I got lucky during my latest trip to the thrift store! My family decided to stop by there on Father's Day because, you know, we're just a family of bargain-loving cheapsters. Also, it was my dad who would drag us around with him, kicking and screaming and whining, into those musty thrift stores back in the day. Ironic how these days, it's us who drag him along to go thrifting.

And now on to my purchases:

From left to right: Brown Leather Handbag (free since this wasn't actually purchased during our trip. It's a hand-me-down from my older sister—what are siblings for?), Navy Blazer ($7.99), Cream-colored Pleated Pants ($7.99)

I think this (ABSOLUTELY GOR-GEE-US) blazer was originally from some posh private school. It's brand-less, made here in Canada, and several of the same blazer was scattered around the store in all different sizes. My favorite part is the buttons!!!
Funny how this blazer—which I got from a thrift store. For $7.99.—is much better sewn, much better constructed, and has an overall better fit than the black boyfriend blazer I got from H&M for $40. Yes, fourty-fricken-dollars. And the buttons on them are already falling apart.
I'm starting to lose hope in you, fast fashion!

Now here I am digressing. Whoops! Sorry guys! This was not the direction I wanted this post to go. What I was going to talk about was my ever-growing obsession for the color NAVY! AND RED! AND STRIPES! AND ANYTHING NAUTICAL! Even an art teacher at my school has noticed my fascination for them. The other day (one of the rare days I did not wear any navy or red or stripes) he asked me: "Not wearing your sailor suit today?"

You can imagine how giddy I got when I spotted all the sailors at the Spring 2011 menswear shows. There were a number of designers who threw in some dashing, seafaring young lads here and there. But to cut this post short, I'll just cover those that stretched this theme throughout their whole collection. Namely, Junya Watanabe and Salvatore Ferragamo.

Junya Watanabe

I haven't seen Mr.Watanabe's past collections, so I can't comment (or complain) on what was lacking in this one. All I know is that I really love this set. It's youthful and fun and preppy (I like preppy, thank you very much). The models wore some cute caps and some even had facial hair Everything in this collection just looks so damn comfortable. If I was a dude, I'd gladly lounge around in these clothes for days on end.
I was hoping to fit all the photos from the whole collection into this one post because I'm not doing it any justice AT ALL. I implore you to go and look for yourself.

Damn, these Japanese are goooodddddd!

Salvatore Ferragamo

To me, this collection seemed to target a more older demographic. More for the rich, aristocratic, i-have-a-yacht types than for the cutie down by the docks. The runway consisted of a variety of billowy silks, double-breasted blazers, netting, long trench coats, sandals, neutrals and let's not forget—murses! I really liked the little pops of yellow and blue thrown in. The whole collection had an overall relaxed, summery feel which I think is part of the reason why I'm so partial to this theme.

I ♥ FRED FLARE

I'm happy to say that my Fred Flare shopping experience was much better this time around! It only took a week for the package to be delivered—a vast improvement from the last time when it took a whole four weeks to arrive. For those wanting the links to the specific items I ordered, check out my older post.

I'll let the photos do the talking:

“Let them eat cake!”

That cute, yellow confection in my hand was my first ever macaron!!! (not to be mistaken by coconut macaroons...) A good friend of mine kindly purchased it for me from this patisserie called La Bamboche. This pasty shop has Japanese influences, which explains why my macaron was yuzu-flavoured—not a typical macaron flavour from what I've heard.

Oh and look, it matches my nails!

I would have never imagined that I'd get my hands on some macarons just a month after my first (it's really difficult to find local pasty shops that sell macarons around here ). This time around, I was prom-shopping with my sister and a friend when we stopped by Nadège for a refresher.
This patisserie looked like it belonged more in New York than here in Toronto! The interior was white-washed and ultra modern and there was a glass partition facing the kitchen which allowed customers to see the chefs working.

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I never left my house to go out and buy clothes in forever (or left my house period) but was lucky enough while browsing Facebook to spot that Dani was selling some of her clothes I’m all for buying second-hand so I hopped on to it and purchased these three:

Left to Right: AA skirt ($22), vintage over-sized denim button-up ($5), navy Forever21 lace dress ($8).
What’s funny is that you can see her wearing the same denim button-up in this LB photo. hahaha!

I’ve never been much of a skirt kind of girl until just recently, and if you take a peek in my closet you’ll find that there are only two in there (pathetic, right?!); one of which is white and the other black. When I noticed this little detail, I was like, “Shit! These colors are too safe! I can’t work with this!” (I like to overreact). So I went and got Dani’s red skirt and now I’m, like, dangerous. Or something. Kind of like a firewoman…

Anyways, this same week, I spent my second Fred Flare $100 gift certificate. Yes, you read that right: I won yet another boombox contest!!! Don’t believe me? Look at their blog post. I guess I’m just really lucky?

Anyways—here’s what I ordered:

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