DAY TO NIGHT FASHION: TRANSITION FROM OFFICE WEAR TO EVENING WEAR

For the last few years now, Twenty York Street’s work and social calendar has been packed with one exciting event after another, be it fashion, beauty, food or lifestyle. I suppose a big reason for that is because @20YS has humbly established itself as the go-to destination for all things fashion, style, and more in…

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TWENTY YORK STREET’S PHILLIP LIM FOR TARGET GIVE-AWAY

According to Urban Dictionary, HUMP DAY is the middle of a work week (Wednesday); used in the context of climbing a proverbial hill to get through a tough week. The absolute BEST day of the week, the day of maximum hope that maybe, you might make it out of this week alive. If we go…

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$360 MILLION RIDEAU CENTRE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

  Dropping names isn’t a considered  acceptable in most social circles unless you’re talking about these names and this social circle: Simons, Nordstrom, Victoria’s Secret, J. Crew! These are just a few big name brands and global and national retail institutions that are set to open at the new redeveloped Rideau Centre! As the city’s…

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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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FASHION HALLELUJAH: TARGET OPENS IN OTTAWA

There is nothing more exciting for us fashion lovers than finding out that your much anticipated store from South of the Border is finally opening in your hometown. Fast fashion, the latest in trends straight off the runway and of course, the occasional much feted designer collaboration. This fall, Ottawa welcomes the addition of the…

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TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: BANANA REPUBLIC – ISSA CORAL PRINTED KIMONO DRESS

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…

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@20YS FASHION WEEK 101: WHAT TO WEAR TO FASHION WEEK

Oh it’s that time of the year again! No, not December but September! Fashion’s most ubiquitous solstice month, where the big fashion magazines release their biggest issues ever! Magazine as thick as brick you can probably build a house of fashion on top of it! This month is also the month of thousand fashion weeks…

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@20YS FASHION WEEK 101: A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO FASHION WEEK AND BEYOND

‘Tis the season to not only be jolly but to be all out fabulous! ‘Tis the season where everything in your closet gets a closer scrutiny and your news and twitter feeds get filled up with one exciting sartorial update after another. This, my fashion friends, is the season for Fashion Week. All over all…

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THE OPERA LYRA OTTAWA’s CARMEN – A GIVE-AWAY IN THE NAME OF THE OPERA (PART II)

The last time we told you about one enchanting evening at the Opera, courtesy of Opera Lyra Ottawa’s Annual Garden Party at the Honourable Italian Ambassador’s residence, we promised we’d come back with stunning coverage of not only the performers and the guests of honour but also the equally stylish guests who came to brave…

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HAVE YOU BEEN INVITED TO THE ARM PARTY LATELY? JOIN US FOR THE ULTIMATE GIRLS NIGHT OUT!

There’s a certain kind of party that has been hitting the streets lately. It has been going on for quite and some time and by the looks of it, this party is not going to fizzle out anytime soon! As published in Fashion Magazine’s Beauty Panel Issue – CANADA DAY NAIL ART Challenge. We are…

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