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Look expensive, on the cheap: 7 timeless ways to look like a million bucks without spending it

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Look expensive on the cheap

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As any budget-shopper with high-end tastes would know, it can feel impossible to look like a million without spending it. We are flooded with runway images of designer looks we love, yet can rarely match that adulation with the IRL amounts in our bank accounts. Since waiting for the good ole’ trickle down can be painful (and sometimes produce less than thrilling results), we thought we’d share a few ways to always look expensive, while shopping on a budget. Avoiding flash-in-the-pan trends, we’ve selected seven timeless ways to look expensive, without anyone knowing how cheap it ways to do it.
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Online Store of the Week: Violet Crown Vintage is our new favourite Texas-based and Toronto-born Etsy shop

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Violet Crown Vintage INTRO

Photography courtesy of Lia Parsley

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The low down: After living the life of a freelance writer (and awesome street style photographer for us) in her hometown of Toronto, Lia Parsley and her husband moved down to Austin, Texas where she began her Etsy shop, Violet Crown Vintage in August of this year. Parsley’s interest in fashion, styling and vintage treasure hunting made her realize that she had a perfect opportunity to find and share some great pieces from a city that is known for having some of the best vintage clothing in the world.

Parsley did her research before they made the big move and found out that in the 1800s the city became known as the “City of the Violet Crown” because of the purple glow that appears over the hills and horizon after sunset during winter. “Twilight being my favorite time of day, I knew in the name ‘Violet Crown’ that I had a particular feeling I wanted to capture for the brand,” she says. And thus, a store that provides unique and timeless vintage pieces—that are still contemporary—was conceived.
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Edmonton shop notes: A sparkly story

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Bangbang Bijoux, $65. Photography by Carlo Mendoza

Bangbang Bijoux, $65. Photography by Carlo Mendoza

Take your style notes from Prada this season and pair a sweet summer dress with bold, antique-style earrings. Edmonton’s Rachel Bingham lovingly handcrafts one-of-a-kind jewellery from antique and discarded materials sourced throughout the world for her line BangBang Bijoux (bangbangbijoux.com). Mixing vintage brass, Lucite and resin with re-polished beads, crystals and appliqués, these on-trend treasures tell a sparkly story (from $35). Read more »


Style Panel: How to wear vintage, for beginners

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Despite how widely worn and loved vintage clothes are, some of us still get that familiar icky feeling when entering a second hand shop. The racks seem endless (and not in a good way), the air seems stuffy and the amazing finds are not a sure thing. Nonetheless, vintage shopping is still one of the cheapest, most eco-friendly and fun ways to get in on the trends you love. Moreover, it will ensure that you wont see your outfit doppelganger around every corner. To ease you into the treasure hunt, we asked our Style Panel, now including Vancouver’s Alicia Quan of Alicia Fashionista how to wear vintage.

Question 5: How can you break into vintage if it’s not your thing? Read the answers now! »

Or jump to: ALEX GRANT, TORONTO | ALICIA QUAN, VANCOUVER | ALYSSA LAU EDMONTON | AMY NELSON, CALGARY | CHLOE WISE, TORONTO | GRACIE CARROLL, TORONTO | KASSANDRA CAMPONI, EDMONTON | KRISTIN MACDONALD, FREDERICTON | LOLITTA DANDOY, MONTREAL | MO HANDAHU, HALIFAX | VICKIE LALIOTIS, EDMONTON
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Mom Style: We get a vintage look at Man Repeller’s Leandra Medine’s maker

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Jump to: RACHEL ROY, DESIGNER | AMY VERNER, WRITER | ESSIE WEINGARTEN, ESSIE FOUNDER | ELAINE LUI, LAINEY GOSSIP | LEANDRA MEDINE, MAN REPELLER

For our final vintage Mother’s Day tribute, we reached out to Man Repeller‘s Leandra Medine, who passed on this delightful photo of her mother back in the day. We may never know what mama Medine was pondering in said photo, but what we do know is that whatever patent top action she’s got going on right there is seriously amazing. Happy Mother’s Day!
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Mom Style: Lainey Gossip’s mom shines just like a celebrity in the spotlight

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Jump to: RACHEL ROY, DESIGNER | AMY VERNER, WRITER | ESSIE WEINGARTEN, ESSIE FOUNDER | ELAINE LUI, LAINEY GOSSIP | LEANDRA MEDINE, MAN REPELLER

Canada’s gossip queen is opening her back pages to share some very stylish family history. Elaine Lui—known as Lainey Gossip to the celebrity-obsessed masses—has often blogged about her darling mother, and it seems we could all learn a thing or two about fashion trends from her: Read more »


Mom Style: Essie shares the inspiration behind her brand (hint, hint, it’s her mom!)

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Jump to: RACHEL ROY, DESIGNER | AMY VERNER, WRITER | ESSIE WEINGARTEN, ESSIE FOUNDER | ELAINE LUI, LAINEY GOSSIP | LEANDRA MEDINE, MAN REPELLER

Wear the same polish as your mom? Today’s vintage Mother’s Day photo tribute comes from a lady who’s done just that: nail polish titan, Essie Weingarten! Read on to discover how sharing beauty rituals inspired her brand…
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Mom Style: This vintage beauty spawned not one but two Canadian fashionites!

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Jump to: RACHEL ROY, DESIGNER | AMY VERNER, WRITER | ESSIE WEINGARTEN, ESSIE FOUNDER | ELAINE LUI, LAINEY GOSSIP | LEANDRA MEDINE, MAN REPELLER

Next up in our weeklong tribute to stylin’ fashion industry-spawning moms, we’re going back in time with some seriously beautiful photos of a mother responsible for not one, but two of our favourite ladies: The Globe and Mail‘s Amy Verner and jewellery designer Jane Apor:
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