Author: Anita

Dancing at the Adelaide Club

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So, I just joined a new gym. It was a rather traumatizing experience. My old gym, The Wellington, was my hangout for about 5 years. I knew the staff and many of the squash players there. Extreme Fitness took over after The Sports Clubs of Canada went tits up. At first, I figured they would keep the squash program considering how many people were at the gym for squash. I was wrong, they are dumping the squash program to add internet lounges and stupid yoga studios. I was really pissed off, so I left for the Adelaide Club. The Adelaide Club is the type of club the Wellington only dreams of being (Yes, I’m really bitter). It’s much cleaner with better facilities and they have squash courts that won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. The owner is a big squash fan and player. The club actually had about 12 courts back in the day. To the Wellington’s credit, they did have the some great squash courts. So good that I ignored the rest of the …

i want…

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A Stupid Bag A latecomer to the to the Anya Hindmarch “I’m Not A Plastic Bag” parodies, I still like these bags. My favourite is “I’m just a f#*king bag”, which is sold out, of course. Others include “I’m a cheap shit bag”, “I’m a very cheap bag” and “I’m just a stupid bag”. My favourite Anya Hindmarch parody still is the I’m not a smug twat bag.

Pitch correctly and you’ll have more luck

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I just got a canned email pitch from a salesman who deals in packaging. Every once in awhile a TFI member decides to email everyone. He’s promising to take I want – I got to the next level. I don’t think this guy realized that I want – I got is a website. I emailed him to let him know that I can’t see how his packaging company is going to help considering it’s not a physical product. Here is a piece of advice for you business folk. If you bother to do a little research before sending out spam emails then you could focus your time on the right potential clients. While I’m posting about things that annoy me. 1. I won’t tell you the trends for 2008/2009. Join TFI and find out yourself. 2. I don’t work for any of the companies that are listed on this site. Don’t ask me to track down some obscure product, I cannot.

i want…

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Tristan Blair shoes Tristan Blair is an Australian shoe designer who is looking to be the next hot designer. Check out this interview at Cool Hunting where I first saw these awesome shoes. No retailers in Canada. images: tristanblair.com via coolhunting.com

OMG Pre-Fall 2008 already

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The Pre-Fall 2008 Fashion Shows are beginning to show up on Style.com. Right now there are 3 designers Oscar De La Renta, Zac Polson and Dolce & Gabbana. Oscar’s show was 63 freakin’ pieces. 63 for pre-fall, WTF. Oscar’s collection was really nice. This is two seasons in a row that I’m loving what he’s doing. He’s incorporating the Spring 2008 print trend into some nice dresses and skirts.

i want: Radiolaria Jewellery by Nervous System

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Radiolaria jewellery by Nervous System I’m loving this jewellery by Nervous Systems. The designers are a pair of MIT grads and their jewelery is influenced by sciency goodness like math and biology. Radiolaria necklace is made from silicon rubber, it comes in white also. Radiolaria brooch is made from stainless steel. You can only buy Nervous Systems online. images: n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com via notcouture.com

Ask a Geek: Boot and coat question.

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Sometimes readers ask me questions. If they are of value to all my readers I post them online. If you have a question, please feel free to submit it using the contact form. I’ll definitely do my best to answer it. I got an interesting letter from a reader. It was interesting mostly for the awful grammer I was forced to read, it was painful. Please don’t send emails in this fashion. I want – I got reader mina wrote: hi ,how r u ur site amazing ,i want u to tell me pls ,i want to buy new boots and i want to no what i shud buy hot and trendy and in , and im going to buy a coat with leopard prints is this in this winter hope to reply as soon as psbl ,thanx!! Well Mina, I can’t tell you what is trendy because I really don’t follow that, but I can give you my opinion. I’m really into flat and ankle boots. I am also liking the thigh high boots …

i want: An Elroy Apparel Jacket

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An Elroy Apparel jacket Organic clothing is just getting better and better. This beautiful jacket is by Vancouver native Leanne McElroy. I’m a big fan of this dress too. These items are from the Spring 2008 collection. Elroy Apparel is available in Toronto at Propaganda 686 Yonge St Toronto via notcouture.com