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Kelsey Dundon

Finalement!

Aujourd’hui is the day Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is released in North America, something I have been waiting for for a long, long, long, long, long time.

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In celebration, I am going to eat a brie and grape sandwich on a baguette (c’est delicious) and wear the beret my friend Maxine brought back from Paris (c’est chic). For good measure I will also spend some quality time on the most magnifique Paris-based blogs: Garance Dore, Pandora, Nast, Haute World and Carla Loves Photography.

And then do a pirouette. What a belle jour!

May 26, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

With different shoes

This could be the type of thing you’d wear sailing.

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But with these bad boys I’d never get my sea legs.

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Don’t you think heels make boyfriend jeans much more ladylike?

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Around my wrist I wrapped a necklace I made using trade silver beads.

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Feels very summery to me. And perfect for drinks on a dock.

May 24, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

I am not at Sasquatch

But my brother is. Cannot wait to find out who he discovers this year. When he came back from last year’s festival he raved and raved about Rodrigo y Gabriel who are supposed to be mesmerizing live.

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It’s amazing that two people and two guitars can sound like this.

Photo from rodgab.com.

May 24, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

My friends are do-it-themselfers

Sonja, for example, modified these earrings by putting beads and bells on loops.

beaded-earring-detail Then putting the loops on hoops.

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For just the right amount of razzle dazzle. Speaking of Sonja’s razzly dazzly jewelry, take a look at her rings.

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I think you (not me) could take this loopy idea and use it to make a really pretty bracelet. Maybe stringing the loops on a thin strip of leather and then wrapping the leather around your wrist a few times? Just a thought.

May 23, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

Le weekend!

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I’m off to the beach right now (sans the Valentino dress and matching red shoes).

Image via Coco + Kelley.

May 23, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

More shoots and shenanigans

Love going for brunch with my girlfriends. Do it every chance I get (speaking of, what are you guys doing on Saturday?).

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Last weekend, we went to Bridges on Granville Island (where I used to tend bar) which wouldn’t be unusual except that we went with MTV, thanks to my friend and favourite MTV host Jessi Cruickshank who was in town shooting a Jessi-comes-home-to-see-her-friends-and-family-then-goes-to-Tofino-and-learns-to-surf special.

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She found her dress (love the print) in Toronto.

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While everyone else wore summery clothes, I was buttoned up in my plaid LAMB jacket to protect my fair, fair skin from the bright, bright sun.

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Laura’s dress is one she and her mom designed. And made.

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The whole thing was captured on film by MTV’s Jason who shot more than 13 hours of film over the weekend. Which means between that and our night at the Roxy, I’m placing my screen time at five seconds. Plus or minus three.

May 20, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

Style for thought

If you could have anyone’s wardrobe — alive or otherwise, fictional or not — whose would it be? My friend Briony would chose the Queen of England.

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For two reasons: one, she figures she’d still have all her clothes from the past eight decades; and two, she wouldn’t mind having the crown jewels.

I’m having trouble picking one person’s. I’d love my sister’s wardrobe, and all my girlfriends’ too.

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Briony made her necklace by stringing antique keys and a pendant on a piece of leather. So simple, so cute.

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Her bag is vintage.

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Think about it. If you could pick anyone’s wardrobe whose would you chose? Jacqueline Kennedy’s? Jane Aldridge’s? Carine Roitfeld’s?

May 18, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

One woman’s scrap is another woman’s skirt

Last week I went to see the WZRDZ at Lucky Bar in Victoria. Their drummer is my baby brother (the student and sometimes model) so my sister and I rocked wizard capes (obviously), but these two wore something just as magical.

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Kim and Megan crafted their ensembles from the same vintage dress. They found the original piece at the Patch in Victoria, then shortened it to create a dress and used the leftover pieces to sew a skirt.

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My scraps usually get scrapped, but this is sheer genius.

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I plan to steal their idea. Isn’t it just brilliant?

May 17, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

I want my MTV (Canada)

Typically I’m out cold by 9:59 on a Thursday night (I have a gran-tastic bedtime). But this week, I downed an espresso and went to the Roxy(!) where one of my best friends (and favourite MTV host) Jessi Cruickshank was doing a shoot for MTV’s After Show.

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We spent the night giggling about our friend Briony’s recent engagement (yaaaay!), getting denied by the band (turns out they don’t play Backstreet Boys) and trying to look natural while dancing on stage (to Emin-freaking-em).

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