The Great American Apparel Diet
no buying for one year

Jacquelyn Bjornsen-Stevenson

Jacquelyn Bjornsen-Stevenson, age (I don’t want to talk about it), Newport Beach, CA. Jacquelyn is a working (sometimes feels like slaving) Mom who is trying to stay on a budget and look fabulous while putting her children through private school and paying for excessive and expensive tutoring!! “I have been sucked into the Suburban academic marathon,” she says, “and I don’t think I’m winning medals anytime soon.” Bjornsen-Stevenson is approaching this diet as a creative endeavor “how many ways can I wear a black sweater?” Her greatest fear is that one of her clients, a luxury clothing manufacturer, will ask her to go to the employee store and she will have to say no. “I don’t know if I can do that.” (Newsflash Jack—you can still shop, you just can’t buy for yourself). If giving up apparel was not enough Jacky is considering skipping the footwear and accessories loophole and going “cold turkey.” She also added this caveat, “I am also thinking of bundling this diet with giving up alcohol too.” I have one word for Jacquelyn—Masochist.