Christy: Paris is just better...

I'm sorry that I haven't done an outfit post for a while. Laura's post below is lovely and is putting me to shame. However I do have an (Exciting) excuse: next fall I'm moving out to be roomates with my friend Claire and today we scrubbed out our apartment which we plan to sub-let for the summer. The last family had apparently loved cooking with grease as there were copious grease spots EVERYWHERE which made for fun cleaning times. But we were too excited about having our first apartment to care.

On another note, I always find it frustrating that magazines from other places are so much more expensive. For example Vogue UK or French Vogue are just lovely but my pocketbook is a bit tight right now and I can't justify spending 8$ on a magazine. Here are some lovely images from a few photo spreads in from French Vogue. Those French, they be doing it right.
all photographs by Patrick Demarchelier

I just love the cow in this image. So chill and laid back about being photographed


The black and white clothing are just fierce in this one


More utterly fantastic cows








I just love all the jackets in the spread with the cows. Especially the bottom right. Lately, I've been inspired to acquire a blazer or some sort of fierce jacket. Also the crazy boots are great though highly un-useful.

Laura: What I Wore Today...

Sweater - vintage (ha, just a old sweater of Mom's)
Shorts- AE
Shoes - Sterling Shoes

Laura: Celebrity Style

So, here's the weekly roundup of awesome celeb looks. Some of these might be from a week or two back, but whatever. :D Enjoy!


Kirsten Dunst has been seen around a surprising amount latly, and looking rather good too! I love this pale blue gown, and below, the dark blue LV. Love this 30's style dress that Kim Cattrall is wearing.
Natalia Vodianova's certainly wearing something unusual, and I doubt anyone else could pull it off, but doesn't it look amazing on her?
So maybe this outfit of Emma Watson's is a tiny bit unusual as well...but I think she looks stunning :D
Don't usually gush over Catherine Zeta Jones's look, but this is quite lovely. :)
Here's Rachel Evan Wood looking quite cozy and chic.

And Emma Watson with some of her costars promoting the Harry Potter themepark and wearing a darling sundress (if anyone can find out who makes it, lemme know!).
That's all for this week :)

Christy: Move Chic: Jenny from An Education

I love movies with beautiful clothes. When I like the clothes in a movie it ups my enjoyment x2.
An Education is a great movie in terms of acting and story but the clothes are just amazing. I love how the clothes change as Jenny changes from sheltered school girl to mature young woman. Many movies use clothes to mirror plot but coming of age stories do this especially well.

The other characters in this movie also have fantastic clothing but this post is already very photo heavy so I'm going to focus on Jenny.

School Girl: During the many school scenes Jenny wears her english school girl uniform.

There's something sharp about uniforms that have a tie.

There's nothing like a blazer to say classic.

The red belt that is part of their uniform pulls the outfit together.

I would definitely wear their grey v-neck sweater

The scarf reminds me of the Hogwarts' uniform :)

Socialite: the dresses Jenny wears when she's with David are usually simple, form fitting and elegant and make a striking contrast with her uniform.







I love this dress. Very light and airy.

Christy: Could it be any hotter?

I don't know how hot it is right now but way above 30 degrees Celsius for sure. So I thought I would post this photo spread from Vogue UK that seems to evoke the burning heat and magic of summer in foreign countries. All I can say is: Why am I in Canada when I could be roaming the Arabian desert and buying exotic wears at an open market?

Gemma Ward Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier

Laura: Keira Knightley

I really like Keira Knightley. :D As an actress, and as a style icon. Probably because she's not really the first person you'd think of for a "style icon". She's not always out there, promoting her awesome style. She's not one of those style-crazy actresses, you know? I love that she has really pale skin and seems to embrace that, and I love the outfits she chooses--always something original, pretty, chic...and I feel like my style is very much like hers which is probably why I'm so enamoured by it :P Here's some of my favorite pictures of her, enjoy! :)

This is one of my favorites. I am OBSESSED about this look! The textured high-waisted skirt, the little sweater with buttons, her heavy bangs...it's just perfect :D


This maroon dress was what she wore when she was nominated for an Oscar for playing Elizabeth Bennet. Even tho it was a few years ago, I feel like this dress is still very wearable today, and I love the silohette (spl?), it's so flattering on her!

This outfit (below), navy blazer, green skirt, blouse, is another of my top favs. Probably because, as you know, I love the school-girl-uniform look. The green tiered skirt is slightly unexpected, the color makes it "pop".
(below) another of my faves, and I especially like this one because it totally is something I would wear. In fact, I have a flowered blouse/black skirt I often wear together. It's lady-like, chic, and unique. :D

(below) I love the colors in this one! The whole thing just looks like summer--the nautical look (navy, white) with red lipstick, and the colorful background.

I also feel like Keira is a bit "misunderstood" sometimes...I'm always hearing people say they don't like her, that she's annoying, too skinny, too pouty, too serious, bad actress, whatever. I admire her for the fact that she manages to live a fairly "out of the spotlight" sort of life, yet she is still a first-rate actress. She obviously is confidant in herself but at the same time doesn't feel the need to push herself out into the open, to be in all the tabloids. She seems to "own" herself, to be comfortable in her skin and with who she is and I find that very admirable. :)

Christy: Running to stand still

So basically this weekend has been crazy. Really really fun but also one of those weekends when you're running from thing to thing so fast that you don't really have time to let anything sink in. Friday was my friend's fine arts graduation vernissage. A vernissage is a name for the opening night of an art show and there's usually food and wine. It was really good to see the amazing stuff my friend has been doing. It always amazes me the way people can be so talented artistically.

To the Vernissage I wore a dress I bought at my favorite boutique Boudoir. Its dresses often remind me of some I've seen on Modcloth except that Boudoir has the most fab sales rack which i always check on my way by the boutique.
This is a dress I bought last fall. It's very simple but I love the fabric of the skirt. I took these pictures on self timer in the five minutes before I dashed out the door so they aren't my best. I hope you can get a sense of the outfit anyways.

Here's the earrings I was wearing which my friend from Mexico gave me.

and the bracelet which is real turquoise which my dad brought me back from New Mexico

and a detail of the fabric

For the Vernissage I also got to wear my new gladiator sandals out. I really like my new pair because they are very plain but also elegant. it isn't real leather but they aren't garish as some of the ridiculous sandals you see people wearing which look like they were assembled from the dollar store craft section.

Speaking of shoes, I got to wear my favorite pair of heels to my friend's wedding on Saturday. The wedding was beautiful and the bride stunning. There was an open bar and dancing and I was at at table with my friends so I had a first rate time. I wore my heels for the first part of the dancing but then my feet wanted to be a bit freer so eventually I took them off and just crazy danced in my bare feet. Here's a picture of my favorite heels. I like them because they're leather and very comfortable even though they're pretty high.

Here's what I was wearing to the wedding. This is the only picture I could find, which was one that my friend posted on facebook.

That flapper dress actually deserves its own post which I'll try to do in the future. I'll just say that dancing in that dress is a whole new experience.

One last thing: my friend had this first rate vintage leather purse that her mother embossed as a teen ager when that kind of thing was cool so I had to take a picture

I'm sorry this post is so long. There were just so many pictures I wanted to include.
I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of summer :)