Delectably Delicious, Stylishly Chic
and in time for the show’s fifth season premiere. According to a Tweet Thursday morning, the second collaboration between Janie Bryant and Banana Republic will make its debut in stores March 1. Like the collection that launched in August 2011, the spring line will feature mid-1960s inspired pieces for men and women. According to a… [Continue Reading]
Andrea Kolpaska (Originals by Andrea) is a name in Ottawa and abound associated with many things beautiful and by that we mean her wonderful and artistic jewellery designs. We sat down with Kolpaska to ask her some questions about her journey through designing unique jewellery and accessories and what she has planned next! When… [Continue Reading]
…according to their website. I am assuming that J.Crew will be taking the current Harry Rosen spot (Harry is moving to what used to be McDonald’s later this year) as I can’t think of any other place it COULD go right now (unless Jacob is downsizing and moving elsewhere. But J.Crew is a third floor… [Continue Reading]
LG is out, MasterCard is in as Toronto Fashion Week’s new title sponsor. The first season under the new World MasterCard Fashion Week name will be held this March 12 to 17 when Canadian designers present the Fall/Winter 2012 collections at at the tents at David Pecault Square, where the Spring/Summer shows were in October…. [Continue Reading]
Toronto style blogger Backseat Stylers recently posted about Charlotte Olympia’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection of devastingly gorgeous shoes. While they’re very pretty to look at, practically every one of them has a super-high heel. According to the Charlotte Olympia website, many are as high as close to 5 3/4″ (the Dolly Slingback, shown below, is listed… [Continue Reading]
In 2007, I created a video at Shorty Stories asking the fashion industry, specially media to feature more designers who are specialty sized. Five years later, very little has changed, so I’m re-issuing the challenge, with some additions, now that both sites have had much more public exposure and social media is more mainstream: New… [Continue Reading]
There’s a lot of talk on how the Duchess of Cambridge dresses more like “everyday women” and that her wardrobe is “more affordable.” However, a recent blog post from the Toronto Star says that the cost of clothes she wore for her eight day trip to North America was around $25,000. That got me thinking… [Continue Reading]
Yeah, I know. I neglected to mention that I’m finally a proud owner of Christian Louboutins! The Prorata 90 mm pumps were purchased from a Christian Louboutin boutique in Hong Kong at the oh-so-hard-to-find size 34 (the similar-looking New Simple Pump starts at 35). Yes, size 34. Not 34.5 or size 35. I don’t think… [Continue Reading]
Both Talbots and Tristan have closed over the past few weeks and the two stores replacing them are Juicy Couture and Pink, respectively. I was actually very surprised about the closing as I didn’t hear any announcement at all. I knew that Talbots was in a bit of trouble from a while back, but didn’t… [Continue Reading]
From Shorty Stories: Think You’re ‘Fat’? Check Out This ‘Ideal’ Size Chart from Korea
If you think “standards” in North America are too thin, you’d be in for a shock when if you compare yourself to this chart from Korea (note: everything is in metric, in increments of 2 cm and height is roughly 5′ to 5’7″), which I discovered while reading a post from Bread, Butter and Champagne. … [Continue Reading]