croatian mercenaries in the employ of Louis XIII of France was the wearing of small, knotted neckerchiefs. The Parisians, as fashionable as ever, noticed and began adopting the accessory.  The rest, as [...]

Necklaces are believed to have been around since the Stone Age. They were probably made of vines, or animal sinew and intestines with bones, teeth, or shells for pendants. Along they way, they evolved into strings with beads or glass, and eventually into metals and gemstones. Today there are may kinds of necklaces. They come [...]

Most people have more than one pair of shoes. This is because there are shoes for formal and casual wear, as well as for walking, and running. This can easily result to all these footwear cluttering the bottom of your closet. There are, however, plenty of organizers your can use to keep them neat and [...]

Plenty of women just can’t seem to leave home without a purse or handbag. It is as if they don’t feel fully dressed unless they are clutching one in their hands or hanging it on their shoulders. In fact, some would even go so far as to claim that women’s love of purses is rooted [...]