American Apparel Warehouse Sale

This past weekend I ventured out to American Apparel’s Warehouse Sale in Toronto. The reason I’m just now mentioning it is because today I wore a pair of tights that I bought and I.am.in.love. They are called Art Deco Pantyhose and they come in a bunch of colours. I got the black ones, but the sale also had red. I love these tights because they are thick. They aren’t your average opaque tights from Sears or H&M. I mean these are real thick. And I don’t know about you, but nothing makes me angrier than runs, ladders, and holes in my tights the first time I wear them (true story). At the sale I also bought a pair of high waisted corduroy shorts, a black v-neck (just found 2 holes in it), another pair of opaque tights (cream), 3 pairs of bloomers (2 for my sister; white and black, 1 for me; black,) , and I think that’s all. Let’s put it this way: I put a lot of stuff back to stay on my budget.

Art Deco Pantyhose

High waisted corduroy shorts (mine are indigo/not on the website)

Evan Rachel Wood- The Ides of March

I went to see The Ides of March last night because I’ve been dying to see it since TIFF and it finally came out on Oct. 7. I couldn’t help but notice that Evan Rachel Wood and I sort of look alike (only in this movie though). It’s her blonde curled hair and fair skin colour. Since I couldn’t really find a good picture of her from the movie, I found a gorgeous one of her from the movie premiere at the Venice Film Festival. In my opinion she seems to be channeling Grace Kelly with her belted shirtwaist-looking dress complete with a full skirt.

 

 

My Week With Marilyn

In light of my recent Grace Kelly post, I figured it would only be right to recognize another style icon of sorts –Marilyn Monroe. I have always liked Marilyn, in fact I can pin point it to the first time I ever saw a Warhol print of her. For my 16th birthday one of my friends got me a poster of the pink Marilyn face, 6 years later and it’s still in my room. But my feelings aside, when I heard that Michelle Williams was going to play Marilyn I was ecstatic. And then I saw the Vogue cover and it was absolutely surreal. They make Michelle look just like Marilyn and I know that she is probably the best actress out there for the part. Even though Marilyn’s life was tragic underneath the glamour, I think a lot of people, including myself, are fascinated by her. I am eager for the movie and hope that it’ll be a success for both Michelle and Marilyn.

Grace Kelly

For my internship I got to write the feature article for our November/December issue. The TIFF Bell Lightbox will be hosting a Grace Kelly exhibition beginning in the middle of November. As a result, I’ve really become interested in Princess Grace. Not only was she a classic style icon of my favourite era: the 1950s, but she also lived every girl’s dream. She went from Hollywood’s golden girl to capturing the heart of a prince. Her name says it all, Grace was the epitome of beauty and elegance.

Princess Grace in a blue shirtwaist dress with her signature Hermes Kelly bag.