Surpise Of The Century

OH MY GOD! really? shut up! Friggin UNbelievable! I was walking DT yesterday, walking past Holt Renfrew, which apparently just remodeled, walking past their store front windows gazing into the glass at this other world that I came from. Each manequine in a distinctly gorgeous ensemble. As I moved past the second window I caught it; my own reflection. Like a ghost in that other world barely visible. Walking along a parrallel path to my own. Barely visible. My heart sank as I wondered if the path I currently tread will ever link back up with the path the girl in the glass was walking. As I moved beyond the display she dissapeared. I dared not to turn and enter. I was feeling vulnerable to consumption. I could never just look. My pocket virbrated. The text read "OMG Rach Energy just posted your blog online!!!" Whatever feelings of doubt and insecurity I had were immediatly banished. I jumped inside the next doorway, away from the cold. Logged onto Facebook and OMG they totally did! Rather than ask the questions of how and why I started texting everyone I knew about what happened. The best part is that I actually listen to the station and follow them online! So bizzare and out of this world. I was already content with the week from attending the opening shows for AB fashion week. They were great RTW accesable collections. Alala was lovely tapping into ladylike chic. Dutch Blonde was youthful and fun. Both worked with alot of color and print in different silhouettes. I truyl couldn't call a favorite as for each model that stomped it out I could see myself in need of her outfit for one event or another. Like all premiere events there we some glitches and bugs but that is certainly to be expected. I certainly hope this is going to be a recurring event in the city.
A Big THANK-YOU to anyone who checked my blog out yesterday! I hope you enjoyed. I never really thought it would receive many reads and I am actually kinda embarassed now that it has. So many people have read the intimate details of my life. If anyone is interested I am on twitter and update it when I post a new blog. Or they are on FB too.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. I'll be at friends on Sunday for dinner, Katherine, ( I don't think I have mentioned her before but she is amazing and was my escort to ABFashion Week) is hosting a dinner with a few other people who she says I should meet. So prior to Sunday I will be out searching for winter clothing this weekend. I left most of my winter wardrobe back in TO, currently there are some very warm, well dressed ladies there in my wool and fur. So completly unprepared for the cold to arrive so quickly I am in desperate need of hats, scarves, gloves and coats. I was invited via FB to a Thanksgiving weekend sale at Deerfoot Mall, so I will see if I can make it down there however, this is one shopping trip I am not looking 100% forward to. A perfect winter coat is so diffult to find. Granted the selection is endless however when it comes to a sublime wool that you can wear throughout the season, the pattern has to be just right. It's all in the details, the collar, the buttons, stitchin, tailoring, length, color, the actual wool itself. The accessories though! J'adore an extensive variety of gloves and scarves. The power of accessories is essential to keeping yourself thrilled with a garment that you have to wear in and out day to day. So I must face the cold and the plastic demons in my bag to ready myself for the coming months and for this dinner. Meeting new people always requires one to make the best first impression. The thing about first impressions is you only get one!

XO Rachel

Thoughts Before the Show

Michelle Williams looks absolutly adorable and twiggy-esque for the cover and editorial in this months Vogue. I got mine in the mail yesterday and the cover is fitting for the rest of the magazine. The issue portrays fashions as highly "accross the pond". Somehwat typical of fall to see that equestrian, english countryside feel. However if this isn't your vibe, the magazine also portrays the parisian edge of autumn. Over all though not Vogues best issue. Again it was compact and weighed less than the telephone book, signs of budget cuts and furgality were evident as many designers chose not to feature ads (St Johns, Elie Tahari, Etro, Roberto Cavalli all MIA). Even the ads for Nordstroms looked as though production costs were tightened. Still whimsical like a modern day Mary Poppins but not as vibrant. A Key note to mention though were the dresses. Coming closer and closer to the holiday season, therewill be a definate shift in what constitues formal partywear. Not to say the full length dress will be gone from sight but there is an uprising in the mentality that shorter dresses can be just as classy and acceptable for holiday partys. I think it is a fitting look for the times. Choosing the semi formal over the formal. No one wants to look like they are flaunting money or living a lifestyle they aren't these days.
I caught Proenza Schoulers S/S 2010 runway on TV this past weekend. Again like Balenciaga, not a huge shift from the trends for fall. There are alot of pieces that will carry you through and save on your shopping budget. Watching the show, it showed that the designers are right on track with what is going to be bred from fall this year and hot in Spring2010. A beautiful color palette. Nothing overly vibrant that would normally scream SPRING, a loser shilouhette for dresses that was still very feminine and strong, good mix of textiles and prints. Somewhat at times a bid of a 70's mod vibe with longer sleeves when pairing up seperates. It was an effortless easy looking collection, which is always in style for spring.
Now time for me to fess up about something. After doing a little more research on these H&M / Payless collections I came to realize the photos online Iwas viewing were right from the runway and NOT the RTW. So what this means is that I must hold any further verdict for a month until they are in store. I hate how they do that, show one thing on the runway and another in stores. Similiar but different. Almost like knockoffs of themselves. Regardless I will still be in the lines (which I am sure there will be) on the release date before the store opens. Ready to battle it out with anyone who gets in my way! Alot of women would avoid situations like this at all cost. The ones that love the clothes but hate the shopping and crowds. To them I Say fashion is brave! so must you be to!
Tonight I fully intend to be brave in regards to my fashion. The opening show for Alberta Fashion week that features two of the designers from Project Runway Canada; Adejoke Taiwo and Camille Prins. Both have a great deal of talent and produce modern, realistic RTW clothes.
I will be in a midnight blue Betsey Jonhson dress from 07, cropped,bomber style leather and jersey jacket I got last fall from a boutique in TO and I ended up buying a new pair of shoes.... I know sad face but it was absolutly necessary. Besides I had gone two weeks with a zero balance on my credit cards! They are a mixed medium, black suede and silver leather, ankle cut round toe shoe. Such a perfect balance between the flirty sophisticated side of the dress and the edge of the jacket. Tres Happy! They were only 100.00, which yes I could have used for something like setting up my cable or food or even maybe, radical idea, saved. Yet "I am a weapon of massive consumption, It's not my fault its how I'm programmed to function."
I function very well I might add. Always at maximum output.