This type of person has a very difficult time letting go of her possessions. The Sentimentalist has a strong emotional connection to the things she owns and fears that if she gets rid of a particular item, she’ll lose the feelings and memories that are associated with it. According to a psychologist who works with such people, the anticipatory anxiety around letting go is a far greater problem than the letting go itself. Sentimentalists get stuck in the fear of what will happen after they let go of something, so they basically hang on to everything.

It’s okay to keep some things that hold cherished memories, but this can become a problem when virtually everything in a closet has sentimental value attached to it. I once worked with a client who had taken over every closet in her large house with her substantial wardrobe. She had clothes dating back thirty years or more and everything had a story surrounding it.

This woman found it extremely difficult to let go of anything that had been given to her by her deceased parents and relatives. She hadn’t worn most of those clothes in many, many years, but felt compelled to continue to hold on to them anyway. She was a textbook Sentimentalist and although we made excellent progress on paring things down over the course of a full day together, it was a painstaking process. Fortunately, she was ultimately able to keep a few favorites and let much of the rest go. Source recoveringshopaholic.com

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The theme is ‘Fashion Icon’. The timer is ticking. In the dressing room, there’s a mad scramble to pull garments off the shelves and combine them into a runway-ready look. I throw on a pair of oversized sunglasses, heavy biker boots, and a t-shirt recoloured in Brat-green. There’s just enough time for a visit to the salon to change my character’s hair and make-up before the show (my first attempt went out with blue skin and a blank cube for a head, so things can only get better). On the catwalk, I forget to strike a pose. My homage to Charli xcx doesn’t even make it on the podium.

This might sound like a pre-Fashion Week – or post-Brat summer – fever dream, but a growing population of style-minded gamers will see it for what it really is: a round of the ruthless fashion game Dress to Impress.

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So how would you like to define “addiction”? We all know that there are several proper definitions of it according to study fields like medical science, psychology, and many more. Yet, I’m asking you to define it because I believe it’s important to define such things by ourselves. Because before defining it by yourself, you will take some time to think about it – how you feel about it, and I think that is what’s really important. Of course, I am not telling you to ignore the proper dentitions provided by the experts – we will definitely take those definitions and studies into account as we move forward.

To me “addiction” is a habit that one does not have control over. The starting of it may be simple or fun, but as time passes the habit does not stay as simple as it was in the beginning. It becomes so complicated that overcoming it needs a really powerful force. Along with it, I think the habit of “addiction” harms the one who is addicted, it also may harm the ones close to that person, and it surely has detrimental environmental, social, economic, and health aspects. Source green and beyond Mag.

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This Autumn/Winter 2025 New York Fashion Week was a reminder of one of the ways that we believed, a decade ago, that fashion was going to change and then did not.

I had a chance to ponder that while laid up on crutches after surgery for a bone spur on my right ankle. No worries, I thought. Rather than navigate fashion week via subway, taxi and the CFDA’s new shuttle, I’ll attend digitally using all the great technology out there.

Nine years ago at The Wall Street Journal, I attended NYFW digitally as an experiment. It wasn’t great, but brands were just really cottoning on to Instagram and learning to live stream. TikTok hadn’t yet been invented. Lighting was usually difficult, having been set up for the advantage of the photo pit and its still photographers. The video cameras — sometimes just an intern’s iPhone — often had awkward positioning. Much of the live streaming was being done via a then-new app called Periscope — remember it? Twitter acquired it in 2015 and killed it in 2021. Another one bites the dust. Source Vogue magazine 💖

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The term “Imposter Syndrome,” formerly known as “Imposter Phenomenon,” denotes feeling like a fraud and undeserving of success at work. It is often attributed to women, underrepresented groups and junior employees.

“I call it facing bias and being part of a system that wasn’t designed for you,” says Ruchika Tulshyan, founder of inclusion strategy firm Candour and the author of Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work.

In 2021, she co-authored the article “Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome” on Harvard Business Review, which has since received over a million pageviews. To Tulshyan, Imposter Syndrome is “what it is like to not belong. To face sexism and racism, and the realities of being one of the only, or one of the few [in the room at work]. Feeling like a token [...] It is anxiety, it is stress, it is mental health challenges, and it really compounds. Of course it makes sense that you feel this way.”

On 6 February, Vogue Business brought Fashion Futures, its thought-provoking industry summit, to Dubai for the first time. The event, which was hosted in partnership with Dubai Design District (d3), took place on the closing day of Dubai Fashion Week and welcomed over 200 guests, including fashion leaders, dignitaries, entrepreneurs and sustainability champions for an arousing agenda packed with exclusive keynotes and panel discussions. Taking place in the heart of Dubai’s iconic design district, a global creative hub by TECOM Group PJSC, Fashion Futures Dubai marked the inaugural event of a three-year partnership between Vogue Business and d3. - Vogue

Sunglasses are more than just a stylish accessory; they carry an aura of intrigue that has fascinated people for decades. Whether it's a movie star walking the red carpet or someone casually strolling down the street, sunglasses instantly add an element of mystery to anyone wearing them. But what is it about these simple pieces of eyewear that make them so enigmatic? In this blog, we'll explore the psychological, cultural, and fashion-related reasons why sunglasses have the power to make you look mysterious.

THE POWER OF CONCEALMENT

The most straightforward reason sunglasses make you look mysterious is that they conceal your eyes. The eyes are often considered the most expressive part of the face, revealing emotions and thoughts. When someone wears sunglasses, this vital channel of communication is blocked, making it difficult for others to read their intentions or emotions. This concealment leads to curiosity, as people are naturally drawn to what they cannot see.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MYSTERY

Humans are wired to be curious about the unknown. When someone wears sunglasses, it creates an immediate sense of mystery because it obscures one of the key features we use to connect with others: the eyes. This psychological effect makes sunglasses not just a fashion statement but a tool that can manipulate social interactions. When you can't see someone's eyes, you start to wonder what they're thinking or feeling, which adds to their allure.

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