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sgac October 23, 2024

The irony is that the biggest revenue and profit earner for these brands is the "low ticket" items purchased by the so called middle class. These items are cheaper to make and are marked up heavily and sell in volume. Items such as perfumes, credit card holders, small to midsize bags etc. 


All the bespoke service for high net worth clients creates this illusion of exclusivity that make us so called ordinary people want to join the club. Most luxury brands are part of conglomerates and are able to drop a bomb on marketing, which means we are buying a feeling more than the quality of the item itself.

sgac September 26, 2024

You can limit your audience on FB without having to block or unfriend them. You can either do it everytime you post or go to the profile and do it under the friends tab. 


They will just think you never post anything. 

sgac June 2, 2024

Highly recommend the channel "hot thai kitchen" on YouTube, as well as her blog, for cooking thai food. Also recommend Chetna Makan on YouTube and Atul Kochhar cookbooks for good indian and indian vegan. Ken Hom cookbooks for Chinese cuisine.

And totally agree about the South Asian mum being disappointed in us not being good cooks. As weird as it sounds it has fuelled my passion for good food.

sgac May 23, 2024

Tiktok is the modern day equivalent of the "mob" of the gladiator times, hardly connoisseurs of style, living or "aesthetics", as the hive mind likes to throw the term around.

sgac May 8, 2024

I would really like to warm up to this trend, but I don't want to look like my 70 yr old boomer dad.

sgac September 7, 2021

Thank you for sharing this. This issue of toxic insta mums needs to be brought into discussions more, as many treat them as role models of sort....however we know most of what they show is filtered. 


They are not licenced paediatricians so most of the advice should be taken with a grain (no make that a boulder) of salt. Also Maria Montessori would be very sad to see her education system touted that way as it was made to be accessible to all!

sgac July 11, 2021

Clary sage oil can be used to induce labour in pregnant women through topical application (I was recommended it by my midwife when I was past my due date). Since this oil has Clary sage there should be a warning on the packaging. This person should be dobbed in to the FDA.