Tokyo Fashion - Very Addictive

I've always had a bit of a secret fascination with Japanese people - Their styles, their doll-like features and their forward fashion, which looks kind of like something from a future style universe that the rest of the world hasn't been let in on yet.

One of my favourite websites at the moment is Tokyo Fashion.com - It is an online magazine that follows the ever changing fashion styles in Tokyo, Japan. My favourite section is the Street Photos, which are just photo's taken of everyday people about the town. Adorable!

Couture Fashion Week - Christian Dior

On my way to work this morning whilst skimming through the pages of the daily Metro Newspaper, I was greeted on the cover by a particulary gorgeous, elegant lady, modelling a divine red dress from the new Christian Dior Spring 2011 Collection as part of the Haute Couture Fashion Week happening in Paris. I don't pretend to know much about fashion, but the collection made me think of 1930's and 40's glamour and themes of that nature.

Turning a little green with envy and feeling a little sadly superficial for said envy, I couldn't help but think to myself what a life it must be to be part of the high class fashion world- to actually know what it feels like to have only the most lush materials available wrapped around your body, to receive invites to the finest runway shows around the world, to actually know what terms like Haute Couture mean without having to look them up on google.

Ah, where would we be without our day dreaming...

Fast Times at Lee's Palace

Since it was Saturday and everyone at the Blue Bird Inn was feeling fantastic, we decided to head on over to Lee's Palace on Bathurst and Bloor. Lee's Palace is somewhat of an iconic bar in Toronto, one that I have been told on numerous occasions since moving here that I should really check out. It's also where they filmed some of the battle of the band scenes in Scott Pilgram vs The World- bit of a fun fact for you.

So after a few drinks at home to warm our bones, we ventured into the outside cold and marched on to the Palace. From what I could tell, there's two floors, one with bands playing and the other with a dance floor and a DJ- the latter of which we spent most of the evening jitter-bugging up a storm. Was a very nice way to spend a Winter's Saturday evening indeed!

The Unveiling

After a quick relapse in my memory this morning as to why I had had trouble getting comfortable for most of the night- I happily jumped out of bed to see how my pin curls had developed.

And now for those of you just as curious as I was, come with me for the unveiling...

Phase 1- I removed all the bobby pins to let loose all the springy curls

Phase 2 - The Brush Out, terribly frizzy at first- I was a little scared

Phase 3 - Slowly taming the curls a wee bit

Phase 4 - After an abundance of hair spray, the curls sit a bit better

Final Phase - So my first pin curls came out a little messy & frizzy, a little more Orphan Annie then Marylin Monroe, but I was still pretty pleased.

Stay tuned for my next Hair Adventure - Veronica Lake Locks!

Pin Up Mission for Moi

This cold Thursday Night I have decided to try and curl my hair using the method of Pin Curling- think 1940's glamourous movie stars. The instructional video I came across on Youtube advised that you leave the pin curlers in to set over night- so now I wait anxiously until the dawn comes to see how my first time pin curls turn out. I shall show you all the results when the sun rises over Toronto tomorrow. Ooooo Exciting!

Think along the lines of something like this as to how I'm hoping it will even slighty resemble

They Sure Make a Lovely Couple Don't They

Give Me Wings

Whilst I was at the airport recently waiting by the gate for the plane to start boarding, I was watching the pilots as they walked past me- all sharply dressed in their dashing uniforms. But what caught my eye even more then their adorable pilot caps was the 'wing' badges they wore pinned to the lapels of their jackets.

Quite spellbound by the very power these badges seem to send off, these badges after all mean these people have the ability to fly, I have decided I would like to find a pilots badge all for myself- Preferably one worn at one stage by an actual pilot. And so the search begins, wish me luck!