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All The Good Things

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Something about sitting around a campfire with moonlight and starlight streaking down. With a lovely whiskey and good friends, there is perfection. I did that.


I had friends – loved ones – around a fire. Relationships deepened. Laughs were had. I became a marshmallow hero. It was beautiful, in that imperfect, not profound kind of way.

All I did was sit around a campfire with some people, some could say. But my love for them deepened. And I could convey a million words in simply holding my good friends hand and watching the fire burn the past.

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Kimono – Spell Designs  //  Tee – Skyline Fever on Etsy  //  Shorts – Target  //  Necklace – Lustre Boutique in Montreal  //  Sandals – Threadsence

Responsible Fashion

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Heading up to the cottage this past long weekend, I was yet again struck by the beauty that we have in nature.  Also, the profound meaning and connection we can achieve by just sitting quietly and letting the world move around us.

In my daily life, I try to live as ethically and sustainably as possible. It’s a daily journey, and I’m not sure I’ll ever be 100% there. It’s hard when daily conveniences are, well, convenient.

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Though having recently partnered with Ungalli clothing, a 100% sustainable and ethical Canadian clothing company, I had a lovely moment standing on the dock wearing the softest hoodie possible, knowing that in wearing it I had not brought harm to any of the beauty around me.

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Hoodie – c/o Ungalli Clothing

This hoodie was the perfect running and lounging layer around the cottage – not too heavy and ultra snuggly. Kind of perfect for a day spent swimming, laying in the sun, and warming around a campfire.

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Tank Top – c/o Ungalli //  Overalls – Spell Designs  //  Necklace – Monserat de Lucca  // Sandals – ThreadSence

Ungalli has a threefold mission. First, their clothes are made from recycled material. Second, they’re made in North America under our labor laws. Third, they partner with different environmental organizations to both promote *through their designs* and to donate money from every sale.

Yay!

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But lest you think that these are only cottagey, camping clothes.  Let’s be clear: they totally belong in any urban fashionistas arsenal. This tee is definitely in my favorite tees list.  Not just because of the softness, but also because of the lovely uplifting message it has.  Personally, it reminds me to be present in my life daily. To embrace and feel every moment, and imprint it in memory.

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Tee – c/o Ungalli  //  Pants – Jens Pirate Booty via ThreadSence  //  Necklace – Gypsy Love Store  //  Hat – Threadsence  //  Rings – Etsy, F21, and heirlooms  //  Sandals – c/o Easy Spirit

Love to you and all the lovely creatures we share our planet with. Let’s do the best we can by making conscious choices, including clothing choices whenever possible.

*this post has been brought to you in
 collaboration with Ungalli clothing*

Takin’ It All In Stride.

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Saturday: my girl’s birthday party.
Saturday eve: our games night.
Saturday middle of the night: Carbon monoxide detector goes off and we spend a total of two hours outside while the fire department comes, checks our house, concludes it’s a malfunction and false alarm, and leaves.
Sunday: coffee.

Sunday after coffee: if this is the problem I’m dealing with right now, life’s pretty okay. People are being persecuted and hunted around the world just for being alive. Which is right up there with me losing a couple hours sleep right? *that was sarcasm in case you missed it*

Here’s to perspective. Happy week everyone.

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Pants & Shoes – ThreadSence  //  Tee & Cardigan – UO  //  Necklace – Homegrown Boutique

Road Trip Wishing thinking

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Janis Joplin blasting in my car.

The sun roof open and the suns rays hitting the back of my neck.  The windows rolled down and the wind whipping my hair. Driving in a moment like that makes me feel like I should ditch it all and go on some sort of epic road trip.  The kind where adventures find you and you’ll be sleeping in your car at least once.  The kind where camp fires will be had, jokes will be made, and someone is gonna pull out a guitar.

You know, the kind we all want to have.

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Jacket – Le Chateau Outlet  //  Johnny Cash Tee – UO  //  Necklace – Lucky Brand //  Jeans – Gap  //  Boots – Aldo  //  Sunnies – F21


*linking up with Style Sessions*

If I could Coachella…

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 ….I would.  If I could take the time off. If I had the finances. If I lived closer.  I totally would.  But I can be there in sartorial spirit.  In fact, I pretty much live there in sartorial spirit.  Here’s to all of us who wish to be there.  Here’s to the dreamers, the lovers, the make believers.  I’m right there with you.

Love. Peace.

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Duster & Tee – Spell Designs  //  Jeans – Dittosbrand //  Boots – Aldo  //  Necklace – bought in Spain   //  Belt – Lucky Brand  //  Sunnies – UO  // Bead Bracelet – Ruche  //  Silver cuffs – gifts from Poland. 

Bacon Everything, Bells and a Graphic Tee

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Top – UO  //  Bells & Shoes – ThreadSence  //  Necklace – Lucky Brand  //  Sunnies – c/o Woodzee

A friend has this great tradition called Feast of the Swine.  On Easter, he gets people together and the menu is pork.  Various connotations, various servings – from pie, to sausages, to olives wrapped in bacon – but it’s got to be pork.  This year I attended the pork feast.  And a feast it was.

Bacon wrap grilled pineapple, and bacon wrapped olives, and also apple bacon bourbon pie.  Oh yum!  It was just yum!

Miami Outfit: Wynwood Walls

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Overall – Spell Designs via Turquoise Lane  //  Tank & Bralette – F21  //  Boots – DIYed by me  //  Bag – Target  //  Necklace – Monserat De Lucca via Beau and Bauble in Toronto

It’s the last of the Miami outfits today.  Then we’re back to Toronto, and the chillier weather.

These walls were so stunning, and every new one gave me a new idea for a shoot.  Basically, I could’ve shot in the area for a whole year with each new wall giving me new inspiration for a new story to tell.

How do photographers ever walk away from here?

*linking up with Style Sessions*

Miami Outfit: South Beach

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Tank – Love Nail Tree  //  Skirt – Arnhem  //  Necklace & Hat – F21  // Sunnies – Lace Affair  //  Sandals – FreePeople

Walking around Espanola Way and the rest of South Beach in my graphic tank from Love Nail Tree was somewhat satisfying to me.  This particular one is about the perversion, and decline, of the Amderican Dream; so, I found it humorous to be a Canadian walking around with this on.

But of course, no one noticed, they were too bust looking at the fabulous skirt from Arnhem.  Loved thie fabulous way it just swished with me.

*linking up with Fab Favs*

Miami Outfit: Travelling Between Climates

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Kimono/Cardigan – Arnhem  //  Queen top – F21  //  Shorts – Spell Designs  //  Boots – DIYed myself  //  Necklace – Vanessa Mooney via ThreadSence

The Miami outfit posts are coming in now.  Monday’s walk through Coconut Grove and along the waterfront was glorious. And I couldn’t resist changing into shorts at the first opportunity.  These Spell shorts are fabulous. I sized up in them just a touch because I wanted the extra length in the bum. As in, I wanted my bum fully covered when I was walking.

This Arnhem maxi cardigan was definitely perfect in the day to protect from the sun, and in the evening to protect from the cooler breeze. Plus, it stole the show everywhere I went.  People were constantly remarking on it.

I wore this while travelling from Toronto with Jeans.  It provided enough warmth in the snowy weather, and then with a quick switch out to the shorts was perfect in the higher temperatures of Miami.  When I’m travelling like this I like to think about what will easily work with both climates so that you’re comfortable and not freezing or boiling on one end.

Side note: it also makes the perfect thing to wear when your breezing through the hotel on the way to the pool and back.

Functionality and Personality

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Raglan Top – Spell Designs  //  Blazer – Zara  //  Jeans – Gap

A bad cold all week *read: snot, coughing, and other yuckiness* plus -24 degree temperatures outside meant that I’ve been living in PJs and fleece pants in the house.  And knitting. I’ve been on the couch binge watching Law & Order: SVU and knitting.  I know how to party y’all!  
Or I know how to sit on my butt and be sick.  
But, this blazer, jeans, and graphic shirt combo was something I wore a bit ago to work on a photoshoot.  I was shooting the promo shots for a web series, and there’s always that fine line that I have to tread in my wardrobe as a photographer.  
My clothes have to be functional – I move gear, balance, build, and twist myself into strange positions if need be to get the shot – but I also need to maintain a certain level of professionalism.  So, it’s that balance of professional cool and functionality. 
And hey, a little personality doesn’t hurt either. 
Here’s an action shot from the day that my assistant took. 
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