Wonderful Fall Weather

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When it’s beautiful outside, the ideal outfit is layered. A skirt in a lighter material, with a light sweater and mid weight blazer is perfect for these truly remarkable fall days, with the bright sun and cool slight breeze.

Fur & faux fur is an amazing texture to add if you’re bold enough to rock. Save it for going out at night, if you feel that this look night be too daring for the daytime. But I think everyone can try to  dress it down and think of it as a bold scarf.

Blazer: Zara Sweater: Urban Outfitters  Skirt: Old Navy Booties: Ecote Hat: Gap Fur Collar: Club Monaco

Photography by Trevor Negin

Match Point

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Jacket: Talula Babaton  Top: Lark & Wolff  Skirt: Central Park West   Gold Collar: Vintage  Pearl Necklace: Vintage  Pearl Earrings: Vintage  Shoes: H&M

Photography By Trevor Negin

I love that preppy and sartorial garments are all the rage this season. Typically lady-like menswear, well cut of course, will flatter most body types really well, though, for us busty girls finding great shirts are hard to find.  Choosing silk, or even a polyester blend fabric for a blouse may help, if you have this problem too.  Mixing structured pieces with more feminine ones, like a blazer and shirt with a pleated A-line skirt, is a nice way to soften a potentially hard outfit.

Plaid Magazine (where I am the Art Director) just launched it’s Fall/Winter 2012 issue. Order it online now or wait for it to appear at a Chapters/Indigo location near you!

xo b


Worldly Patterns

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Skirt:  Staring At The Stars     T-Shirt: H&M    Orange Bracelet: Banana Republic   Metal Bracelet: Vintage    Shoes: Browns    Sunglasses: Michael Kors

Prints and patterns are a giant trend for the current and upcoming seasons, which is so exciting becuase prints and patterns are generally exciting. The ability to create new looks by mixing and matching different pieces, is unreal and so much fun each morning. One of the most popular “old is new again” prints popping up everywhere is ikat. I think the reason why it’s resurfaced back into our closets and hearts, is because ikat is such an ancient textile no one really knows where it comes from, and yet it feels so modern. It can be incorporated into other prints and used so well for an instant  pop of colour for an outfit.

Ikat for those who aren’t really sure what I’m talking about is the method of repeatedly binding and dyeing the yarn before it is woven into the textile, resulting in the pattern having blurry edges instead of sharp lines.