I’m on fall break right now and it’s hardly a break at all. I take it as my opportunity to catch up with school work and prepare for the chaos that is law school exam period. Riding a scooter in Thailand was just a tad more exciting but that’s okay.
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inspiration: fall 2011
Now that summer is officially over its time to step into fall. What better way to do that than in something inspired and daring. This post is meant to provide some material for you ladies to work with. It comprises my favourite looks from the Fall 2011 Collections of some of my favourite designers. It also lists prominent trends for the season below the images. Enjoy my lovelies.
walk in the park
This post captures my visit to the Soul Forest Park last weekend. I kept my look as simple and light as I wanted the day to be – loose silk top, over a bikini and short denim shorts; a clear chunky chain ring; aviators; and plain flip flops. The deer feeding was my favourite part. They were hungry little buggers that couldn’t get enough of dog-food looking stuff you buy in a vending machine.
my soup
I should be working on my take home exam for professor Taniguchi but instead I’m blogging and watching Californication. What is it that they say about procrastination again? Ha, I just realized that I’m sitting in a hotel room in Tokyo while watching a show about California and making one the most Canadian posts ever – kind of ironic. These pictures were taken in Niagara and I’m wearing a dress by a Canadian designer Denis Gagnon. Interestingly enough, the paper that I’m supposed to be writing is premised on the metaphor of the Japanese legal system as a “soup” – with its many influences being ingredients that “create the basic stock underlying a more complex creation to follow” (words of Professor Marc Levin). Anyway, this post is something of a soup…a mixture of ingredients.
black and gold
Toronto weather has been really beautiful lately so I’ve been keeping my looks short and feminine. This light Robbie & Nikki blouse is actually an unusually awkward length; a little two short to be worn as a dress and too long as a top unless it’s tucked in. I love its sheer delicate chiffon and how it drapes over the shoulders so I was determined to make it work during my visit. Thankfully I remembered about my old vintage skirt and threw it into the suitcase last minute. The gold and black combo is timeless, classic, and easy to put together.
