Toronto Fashion Week: A Style Blogger's Wrap-Up

So, last month I was lucky enough to attend a few shows at World MasterCard Fashion Week! Now before I go on, let me assure you: I am a completely NORMAL person.  There is nothing special about me.  I am in no way notable or important in any "scene" in Toronto.  I am just a regular 20-something Torontonian that works the daily 9 to 5 grind at a digital marketing agency in the downtown core of Toronto (typical..).

I'm sure I'm not the only one that's been curious as to "what types of people" attend these things.  Now, don't get me wrong I DID have some sort of an idea from my experience volunteering (back then it was called L'Oreal Fashion Week) at Toronto Fashion Week back in 2010, and even then I wondered who all these fancy people were.  Last Fall, my sister bought tickets for us to go see Mackage and Joe Fresh, and let me tell you: STANDING in the very back is not at all glamorous OR worth a $50 ticket.

Anyway, I had the serious pleasure of being invited to attend 3 shows during the FW2014 WMC Fashion Week: Line Knitwear, gsus, and Farley Chatto.  The reality of being invited as a designer guest at WMC Fashion Week is that your seat will still be first-come-first-serve.  Designer guests have the 4th to 8th rows in a lettered section, and sometimes designers invite more guests than seats.  I was lucky enough to sit 4th row for gsus and Fareley Chatto, but sadly I was standing in the back for Line Knitwear.  I salvaged what I could of taking zoomed-in iPhone photos in the dark lol.  Details below!

This was my favourite look for the entire Line Knitwear show.  It is perfect.  The smokey grey/black monochrome, the silhouette of an oversized top, and legs - LEGS FOR DAYS.  Love.  I want to be her.

Investing in Leather Handbags

Image via Pinterest

Now that I'm morphing into this thing that people call "a grown-up", my style tastes have very much changed. I've never liked out-there colours, or too-loud prints, but I've frequented a brighter colour palette and some geo and floral prints in the past.  It's not that I am abandoning colour and print all-together, but I've found that I'm becoming more drawn to textures rather then prints - and I am very much sticking to a more neutral colour palette as of late.  For the past few months the only colour I've been wearing is the blue of blue jeans!

Black and White and Red All Over!

Don't get me wrong, I do love me some colour (take note of the pop of red), but I must say that I am truly appreciating this year's black & white trend.  It's not often that black & white -- together -- are trending for summer.  As these 'colours' are what take up most of my closet space, I can't help but feel pretty 'in my element'.

July: Half-Way Through the Year & The Death of Google Reader

Found this image on thenuliya's blog.  I just couldn't help myself!

OMG it's July.  It's July 2013.  It is HALF-WAY THROUGH 2013.  *panic*....what have I been doing all year?!  Today, the reality of TIME has hit me in the face.

I don't even want to think about the resolutions and goals I had set out for myself back in January, but now I am FORCED to look.  Am I the only one freaking out here?? LOL.  I need to calm des fuzz down.  Derp.

Anyway, on another note: Bloggers everywhere be calm!  There is no need to panic about the disappearance of Google Friend Connect.  This has been a long-time rumour circulating in the blogosphere.  It is true, that as of July 1st Google Reader is no more.  But keep in mind that your Blogger Reader and Google Friend Connect are separate from Google Reader.  Check out your blogger dashboards; all of the blogs you follow are still there.  Check out the widgets in your sidebar, and the comforting little faces of Google Friend Connect remain!  Phew!

If you were a user of Google Reader (I'm not a Google+ user, so I won't miss it), then you can always import all of the blogs you follow into your bloglovin' account and follow them all via Bloglovin'.  Here are two helpful ways to do so:


http://blog.bloglovin.com/2013/03/moving-from-google-reader-to-bloglovin/

http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/how-to-move-from-google-reader-to-bloglovin/

And on that note, feel free to follow me on Bloglovin' my dears! lol

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