HOW TO SURVIVE CANADIAN WINTER WITH SPORTS AND FASHION

HOW TO SURVIVE CANADIAN WINTER WITH SPORTS AND FASHION I have never been a winter sport person. In fact, I have never been a winter person period. Though we’ve pretty much grown up in Canada, I’m just going to blame the fact of having been born in an island somewhere south of the Equator that…

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GUIDE TO NORDSTROM OTTAWA’S BEAUTY BASH – MARCH 6, 2015

GET THERE EARLY. Of course, we’ve got a good guide coming up for you but let’s make one thing clear right off the start, with thousands of people expected to run to NORDSTROM tomorrow – try to get there on time or even better, earlier than the start time, which is Friday, March 6, 2015…

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NORDSTROM OTTAWA: WHAT TO WEAR TO THE NORDSTROM GALA

If I was smarter, I would’ve bought a bunch of tickets for the NORDSTROM Gala last year, wait for everything to get SOLD OUT, as it is, and sell them all on E-Bay for good gains and donate them to charity. In all honesty, I received two major types of e-mails and messages (and I…

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BRAVING OTTAWA WINTER WITH PALLADIUM BOOTS

If it’s good enough for Pharrell Williams, Grammy Award Winning Singer, Song Writer and Producer who’s known the world over for his massive hit song “HAPPY”, it is more than good enough for me. Introducing, my dear friends, my brand new pair of Palladium Boots. The Pampa Tactical, a style which is available for both…

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OTTAWA FASHION: LITTLE BLACK DRESS WITH A TWIST (+ NORDSTROM OTTAWA UPDATE)

It’s sub zero outside. It’s inhumanely cold to be prancing and strutting around in your cocktail dress and high heels but the fact is, life continues despite this frigid winter. The fact is, you need to get up and get dressed to go to work. We, Canadians don’t shutdown and stop all the festivities just…

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WINTER MUST: FAUX FUR TRAPPER HAT

You may remember this exact outfit in this post last year. If you look closely, everything is exactly the same except one thing. If you guessed it’s the Faux-Fur Trapper Hat, you’re exactly right Mister and Miss Smarty Pants! The trapper hat is, in fact, one accessory that I am appalled (yes, I tend to…

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GET STYLE: 1 TREND 3 WAYS WITH PLAID ON PLAID ON PLAID

Confession of a Fashion and Style Blogger – winter is NOT an easy season to dress for. As much as it would be nice to say, I have a fashion blog so I’m well averse in the world of fashion, I can get myself outfitted chicly and stylishly at any season, all season. The truth…

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DEEP FREEZE IN THE NORTHEAST: WINTER FASHION WITH RED, GOLD AND PLAID

From the Midwest to the Northeast, beautiful pristine snow kept falling until these parts of the globe were covered with a blanket of white for up to about a foot or more in some places. This may seem poetically magical but the truth of the matter is, it was a horrible time for everyone as…

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Winter Beauty and Fashion: Of Dark Lips and Mixed Tweed

Since starting our brand new feature here at Twenty York Street, we’ve been contemplating of other areas in life that we can implement the New Year, Better You mantra. Although this is mainly a fashion, beauty and lifestyle blog (check out our 2014 Health and Fitness Resolution here), this doesn’t mean our topics of discussion…

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