Now, I don’t usually like to post pictures from evenings out, this isn’t a party blog after all, but I can’t resist. Last night was the Redbull 3Style DJ Competition at the Commodore, and it was nuts! We were there to support DJ Sam Demoe, but obviously to do our fashion thing as well. (At the risk of sounding like I’m bragging, I will add proudly that I fit into my “skinny” dress last night, and it’s been at least a year since I fit into this little strapless pleather number! Yes, I said pleather. There is a time and place.) No reason not to start the fiesta in the elevator, pictured here with The Fancy Pirate,” a.k.a. Danielle Barnes. (Click for her blog).
With the ladies of Operation Style, Jillian Crago and Kristy Rogerson. We ran into each on Granville St after they had an afternoon of shopping. I feel a tinge of jealousy, they look this fabulous after shopping? After a significant amount of time spent rummaging through racks and trying on blouse after heel after skirt, I am an over-heated, usually frustrated mess. But not these two! Tres chic.
DJ Sam Demoe revvin’ the crowd up!
My “look” for the night! There was nothing in my hand. Especially not a beer. I do not condone drinking, I just like a beverage every now and then. This was one of those times. : ) Wearing: Glasses found at a sidewalk vendor in NYC, H&M pleather dress, Vintage Pierre Cardin clutch, Accessories leather belt, drugstore tights, Michael Kors leather boots and Zara leather bomber jacket.
I’ve got a copious amount of posts coming that I’m very excited about! Please stay tuned! Til then,
XO StyleStruck
Note: Hot pink ostrich feathers available at all fine crafty-type retailers.
Today’s post will be dedicated to the low-lying clouds that seem to have taken over this city. The gloomy-ness is starting to creep into my brain, it really is time for some fun in the sun. The other day I was sitting in my apartment, not knowing what to do with a free afternoon. With another ten days without internet and tv, I decided to get some fashion inspiration from the great outdoors, and this is what resulted. Comfy, casual, simple and subtle. In the meantime while I wait for sun, I suppose I will take advantage of this grey weather and do “cozy” things like play board games, read books, experiment with new recipes and further indulge myself with old movies. Maybe the clouds aren’t so bad after all…
Way back when I was a student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and studied Fashion Design and Technology. These pants were one of my first year projects! We were given the pattern and had one class to complete them. You can’t see the pattern in the fabric very well, but these trousers are navy with a royal blue pin-stripe. At the time I thought they were just the most hideous things ever, I mean can you imagine high waisted pants WITH pleats!? Now I adore them, now that Stella McCartney and Chloe are all about the high waisted mens’ style trousers. Wearing: white chiffon blouse from Sirens, vintage gold scale belt, DIY trousers and Zara heels. 
Gorgeoouuss vintage 1930s purse!! This is definitely for art rather than use, it’s already starting to fall apart. 
Just sitting in my bedroom, casually strapping on 7″ heels. 
Platforms make my day. Sometimes I put shoes on display in my apartment, and sometimes weekly I rotate them to my next favourite pair. Sometimes I do the dishes in yellow snakeskin printed leather 5″ sandals. 
“Here’s looking at you, kid,” hehe 
I’m flying away! To Rome to have my own Roman holiday! In my head…
What StyleStruck reads: I found this gem in a thrift shop off Denman St. $1.50 gets me a new life skill. I just so happen to be taking an “Effective Public Speaking” course this semester at BCIT, wonder if the prof will accept this book as my version of the text? 
If you have not seen this movie, I highly recommend it! I think it was her first big movie, and she is just adorable. Speaking of adorable, you gotta see her leading man in all his grey-suit glory in this sweet love story, he’s a bit of a hunk. (The cover does not do him justice.) 
The Kitchen! Where I cook, bake but spend most of the time cleaning. (I am without the new luxuries, like a dishwasher, or a microwave, or a toaster for that matter. If anyone feels so inclined to help out a starving stylista, I accept donations in the form of kitchen appliances! My problem is I prefer to stock my shoe rack rather than my kitchen. Ooooh there are these Fendi heels I have my eye on… My Mum would be happy to hear though that my domestic gene is kicking in, slowly but surely. The other night I was bored, so I baked a million chocolate cupcakes. And then took most of them to work after eating 3 in one sitting, thank goodness. I continually have to physically stop myself from eating yummy things, must remember beach season is really just around the corner. Or chant Kate Moss’ famous phrase over and over in my head, “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels… Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels… Girlfriend obviously never had one of my chocolate cupcakes! Okay, I digress…)
Here is my desk/work area. You will soon notice that “girly” is the theme of my apartment. Quite fitting, seeing as a chick lives here. Some girls say having a girly home is a man-repellant, I disagree. I think men appreciate a woman who embraces her feminine side. To the right you’ll see a stack of ugly boxes, ohh the lovely task of re-selling all the old university books. Anyone taking fashion design at Kwantlen and need books?? I’m your woman! 
The bookcase: Filled from top to bottom with some of my most prized possessions. On the top is a candelabra type decoration that I looove and got from Esprit when they needed to get rid of their store display pieces. Some of my friends have referred to these as “menorahs,” May I remind them that menorahs have 7 candles, not 4. Below is my beloved Anna Wintour post-it, with the MK & A Olsen “Influence” book, one of my all-time favourite magazine covers ft. Natalia Vodianova and a beaded baguette with a pretty mini trunk.
To me, this is what’s known as camera heaven! The much anticipated new Nikon DSLR. (Hahaha I’m taking pictures of my new camera, but have yet to figure out how to use the new camera… Obviously I can point and click, but learning how to use this thing seems quite complicated! Maybe I need a camera-tutor.)
Hello Gorgeous! The picture that sits atop my desk. What a beauty. 
And down the hall to my bedroom we go… What’s better than being greeted by Jacobs by Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs in collaboration with Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs? (That’s what both bags say, that Marc sure is clever!)
I liken my bedroom to the inside of a jewellry box: it feels precious, it’s pretty, soft and sparkly! And the ultimate in girly. What’s odd is that I don’t own much pink clothing, an occasional pink sequin skirt and pink sequin heels to be sure, but not every-day pink clothing. It’s mostly black, grey, navy and white actually. 
Check out this bedside-table lamp! Pink with a little pink boa around the base. Pretty major, right?? This little lamp was purchased from the kids house section at Wal-mart when I was about 17 for a whopping $13, and though my tastes have changed, I still love it and am a girly-girl at heart. This table was a school project in woodworking class in tenth or eleventh grade, I can’t remember which. Anyway, I designed and built it myself. I’m kinda proud, can you tell? I also have a few other pine pieces in my apartment that I made, one of which is a large cupboard that was built in tenth grade as a “shoe-closet” and is where my obsession with collecting shoes first began. (I think, it may have started earlier, like when I was born.) To the right is a map of Paris, which can be found at The Cross. 
Half of my new closet. Darn, I thought I’d hidden “Princess Sparkle” out of site. Top right of the closet you can see the hind legs of a stuffed pink pony. This was a gift from a man friend in high school that is just too cute to part with. I won’t bother listing all the shoes seen here, I’ve posted about the majority of them many times before. FYI the shoe boxes above are empty, for the most part. (When I die, I’d like to be buried with my pink sequin Miu Mius. Thank you.)
The purse closet in the front hall, (that the pink MJ bag was hanging on). 
The old fashioned phone at the front hall which acts as a door-buzzer-people-letting-in-thingy. So cute, right? My sister gave me this black border wall-art for christmas and I think it works perfectly with the phone! Thanks Mon! Then I bedazzled it. 
(It’s almost like I meant to make this photo all grainy, like some sort of cool effect… (insert sarcasm here) It’s an effect all right, an effect of dropping your camera on a dance floor one too many times. Haha, definitely worth it! Besides, Sir Nikon is readying up to make his official blog debut.) So this is what I wore walking to work the other day. Due to the stealing that occasionally happens in the work change room, I can’t wear nice clothes to work. This plaid shall is a fairly new purchase that I found stuffed into the racks at Winners, and it was instant love. I have wanted something with this print for ages, but a coat or sweater just seemed to be too “done”, as in everyone and their Mom has one, but a cape! Now that’s a little different! I have paired it with an oversized, very soft and perfectly worn in black Kenzie Girl sweater, a John Mayer concert T, Odyn skinnies and black Zara booties. All in all a very practical rainy-day outfit. And I won’t lie, I may have skipped to work in my cape/shall, for a few blocks anyway.
When oh when will the rain stop?? I have all these brilliant ideas for photo shoots to do in my new neighborhood, but I do need the rain to cease! I plan to turn the camera around and become the photographer for a bit, too hard to try to relay your self-proclaimed brilliant idea to another person and expect the same execution. Now to find a lovely female model with nothing to do…
