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Fashion

Ones to watch: Leilanni Todd handcrafts for the girls about town

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Photography by Leilanni Todd

We love Toronto-based designer Leilanni Todd, for her hand-crafted and affordable wears, but mostly, we’re really into the laid-back attitude and style of her clothes. A fresh new take on the basics, her wears are the type you want in every colour.

Todd has been working alongside other designers for years, and ventured out on her own two years ago. Since then she’s been working with mostly jersey and leather, making turbans and turban headbands, mullet T-shirts and dresses, and leather-paneled shorts and leggings—and most are available in a variety of colours and patterns. Her styles are undeniably cute, and can be made-to-order with your exact measurements, which is a pretty sweet deal for custom-made threads.
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Fashion

Style studio: Our top 10 tips, tricks, and picks for for perfecting the leather-on-leather look this fall

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The ladies have spoken, and it’s leather they’re after to fill their closets this fall. Not just for biker babes anymore, the season has us swimming in feminine options that are equal parts naughty and nice. From body-con dresses to pencil skirts, the new way to wear leather is all about ladylike silhouettes, mixing fabrics, and layering luxe textures like cashmere and fur.

Let’s get leather-d! »
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Shopping

Vancouver shop notes: Gaga for Gaya

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GAYA $220

GAYA $220

When it comes to handbags, spotted, strapped, tasselled or brightly hued is the new black. Fitting the bill on all those fronts is the latest collection from Vancouver brand Gaya (gaya.ca). A mint-coloured clutch with a black-and-white spotted pocket and key closure is cool for cocktail hour, and a python-patterned purse dripping in leather fringe dials up your everyday basics.
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Fashion

FASHION’S BIG GIVEAWAY 2011: Enter to win great prizes from the pages of our October issue!

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Our annual giveaway begins on Monday, September 12th! You’ll find lots of great prizes throughout our October issue, on newsstands September 6th.

Click here for a sneak peak at all the prizes now »

Click here to go to the contest »

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Fashion » At the shows

Paris street style: The leather report

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Like a moth drawn to a flame, I am drawn to this streeter’s red leather pants, which are a nice update on the blazer-and-a-T-shirt uniform.

See the full look after the jump.

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Fashion » At the shows

Milan street style: Alt rock

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While many of us (i.e. me) agonize over what to wear each day there are glamourous women like Paris Vogue‘s fashion director Emmanuelle Alt who seem to possess effortless style. Yes, we know it’s not actually effortless, but still, Alt’s tux jacket and cropped leather pants have a laid back vibe we love. See the full look after the jump.

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Fashion

Vote: How will you wear leather this fall?

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PROENZA SCHOULER Fall 2010. Photography by Peter Stigter

Sure there were leather jackets, but designers used this material for everything from dresses to blouses to T-shirts. What’s your favourite way to wear leather this fall?

VOTE NOW!


Shopping » Daily steal

The daily steal: Leopard-print skirt, $53

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For anyone who grew up watching Married…With Children, leopard print will forever have Peg Bundy’s bouffant attached to it in our minds. But we’d best get over it because leopard has come roaring back for fall. This slim pencil skirt ($53, asos.com) speaks to the print’s new (and, silmutaneously, retro ’50s) ladylike direction. But we say, what’s so wrong with Peg Bundy anyway?


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