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IF I GO

In less than five days I will be waking up in Manhattan and running around wild with the blogosphere elite. I am blessed beyond words to have such amazing friends, and even more so, blessed that we get to bop around major cities doing the things we love. This will be my fourth season for Fashion Week, and I encourage you to take that jump, wanna come to New York Fashion Week? Ok, come! Just book a flight. If not this season, next! Get involved in one of the conferences that are held for bloggers each season, educate yourself – learn from the best, party like a rockstar at Bloggers Night Out and take to the tents. Sounds too difficult? … Than I am sorry dear friend, blogging is not for you. Blogging is difficult. You’ve got to take your faith into your own hands and push yourself to explore new territory unfamiliar with your everyday niche life. After all, isn’t that why you started blogging in the first place? I know that’s why I did.

See you in Manhattan!

HAT: Black Prim | Vintage from my Mum
SHIRT : Peter-Pan Polka Dot | LF
SKIRT: Black Velvet | Thrifted from my Mum
SHOES: Mary-Jane’s | Michael Kors

Gregory Alan Isakov / If I go, I’m going

WHEN YOU’RE RUNNING BY YOURSELF

hello world.

whelp, the time has come – New York Fashion Week is fast approaching, and although the rest of society seems to be grasping tightly onto whatever is left of August, I will be taking this weekend to start packing and planning for the streets of Manhattan for fall. (Not really fall, because it will be blistering hot outside, but you know what I mean).

I am excited to live out what is penned in my agenda, as it seems already my week is jam-packed with LuckyFABB, Fashion’s Night Out, Bloggers Night Out, a trip to the Brooklyn Flea, the MET, Shopping, and of course, catching up with old (and new) friends.

If you’re in NYC let me know – I’d love to say hi!

By the way, these pants – HOW amazing? I am obsessed and was thrilled when I won these bad boys on eBay a few weeks ago. I have switched my thrifting to online, as I find I actually spend less (gasp) than when in-store, AND it is a lot more satisfying. I get the satisfaction of purchase AND the satisfaction of arrival. haha! I swear I could justify anything.

HAT: Blue Velvet | Vintage
SHIRT : Electric Blue Western Button Up | Thrifted
PANTS: Jungle Leggings| eBay Thrifted
SHOES: Royal Crock Mary-Jane’s | Vince Camuto
NECKLACE: F21 turned DIY
ARM: Assorted Marc Jacobs & Vintage

Grimes // Oblivion

MY LOVE UPON YOUR DEVOTION

I would say I don’t do casual often here on my blog. If you follow me on instagram you’d get a real sense of my daily style (seeing as I don’t have the time to post on my blog daily). I tend to dress up even to work, on Friday’s especially. I just feel better when I look how I feel, it sets the mood for my entire day.

In university a prof told me always to dress up to an exam. To wear your prettiest dress, do your hair, – which resulted in me wearing heels. ALL my fellow students looked at me like I was nuts, or trying to hard, but the truth is – I honestly feel like I did better because I felt good. Track pants and top knots may work for some people whilst studying or prepping for an exam, but for me – I’ll take looking like a million bucks and scoring an A+ any day.

I suppose that pep talk comes from my prep-look, with commercials and advertisements all over the city citing back-to-school, I can’t help but be a little nostalgic – I loved school, and even more the school supplies lol, and although each year I look up new courses to try (next on my list is floral arrangements!), and set goals of new adventures to adhere too (blogshop, LuckyFABB) – it’s pretty great being done with exams in general, but I will never lose the urge to learn. Neither should you.

The Jezebels //\ Endless Summer | Sent to me by Allie from Allie Wears

YOU AIN’T THE ONE TO PLAY THE GAME

What can I say? Just when you thought this post was going so well – it was pretty and tame – until I had to go and post a ridiculous face. Pffft. Whateves. I do this for me.
Speaking of me, you know – because really, when it comes down to it, this blog is all about me – I was tickled to hear from Vince Camuto’s PR team the day before I left for Miami informing me that they wanted to send me a pair of Crocodile Mary-Jane’s. Which are divine by the way. Some of these photo’s will be used in efforts of a special project in the works – so look out for that – but until then, here you go.

This is going to seem awful, but I have yet to go through any of my photo’s from Miami … I know, worst. blogger. ever. I hang my head in shame (not really -), but in efforts to restore your faith in humanity, the cause has been a great one – the Bloggers Night Out team is prepping for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in NYC which can only mean brilliant things. Not only is it our one year anniversary of BNO, we also have a few brilliant (brilliant and beyond actually) surprises up our sleeves, because from our first event til the last in Miami (seven events by the way this year), they have gotten better and better, and this one we are planning – well – it should be nothing short of exceptional.

Can’t wait to rock these shoes in Manhattan.

HAIM | forever

MIAMI DIARY

Just a QUICK hello and to show a snapshot of the events that was Mercedes-Benz Fashion Swim Week. I promise as much as it looks like I was a social butterfly I did manage to make it to a bunch of shows and pool parties … I just didn’t take a ton of photo’s at the shows because my jaw was left hanging open lol. I was lucky enough to get back stage for the Mara Hoffman collection where Erika and I got to hang out with everyone while they got ready for the show. We showed up exactly at 6′oclock and were blessed to be the only media in the make-up & hair studio for at least forty minutes! we just stood there taking it all in.

I promise those voyeuristic shots are coming …

Sia – I Go to Sleep

RUN THE WORLD

BAH! I really should be finishing packing – I still have SO much to do before Miami Swim Week! – I leave before this post is posted, so Thursday morning, at 6:30AM I was at the airport all ready to go up up and away!

This is just a quick post until I get back from Miami! I am headed there with my Bloggers Night Out gals Erika from Style Activist and Caitlin from Style Within Reach. We are hosting the only event for bloggers in Miami during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Swim Week – we are so extremely lucky to have sponsors like Plastics Make It Possible, Shick Quattro, LYST and Orchid Boutique – I am dying for a new bikini so cannot wait to get my shop on in Miami at our event!!

Make sure you follow along a-la twitter and instagram, – you know I’ll be giving you my daily dose – Also watch out for my rendition of Christina from Profresh Style’s ultimate dance moves, I am bringing it with me from New York, to Toronto, to Miami all within 24 hours.

JUMPSUIT: Vintage //\ Circa 1976 //\ Thrifted from my Mum
SHOES: Cuffed Laced Velvet //\ Vintage
BANDAUX: Wilfred //\ Aritzia

Lana Del Rey – Video Games

JOHN LENNON

you may say that I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us & the world will be as one

Tomorrow [the 15th], I will be celebrating six years with the love of my life. The boyfriend is spending his evening at a STAG [not his] and I, with my mum curled up on the couch – but rest assured, an evening apart on our anniversary is not emotionally heart wrenching to me – not one bit.

I mentioned a few posts ago I have since moved back to the city, on my own – new job, riddance of bad juju friendships, and embarking on a wonderful adventure with this very thing here, called my blog. These cemetrey shots are shot, literally, in my backyard at my new place – lol. I have this incredible fascination with death – and cemeteries – I think this will be one of my new secret blog spots – it is so peaceful, and full of the most perfect dusk-lit-light come 7PM.

Major things are a-happenin’ here, so stick around love, I’ll show you a thing-or-two you can benefit from.

HAT: Bebe : borrowed from my best friend Colleen
SUNGLASSES: John Lennon inspired : Nasty Gal Vintage
DRESS: H&M Black-&-White Stripped Maxi
BELT: Vintage – My Ma’s Velvet Rope
BANGLE: 1970′s Vintage – India – My Gran’s
SHOES: Jeffrey Campbell – Ford Cutout Platform - Nasty Gal Vintage

ALL AMERICAN

errrr … I mean Canadian. Obviously. Prep School meets the All American for the Bloggers Do It Better project!

It has rained eleven out of eighteen days. I hate the rain, I hate rain boots too, so if you are a rain boot wearer – beware … yes … even hunters. I only wear them when I absolutely have to, otherwise … I’m rocking heels, well … booties, but still.
I am so proud of Kristina over at Pretty Shiny Sparkly and her Bloggers Do It Better venture. It has really taken off, and proven to work in terms of networking and sending [and receiving] love.
This weeks challenge was Prep School ; but seeing as I am Canadian, and Prep School as well as American tailored-letter-jacket-esq look has never crossed the border, I really had to dig in my walk-in closet. Lucky for me, not to far was a recent find of electric blue high waisted trousers. God I love thrift finds.

I re-tweeted @shopdandy this week, she wrote Blogging is a community not a competition. Support each other, your blog will benefit from that. I truly believe that ; and I hope you [as a reader] do too. I have a small circle of blogging friends, most whom I met at New York Fashion Week, and these girls help me, test me, and teach me – even if they are far far away! I urge us [yes you and I us] to become blogging friends, and push one another.

HAT: Gap ’08
TOP: Marc Jacobs with White Cravat
SWEATER: Thrifted Red, White & Blue stripped jersey sweater [in the scariest place in Toronto] $2 find.
TROUSERS: Thrifted electric blue pant [they fit like they were made for me]
SHOES: Miu Miu [I can't believe I didn't take a decent picture - fack!]

FICKLE HEART

Pssssssst* let me tell you a secret … bloggers do it better!

I, among with my fellow bloggessess are taking part in Kristina‘s project titled Bloggers Do It Better. Bi-weekly K is going to post a “project” or “theme” that you can choose [or not choose] to participate in. This weeks was Color Blocking or Bold Colorful Stripes! I was lucky enough to of gotten the information of Kristina’s latest venture day of – and I also happened to of shot the below photo’s the weekend before – it just all worked out perfectly. Also, side-note* these photo’s are all un-edited – the lighting was perfection. Lucky, lucky girl I am.

WHAT I WORE
TOP: F21
SKIRT: Vintage Colored Striped Maxi Skirt [First ever vintage purchase I think ... although I feel like I have written that before ...]
SHOES: Nine West Hunter Green Peep-Toe Wedges
NECKLACE: Vintage Azteck - eBay

KendallDonaldson

Love is where I am found.