The Anthology

Doesn’t it?

Is it the leather vest? The just-below-the-knee skirt?

Or the fact that I give off a psychedelic vibe, man?
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Awards shows are all about the red carpet. The dresses, the jewels, the couples gossip. Too. Much. Fun.
Even with all the glamour and glitz of recent shows, there were some clear winners in the spectacular dress category. And the awards go to…

Michelle Williams at the 2006 Oscars in Vera Wang — makes me wish I could wear [...]

Kelly Green.

So bright, so spring-y, I will never stop loving it.

The leather bracelet? I DIY’d it myself. My jacket? It’s raw silk. Which is, you guessed it, another forever favourite.
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And I would look suspiciously like everybody’s favourite Olympic mascot…

Quatchi.

My coat is vintage faux fur from the Bohemia Gallery on Main Street in Vancouver. (I found the photo of Quatchi here.)

My lace-up boots? They’re Kenneth Cole. All I need is a red jacket and I would look like everybody’s favourite law enforcement officers… the Mounties.
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Pun intended (sorry, it’s the worst).

But the skirt? It’s the best. Red leather. From Deluxe Junk in Gastown (Vancouver). And it’s perfect because it’s bright enough to cheer on Team Canada from kilometres away.

Wore it with this faux lambskin vest.

And my open-toed Sam Edelman boots. Because it’s practically spring in Vancouver and because they put [...]

A guest post by my friend and new Torontonian Julia. (Not to be confused with my other friend and new Torontonian Julia.)
Toronto gets a pretty bad rap from the rest of Canada. A born-and-raised Vancouverite, I am willing to admit that I had all the popular misconceptions of the city: too conservative, too boring and too [...]

I want them both. Is that too much to ask?

That’s the beauty and the curse of vintage: each piece is one of a kind. Great when it’s yours, sucky when it’s someone else’s.
Image from Facehunter.
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wearing gold means winning gold, the pressure is on us to drape ourselves in the stuff.

Fake/real — I don’t think it makes a difference. If sequins can help, anything can. Which is why I’m wearing my ram bracelet (from BCBG) a lot.

And why my officemate Sonja is wearing her gold earrings (which are actually from Tunisia) a [...]

from all the costumes of all the figure skaters at the Olympics…

You would have this sweater.

And if you took all the light from all the torches that crossed this country in the relay, you’d end up with something that shines as brightly as the sweater does.

But the real reason I’m wearing it? It’s gold! Like the medals Canada is winning.
Because my theory [...]

Get it? It’s fake!

It’s also entirely unnecessary because even though the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games start today (OMG! OMG! OMG!) it’s pretty much spring in our beautiful city.

See? This is what’s blooming in my front yard. It’s unreal.
So where were you when you heard Vancouver won the Games? Me? I was in my car on [...]