The Vagaries of Fashion - Vogue Italia May 08

Dug out of the archives by Fashion Gone Rogue - I'm enamored by this surreal May 2008 Vogue Italia shoot by Miles Alderidge featuring Siri Tollerod. Like a techno-coloured version of Grey Gardens, I can always appreciate a mad-cat lady vibe. This along with the (now slightly overdone?) pastel tinted hair colour and hoards of popsicle coloured clothes and shoes, paints a perfectly eccentric picture. Amore.

Shearling Obsessed

How is it that I'm only now on summer vacation, able to wear all the pretty, summery things, enjoying my midi mini tan, and what's on my mind? SHEARLING?!! Battling a bit of jet-lag - I've been up since the crack-of-dawn perusing a few sites and noticed that it's already sold out many places?! Clearly that can only mean that you're as obsessed as me?

pic: Caroline's Mode

En Vacance...

Ahh what's to say? I feel so fortunate to be taking off in the next few hours for a week in the South of France with my sister! The last month has been truly mad with 2 work trips to Europe and no rest for the wicked in between. So I'm feeling a little like I won the loto with 2 entire weeks off stretched out ahead of me - one of which will comprise of too much chilled French wine, good food, and some family time to decompress. If I can tear myself away from the pool - I will say hello. Wishing that each of you is having a fantastic summer and taking a little time out for yourself. Bis, The Glossy Ed. xx

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Smashing Pumpkin

Almost Famous

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After The Gold Rush

The 70's are about to become the new 90's (that being the current decade that all hipsters have unabashedly pillaged for the last little while). Prepare for the current MOD (hello model-off-duty??) uniform of combat boots, skinny jeans and leather jackets to be turned on its' head. Are you feeling it?

pic: stockholmstreetstyle

The Italian Job

Heading to Florence tomorrow for a week of work. Meantime cursing my mild obsession with Stop It Right Now's Fendi Palazzo Bucket Bag, while simutaneously questioning my good fortune that I'm heading to the land of Fendi-o-plenty? Have you noticed that all things logo are about to make a seriously obnoxious come back? Go to Ebay now... seriously.

Oh Canada!

Canadian fashion can be a bit of an oxymoron, with typically cliched images of trapper jackets and Sorel boots coming to mind. And while these are occasionally the norm during some of the icy cold months (mixed with Wang and Margeila?) - there are also a barrage of amazing Canadians currently contributing to the global fashion scene.

Perhaps most obvious, Erdem. The current darling of the London fashion scene, having dressed everyone from MK Olsen to Michelle Obama. This Montreal native and friend is clearly a fashion fixture with a long and successful career ahead of him.

Rad Hourani also comes to mind. The avant-garde Montrealer best know for his androgynous vision of fashion. With disciples (and himself) oft featured on many a streetstyle blog - he too is clearly one to watch.

Mark Fast. Best known for his revolutionary knits and for sending size 12 models (gasp) down the runway - this Canadian is a Winnipeg native and London transplant.

Todd Lynn. Best summarized as Rock Star designer. His enviable list of bespoke clients includes the likes of Janet Jackson, Bono, Marilyn Manson and Mick Jagger.

Other note-worthy, up-and-comers in the Canadian design arena are: Jean-Pierre Braganza, Jeremy Laing, Calla Haynes and Thomas Tait.

Moving on to media-moguls. Before there were superstar bloggers such as Tommy Ton (another Toronto native and clearly no need to expand), there was Tim Blanks. All Canadian fashion followers worth their salt grew up on a steady diet of Tim Blanks' Fashionfile features. Since his departure the show has kind of crashed and burned - but the legendary fashion journalist can now be found contributing at style.com.

Leith Clark Lula Magazine founder/editor and freelance stylist. With a girly dream-scape vision of the fashion world and a cult following to boot - Leith Clark now calls London home and Chanel styling er... her job? Lucky girl.

And finally a relative newcomer but absolute digital media heavy-weight - Imran Amed. Better know as founder and editor of fashion blog, Business of Fashion. Of everyone on the list - this is who's blackberry I'd most like to steal!

Of course who could possibly discuss Canadian fashion without mentioning the maaw-dels! Oops! I mean SUPER models. The list is looooooong. And you know the names. (Daria, Coco, Irina, Stam, Linda.....) And if you've even made it to the end of this exceptionally long post you should win some kind of prize... like some expensive Erdem dress sponsored give-away by some hot Canadian shopping site. Ergh. Except there aren't any?? Sigh. Happy Canada Day to all you lovely Canadians out there!

sources: BOF, The Canadian School, Charlotte Player