in the navy

i have a plaid obsession as anyone who visits this blog regularly can probably tell, so whenever i see plaid i'm instantly drawn to it. it's always nice to find slight variations to the traditional flannel button down and that's what made this shirt an instant purchase for me. i loved the oversized rolled sleeves, they add a point of interest, and the colour is so perfectly fall. it pairs well with my navy blue vintage mulberry and some skinny jeans. not to mention my blue 60's style boots that always bring to mind kate moss, as she has a pair or two with this stitching detail. i have a skinnier heeled brown vintage pair with the same look but i'd love to find a pair in velvet. they'd be completely impractical for toronto winters but very lush.

i wanted to tell all of you that you can now follow true north style on bloglovin by clicking the link on the side. i've been converted! you can also check out streetstyl.es for feeds from some great fashion blogs. it's an amazing way to find new favourites.

jacket, bracelet and boots: vintage

scarf: american apparel

bag: vintage mulberry

sunnies: oakley, frogskins

top: h&m

jeans: j brand

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road trip

it has been a dream of mine for some time to take a road trip across the northwest us. originally my plan was to go from vegas to san francisco by way of lake tahoe. but now i'm trying to think of how i can link in portland, seattle or park city too. perhaps starting in seattle and going south to san fran and then across through nevada and maybe utah. but, there's always the issue of why stop there and the urge to keep going into colorado. i just love the idea of getting out there and experiencing it all. logistically, it's a lot harder to imagine because i can't drive my car from toronto it would take forever and renting a car for the two to four weeks i'd need would be very expensive but i'm hopeful that one day soon i'll be able to figure it all out. this photo is a constant inspiration and a reminder of how fun it would be driving across those nevada deserts.

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fall love

one of my favourite looks this fall. i just love these colour combos, brown and teal blue + grey. throw in my new bays and some sweet buckled lace ups and the look is perfection. these boots were my, "i can't afford these marc booties so i'll settle for these instead" purchase. i have fallen in love with them though and they are suprisingly comfortable. i love the thick curved wooden heel on them too, for their price they have so many great details.

tee: urban outfitters

shirt: gap

jeans: earnest sewn

bag: mulberry bayswater

boots: bronx

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my heart skips a beat

obsessed. i must own you, but maybe not in pink. why can't i be a close personal friend of proenza schouler like mk and a and they just give me one?

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warm and toasty

my current favourites for parka winter08/09.

1. larok peace jacket $398
2. antik batik foxy parka $608

the larok one is faux and the antik one is real fur. the larok one is cheaper but only available on shopbop. the antik one is pricier but isn't shippable to canada so i might be able to find it in a store here instead. 

which do you prefer?

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my throat's all horse

i'm sitting here trying to fend of the sickness and get up the nerve to head outside and enjoy the last nice day of the year, but first a post. i wore this look out shopping with my mom. i'm trying more and more to wear heels. although not possible when i'm working, i have to start taking advantage of my growing collection on my downtime. i like to walk a lot and ground my sexier and girlier outfits, this has me constantly reaching for flats, runners, moccasins and causal boots. heels are less practical and even foreign to me but for the sake of my arches and to push my look into something a little more grown up i'm trying to embrace them. i wore these new zip up heels i got in nyc with my fav. horse print dress and my fab. marc sweater coat. i loved this outfit. i'm not going to lie, 2/3rds of the way through the day i switched into my nine west suede maryjane flats but i was happy i made it that far. i got these heels in tan purposely to break my black shoe mold. i'm glad they ended up being just as versatile.

sweater coat: marc by marc jacobs

dress and tights: h&m

shoes: nine west

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multi layer cake and out of forks

lots of outfit posts.... this one is a layered up look incorporating my new madewell infinity scarf that i picked up in nyc. i mixed it with some nineties inspired pieces, my cropped aa jersey tee and coloured jeans. all the kids wore coloured jeans in my school in 7th and 8th grade. i had a red pair back then. the necklace is made of this old key i found at a vintage show that decided to put it on a chain. the chain's a little to shinny for it but i still like the look. it goes with almost everything and adds a lived in vibe to things, grounds them. i'm trying to find a winter parka and i would like something that incorporates fur (faux or rabbit). something similar to the look below which i achieved by layering my vintage rabbit vest and my old army coat. but it needs to be one piece and warmer, any suggestions? i also have to add that gossip girl was amazing this week and i'm starting to feel so sorry for chuck but was it just me or are little j's designs just glorified betsey johnson rip offs? oh, and i'm over the twilight series. i feel hard for the second book new moon but the final book breaking dawn has put me off it completely, i threw it across the room. i'll probably still see the movie though because i adore kristen stewart.

finally, i got tagged by zori at gossip style to answer some questions so here it goes:

1. what were you doing tens years ago? i was in high school, going through the motions.
   
2. what are 5 things on your to do list today? get a job in the fashion industry, get over this cold, find the perfect winter parka, start an ebay store and go out west.
   
3. snacks you enjoy? cake, chocolate, licorice, m&ms, apples, cereal
   
4. places you still want to visit? london, paris, the northwest usa to san francisco, colorado
   
5. 5 things in your bag? lg env2, mulberry wallet, 5 gum, mac lipglass, edie sedgwick notebook, i pod (i know it's six but i got a lot of stuff)

tee: american apparel
tank: urban outfitters
jeans: denim of virtue
boots: vintage guess

necklace: vintage
scarf: madewell

coat: h&m and vintage

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treats

my day 2 nyc purchases.... i love my bays so much.

1. h&m plaid top
2. grey converse
3. stone mulberry bayswater
4. necklace and bracelet from tipton and downing and in god we trust
   

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happy halloween motherchuckers

i'm off to work all decked out. can you guess who i am? xoxo b.

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nyc weekend day 2 part 2

we got back to the hotel after lunch and i changed into my jeans and new h&m flannel for a few more hours of browsing the shops. i also broke out my new mulberry bayswater for it's inaugural journey. it's so pretty, by far the nicest bag i own even nice then my quilted chanel. i picked up some new converse hightops in grey, some ysl touche eclat and some amazing jewelry from in god we trust. i love that store and they have the cutest animal pieces. i got an id bracelet with a deer charm and a chipmunk necklace that is perfection. we walked all over soho in the sweltering heat, it was over 20 degrees and humid in october, we totally lucked out on the weather. in fact it was actually really exhausting and i sort of needed a vacation from my vacation when i got back home. dinner required another outfit change, it was nyc after all. i wore my vintage leopard blouse that screams balmain to tortilla flats for more latin cuisine and monday night bingo. like cafe habana, i went to tortilla flats last time i was in nyc and had a lot of fun so i was looking forward to a good time. although, it wasn't as busy as last time i was there (no swedish frat boys either) bingo was awesome and guess who was a big bingo winner.... me! i won the last game of the night, a full card and got an awesome t-shirt and free tequila shots. i wish i had the shots of me and my tee but they're on my sister's camera along with many other pics from the trip. next time i go home i'll have her burn me a cd and i will post them up here as nyc leftovers.

top: h&m

jeans: 18th amendment, lollabridge

moccs: laurentian chief

bag: mulberry

dress and belt: vintage

shoes: belle, sigerson morrison

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nyc weekend day 2 part 1

the second day of our shopping weekend in nyc began with some sightseeing on our way uptown to 5th avenue and central park. we passed through bryant park where i had to grab a pic in the place where all the tents were only a month before. we also stopped for pics of the love sculpture and times square. after some quick shopping at sephora and victoria's secret for some essentials and some wishful browsing at chanel we went to mulberry on madison to pick up my new bayswater. the mulberry store on mercer where i'd gotten my wallet the day before didn't have the colour bayswater i wanted. after much deliberation between the chocolate darwin leather and the taupe or forest green goats leather colours i had to have the taupe. the colour was beautiful and neutral plus the goats leather is less susceptible to water damage then the darwin. it was amazing going into the shop and seeing the whole collection on all the shelves. i got to try all the different styles and have the whole experience of buying something so lux and that i've wanted for so long. i loved every minute of it. i took these pics of my giant mulberry shopper bag and my checked luella inspired dress in the barneys bathroom mirror! i had to have an impromptu photoshoot, the bathroom was just so glam, very deco. i didn't get anything i ended up keeping at barneys though my sister got a new marc bag. i bought dark blue current elliot destroyed skinny jeans but i ended up returning them as the back pockets just didn't do anything for me even they were very nice from the front. we ended the morning with stops at diesel, h&m and an amazing burger at the burger joint in the le parker meridien, so fun and yummy. after a morning of serious shopping and lugging heavy shopping bags we had to get a cab back to the hotel to unload.

sweater: aritzia, wilfred

dress: french connection

moccasins: laurentian chief

belt and bangle: vintage

bag: marc by marc jacobs (my sister's)

sunglasses: oakley

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sublime

my first day nyc purchases. i was lucky that mulberry was having a 20% everything sale the weekend i was there so i could get this wallet and my bag for the regular price of just the bag.

1. marc ring and pin
2. nine west heels
3. mulberry bayswater wallet

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what i got

i'm back from the shops and today was one of those days where everything was looking good, not just on the rack, but on me too. luckily none of the items broke the bank and i was able to get almost everything that tugged my fashion heart. at forever 21, a chanel like chain headband that i'll also wear as a necklace or bracelet and a lanvin like ribbon necklace. at urban an adorable white bow blouse that will go perfectly with my blair waldorf costume and integrate well into my wardrobe once i'm done trick or treating. finally, pay dirt at h&m. i got a great green top that's cut very similarly to the famous aa grey jersey track shirt, a flowy black tank with a heart sequin detail, blueish greenish tights and a fab pair of jeans that are a little balmain motorcycle jean blended with some current elliot worn in details. you can also see my new vintage fur that i thrifted for 20$ the other day. i love the reddish colour of it, it's very lush. kevin and i then picked up some amazing roast beef kaiser sandwiches and homemade potato salad from the corned beef house for lunch before heading home to feast, so good. he spent some dough too and bought a new north face gotham parka because frankly it's winter here already. last night it even snowed, in october!!! last winter we had the most snow in years but it didn't start until late november, i hope this doesn't mean it will be worse this year.

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too cool for school

i'm off to urban, h&m and forever 21 with this look on my mind for a little retail love. check out le fashion an awesome blog where i found this photo. post more nyc stuff tonight, xoxo.

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