Style and Fashion

My accessories collection is not what you would call minimalist. I love neck things and wrist things and ring things. And head things like this band by Deepa Gurnani. When you first look at it, it appears to be just plain pretty. But when you really look at it, its matte, ridged beads have a bit of an edge, which work nicely in a ‘do that’s wrapped and tucked and a little undone so it looks pretty, but not prissy.

The designer once beaded for Alexander McQueen and it’s worth taking a close look at the craftsmanship because each is handcrafted on vintage fabrics (the back of this is blue and white floral).

I spent a loooooong time picking the perfect Deepa Gurnani band at Libertine on South Granville and decided on one in platinum and black because I liked its night-sky feel. It’ll work just as well with winter wear as it will with summer dresses.

Especially worn in a boho-chic style with wrist things and ring things comme ça.

[Third photo found here, fourth photo found here.]

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Of all the colour combinations in the rainbow, there’s one that’s absolutely fool proof: black and white. Just try to give me one instance where you don’t love it. (Movies, you say? Well, then you’re clearly don’t love Audrey Hepburn flicks like I love Audrey Hepburn flicks.) And there’s another colour combination that I fall for every single time: red and purple. (Your 6-year-old niece loves it too, doesn’t she?)

Technically speaking, these Adriano Goldschmied jeans from Anthropologie are more of a faded red than a red red, but they still count. And they go beautifully with the woven rug in my dining room.

I made this black-and-white (and brown) necklace by weaving together an old chain whose clasp had broken with a silk scarf I picked up in Paris. C’est facile et chic.

Colour me happy!

[Graham & Spencer top, Adriano Goldschmied jeans, Max Studio shoes, my own necklace]

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After a lovely, lazy week off, it’s back to work for me. And this, my friends, is how I work it — in a vintage scarf, vintage jacket, vintage striped shirt, vintage eel skin purse.

And my new favourite pair of army-green slacks from JNBY. With their relaxed tapered fit, they have a similar silhouette to my grey JNBY slacks, which have been one of my staples since I first pulled them off the rack.

It’s a magic combination, really.

I figure after I spent the holidays wearing my dance pants, it’s about time I put on my work pants.

[JNBY pants, Matisse boots, Essie nail colour, vintage everything else]

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On The Anthology’s ten most ridiculous moments of 2011 there’s been a lot of happy-go-luckiness (see a handsome invisible man, the world’s friendliest Sasquatch, a pair of psychedelic pants, a spectacular alpine picnic and a little pompom-shaking). But this is different…

5. The angriest interviewer ever. I hosted a back to school style segment for Global Television and in it, judging by this shot, I was furious about back to school fashion. Why? Who knows. I have no recollection of this ferocity, only photographic evidence. In truth, the shoot was a blast, the clip is upbeat and the students are amazing. So this photo is just plain ridiculous.

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There’s been a lot of ridiculosity on The Anthology’s ten most ridiculous moments of 2011. First, there was an invisible man, then there was a Sasquatch, then MC Hammer, and then the world’s most beautiful picnic spot. Which brings us to…

6. A whole new meaning to “Shake your pompom.” Erika Renfrew has scouted many fashion shows and events for The Anthology. But of them all, this outfit from the Art Institute Grad Fashion Show has to be the most ridiculously, unexpectedly sexy. Honestly. A wired pompom skirt? Who’d a thunk?

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