6.2.16
Capital Catwalk | Navy Suit
Fashion shows in Ottawa are so far and few between. So when one occurs, I try my very best to be there! Last weekend was the Capital Catwalk show, presented by Her Campus at the University of Ottawa, an online magazine. The show featured a range of local designers and boutiques. My favourite was Kristie Lance. Her designs reflect every woman, no matter the shape or size. I also love the designer herself. We met a few weeks ago at a fitting for her next show, which yours truly will be walking in! We share a love for vintage and thrifting and she showed me a few of her prized possessions. If you're in Ottawa and want to witness my city's first ever curvy runway show, you can get your tickets here.
I threw this outfit together in a flash. I love suits. There's something so classy but sexy about them. To avoid looking too serious, I decided to wear a black lacy bra, a choker, and a bright orange purse.
Does anyone else feel like life has been a little bit crazy lately? I've been desperately craving some down time. While I love love love going out and seeing awesome people and being productive, I feel like I need to re-charge my batteries. Here's my game plan: I've done my yoga today and made a lovely breakfast. I'm going to go for a swim in a bit and I have a massage booked later. Me and my sister are going for Pho for dinner so we won't have to cook.
Mini yogi update: Even though it seems impossible some days, I have been keeping up with my homework. It takes about an hour or so every day. It's challenging to carve out the time that I don't really have but I do believe in MAKING time for priorities. And this is definitely a priority. I can already feel my brain changing and I notice it in the way I react (or don't react, rather) to things, how I communicate with people, and how I feel.
Wishing you a lovely weekend!
21.10.14
What Tickles My Fancy
Much like every fashion lover, I too look forward to the new fashion shows every season (and bi-season, "pre-fall", OK!). And by "look forward to the new fashion shows" I mean race to style.com to see them. I usually just go to view my select favourite designers that I always have an eye on. And that usually satisfies me.
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For some reason not even Prada or Vivienne Westwood's Spring/Summer '15 shows interested me. And that's saying a lot! I don't know if it's me or the clothes but all my usual faves just weren't doing it for me. Not to say I don't love my regulars and they didn't produce beautiful clothes, they did. What I crave in a fashion line is creativity, unusualness and when the clothes really make me think for a second. I also love when fashion shows don't make sense or straight up frighten me. I know this may sound weird, but if I wanted to see plain clothes, I could just walk though a mall.
This is just what I personally need from a fashion show. I know the initial point of them is to showcase clothes so the viewers would consider covering them in the media or actually buying. But seeing as I'm not rich, I want some entertainment, dammit!
This year's lack of what I particularly look for forced me to "click" past the regulars. And what I found was spectacular! Some of them I recognized but didn't count them in my top faves and some I had never heard of before. Now I definitely have a longer "regulars list". I came across some truly breathtaking pieces.
Here's a round up of my hidden treasures that I hope you'll love too. All photos are from style.com, duh.
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| Manish Arora. My ideal clothing! |
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| Manish Arora. I adored EVERY. SINGLE. LOOK. |
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| Junya Watanabe. Pastel dreams. |
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| Junya Watanabe. I love how weird this collection is. |
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| Love the shag, Galliano. And these weird shoes! |
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| Moschino. Sorry, had to mention this. The Barbie collection was a DREAM. Literally my childhood dreams on the runway. |
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| Gareth Pugh. |
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| One of the ones that made me go "What?" Love that. Gareth Pugh. |
28.1.13
All-black Winter + Art Child
The event really proved the importance of art, both for children and adults. They auctioned off paintings, had craft groups for kids and beauty/fashion booths for the adults. This is what I typically look like these frigid winter days. I braved the cold to wear my glittery shoes. I wore them at the cost of cold toes because I just couldn't handle everything being black.
what I'm wearing:
headscarf: value village, $3
scarf: gifted
coat: creenstone, rikochet resale, $260
pants: bcbg, rikochet resale, $20
shoes: winners, $15
mittens: joe fresh, $4
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| My favourite Amy Scarlett look. |
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| Me and my twin, Lisa at the show. Isn't she stunning? |
All photos taken by Lisa Kidd and myself.
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