I had the pleasure of visiting Pink Eye Optical (1030 Queen St. W.) for the launch of KayTran Eyewear. The new eyewear label presented a carefully curated 20-piece capsule collection of ”iconic...
A hopeless romantic is one of the last things that anyone would call me. I’m probably the only female who hates roses and in grade nine, while all the other girls were writing love sonnets for ...
“It’s like seeing a butterfly for the first time. It’s just an inexplicable, magical feeling that comes over you.” -Daphne Guinness, on “what it was that really grabbed her about a ...
Last week, Dealuxe caused quite a stir in the Canadian fashion industry when it was announced that FASHION Magazine‘s fashion director Susie Sheffman would be leaving the magazine to serve as ...
There is something about brightly coloured polka dots that is so fun, whimsical and inspiring. A glimpse at my rainbow nails leaves a small smile on my lips. I revisited the polka dot confetti look f...
In Septembre World there are two seasons: Summer and Patiently-Waiting-For-Summer. And while I patiently await the return of warmer weather I while away the hours and months by constructing a dream w...
I decided to use the gold microbeads that I bought ages ago and play around with negative space again (check out last week’s venture into negative space land). I opted for this luxe racing stri...
“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 Ap...
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...
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 conf...
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 ga...
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 Marcu...
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 ...
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 Wi...
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 desi...
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...
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, i...
I broke a nail last week and as a result I had to trim the rest of my nails. It’s always an unpleasant task because it means I have to reduce my nail art canvas. I tried using vertical stripes ...
I love high tea (especially when that tea is from David’s Tea) so it was with a little bit of glee that I accepted an invitation to The Richmond to enjoy an afternoon repast while hearing about...
This New Year’s Eve was a low-key one for me spent drinking champagne, listening to music and cruising Tumblr. If I had gone out I would have liked to wear this Sass & Bide Pick ‘N M...
The week leading up to New Year’s Eve was full of black, gold and silver NYE manis on Tumblr. I wanted to do something a little different and use some of the nail art decorations I had lying ar...
I’ve got a thing for colour and I love to inject it into my outfits whenever I can (the all-black everything dress code of the fashion industry can sometimes fall into the morbid/depressing cla...
Last month I attended the Hudson Jeans SS2012 preview and fell in love with all of their premium denim offerings. One item in particular stole my breath away. The tenth item on my 12 Days of Christma...
As I sit here writing this post one thought keeps popping into my mind: Damn, I need a vacation. Without further ado, the ninth item on my 12 Days of Christmas Countdown wish list is a two-week (at l...
I spend far too much time standing in front of my closet and lamenting that “I have nothing to wear!” Most of the shopping that I do is event-specific which means that my wardrobe consist...
Tumblr is a wealth of information and inspiration on so many topics and the microblogging site is where I find a lot of my nail art inspiration. There have been a lot of Christmas manis floating arou...
Two 12 Days of Christmas Countdown posts in one day? Blame it on last-minute Christmas preparations. I’ve been in love with tea since before it was cool. There’s nothing like relaxing aft...
Shoes and accessories that glimmer, glitter, shimmer and shine have been all the rage this fall/winter and I’s love to get my hands on something sparkly. The sixth item on my 12 Days of Christm...
Maybe it was my decision to go natural or maybe it was my introduction to Chinedesign or maybe it’s the fashion industry’s focus on all things Africa but I’ve been obsessed with Afr...
I wanted to commemorate the Holiday season with some nail art. Images of Christmas-inspired manis have been floating around the internet so I decided to give it a try. I went for a snowflake mani wit...
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