Pocket full of sunshine

Posted on by barbara solomon

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So it’s spring and in Toronto we can clearly feel it. Now it’s time to dress like it. We get so comfortable wearing dark colours and dressing in sweaters during the winter, that when the welcomed warmer weather hits, sometimes our wardrobe is confused. It’s time to bring out your bright and cheerful outfits that make you feel good.  Go for colours that will work well with your skin tone, hair, and of course the heat (as in darker colours when you’re outside make you warmer), I love this bright yellow as it works as a strong contrast to my fiery red hair.

Photography by Trevor Negin

Sweater: Joe Fresh Vegan Leather Peplum: CÖ by Janine Sudduth Jeans: Joe Fresh Shoes: Jeffrey Campbell Iphone case: J. Crew Bag: Marc Jacobs Pearl Ring: jerusalem israel

Too Dressy?

Posted on by barbara solomon

Is this too dressy? I often wonder what others think when they see me wandering around the streets of Toronto. My outfits often seem as if I’m over dressed, but in reality, isn’t everyone else just under dressed?

Since when did it really become okay for 25 year olds to walk around in sweatpants? I want you to think of when you were young, did you ever see someone in a track suit and think, “that is what I want to look like when I grow up.” Probably not unless you’re an athlete, so why does this happen?

I challenge you  to come up with 5 comfortable outfits that don’t make you look like your ill and running to the drug store. Take a picture of them with your phone, so you won’t forget them, and when you feel rushed or lazy you already have what works.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends and family.

xx. b

Photography by the very talented Trevor Negin

Sweater: TOPSHOP  Skirt: Joe Fresh Runway  Wedges: Jeffery Campbell  Watch: Michael Kors  Pearls (earring & necklace): gift

Fashion’s Night Out

Posted on by barbara solomon

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Skirt: Joe Fresh Runway     Tank: American Apparel      Spiked Jacket: Forever 21    Cork Purse: Vintage    Shoes: Jeffery Campbell

Photography by Trevor Negin

 So clearly, like every other fashion lover in Canada, I’ve been patiently awaiting the arrival for Toronto’s Fashion Night Out, unfortunately though I’ve been so exhausted lately, I only ventured out for a bit.  As a retail junkie, it was a great time to celebrate the shops, especially the 175th birthday of Holt Renfrew #hot@175. I ended early where as the rest of the stylish Torontonian  ran off to party the night away at Toronto Life’s Stylebook Party celebrating the most stylish people in Toronto, like my friends and Plaid Magazine’s Editors Odessa Paloma Parker and Robert Weir.