F*ck!ng Poets

Toronto Fashion Week f/w 08: Dia Uno

Max Chernitsov: bringing the mystical Russian spirit to Toronto. Satin Stirrup pants anyone?



Melinda Mae Haringten: A very wearable collection with some great outerwear (especially a
 grey plaid car jacket with a high, structured collar). The designer is very cute and you'd think she would have gone out on a limb, created something with a large WOW factor but when the most interesting part of a collection are the lovely, feathered mad-hatter's tea-party hats....

Nadya Toto: Velvet, Sequins, ruffles, strong shoulders, fur...all strong trends seen on f/w08 runways in Milan, Paris and New York...

Summer Sun

I can't wait for spring/summer to begin!

I miss wearing loose, barely-there dresses...

Matthew WIlliamson Lace Pearl Beaded Dress

$445.00 (50% off original price) at Net-a-porter

$50 Mil

Finally, Gordon Campbell does something I agree with! The Vancouver Art Gallery (aka, the VAG) is getting $50 million as part of a cultural expansion initiative from the province of British Columbia!! Yay Arts and Culture in Vancouver!! (For those of you not from/in Van, the VAG is a worthwhile spot to visit- some great, innovative exhibitions)

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/03/07/bc-gallery-expansion.html

Men

Let's start with the saddening


and now on to sunnier skies...THE BOSS!! An Absolutely Entertaining and Thrillingly Fantastic show

Happy Feet

For the Record

I watch the Oscars. Every year.

I get mad when they give good (but not great) movies the best picture statue (um... hello Crash, Chicago...) I was happy this year. No Country deserved to win even if I had hoped that Schnabel would have won for diving Bell
but I mostly watch to love/hate all over how people look and what they are wearing.

This is what I thought of 2008:

Best in show:

- Katherine Hiegl (escada red/marilyn blond curls)

- Jennifer Garner ( black ruffles- de la renta and necklace-bling! stacked bangles-Bling! earrings-bling! def taking the more than one statement piece Vogue mantra seriously!)

- Marion Cotilliard (Galliano mermaid, wouldn't like that dress on anyone else- damn she's amazing)

- TIlda Swinton (Lanvin with giant silver cuff don't give a F*c! what everyone else says- she looked fab! Would have been a disaster on anyone else)

- Cate Blanchett (Dries van Noten- necklace/earrings combo and detailed hemline sold this)

- Miley Cyrus (red Valentino- age appropriate, glamorous, beautiful)

- Amy Adams (green Proenza Schouler- I knew as soon as I saw the bust-line)

- Julie Christie (dress by?? gloves-LV. Ahead of trend in a red-metallic foil that has been all over the f/w08 runways knee-length dress- looked half her age)

You looked great- who are you?

- Marketa Irglova (black dress by?? won for best original song with that other dude for Once)

- Suzie Templeton (bright red/orange cross-front halter by?? won for best animated short for Pete and the wolf with some other dude)

Also- why is it that women such as this looked great & were NOMINATED & WON but on ANY next-day oscar photo coverage nary a photo of these two lovely ladies on the red carpet can be found!! *sometimes I just hate celebrity

Great dress- WTF happened to your face?

- Cameron Diaz (Dior- seriously nude make-up with a nude dress, crap hair, overly tanned skin and bags under the eyes is NOT a good look)

-Nicole Kidman (Balenciaga- LAY OFF THE BOTOX WOMAN! YOU ARE PREGNANAT FOR GODSSAKE!!)

NO!NO!NO!

- anyone in Marchesa (Alba & Hathaway) the frilly-fussy busts were just in the way and Hathaway looked particularly ...gasp...chubby-esp in the arm

- Penelope Cruz (Chanel- normally an A+++ but I just hated the feathers at the bust, the drapped front at the waist was cumbersome and she just looked a bit...off)

- Diablo Coty (Dior leopard sheath can't rem but if it's true that she once worked as an exotic dancer this outfit made that seem believable)

- Rebecca Miller (christian Lacroix- um no. I preferred Uma's Lacroix peasant girl get-up a few years back to this- yeah I said that)

- Jennifer Hudson (Roberto Cavalli- white- her boobs looked really pushed-up and squished-in not flattering on her figure either. ALT I love you but....you're fired!)

More that I liked than disliked butbut the fashion was pretty boring!!! Lots of RED! and tons of grecian drapping!

What did you think?

Welcome to Prada

The Cutest Thing Fernando Ever Did See

thanks to Fernan-elfred-o for the link!

Dreams are Made of This Stuff

Blondie's back dress by David Szeto

Chanel quilted bag

Giuseppe Zanotti sandals

Gucci Scarf

Entiel dress

Balenciaga dress

Kensington

Stumbling home in the freezing rain after an unexpected Monday night

Never Say Die

There are gay jokes a plenty about the military and tom cruise, combine the two and you get Top Gun. The video is hilarious but doesn't even slightly deter my enjoyment of this movie (depite not being able to get almost any reference or allusion made to it)

The Allure

Marimekko is the belle of the ball in 2008. A collaboration with Manolo Blahnik and a marimekko tribute collection by H&M.

Look What I Made

I made these about 8 months ago and then forgot about them

(I don't have my ears pierced). Anyone think they could give them a good home?

Sterling silver, yellow amber and green plastic beads

Wearing Tonight

I feel a bit like an asian superhero in this getup. I'm still wearing it out to my friends' show though. BTW those are new boots I bought the other day at Brown's.

Yes, I'm very poor and no, I couldn't really afford them but obviously that didn't stop me.

They are very riding-boot-esque, low heel and come up over my knee.

A Half-century

The smurfs turn 50 years old today!! Yes, collectively, they turn 50.

STORE MANAGER NEEDED!!

It has recently come to my attention that Dutil is looking to open a store in Toronto (hopefully around May). They are currently looking for a store manager, anyone interested in managing a great new denim store (let me know, or contact Eric Dickstein)?

check out the Vancouver store: http://www.dutildenim.com/

2008

2007 ended on a high note- the successful crafting of paneer and a yummy rapini/spinach/roasted cashew curry from vij's cookbook.

2008 started with a throw back allout sweaty dance party with a few of my favorite people (and a few new friends) in snowy MTL.

So far, so good...

Guitar Hero

I cant decide if this bag is terrible or terribly awesome.

I'm leaning toward the latter.

All I want for Christmas...

...is for this movie to actually happen
Keith Olberman says it better than I ever could.