“People with a lot of money don’t dress as well as people who have to make do, who have to be inventive. Those are the people who are always more interestingly dressed, I think.”
-Iris Apfel, in Architectural Digest, on affordable style
Photo courtesy of Refinery 29
-Septembre
I immediately fell in love with these colourfully embroidered shorts when I saw a photo of them on Tumblr (click here to follow me). Unfortunately, much like many images on microblogging there was no other information included in the post. Luckily, the wonderful ladies at Honestly…WTF, one of my favourite DIY blogs, IDed these beauties. The shorts were designed by contemporary Australian label Sass & Bide ($491, Net-A-Porter).
Yesterday I went shopping and picked up a few brightly coloured nail polish shades (by “a few” I mean six) and decided to play around with them in a fun design. I opted for an ombre confetti nail design that played around with negative space.
Danier has always been a dusty 80s relic and the tag on all the leather jackets and skirts in my mother and aunt’s closet. Until now. The premium leather retailer has stepped up their design game and is now home to stylish leather goods and fashionable collaborations with Canadian design talent. While I love their clothes it’s their bags, including this cognac leather hobo ($129), that really have my heart.
Marcus Kan wears many hats including those of fashion director, blogger and Swide contributor. Here he reviews the Fall/Winter 2012 Milan menswear collections. For more on the collections visit Marcus’ blog, À La Mode.
The ‘gentleman’ is the main theme for this season’s Milan Fashion Week. While some designers stuck to the concept and produced classic looks, others have taken this concept and put a spin on it to produce refreshing collections. Here are 5 collections which you should keep in mind for the coming fall/winter season.
Eleventh Floor Apparel is the latest fashion company to issue a challenge to the next generation of fashion designers with their design competition Basch It Up. The Challenge: to create an original garment that can be incorporated into the Fall/Winter 2012 Basch collection.
A look from the Basch Fall/Winter 2011 collection during LG Fashion Week.
And then there was one. After four months of fashion design and deliberation the grand prize winner of the third annual Danier Design Challenge was announced. Ryerson School of Fashion student and Winnipeg native Meagan Johnston was named the winner.
Danier Design Challenge winner Meagan Johnston (left) with a model wearing her winning design.
The people behind the chicly modern Thompson Toronto hotel are adept at remaining ahead of the fashion curve. The hotel chain have tapped Kirk Pickersgill and Steven Wong of Greta Constantine to design new uniforms for the female staff.
It has finally snowed in Toronto and while my body is here trudging through snow my mind is somewhere tropical. I wanted my nails to reflect the warmth and vibrancy of warmer climates so I opted this colour blocked zig zag designed.
Twitter is a double-edged sword. While there are the always negative, hateful tweeters there are also the uber-talented, insightful and critical ones as well. Kalpna Patel, a.k.a. @GhostfaceKnitta, is the latter. Not only are her tweets a mix of wit (very different from malicious sarcasm) and intelligence but she is also a talented crafter. I fell head over heels in love with her handmade sterling silver screw rings ($72, Old Weston).
