Because we wear our shoes for long periods of time, experience different heat levels, sweat into them, get dirt on them, we get them wet – then if we have a shoe closet or closed in area for our shoes, we pop them away.

Can you believe it's nearly 2018? It dawned on me today when I was working on a photo shoot in a beautiful California bungalow style home, shooting luxurious towels in the warm sun what a different year this has been for me.

The new year will be approaching soon, reminding us of all the things we planned to do but didn't get around to because we got stuck on Pinterest, looking up recipes for diet food that doesn't taste like diet food (sorry, we found no pins that matched your search). So, to start the new year feeling like an Effortless Bitch, you need to learn how to clean out your closet like a Fashion Stylist.

Some people buy vintage clothing that seems made for them, expensive and unique - and others shop for vintage but fail, bringing back things that reek of dust, stale perfume and moths - Erk!

I do not, for one second, envy those Effortless Bitches carrying a baby in Spring and Summer in Australia. If you're not swollen from the pregnancy yet, you're certainly sporting swollen feet from the heat and those sandals you got that had extra room for just that aren't feeling so fab anymore. If you're after some summer maternity clothing - follow me, I have the goods.