Month: May 2008

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Miu Miu Stone embellished sandals Edit: I accidently deleted some active posts in the mist of cleaning up. This is one of them.

Christian Dior Resort 2009 yawn!

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The only thing exciting about the Christian Dior Resort 2009 Collection was seeing Alex Wek on the runway again. John you need to snap out of this funk you are in. It’s getting repetitive and boring. This collection was a mess. image: style.com

TFI New Labels 2008 – Style Shots

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Canadian jewelery designer, Karen McClintock looks lovely. Hot shoes! There are a few people in Toronto that make my style icons list. One is Mary from Holt’s and the other is journalist Nathalie Atkinson. She looks amazing all the time and is a huge supporter of Canadian fashion. She was a ravishing display of colour that night. Here is a run down of her outfit. glasses by Rapp (handmade in Toronto!) garden insect necklace of vintage buttons and charms, made custom to theme by the amazing Clare Ramen of Buttercup Days vintage fabric clutch by Bennie & Olive silk drape skirt and silk draped top both by Véronique Miljkovitch of Montreal (bought at the MADE show last season, but you can buy her stuff at Model Citizen and Basia in town) shoes by Chie Mihara – not Canadian Andrew Sardone rocked the yellow shoes. I so want some. Gail sported Betsey Johnsons. FAME! I’m gonna live forever. I’m gonna learn how to fly. HIGH! Our favourite illustrating pixie, Danielle. Read my post at blogTO.com on …

geekiviews: Sephora: The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin, and Hair from the Beauty Authority

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Melissa from Harper Collins send me the proof to the new book Amazon.ca: Sephora: The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin, and Hair from the Beauty Authority. It was very exciting because the book wasn’t in print at the time, so I felt extra special to be getting a pre-launch look. The actual hardcover version is like a coffee table book. Sephora is one of those stores that can suck you in. I’m not a big user of makeup but I find myself getting excited looking at all the colours and packaging. I don’t even look at the skincare section; I’m a Demalogica girl. This book reads like a catalogue. I’m not sure what I was expecting, maybe something more subtle. The book is similar to what net-a-porter is doing; incorporating content that helps to sell the product. I liked the Faking it chatper where it talked about faking long legs and high cheekbones. The try this at home section was interesting too with instructions on how to wear red lipstick, shape your eyebrows, wearing false …

Vogue Noir

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My God I cannot wait for this issue. Vogue Italia continues to rack up the word count concerning their all black issue. We hear this is not sitting well with a certain american publication who had something similar in the works. Fashionista claims Iman has scored the coveted Vogue Italia cover. With her profile on the rise with the Canadian Project Runway, this is nice promotion for the Iman brand. Iman will be surrounded by some other models. SO MODERN THE CUT meanwhile chatted with Chanel Iman about shooting the all-black issue of Italian Vogue with Iman, Veronica Webb and her pal Jourdan Dunn. “I’d be surprised [if I am],” she said. “If I did that would be amazing, but if I don’t, I’ll get it the next time.” In other news, fashionologie is calling the all black issue : vogue noir. we love that fashionologie is keeping a running list of who is supposedly involved: * Alek Wek [rumored] * Arlenis Peña [rumored] * Chanel Iman [confirmed] * Iman [confirmed] * Jourdan Dunn [confirmed] …