My sister recently told me that dating sounds like hell. I don’t think I managed to convince her otherwise, but then, she’s never really been out there. She managed to stumble into a long distance relationship, which has been going rather well (so well, in fact, that I am forced to roll my eyes and make gagging noises when she talks about it. What are sisters for?). She hasn’t had to deal with the peculiar joys of brand new flirtations and the bittersweet feeling when they peter out. While I have been striking out lately Read More
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Moving is one of the most stressful upheavals you will ever experience. Whether you moved multiple times throughout your life or only once, I think we can all agree that it is far from a picnic. Even exciting moves — to bigger apartments, exciting new cities or countries, or moving in with significant others — can be daunting when you look at your massive to-do list. Moving doesn’t need to be a nightmare. In fact, if you do these three things in the weeks before your moving-date, you will be in good shape, no matter how much packing and unpacking you have to do. Read More
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With the Haute Couture shows being presented last week, I wanted to examine the idea of runway versus the ‘real way’. Immediately, I think of those Reitman’s commercials where they show a model wearing haute couture (usually a knock off) and then a soccer mom wearing Reitman’s. To be very honest, both make me cringe, but that’s another story. I do wonder, however, what’s ‘acceptable’ off the runway and how can we take things that inspire us and make them ‘real world’ friendly? Read More
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The last wedding I attended was my aunt’s. It was 1991, I was eight, and I was a flower girl. This may go without saying, but I did not get drunk and hit on groomsmen.
My useless friends have been sadly deficient when it comes to getting hitched. I was told that these were the years when I’d be attending weddings like crazy, and all of my spare cash would be eaten up by expensive presents and dresses, and all of my spare angsting time would go towards trying to ascertain if there would be enough single men there or if I should try and round up a date. Instead, all of my friends are either single or in no hurry to head down the aisle with their significant others. At this rate, the wedding-heavy years are going to bleed right into the time when I’m supposed to be making up original-sounding compliments for generic-looking newborns. Read More
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On my first day of work at a Paris-based fashion magazine, my boss asked me point blank why I had decided to pursue a career in fashion in Paris. To me the answer was quite evident… It’s Paris! I explained to him that my love of fashion is based more in the artistic side of it, fashion as art as opposed to fashion as a commercial commodity. And so, I launched into a romantic soliloquy on fashion in la capitale. His response, however, was not what I expected. Basically, I am an idealistic fool! I was looking at it from an outsider’s point of view, an outdated view of fashion in Paris. He argued that Paris’ fashion power was on decline as the commercial capitals (New York, Milan) continue to gain momentum. The world cares less and less about haute couture and the true beauty of fashion. In short, Parisian fashion as we know it is dying a slow and painful death. Ouch! Read More
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So, I am moving! This new challenge is extremely exciting, but also extremely expensive. I’m finding myself in the precarious position of having to conserve my money for exciting new things like a furnace (yay?); however, I am at a complete loss when it come to figuring out how to fill up all of this new wall space with eye-catching, wallet-friendly art. While my preference would always be to buy original art and support local artists, I am going to need to pinch every penny. So I have come up with (read: discovered) three solutions to solve my budget-conscious wall art issue. All of these options should look fabulously unique. And all of these options are reasonably priced! Read More
