ESPRIT Glittens Giveaway! – HAS ENDED THANKS FOR ENTERING!

With the cold weather coming, DelectablyChic! and Shorty Stories are collaborating to give away a pair of ESPRIT glittens (fits all sizes!). For one entry, please comment below on what you LIKE or DON’T LIKE about winter. TWO entries if you comment on both sites.  One additional entry each for tweeting this giveaway.  You will […]

A Sweet Life on Food and Style with David Rocco

Canadian celebrity chef, David Rocco is known to many as the host of La Dolce Vita – Italian for The Sweet Life – seen on channels such as The Food Network Canada and in over 150 other countries.  The show has also spun off cookbooks as well as a companion soundtrack.   On the show, which is […]

Kebabs for a Dinner Party and Other Suggestions

Cynthia Cheng Mintz     A nice dinner party with friends should be simple and casual and not like the wild and crazy parties of university students.  It doesn’t, of course, have to be super-formal, where guests are dressed up and dinner is served in formal china with multiple courses (you’d probably want to hire caterers and […]

Trend Alert: Wedding Dresses with Bubble Hems

At the recent NYC Bridal Market we had a chance to see tons of gorgeous wedding dresses that will be making us drool all next year, and one trend that was popping back up was the bubble hem, most recently in Adele Wechsler’s 2011 eco collection. The bubble hem adds volume and shape to a […]

LG Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2011: The Likes and the Dislikes

  Cynthia Cheng Mintz (Shows L-R: Jules Power, Marthe Aime, Baby Steinberg, Amanda Lew Kee) Another LG Fashion Week has wrapped up and this season, as usual, has had its hits and misses.  The venue, Heritage Court on the Exhibiton grounds was not too different from the previous season’s at the Allstream Centre in the […]

LGFW October 22: Bridal Inspired Dresses, Live Mannequins and Blue Lips

Select pictures from several of the October 22 shows Lana Dugmag Everything about Lana Dugmag’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection weddings.  While none of the pieces are your traditonal long, white gown, all have elements of what one might find in such a dress.  Besides white, other lighter colours, including pale greens, orchids and pinks could also […]

Operanation VII will Rock with Major Band!

The Canadian Opera Company’s most fun and exciting event of the year in one week!  Operanation VII: Cinderella Rock The Ball will be celebrating this season’s production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola – Cinderella.  NExt week’s to be a good one, as not only will attendees enjoy delicious delights from Rose Reisman Catering, but will enjoy live entertainment […]

Pretty, Soft Garden Parties, Eco-Friendliness, Explore the World and Basic Black

  Sarah Stevenson The studio was transformed into a garden for the first show of the day.  Sarah Stevenson’s namesake line was presented with light French music playing in the background and with models in a collection that is full of lady-like floral dresses (mostly in creams, though there was also one which was dominated by a green) and […]

70s Elegance, Nature Calls and Joe Does Prep

House of Groves   House of Groves presented their spring/summer line in a unique fashion, using a much smaller space – using a small runway with models not leaving after walking down.  The collection itself was inspired by two decades – 1930s and the 1970s – and is very wearable for most women.  Casual dresses, tops, […]

LG Fashion Week – Jules Power, OR by angela chen, Pink Tartan and More

(Collections left to right:  Jules Power, OR by angela chen, LOVAS Wesley Badanjak and Pink Tartan) Jules Power:  Jules Power was the first show of the day.  The spring/summer collection is full of flowy tops, dresses as well as pants and jackets, with pieces which will take a woman from day until night.  Despite the black […]