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Montreal: Original bargains

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Arterie Boutique and Friperie

Arterie Boutique and Friperie, Montreal

To me, the recession and climate change are the best excuses to convince you all to start shopping for vintage (hence recycled) clothes. Whatever your budget and however you like to shop, these are both good reasons to join in. First of all, don’t be afraid! The secret on how to wear old stuff is pretty simple: don’t wear it from head to toe. Mixing up designer labels, vintage clothes and low-cost goods not only to makes for an original outfit, but also helps you create your own fashion identity. Read more »


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Guelph: Natural selection

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Photography by Heather Loney

Photography by Heather Loney

The transition from winter to summer can be an awkward one.  Suddenly the weather calls for sandals, skirts and dresses (sans tights).  And so, the first order of business is to repair and ready the winter-skin that has been abused and hidden for the past six months.

I headed downtown to Saffron Rouge (55 Wyndham St. N., 519-780-0467 x102, saffronrouge.com), Guelph’s organic skin care and aromatherapy boutique.   Saffron Rouge only carries products made with certified organic ingredients. (The same is true for their extensive online shop.)  Products range from hair and skin care items, to makeup and essential oils.

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FASHION Reporters

Guelph: It’s easy being green

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Photography by Heather Loney

Photography by Heather Loney

To celebrate Earth Day a Guelph company is making shopping green a lot easier.  On April 22, online health and beauty shop Well.ca launched their Green & Natural store. Read more »


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Edmonton: Spring’s most stylish (green) ride

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How is it that my husband, charming and handsome man that he is, whose idea of fashionable outerwear is a Gore-Tex shell by Mountain Hardwear and thinks the Gel-Kayano by Asics is “the best shoe,” has suddenly become more chic than me, a Marni-wearing, Devi Kroell-carrying, Bond No. 9-spritzing girl?  Times have changed, green is the new black and being stylish means lowering your carbon emissions and decreasing your ecological footprint.

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Fashion » FASHION Lovelies

Lovelies in Paris: Spring mix

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Snow’s back in Toronto, so this Lovely’s mix of greens has us dreaming of sunnier days.

Check out the full look after the jump.

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Video Beauty Closet Confidential: Balm Squad

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vfeb09lipbalm_134 Beauty editor Lesa Hannah, now in video form! From rich shea butter to shimmery gloss, check out Lesa’s picks for the best organic balms.


Fashion » At the shows

London Fashion Week: Ashish and Andrew Majtenyi Fall 2009

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ASHISH Fall 2009. Ian Gavan/Zumapress.com/Keystone Press

Here for a breathless ten minutes, haven’t even made it to the registration desk, and already two mussily cool girls with wicked shoes and SLRs have asked me to pose for their street style blogs. Ah, yes. Welcome to Fashion Week, the London way.

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Toronto: Nahui Ollin’s sweet little wrap-up

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Nahui Ollin ER satchel, $260

I recently spied the sweetest gift (with no sugar): Nahui Ollin (nahuiollin.com) purses and clutches. Resembling more pixilated versions of the woven Bottega Veneta Cabat, the large selection of styles, colors and patterns are hand-woven from misprinted and overrun candy wrappers. Read more »


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