Showing posts with label Pleather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pleather. Show all posts

Saturday, 20 October 2012

NINETEEN/ monochrome addict

My mother and I recently took a trip down to Syracuse, New York, to do some serious shopping. If you live in Canada you know that shopping here sucks, even if you live in a big city like Montreal or Toronto. Everything up here is at least double the price as it is down in the States and we have about a quarter of the selection they have. It seems kind of stupid to me seeing how close we are, but that's just the way it is. Our stores even start carrying trends a lot later than they do south of our border. I, like most people right now, have been dying over the leather/pleather panel trend and I knew when I saw this allblackeverything paneled top in JCPenny that it had to come home with me. Now I know that JCPennney is definitely not the most glamourous store in the world but l really love some of their clothing! This shirt is incredible, not only does it have a pleather panel, but it has an exposed zipper in the back and the jersey material on the rest of the top is so forgiving. I feel like I'm going to be seen wearing this top a lot. Those booties were an amazing find too, they were only $22.99 and have a whopping five inch wedge. I feel like a giant when I wear them and I absolutely love it. My skirt was a great find too at Forever 21 (favourite store ever) for only $4 after discounts. I dare you to find a skirt in Ottawa for that price, even at a secondhand store it's next to impossible.

I bought a few other pieces on that trip that I'm just way too excited to blog about. These items include: a yellow cardigan (favourite colour), a pink top with rhinestones and ankle length black skinny jeans that fit like a glove. 

TOP/ ANA (JCPenney) SKIRT/ Forever 21 BOOTIES/ Bamboo 







All pictures were taken by Laura Kidd and Michael Tundo. All item photos were taken by me.

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

EIGHTEEN/ new look wishlist

I have wasted countless hours of my life online crying over beautiful items that I'll never be able to afford or fit into. It is like torture, I find the perfect piece, then I notice the price tag. Sometimes, I even try to justify the ridiculous price that some retailers place on their items until I notice that they only go up to like a size 8. I could always find ways to pay for things, but I'm never losing the weight to be that size, let's be realistic. So I weep, contemplate buying two and stitching them together, cry some more and then I go on my little safe corner on the internet - New Look. Although I adore New Look, I don't order much from there because: a) it's a UK retailer and duty is a pain and b) they don't put the measurements for specific items online, but I really do love this website. I've ordered from there in the past and I've been really lucky when it comes to fit and their quality is surprisingly good (compared to similar brands). So here's a little list of items that I'm currently lusting over at New Look that I'll probably never actually order. A girl can dream though, right?



All images belong to New Look. This post was not sponsored or endorsed in any way, all thoughts are my own.