While the fall season has definitely made its presence known this week, I’m trying to cling on to the last bits of warmth and still refuse to wear tights and long boots. Mother Nature is quite a tease you see, the weekend before this was absolutely gorgeous that patios re-opened and summer outfits re-mixed! I…
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This post should really be called “SPECIAL THANKSGIVING POST: 101 THINGS TO BE GRATEFUL ABOUT TODAY” however, due to some recent press coverage (a HUGE one if I may add, literally), I have to alter this post a bit though I hope my main thesis remains the same. Not so long ago, a private message…
Read More...FIFTY SHADES OF BLACK AND GREY
Thanksgiving Day (Jour de l’Action de grâce for French Canadians) is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Although we really shouldn’t wait for that one day a year to feel grateful and thankful…
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HUGE Expansion seems to be the mot du jour in Canada’s capital recently. Everywhere you look, streets are getting widened, condos are getting vertically extended, supermarket are getting to be super centres and this is not exclusive to one place we, fashion lovers, consider our own go to mecca – the shopping mall. Having been…
Read More...BACK TO BASICS WITH PENCILS AND LEATHERS
Scream bloody murder! That’s exactly how I feel like in those mornings when I’m facing two closets full of clothes up to the brim and I utter these infamous words – I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR! Big dilemma I tell you. Everywhere I look, it seems everybody else – be it bloggers online or…
Read More...2X2 SPECIAL FEATURE: FALLING IN STYLE WITH IVA AND BANANA REPUBLIC’S FAUX LEATHER SIMONE PONTE KNIT DRESS
It’s that special time again, a much anticipated TWINSIE post with the always stylish and elegant IVA of FALLING IN STYLE Fashion and Style Blog. A well-known Toronto fashion blogger, model, brand ambassador and television star, IVA and I seem to share the same taste as evidenced by a whole lot of similar pieces in…
Read More...ORANGE CRUSH: SPRING 2014 BEAUTY TRENDS FROM NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Perhaps regarded as one of the world’s most watched fashion weeks, New York Fashion Week has continued to be an incubator of not only the upcoming trends in fashion but also in beauty. This year, there were several looks that really stood from the crowd and those that made an impact on me are the…
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One of the things bloggers, whether its fashion, beauty, food or lifestyle, struggle with sometimes is that ubiquitous writer’s block. It happens to all of us, it happens to the best of us. When God forbid, there is just nothing to talk about. Hours after hours of trying, its just one big blank page of…
Read More...DON’T SAY GOODBYE TO SUMMER – HOW TO KEEP YOUR SUMMER HAIRSTYLE THROUGH FALL
As you may already know this, I have been very privileged to be part of one of Canada’s Top Fashion Magazine, the Fashion Magazine’s Beauty Panel. A panel of experts on beauty, skincare and make-up, the BEAUTY PANEL is comprised of beauty bloggers from all over the country! I have been a lucky contributor since…
Read More...INTRODUCING THE BANANA REPUBLIC ISSA LONDON LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION
Photos courtesy of: SKYFALL BLUE I guess there really is quite something very exciting with designer collaborations, the coming together of big Fashion Houses or in this case, the fashion label whose name was launched when the Duchess of Cambridge donned the now world famous satin blue engagement dress in November 2010. Fast forward…
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