Give it up entirely. Throw out your tv, turn the radio station to NPR when they play commercials. Turn a blind eye to ads on the street. Acquire banner blindness while surfing the net.
Fashion to the properly initiated is NOT what's in, it's what looks good on you!
(Muffin tops look terrible on everyone!)
If you have an hourglass figure, think 1950's A line classics or Sophia Loren knockoffs from the 1960's.
There are plenty of rich suckers who are more than happy to pass along their "latest" investments from last years look.
Better to spend $20 and have some left over for shoes & jewelry, then to spend $500 for something you'll never wear again. Especially because it's too expensive to take out of the closet!
