Goodbye Lil Peanut

Last night, after getting home from work, my baby girl Mika passed away in my lap. I miss her terribly, though I am happy to know she is running in green fields eating all the almonds, bananas and avocados she can!

Let's recap a beautiful photoshoot I did with her.

I miss you xoxo

Fall 2010: the perfect sweater

So...it is fall and to those of us who love fashion, it is the best time of year! My main challenge of course is resisting all these temptations that we call clothing. I particularly have a weakness for sweaters and can always seem to justify purchasing these, especially thinking ahead to the chilling winters in Montréal.

I was browsing online, and in the stores and came across a few items in which I would love to add to my own closet. My favourite sweaters happen to be the ones with the cool, retro designs, and I am absolutely loving the animal knits.

Enjoy some of my finds :)

wilfried van winden

Check out this unbelievable hotel which literally appears as a stack of houses. This can be found in Zaandam, the Netherlands.  I would love to see what the inside looks like. Not yet ready, but opening this fall. Check out more about WAM architecture at http://www.wam-architecten.nl/site/index.php

sunday morning walk around

The past weekend was a sidewalk event on St Laurent between Sherbrooke and Mont Royal. My friend and I decided to take a walk down the street, through Chinatown to Old Montreal and then back up for a drink on a terrace. The weather was perfect, maybe a touch too hot, but otherwise a great day to be walking and shooting (and eating ice cream which of course we did!)

Here are a few images I happened to snap and a couple I played with to add a certain je ne sais pas!

The Stare

Cobweb Cross

Notre Dame 1

Notre Dame 2

Hotel Place d'Armes

I also brought my analog camera with some lomography film. Of course, it will take time for me to both finish the roll, and get it developed. Those images will make an appearance later on :)

People Tree

Most people don't think fair trade clothing can be stylish, and if it is, it will be crazy expensive. People Tree prove this to be quite wrong. Yes, you will have to pay more, but it is worth it.

Tree People is in the UK and unfortunately they do not ship to North America. But there are stores, such as ASOS in the UK, where they do ship to Canada, and they do sell some of People Tree's clothing.
(http://www.asos.com/Women/A-To-Z-Of-Brands/People-Tree/Cat/pgecategory.aspx?cid=3719 )

People Tree:
http://www.peopletree.co.uk

Here are a few of my fav. from their new collection:

Osheaga 2010

Osheaga weekend was amazing! The style there was something in itself, the tunes were amazing!


A few key performances were Rich Aucoin, Dan Black, Keane, Jimmy Cliff, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys,The Morning Benders, Weezer (to name a few). Needless to say amazing weekend.

August Shopping Diet

So, in the NY Times, there was a video for the 'shopping diet' where you can do 1 of 2 things: choose 6 items and wear there for one month (while changing accessories), or not shopping for a year.

Knowing myself, I want to try something to resist my shopping habits (and to keep the money in the bank!) So, I have decided I am going to wear what is in my wardrobe (I may add a few new staple style pieces aka a denim vest and some cool new fall shoes), but the idea is to see how many cool looks I can create with what I have, and post each look/outfit whenever I feel it is post worthy!


Will post soon...