Carry On Spending Through The Hard Times - Fashion On The Mind

I saw on GMTV today that women are continuing to spend money on clothes, despite the credit crunch knocking at our doors. Women are quite determined when it comes to shopping and i think this just goes to show that even when we are debt-ridden, we cannot hold back from spending on the high street. We've got to have some positives with the credit crunch, right?

A report by Elle, based on 4000 women, highlighted the fact that 70% of women thought about buying new items of clothing "nearly every day". As a woman myself, i am going to do little to disprove this theory, because i too think about buying new clothes every day. But thinking about it and actually doing it are two different things.

A quarter of women also said they spent between £25 and £100 a month simply on shoes. Taking into consideration that a decent pair of shoes may cost about £50, then this might not seem a lot to some women. I guess women just prioritise; some will buy shoes once a month and some will buy bags.

Interestingly, the Elle report also showed that 94% of women admitted to having clothes in the back of their wardrobe that they had never worn. Guilty! It is just one of those things; you have to have it in the shop but when you get it home, it just becomes another dress, or another skirt...

It seems women still need to splash the cash in order to remain positive. Despite the hard economic times, giving up what we love would be insult to injury, because we have to have something to keep us happy. Its like going out for dinner; i am curious to know if we are all going to stop dining out because of the credit crunch? Where i live, nothing has changed - restaurants are just as busy as they have always been - even during the week.

I think this report just goes to show that we are used to our luxuries and giving them up isn't going to come without a fight....