Neverending little bitty etsy delights

I have moods where I wish I was enveloped in luxury goods head to toe, and moods where I think its way more fun to rifle through vintage and thrift finds and make something new. Etsy delights- and as a side note I wasted(up for interpretation) all afternoon browsing through the thousands of handmade and vintage finds. Check these out and show some love to these sellers

     FiregypsyVintage 

 zaasvintageboots 

IndianvsIndian 

oneshotsoldiershop 

     soradesigns 

nataliekoala 

nataliekoala 

JamesAnthony 
 

 LUSCIOUSLEATHERNYC 

Tu me manques

Strangely enough directly translated that means "You me miss". But yes. I disappeared. And yes. I've reappeared and not a moment too soon with spring ready to wear upon us, and Toronto Fashion week fast approaching.

Chanel and Louis Vuitton are offering up so much femininity and such dainty appeal, the girls on the runway looked like little petals dancing down from some ethereal tree somewhere just beyond our realm of imagination. I love it. It's just so far from anything I could ever imagine wearing, but oh do I love it all.

Alexander Wang not only gave us a little bit of 80's New York inspired sportswear, but models had their hands neatly tucked into meticulously designed pockets. But this crazy floral Nascar number won me over. I love the crazy structure and soft floral and leather touch, thank you A Wang.

The last collection I want to talk about is the offering from The Row. This collection says the business goddess who sometimes likes to wear lingerie to work on Wednesdays. Its just as feminine as what Chanel and Louis gave us, but with so much more breezy ease.

photos courtesy of www.vogue.com

The Art Series-Ka'kia

Last night was an event previewing Ka'kia, a new collection by Alana Kakia. The installation was beautiful, and unfortunately not captured fully by my sad little camera. A little bit hippie, a little bit distressed, and so earthy and natural.  There are also a couple other of my favourite shots of the night.

Berries and Cream

The gorgeous weather lately has not only  made me realize my wardrobe is inhabited with an insane amount of black, but it has also awoken my desire to lounge about outside and eat fresh fruit. These strange inclinations have inspired me to pick (no pun intended), some of my favourite berry and cream coloured things and try and break the black habit even just for a moment. Random I know- but this is what I came up with.

asos



Skakuhachi at Nasty Gal



Nasty Gal

Alexander Wang

Thayer

 

 

3.1 Philip Lim









Alyssa finally speaks out

Unfortunately, as Melissa already knows, I can sometimes be quite the procrastinator. More times than not, I’m usually a little bit late. Which is why, even though Mel mentioned my picks would be up the next day, you’re getting them a few days after the fact, so my sincere apologies…

However, I’m sure most of you can agree with me that sometimes your schedule can just seem so overwhelmingly busy it is hard to find enough hours in the day to do everything that you’ve planned, which brings me to a very basic point. With all the running around that we all seem to be doing day in and day out, we all would like to think we don’t look quite as disheveled as we can sometimes feel, and having a great bag that you can throw over your shoulder can be the staple piece that allows you to feel like the sophisticated women you most assuredly are. It seems to me at the moment that I am definitely in a rut in a relationship with my purse. I am increasingly becoming bored with the bags in my closet, and this summer I am on the quest to finding a new love, so to speak. With that in mind, here are my picks so far…

Alexander Wang Kirsten Tote

Marc Jacobs Quilted Little Stam

Michael Kors Gansevoort Tote

Andrea Brueckner Vegas Bucket Bag

All the pretty things

You know how when you're having a bad hair day, and it seems everyone else must have just walked out of a salon with intentions of making you look bad? I'm feeling kind of the same thing with my current every day bag, and everywhere I go, somebody has a better more lust-worthy one, and I can't help but stare. I'm pretty limited when it comes to my wardrobe, but I think every woman should have that one bag that makes her feel paparazzi ready even when she's juggling her latte, blackberry, and over zealous pup.  Love you Louis V, but I've never really been one to like loud branding, I want something, just right. But how can you decide on an "it" bag, should it be basic black..is that boring? And how big?? I don't want to constantly look ready for a weekend trip, but I do like to be, you know, prepared. Anyways, here are some bags that are making me do a double-take right now, and of course I got Alyssa in on the action too...

My Picks...

Marc Jacobs

Proenza Schouler

Rebecca Minkoff

Rebecca Minkoff MAB Mini

It's hard to keep it at four. Check back tomorrow for Alyssa's picks for Pretty Things

Conscious Collection etc.

A look at some pieces from H&M's new "Conscious Collection", a sequel to last year's "Garden Collection". Recycled polyester, Tencel, and Organic cotton make up this very white and very spring-like offering.