Imitation by Imitation of Christ SS08

I've been watching this non stop since seeing it on a friend's blog. It's a beautiful video and the song is perfect. I had to share it.

Contexture Designs

I read about Contexture Designs in the Toronto Star. They're based in Vacouver and are made up of Nathan Lee and Trevor Coghill, both who have backgrounds in landscape architecture. Most of their design concepts are made from found objects. From cassette tapes and old 45s that are cut and shaped into cases for your ipod, to old skates that are taken and made into functioning street shoes and boots, the design duo's work emphasizes simple, elegant and sustainable design, and is often inspired by reclaimed materials with historical, cultural or environmental significance.
You can check out some of their designs at http://www.contexture.ca/
(All the 45 ipod cases are sold out.. darn!)

Keith Richards for Louis Vuitton Travel

Louis Vuitton Travel has recently announced that Keith Richards will be appearing in its print advertisements starting in April. This marks the first time that Keith Richards has endorsed a brand name product (other than that familiar red "tongue sticking out" logo, if I can call it that). It's definitely a step up from the Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi ads we've seen before but I wonder what cheesy slogan they'll come up with this time?

spoiler alert!

Okay, so I'm not sure how many of you guys watch Project Runway.
I never got into it...
UNTIL a friend of mine showed me this video:


After that, I was smitten. I obsessively downloaded and watched every single episode, right till the finale, when this fierce bitch won the whole thing.
Ferosh.

Designer Strike?

We know the writers were on strike, but what happened to the designers and stylists? Did they also go on strike? This year’s Oscar dresses were quite disappointing. Even, the most stylish and glamorous stars did not "wow" anyone. Personally, I thought Heidi Klum looked like a character from Star Trek, Marion Cotillard, ummm was she trying to win an Oscar for the Little Mermaid?

So maybe I am being a bit harsh because there were some, (note: I use some very loosely) that did deserve recognition. Kelly Preston for one, looked fabulous in a canary yellow Roberto Cavalli. The colour was perfect for the spring season as was the flowing material. And Jennifer Garner, congratulations to her, this is what a gown is suppose to look like- glamorous, elegant and sexy.

P.S. We do realize that the oscars happened awhile ago but we still felt like talking about it.

parfums COMME des GARCONS

I'm not the biggest fan of the Comme des Garçons collections. I usually feel that they experiment with clothing for the sake of experimentation without creating anything worth remembering. However, some of their experiments do appeal to me. I have yet to smell any of their fragrances (so for all I know this experimentation is also a failure) but I do love the packaging and design of their perfumes. I've always liked big bold colourful numbers and letters that are sometimes in a hand written font. I am also intrigued by the ingredients used to create some of their smells. Odeur 53, which they call the anti-perfume, is a mixture that includes (how they do this is beyond me) the freshness of oxygen, pure air of the high mountains, sand dunes and burnt rubber. They have also concocted the 8.88 fragrance to capture the imaginary smell of gold. Now, how can a perfume be any cooler than that?

Yoga Pants

I can actually pinpoint the exact time that wearing yoga pants to places other than yoga class became popular.
It was a couple of years ago, when a store named Aritzia first started cropping up in and around the Toronto area. With their high priced stretchy spandex flared pants, and matching tops in their TNA line, it was the dream of highschool girls everywhere to own a pair of these $75.00 pants.
Now, a couple of years later, the dream has moved on. Highschool girls have refined their tastes, and are dreaming bigger; owning a pair of $100+ lululemon yoga pants.
Wow, girls! Dream big!

Yoga pants are called yoga pants because they are for people who do yoga. If you are not going to yoga class, don't wear them.
They are constructed for people who do yoga. Not for girls who like the way they make their butt look.
I work at a store that has a yoga line, and any time a 16 year old girl comes in to try on our yoga pants, my coworker and I have taken up the habit of asking them what type of yoga they do. The same goes for anyone we see who walks in wearing yoga pants, preceeded by "Oh did you just come from a yoga class? Is there a studio close by?"