2011 Favourites

(floral suit - h&m; asymmetrical pumps - zara; silk shirt - thrift; yellow clutch - american apparel) 

 These are some of my favourite purchases of 2011.. Of course I would never have the guts to wear the floral suit together in public, but a girl can dream right?

 

These are hard to wear because they're still bigger than my feet even with insoles and heel grips! I still like to wear them around the house from time to time, looking at my feet the entire time though.

(Moleskine, MUJI business card holder, Panasonic Lumix GF1, Naoto Fukasawa for LAMY Pen)

Some of my other favourite things. I love this palette of silver and black with a hint of red. You know an object is well designed because you just get sheer pleasure when you use them. These are some of the objects that I love using (and looking at).

Primary

(sweater - h&m; dress - zara; leather jacket - michael kors; glitter oxfords - f21; wet look leggings - zipia)

This is what I wore on my birthday to get pho and do some thrift shopping. I believe it's always lucky to wear red on your birthday + eat some long noodles for long life on your birthday, so that's exactly what I did. A little glitter also never hurts.

 
My glitter oxfords...the sole is starting to crack and come apart but they are so shiny and pretty still!

 
Me eating a giant EXTRA LARGE pho. Sometimes I surprise myself with how much I can eat.

Work Casual

(pants - jacob; shirt - f21; cardigan - american apparel; clutch + pumps - zara) 

Casual wear for work...love the way these pants are with the asymmetrical Zara pumps. Also, they are so much more comfortable than skinny jeans! Dear god, my legs always are starting to go numb after a long day of blood constricting wear and this is so much more ~drama~ and comfort.

Rumble

(shirt - thrift; skirt - zara; blazer - h&m; boots - jeffrey campbell)

School really switched in high gear really quickly, hence these really crappy photos taken outside of my studio..

Got these lovely Jeffrey Campbell boots recently, but I think I'm going to return them since they are way too tall for everyday wear...
It's a pity because they look so amazing!

Studio Nights

(leather jacket - michael kors; tank top + jeans - forever21; keds - keds)

Still alive, but just barely. School started up again, and that just means studio living all the time. These are my studio clothes...comfy, colourful....nothing special. 

I am getting something in the mail tomorrow though!!

When You Hear That

(shoes+silk top - forever21; skirt+clutch - zara)
Wore this to Starbucks after a recent addiction to their iced chai latte and my friend's penchant of showing off his new iPad 2 by browsing the internet in Starbucks. I'm really sorry for the bad quality of these photos..I had to crop them super close...and I still haven't changed the image size. Will do that now!

 
I like the weird contrasts between bright magenta and green...and a bit of blue. I've turned into a colour fiend somehow. I've always believed in neutrals and greys for the summer but now I'm all about colour! Scary.

 
I got these wooden sandals for the summer and this is the first time I've worn them! I know why people don't make shoes out of wood anymore. They have no flex and are very uncomfortable...maybe if I put gel pads in?? I knew clogs weren't for me..

 
This is me trying to "look natural", and hence the awkward hand to hair pose... Probably only a few more outings until school starts *tear*

Party & Bullshit

(dress, clutch, heels all from Zara) 

 Somehow this summer I became a Zara whore, spending all my disposable income there (I actually adore sale season at Zara). I wore this to my boyfriend's birthday 2 weeks ago...I've been making the dough and going to school this summer so I haven't had much time to update, so you get 2 week old outfits.

 
He's so tall this photo of me is actually in a weird perspective and totally unflattering :( 

 Also I look like an inverted Christmas tree with my red dress and green bag -- what was I thinking??

One of the highlights of that weekend was making bacon-wrapped eggs.

 
Kingston, quite pretty at night. Also no crazy homeless people saying cray cray things, which is always appreciated.


I baked chocolate cupcakes with marshmellow cream icing in lieu of a real cake, they were pretty good.

The Nature of Things

(shirt altered by me; skirt - zara; bag - thrifted; shoes -Gmarket)

As you can see, I have a weird obsession with this skirt and the cut of it -- I have it in yellow and pink, and I had it in orange too but I decided it didn't make any sense to have three of the same thing so I returned it...though now I'm beginning to regret it.
I'm planning to have it made in green when I go to China next year, seeing as Zara is all sold out.

I've also been taking the sleeves off of shirts for the summer too, and this is another one of my victims. It was originally the kind of spunky short sleeved shirts you'd see on fun but badly dressed 60 year olds.

Here I am outside of the Canadian Museum of Nature. They had recently (about a year ago) renovated the building, the most significant being that a glass cube that was added to the top. It looks pretty cool, though I'm not sure if it serves any real purpose other than to look pretty and feel "modern".


I don't have a green thumb, per se, but I'm getting into a hobby of making new homes for my cacti (check out my glass cacti terrarium)! Here is my new spinely cactus in his own teak bowl (call me weird, but I have quite an extensive collection of Scandinavian teak bowls).

I like the idea of a hardy plant in teak and glass. There's a fair bit of romanticism in the combination of desert , wood and glass working together. I'm probably thinking of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West..

Deadbeat Summer

(shirt - altered by me; skirt - zara; belt&bag - thrifted; loafers - joan&david)

I was at Bluesfest over the weekend...it was so hot and humid, but obvi with great music. I saw Diamond Rings, Neon Indian and Yukon Blonde, and some other bands I don't remember the names of.


I made my friend take a photo of me in front of the crowd. Love photos in front of crowds.


Diamond Ringzzzzzzzz, super glamourous.


But seriously, he was great, even as an one person act. I have some of his songs on video but I'm lazzzzy.


Neon Indian was good too. Apparently Alan Palomo had lost his contacts before the show and had to play the whole thing blind.


The sun was beginning to set when Yukon Blonde came on...it was pretty.


Sun setting on the water behind the hills, pretty.

Go Outside

Candice and I met up randomly on Canada Day at the Harbour Front and got a bit of sun (I'm back in Toronto for the weekend). It was great, minus the insane number of tourists. Enjoy the photos from my new camera! Hope everyone has had a great Canada Day long weekend!

shirt: h&m // skirt: zipia.net // shoes: minnetonka

(shirt - forever21; skirt - zara; loafers - joan & david; bag - danier)

Cage & Aviary

My roommate and I really wanted to take photos one day, so this is the result.

Check out his tumblr!

(aviator jacket - thrift; leather pants, furry vest - forever21; boots - spring)

Selfmachine

I'm entering machine mode thanks to 2 weeks of hellish work. 

Only one more week left to go and I'm free!

(blazer+shirt+belt+loafers - thrifted; cropped sweater - h&m; jeans - f21; quartz necklace - DIY)

The weather has been so much nicer now, but still a bit too could to be wearing summer clothes yet. 

I'm bringing a bit of summer in these loafers...inspired by Kanye West, haha.

So so so looking forward to next Friday (it's Friday, Friday, Friday!), 

but only because that's when my one and only exam is done and I'm free!