Fashionistas, we have a problem. We always have a problem, don’t we? That our wallets are pinched, drained, forever squeezed by must-haves(/wants). Many of us may not have a lot of dough in between seasons to drop on fancy transportation options like our very own vehicles—not, mind you, that you should WANT a car if you can at all avoid such things (environment, etc.), and plus as my mom likes to say: “Walking for your health is never out of... 

Preview WGSN @SPFW – Macro Trends SS2012 Trend reports for the upcoming SS2012 season are OUT and that only means we are ONE STEP CLOSER to dippin’ sundrenched toes into sweet sandy granules! (As far removed from that scenario as we seem to be, so deep in the trenches of January) In today’s “anything goes” style society do we even HAVE trends anymore? You bet. And these are my top 5 faves I hope to be seeing (and wearing) a lot of... 

Let’s just say miracles DO happen; for the sake of argument and article, can we just pretend that sometimes life gives you exactly what you want with the same efficiency and precision you pray for? Yes sit here in my bubble a minute. Hold this rabbit foot in one hand and use your other to rub this lamp.  If the world opened up and I were allowed to spend a week in any straight-off-the-runway RTW FW2011 ensemble my little heart desired, here’s... 

On Nordstrom.com, one ugly Christmas sweater goes for $600. The Biebs reportedly wore a woolly wonder during a live performance that ran his camp $1,650. (ABC News) Ugly Christmas sweaters, once solely reserved for crazy housewives and cat ladies, are now available ALL OVER— with rush shipping options, even. The guys behind UglyChristmasSweaterParty.com say they have upwards of 15,000 sweaters in stock and even have an official “sweater guy”... 

Vancouver skyline--John Hader Photography Living in the big city away from family, the holidays take on a whole new meaning. One largely defined by the dance of how to not seem pathetic to the pizza delivery man on the 25th. Alternatively, it gives space to not wrestle with cloudy-headed get-togethers and pressure to capture worthiness in a prettied-up package containing this thing or that; it also means that while the whole world is on holiday hiatus,... 

Bouncing from Tumblr blog to Facebook wall since the beginning of the “holiday season” just before Halloween (seriously, people?) is this picture: But what does it really mean? I mean really, you could trace what cooked up the big box phenomenon all the way back to the Industrial Revolution, mix it up with globalization, toss in a dash of capitalism, a cup of corporate tax loopholes, some nutmeg-spiced greed, and you might start to hit the nail... 

Dan Poh Photography @Eco Fashion Week- September 2010 in Vancouver It seems like only yesterday that I was picking through my wardrobe with anxious fingers, a newbie on the fashion front and also in Vancouver—without proper footing in either. A background in music journalism and upbringing as an artsy tomboy in Ottawa meant that style and the city were both foreign sciences I didn’t have a hypothesis to (despite being experiments I was determined... 

              One Woman’s Trashion Ok I get it— looking at fashion in general or your personal style in particular and trying to “greenify” it can be overwhelming. It’s like getting lost in the wide world of dieting—and then why there are things like acai berry trends, aisles of “metabolism boosters”, 24 hour gyms and a collective of people who supersize fries with a Diet Coke:  sometimes there... 

friends of frockOn: Aynsley gets Model-ly One of the amazing fashion interns from Vancouver’s Art Institute schools who helped us out IMMENSELY last Eco Fashion Week - Aynsley Dueck – recently got in front of the camera for a change to try her hand at modeling. And we like her there. Check out these amazing shots by Delayne Dixon.   Article by | Jessica Linnay Photography by | Delayne Dixon  Read More →

Love Vancouver, Love Your Planet (& Still Love Fashion) In all of the Canuck-induced mania over here, residents of Vancouver still had some energy left to pay tribute to the REAL blue & green machine on World Environment Day this past Sunday. From boho Commercial Drive to sustainable Olympic Village and all along the scenic Sea Wall, perfect weather severely multiplied the number of cyclists and walkers out enjoying the world. At the city’s...