‘Where are our independents in women’s magazines??…’

Surely there is not enough being done to help, encourage and publicise the independent business owners that are out there, albeit hidden behind the front of the high street industry!

I, probably quite unwillingly, purchase and flick through the most boring of magazines – full of unknown (to me) so called ‘celeb-people’ just so that I can keep up to date with current trends and what is popular in colours and styles etc but, unfortunately, these days, amongst the flicking of pages, I just come across less and less, to the point of no, independent stores whatsoever and, with that, not that many online stores either (other than the usual big well known online shops of course).

‘Come on people who are in the know! – There are some great little shops out there supplying independent designs, fabulous kitsch works and something this is just a little bit unusual and not easily found on the high street – all of which many a reader, celeb and fashion follower would just love! – If only they were seen more frequently in their weekly literature!

Anyone can look to shop on the High Street, a more discerning customer seeks something else on top of that too! The High Street is good, don’t get me wrong, but a bit more advertising for us smaller or independent stores is definitely needed! - How boring life would be if all what we had available was only what we were told to buy in our well known branded stores!