Good Morning 2012

My inspiration wall, including cats, flowers, dandy chipmunks and quotes.A lot has happened since I wrote my last post on the distasteful state of the fashion blogosphere! It seems to have resonated quite a bit with many people, as I am surprised and flattered by the outpour of support regarding such a critical post on the state of the fashion industry and independent media. When you see something wrong, speak up dont shut up! My original post was edited and then reposted on the Toronto Standard, which led to my first paid writing gig ever.First of all, on December 28th, I had a birthday! If you really must know, Im 22.Then, I was named one of the top stylemakers in Toronto of 2011 by the inimitable Sarah Nicole Prickett, also on the Toronto Standard.New Years is a really weird time of year because youre supposed to be reflecting on the year that passed making all of these plans, ahem, "resolutions" for the year to come. This year I have decided to bypass all superstition and refuse to make any resolutions. New Years Eve itself was a strange occasion, as it is doomed to be when youre spending it in the small town you waited your whole life to escape. Somehow nights that are prescribed to be "fun" never live up to expectations, but I had the most marvelous day of December 31st with my best friend, the talented artist Shelby Seu. We spent the day recreating a traditional British Afternoon Tea, with scones and jam and finger sandwiches on a cake tray using fancy china teacups. We did the same thing last year after she had just come home from an exchange term in London (England, duh) which I guess makes it an annual tradition!Then we made an insane gingerbread house that was loosely based on Hagrids hut, complete with a Forbidden Forest and red food colouring for Ron Weasleys hair. This is probably one of those "you had to be there" moments, but there was nowhere else Id rather be.Ill be spending the rest of the year with my nose deep in books like this one (Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty) on fashion, art and nature. Its my last year of university, which means that in my program I get to write a THESIS and it is haunting my dreams already. Good thing I picked an awesome topic I really care about, or else those dreams would most certainly be nightmares.