I showed you a sneak peek of the Madonna and Louis Vuitton -Spring Summer 2009 ad campaign images and now here are some more.

I like them all except for that crotch shot one, Oh Madonna.

images: ohnotheydidnt: come on into her store, she’s got fashin galore~*

I’m still loving Rad Hourani’s androgynous style. The pants are killer for me.

images: Rad Hourani’s Spring 2009 Effect via Frillr

It was starting to get cold in Toronto and I needed a puffy down jacket. I have a lot of wool jackets that require way too many layers in the winter. I wanted a jacket that I could wear without a lot of layers. My ski jacket is down, but it’s not long enough.

It happened to be Buy Local Week when I started to I decided that I would buy a Canadian made jacket. My choices were slim, Canada Goose or CDN Spirit. I decided on the Cdn Spirit because Canada Goose is just too expensive, double the price.

I’m very, very happy with my purchase. The jacket is super warm and the fleece cuffs are a nice touch and keeps the wind from blowing up my sleeves. Cdn Spirit is carried by Sporting Life and Holly’s Fashions. I got mine at the Holly’s Fashion shop in the TD Centre.

The picture isn’t the best because I’m pretty lazy right now and can’t be bothered to take one.

Leather pants on are Nina Garcia’s 100, but I would usually say pass on them. However, french designer, Jean Claude Jitrois has changed my mind.

via NOTCOUTURE

These boots have a armadillo quality to them that I enjoy.

When I was in NYC for the Spring 2008 collections I remember picking up a pair of Jonathan’s shoes to try on. They didn’t have my size and I had no idea how much they cost at that point or I wouldn’t have bothered.

Jonthan Kelsey is available at Holt Renfrew Bloor Street.

Here are the noteworthy moments on I want - I got in 2008 according to me, your humble Editor, Anita.

Chloe and I played in the changeroom of Holts.

Vogue Patterns by Steven Meisel blew me away

Blogging Whistler. Day to day updates with photos. Hoping to do it again in 2009.

blog.mode the MET’s blog

I saw some Spice Girls in Holt Renfrew

Sasha in French Vogue

Prada Spring 2008 James Jean Lookbook I scanned. I grabbed the lookbook from the Prada store on Bloor Street

L’Oreal Fashion Week Fall 2008 and Spring 2009. I stepped up the coverage on I want - I got for the Spring 2009 shows.

The Buy Design Ad Campaign and party. I was in Fashion Magazine, pretty cool.

Italian Vogue - I wrote a few posts or three on the subject

FAT 2008

Media days at the ROM.. The ROM loves me and I love it.

Seeing Eleven Minutes with Final Fashion

OMG, freaking VEGAS!

DOUBLE OMG!!! Mille Femmes.

I’m one of the Top 10 Toronto Style Cliques.

Jason Kottke’s fashion advice

Nerd Porn

Montreal and the YSL exhibit.

Final Fashion wins the Dr. Marten’s boot challenge. I can’t wait to order mine.

DSquared in Toronto. I didn’t talk to Steve Nash like I wanted to.

TIFF and the Smashbox gifting lounge.

I saw Valentino in person.

Press, press and more press.

Signed up to Twitter.

Philip Sparks in Forbes - Many people told Philip that they saw it first on I want - I got.

Blog Fight - Carlie Wong decided she just had to tell me how wrong my opinion is on a subjective subject, namely her Spring 2009 collection. Apparently, I should be looking to David Livingston for my fashion choices as he is all knowing. Nothing personal against David but there is only one man I trust with my fashion. However, Carlie’s attack was personal and well you can read it and see how it spiraled.

Ôscillation, Mascara by Lancôme. Thank you, thank you, thank you Adrian for this connection.

Winning the hotlinking battle.

Monocle editorials with Asian male models. The December 2008 issue has one too that I can’t wait to scan.

The YSL Tribute Boot and my try on at Holts.

The freaking, swanky Mad Hatter’s Ball that I attended. Weeee!

Fashion sCares. I was Grace Jones.

Canstruction

Jaime Hayon - Josephine and the Fantasy Collection. A pop up shop by Ministry of The Interior

Selling MoonRox at The One of a Kind Show.

The Inauguration Sketches for Obama, Michelle and the kids.

Powerful message from War Child

Coming Soon by Yohji Yamamoto

Boxing Day Madness - I decided to go over the top for Boxing Day and I emailed as many shops as I could find contact information.

It wasn’t covered on I want - I got, but HohoTO was amazing.

Wow, I didn’t think this list would be this long. There is it, 2008 at I want - I got in review.

• Adidas chases fashion market with global ad campaign - USATODAY.com
  NEW YORK — With trendy sports apparel and shoes outselling true performance and athletic products, Adidas will go global in January with ads for its Originals fashion brand.

  The line accounts for 20% of Adidas sales. The items, with an average price of $70, include the classic Stan Smith tennis shoe, fleece hoodies, skimpy tennis dresses and shimmery T-shirts.

  Ads for Originals, the company's first mass-market campaign in 60 years, are going worldwide after kicking off in the U.S. for the holidays.

• Crunch time for luxury brands - Telegraph
  As Chanel lays off 200 staff, what lies in store for designer labels during the recession?
• Karl Lagerfeld defends fur industry sayi
  The fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has defended the fur industry saying it is justified because the "beasts" fur comes from would "kill us if they could."

I hate oiling up my body. It’s the sort of the thing that one should have a person for. Preferably young, buxom and foreign. So, when Geekigirl gave me a plastic vial of Cromwell and Cruthers Shaving Oil, I viewed the product with some trepidation.

Oil is bad enough but shaving is worse. The last time I combined the two, I spent an entire weekend cleaning hair, blood and assorted perfumes from my sheets. It was not an experience I was looking to repeat.

But geekigirl quickly explained that I was to use this product to shave myself. Specifically, my face. While alone.

I might not like oil or shaving but I do love my face. So I decided to give this shaving oil a whirl. Having used it for the past few weeks, I now feel competent to review the stuff.

It’s pretty good.

At four dollars and fifty cents a vial, it’s reasonably priced. Certainly much cheaper than hiring a barber to shave your face and not much more expensive than a can of foam. Although it lacks the proto-erotic thrill of having a man stroke your throat with a razor, it smells quite nice and provides a close shave. It also lasts quite a long time.

But I wouldn’t expect anyone to believe mere words. After all, I’ve been bribed with a five dollar vial of shaving oil. A lot of bloggers come cheaper than that. So I’m providing you with photo evidence.

Ryan Oakley Before Using Cromwell And Cruthers Shaving Oil

Ryan Oakley After Using Cromwell And Cruthers Shaving Oil

I expect you can draw your own conclusions from that.

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