Posted in What I Wore, tagged costumes, halloween, pushing daisies, stuff i got, What I Wore on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m feeling a bit under the weather, so I probably won’t go out anywhere tonight, but I’ve always believed in dressing up to hand out candy, and I already own everything I need for a plausible Chuck outfit:
A fifties-style halter sundress I bought a few years ago at R.W & Co.
This Foxy Originals necklace came [...]
Posted in Drowning in Hair Goop, tagged Drowning in Hair Goop, hair, meh, mode straightening balm, mystery products that only exist in my house, pump dispensers suck, what the hell is orchid complex? on October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have no idea where this bottle of MODE Straightening Balm came from, but it’s been a fixture on my bathroom counter for a couple of years now. Possibly it just materialized one day, half-used, a mediocre gift from the Product Gods. More likely, I stole it from my mother’s bathroom one time when I [...]
Posted in Want Want Want, tagged art deco, love!, re-mix vintage, shoes, trove, Want Want Want on October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Given my professed love for all things Art Deco, no one will be surprised to learn that I squealed with glee when I opened my e-mail just now to find the latest Trove newsletter announcing that the store will now be stocking Re-Mix vintage shoes (at right: The Savoy, my personal favourite if any of [...]
Posted in Watch and Wear, tagged anna friel, lee pace, pushing daisies, red dress, red shoes, television on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On Wednesday nights, my DVR gets a weekly workout, because the only two shows I watch compulsively are on opposite each other at 8 p.m.: America’s Next Top Model (obviously – you didn’t think Brook was the only addict around here, did you?) and Pushing Daisies, a quirky mystery series about my favourite plot elements: [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Damzels in this Dress, David Dixon, Joeffer Coac, L'Oreal Fashion Week, Morales, PlayDead Cult, Toronto Fashion Week on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay – its been a week since I went to the cattle-herding experience that is Toronto Fashion Week, er I mean L’Oreal Fashion Week…in Toronto…grrrrrr (this is a Skydome thing again and I will not budge).
So it appears that the thing that got the most press was good ol’ Robin Kays little public blunder (eep) [...]
Posted in Very Good Advice, tagged hadassah bazaar, napoleon perdis, sales on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of rad shopping events that are happening tomorrow:
The 84th annual (and last ever!) Hadassah-WIZO Bazaar is held at the Direct Energy Centre at the CNE grounds from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.(I wrote about it for the National Post this weekend.) I don’t think I can make it (or face the crowds), but [...]
Posted in Want Want Want, tagged 1920s, angelina jolie, changeling, cloche hats, gloves, movie stills, movies, Want Want Want on October 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I saw Changeling yesterday and in addition to being a really juicy, satisfying melodrama, it’s got an aesthetic to die for. Look:
The moment this hat appeared onscreen, I gasped so audibly that my movie companion said “Yes, Alison, I know you want that hat.” Also love that old school red lipstick. And her silent-movie-era smoky-bruisey [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bragging, Brook Alviano, frocks, links on October 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ok, if Brook refuses to toot her own horn, I’ll just have to do it for her. Last week, one of Ms. Alviano’s lovely dresses was chosen to adorn fictional fashion maven Lucinda McRuvy.
(Brag alert: I’m the lucky and proud owner of this fantastic frock in real life. Fictional online illustrations can eat their heart [...]
Posted in Objets prisés, tagged brown, fall, hats, love! on October 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The latest addition to my hatrack, I fell for this delicious chocolate brown number on a recent trip into Trove. I was on the market for a new fall chapeau, and this happened to be precisely the shade I had in mind: the scalloped rim and the simple but sweet embroidery sealed the deal, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ANTM, Project Runway on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, when I first came to Toronto all wide-eyed and still knocking the dirt off my shoes, I worked really really hard at school. I was that freak in University that never – seriously never – pulled an all-nighter because I was done my projects days in advance. But now, here I am, six years [...]
