I was invited to a grand opening party for Toronto’s newest retailer, Wanna Frock. Situated in the Beaches, Wanna Frock carries only local designers. This was my first invite to a store opening and it was a fun time. The store space is fabulous and for you local film buffs it was a location in this movie.

Here are a few choice pictures; you can view the full set here

Wanna Frock carries accessories, clothing and jewelry. Designers include Amie Scott, Denise David, Bjoolz - Insanely Cool Jewelry and Untitled Clothing.

I picked up 2 items that I will talk about later.

Wanna Frock - map it!
1378 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M4L 1C9

EDIT: Wanna Frock is closed

While searching for a picture of my wonderful Luna’s, I stumbled across a Canadian shoe retailer out of Alberta. Gravity Pope is amazing! Their Diesel collection alone makes me drool. I have to admit Miss Sixty makes some great looking shoes. I had no idea, I hate their clothes but love their shoes, let’s check some out.

Natasha - I would feel like seeing the Wizard in these shoes

Sunset - beautiful short boot with a low heel. Low heels rock!

River

Buffalo - flat boot goodness

Gravity Pope has reasonable shipping prices within Canada. I think I can see myself ordering from them in the near future. Other brands they carry include Adidas, Fly London, Camper, Keen, Puma, Fluevog, Gravis, Kenneth Cole, Kenzo, Tsubo, Vans, Marc Jacobs, Pucci, CYDWOQ and more.

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I love Diesel, especially their shoes. Today I was walking to a friend’s birthday party after a great game of squash. I had some time to kill so I walked through the Eaton Centre and then headed north on Yonge. The Aldo Shoe Outlet (map it!) was having a sandal sale so I decided to check it out. 20 bucks for sandals, you usually can’t go wrong. Well today I had no idea how lucky I would be.

These beautiful Diesel mules were on sale for 20 DOLLARS and they were my size (in the purple, not green). I couldn’t believe my luck. I asked 2 sales associated just to be sure.
Retail for these shoes is $159.99 (yes, that’s the real price).
And yes, I got them for 20 DOLLARS, 20 FREAKIN’ DOLLARS. SCORE!!!!!

I have 5 pairs of Diesel shoes currently (oops, 6 now) but these are my first Diesel heels, and I love them. I’m contemplating buying these beauties too

Diesel shoes are very, very comfortable; you can walk forever in them. I also find that they are well made, and worth the money you pay for them. What is it they say, not to skimp out on shoes and hair. Well, I don’t have much hair, but I don’t mind paying for great, well made shoes. I had one pair of Diesel shoes that I literally wore out, and the sole started to fall apart. It only took a year, but I was wearing these shoes like everyday. It’s a shame too because they were so damn cute and matched a dress I had perfectly.

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Purseket - Organize your handbag

A Purseket is an organizer for your handbag. I carry a lot of things in my handbags. It’s always a bitch when it comes to find things like keys, wallet, lip balm…
This handy insert however gives more pockets to put all your gear in. This is especially good in the “digital era”, as I often find myself carrying my digital camera, iPod, cell phone and sometimes my Clie.

The only thing I don’t like about the Purseket is the colour options. However, I do like the cranberry.

If you are interested in buying a Purseket (they are only available online) click on the banner

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It’s that time of year, all the retailers are thinking about fall.
Most already have the fall merch on display.

That means summer stock has to go! Thank god this summer has been blazing hot. Summer sale purchases can actually be worn for few months longer.

I work in the software industry as a Software Tester. Yes, I’m a geek, I don’t look like one, but underneath I am. Well, I was at work on Saturday because we had a software release. It was a very long day and I decided to take a quick peak at one of my favourite stores on Queen Street, Change Room (425 Queen Street West - map it!).

They are having a massive summer sale on now, with prices from 50% - 70% off. I had went to the shop earlier in the week and spotted a Triple 5 Soul jacket I liked. It’s a white 3/4 length spring jacket. I’ve been scouring the net to find a picture of it, but it was just not happening. It looks like the 3/4 length down filled winter jacket with the hood, but there is no fur. It’s a like a shell jacket but much more stylist and not as waterproof! So, I returned Saturday to buy it…..

I also ending up buying a Kitchen Orange denim jacket like so

In addition I picked up another OK47 halter top (in sage) and a pair of linen cargos from Triple 5 Soul.
ALL at 50% off.

Queen Street can be dangerous to work close to. Most of the stores along the strip are having good sales on right now, so if you can get your butt down here, I would suggest it.

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