Month: June 2009

Fashion Weekly Fashion Camp July 6, 2009

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Fashion Weekly Fashion Camp A jam packed day seminar event hosted by special guest speakers from our very own fashion and entertainment industry! Be sure to meet and greet with industry’s top fashion designers, specialists, photographers, accessory designers, entrepreneurs and many more! FW’s main focus for the event is to keep promoting Toronto as an innovative fashion city, and help educate new and upcoming talents about all the various paths that fashion can take them, various job avenues, realities of the industry and opportunities to work in fun workshops all in one day. I’m speaking with Jennifer McNeely from She Does the City. Check out the Fashion Weekly Fashion Camp webpage for all the details and ticket purchase. Fashion Weekly Fashion Camp July 6, 2009 10:00am to 5:00pm Textile Museum of Canada 55 Centre Avenue Toronto Ontario $95 CAD – includes a full day of seminars, lunch, goodie bag, Fashion Workshop Challenge with prizes that includes a chance to meet and chat with FT’s Mary Kitchen, Jennie Lottie Handbags, and more

Fit-in-15 Quick Tips Part 2

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Looking for easy ways to get Fit-in-15. Here are a few more tips to help you add 15 minutes of activity to your day. See the first group of tips here. Kids. Parents, you have an excuse to get active just sitting there. Your children. Go outside and throw a baseball, shoot some basketball or kick the soccer ball around. Take a relaxing bike ride with the family or a nice after dinner walk with the family. If your kids are active, think about joining them. I attend a lot of events. When they are close to each other it’s easy to take the 15 – 20 minutes to walk to the next party. This helps if you are drunk too. Gives you some time to sober up 🙂 Heading to the beach for some relaxation. Bring a frisbee and toss it around. It could be with friends or your dog. Stairs, stairs, stairs. I’m a stairs junky. Avoiding escalators and elevators is another easy way to add activity to the day. No one is …

i got: Final Fashion Dr Martens

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Final Fashion Dr Martens are finally mine. I’ve been waiting for a year and it was totally worth it. As you might recall from this post Danielle Meder wins the Dr Martens Boot Design Contest. I was so excited that I made a little video for this i got. They are 14 holes. In all my years of owning Docs these were like the holy grail. I only did make it to 12 hole, but they had a buckle across the top of the boot that made them awesome. The leather on these are a little softer than your regular Dr Martens. I can’t express how much I love these boots. They remind me of my high school and university years. I’ve finally have a pair of Dr. Martens in my possession after years of being absent. You can grab the Final Fashion Dr. Martens at Neon Clothing. There’s one on Queen West.

Holt Renfrew Blogger Windows

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Well, I hinted at the Holt Renfrew Blogger Windows on my 4 year anniversary post. Now the news has hit up the International fashion press and it’s spreading. Holt Renfrew is paying tribute to six of their favourite fashion bloggers. I want – I got happens to be on that list. 🙂 WWD was the first out the gate. The press release hasn’t been sent, but they were tipped off by someone. I’ve been yapping on twitter about it for a few weeks now. Racked LA, Mens.style.com, Modelinia, The Cut, Puretrend.com and Fashionista chipped in too. I’m not mentioned in the international press, I’m not fashion blog famous. I just have my little abode here in Toronto. On the Canadian media front, Danielle at Final Fashion was quick to post, as was fashionmagazine.com. They both mentioned me and I love them for it. So you are wondering who else is Holt’s favourites? They are Scott Schuman, Bryanboy, Tommy Ton, Jane Aldridge and Garance Doré. I knew my blog was read in Holt’s head office, but …

Fit-in-15 Quick Tips

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Looking for easy ways to get Fit-in-15. Here are a few tips to help you add 15 minutes of activity to your day. Take a walk after lunch. This is easy when it’s nice outside, like today. Alternatives for PATH dwellers like myself is to take stroll in our underground. Get to know it. Take a walk to lunch. During the summer I walk down to St. Lawrence Market. It’s an enjoyable way to add 15. Do you have a dog? Instead of just going around the block, take a bit more time. You and your dog will be thankful. Dance in your living room. I do this all the time and I’m sure many of you do to. Put on a mix of your dancing songs and work it out. Here is someone who should get your dancing inspiration going. BOOMBOX from Ely Kim on Vimeo. Don’t forget to enter The I want – I got Fit-in-15 Contest. Deadline is June 26, 2009.

I want – I got 4 years strong.

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I want – I got is 54 years old today. It blows my mind that I’m still doing this. It’s a good thing of course and I’m still enjoying myself. I thought you’d get a kick out of my first ever post which explains the concept of the site. It’s amazing to see what has happened in the 4 years since the concept I threw together without thinking has conceived. why? Lot’s of things have changed since I wrote that. In 2006, I started writing for blogTO and that got me entrenched in the Toronto fashion scene. During that time I want – I got’s popularity was rising. In spring 2009, I resigned from blogTO to make I want – I got my number one priority. My writing for blogTO had been dwindling over the last year. Working fulltime and dealing with I want – I got resulted in a lot of priority changes. I knew it was time to move on. So, I’m hoping for continued success with I want – I got over …

Making the most of I want – I got

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Hi I thought I would pass along some tips that might make your use of I want – I got easier and more enjoyable. Photos – Most photos open to larger images, please click. I’m a fan of big images so any thumbnails will link to the larger version. RSS feed – You can subscribe to I want – I got via RSS using the I want – I got RSS feed link on the top right hand side of the page. Email – You can get a daily digest of I want – I got posts delivered to you via email. Sign up using the Subscribe By Email link on the top right hand side of the page. Search – Looking for a post from way back. Take advantage of my Google powered website search at the top right hand corner to find what you need. Comments – I love comments. I’ve changed the wording on the site. If you see the words “i need comments” that means the post has no comments, please …

My Celebrate Courage necklace is on sale now.

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A month ago I participated in Mimi + You Celebrate Courage Workshop. The necklace I made is now on sale at MiMi + You website. It looks a little different then what was in the last post. At that point it wasn’t completed as the there needed some a way to attach the chains part to the beaded part. Mitra took it away to do complete that. She managed to incorporate one of my original ideas that I dropped, ribbon. I’m very happy with the final product. If you would like to participate in a workshop there are a few scheduled during the next few months: June 24, 2009 – July 22, 2009 – August 19, 2009 – September 23, 2009 Workshops start at 6:30 p.m. sharp Participation fee is $20 per person The Spoke Club 600 King Street West 4th floor, Cellar Room Toronto, ON To RSVP please visit the Mimi + You Celebrate Courage website. If you can’t make the workshop you can donate your idle jewelry to be used as product and …

Eleven Opening with Fashion Magazine

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Eleven Boutique and Fashion Magazine teamed up to put on an official opening party for the newest women’s fashion shop in Yorkville. There was an official ribbon cutting ceremony a few weeks ago. I was invited but couldn’t attend. Eleven carries Lundström, Joeffer Caoc and Thien Le. The selection from the Lundström collection is massive, so this should be your first stop when looking for anything Lundström. I got to meet Linda Lundström for the first time, as well as Thien Le. At this point, I had not seen any Thien Le gowns in person. I saw his golf collection at SS08 fashion week. Upstairs there were a few women playing dress up in Thien Le and Lundström. After chatting with Thien Le he twisted my arm and I decided to play dress up in a few of his dresses. Eleven has a great selection of jewellery. I was very impressed with the offerings. Eleven Boutique 116 Cumberland Street Toronto, Ontario 416.966.3935