Month: November 2008

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Holt Renfrew Holiday Bear 2008 The Holiday Bear has been an integral part of the Holt Renfrew family since being introduced in 1999. This endearing and beloved bear has become an important heirloom piece and collector’s item. Each year, great care is taken to create a unique bear and sweater, which stays true to Holt Renfrew’s style of reflecting today’s latest trends. And no one is more ON TREND than dynamic Canadian designers Dean and Dan Caten of DSQUARED2. This year, the 2008 Holt Renfrew Holiday Bear marks its 10th anniversary with a special retrospective. Visit our Toronto – Bloor Street location to see the Holiday Bear retrospective in its entirety. We are proud to link the sale of each bear, which is available for $49, to a very worthwhile cause: The Children’s Wish Foundation. 10% of every Bear sale will benefit the charity!

Fashion sCares

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I attended Fashion sCares. It was a blast getting dressed up and everything. I chronicled my adventure at blogTO.com. You can find the direct link here, Fashion sCares: The Costume Report. I was the one and only Grace Jones and here was my inspiration and the execution. I didn’t have the jacket, which looks like Issey Miyake so I decided to forget that and do the tried and true jumpsuit. I think I’m a fan of jumpsuits now, they are a lot of fun. Until you have to go to the bathroom. I paired the jumpsuit with a scarf to emulate the look of the jacket. Danielle from Final Fashion totally helped me out with the mask. If it wasn’t for her I wouldn’t have been able to pull this look off. My next thanks is to Gail McInnes who did my makeup and completed the look. Here are my photos from the night. After looking at them again, I realize that I did a song and dance for Rex Harrington that night. (Read the …