B&W27.

blanco.

Paula Folch for Blanco Accessories - Spring 2012.

I'm slightly in love with all the bright yellows, oversize clutches and sneaky-clean makeup/beauty look.







View the entire campaign on Fashion Gone Rogue.

rye.

This week has been a busy, but good one to say the least. I have been working with some fantastic people in the masthead for The Ryersonian, and I am so impressed by the talent and work I have seen my peers do.

My first piece for the paper was about my trip to Montreal with a couple of friends last weekend on a budget.

You can check it out online here with a photo gallery and all the bells and whistles.

If you missed it, we have two daily broadcasts on Wednesdays in the Rogers Communication Centre, and produce a newspaper that comes out the same morning.

Today, one my colleagues and I produced and broadcast a quick hit of local arts news (i.e. for film award season and some entertainment...)

Check out the segment here.

I applaud my peers and all their hard work this week - looks like it's going to be a lot of work (but also fun) for the next few weeks until we head off into our internships around the world.

Thanks for all the support and help to so many for helping make on these stories happen!

I'm exhausted and definitely ready for the weekend, but this new year, new hair, new job equals a large welcome to the rest of my life. I kinda like it all.

advanced.

"Young women, you're going to be an old woman some day,

don't worry about it. Each decade builds character."

- Advanced Style

Check out the trailer to the latest fashion film, Advanced Style, honouring the older and most stylist women in New York.



I can't help but draw the comparisons to the women (some interviewed are exactly the same) that were also seen in the documentary about New York fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, released last year.

Here's the Bill Cunningham New York trailer.


After going through a semester making a documentary and seeing how much work it took to produce a local and low-key production, I can only imagine how difficult is to be making a feature-film for thousands (or millions) of people to see.

Although we read so much about the fashion world and have access to blogs and behind-the-scenes footage, there's still an air of secrecy and exclusivity behind the runway. I find it fascinating to see how people go about making documentaries about things that don't move per se (i.e. clothes stay still unless on a body) and why the world is obsessed with it.

As mentioned in Advanced Style trailer, I agree that many people make fun of those who love fashion and consider them self-centred, ditzy and (I've heard it) dumb. I argue the same point for anyone interested in anything. Sports, farming, food...whatever.

We all have our obsessions, and clothes are just one thing that we see constantly everyday. It doesn't mean that you have to be as cuckoo about the latest collection from Milan as the next person, but remember that they may not give any thought to the next trend in baseball gloves.

Just a thought.

PS I hope I am as carefree as those ladies when I get all grown up!

breaded.

I think I have finally been bitten by the travel bug. After moving around a bit as a kid and in my teenage years, I had always longed for the stability of school, dance, home, work, etc.

After moving to Toronto, I realized that this has been one of the places that I've been in the longest, and I'm pretty darn happy. However, after my trip to Montreal this past weekend, I realized that I really want to continue and see more of Canada, North American and the world.

Oh what's a girl to do?

First, finish school. Work hard, see what happens.