Last Saturday, I had the chance to craft and meet the online crafting queen, Erica Domesek of PS-I made this at an event hosted by Hudson Jeans and Holt Renfrew. The afternoon was to celebrate Domesek’s second book, P.S. You’re Invited, which features crafty ideas for fashion, home and entertaining. Guests (both bloggers and blog readers alike) were in attendance,…
Last week, I checked out both Swims and Palladium’s functional line of footwear for Spring 2014. Swims is a Norwegian line founded by Johan Ringdal, a Parsons design student. After moving to New York, he would wear a pair of galoshes gifted from his grandfather, but was embarrassed and teased for their style. That led Johan to design a modern…
Last night, I attended the Soia & Kyo spring/summer 2014 show. Created by Ilan Elfassy in 2004, the Canadian brand is known for its practical yet streamlined designs. The collection that went down the flower-printed runway last night was very wearable- any coat would be the perfect addition to your spring wardrobe. This season, the collection’s colour palette was…
Last Wednesday, I attended the launch party of Mejuri, an online crowdsourcing platform where jewelry designers submit their designs and readers can vote for which designs they would like to see produced. Several winning designs were on display at the party, which was held at Loft 404 in Toronto. The site has over 200 designs submitted by jewelry designers,…
A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to get a sneak peek of summer 2014 at Nine West’s SS14 preview. The collection was full of trends including metal accents, pale shades of blush and blue and a touch of 1960s mod. The first trend I saw was the metal accent story. This trend is all about mixing materials… everything…
