Couldn't resist posting this beauty! From F21, has legit shoulder pads and sequined shoulders as well. The bracelet was also a gift, vintage. Love it! Reminds of the all that Chanel jade jewellery.
Earrings are from Aldo, have great love for them as well.
Got some really AMAZING stuff this Christmas, can't wait to share it with you all!
Just opened some Christmas presents early, and got some pretty sweet new headgear. Also hit up Aldo today... spent WAY too much on shoes and handbags, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.
New hats:
This one is vintage and so lovely! Can't wait to wear it in the spring time!
Been dying for a black sequined beret for ages now. Thanks Santa!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
No, not dead, just hella busy with work right now. Going to make use of our boxing day sale two days early tomorrow. I'm going to buy WAY more shoes than I could ever really wear.
Adios!
I went thrifting with Fashion on Edge today, and lucky her, she found a Christian Lacroix floor length dress! So cute! Anyways, today was the perfect day to debut my new wedges, so I paired them with leather leggings from Aritzia, and this thirfted blazer/cardigan thingy. Pretty stoked on my finds as well: A limey-safari green pleated United Colors of Bennetton skirt and new sunnies.
Aren't they GORGEOUS!?!?!?
I am DYING over these shoes! Can't get enough of them, and I wish the weather wasn't so crappy right now, and I could wear them everywhere. I feel like an amazon woman in them. I towered over everyone at work today. My friend was desperate to try them on, and low and behold, was wearing some neon green socks. Thought they looked in a weird way very cool.
Had to snap some pics!
SO IN LOVE.
In other news, I finally fit into this AMAZING vintage dress I've had for ages. Thinking.. new years? Will shoot tomorrow.
Busy busy busy! Work is hectic as ever. Today I finally had a day off to go Christmas shopping, but got ready in a rush, hence the random outfit.
Shall debut my newest shoe purchase this Thursday.
Random coat, shirt from the Gap, H&M pants, Aldo boots, Aldo bag
Never really been the type of person to say "Oh I wish it was this season or that season"
But I'm really missing summer right about now. Maxi dresses and iced americanos!
Anyways, here's a weird collage of random looks from SS2010 RTW that I enjoyed. Don't tell me I already know I'm awful at photoshop.
Looks from : D&G, Stella McCartney & DvF
all photos from style.com
SUPER EXCITING SHOE PURCHASE!!!!! Cannot WAIT to share this one! They're unbelievable!
Will post them this weekend!
Just headed over to weardrobe to post a look and realized i'd been featured! Thanks weardrobe! This is the second time, the first being the first look I ever posted, endless summer.
This just made my night!
And now I really will go to bed. Gotta get up early and tackle that closet.
Started tidying my room a bit. Suffice to say, I would be able to not do laundry for probably a good solid two years and still have enough clothes to wear a new outfit everyday. And all said clothes are currently on my bedroom floor. I would never NEVER get rid of any of them, but something must be done. My current closet situtation is not working for me. Needs to better organized and maintained by myself. Not enough shoe storage either, as you can well imagine. I want to pull an all nighter with this one, but that's stupid because I have work tomorrow.
Must... plan... new... clothes filing system??
If any of you have any tips or tricks you'd like to share, please do. I'm neck deep in cardigans.
My next purchases!? YES!
WOW. What a day! Just helped open our newest store today, and got totally re-energized about work! It was actually so much fun doing the visual presentation for the store! Hope to do something like that again soon!
Outfit from today:
Vintage leather jacket, UB cardigan, random white button down, hollister tank, skirt from UB, tights & boots from Aldo.
AND SO CHOKED! LOST MY FAVOURITE RING AT THE STORE TODAY!!!!!!
Let me know if you see it at any store, I know that it's carried by a few different companys, (great buyer's think alike?) just drop me an email!!
maisondechaussures@live.ca
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Yesterday's outfit. Boring/Practical. Picked up this sweater/cardigan from UB last year, and I wear it so much! Have worn it long and undone, casually knotted, as a wrap top, and belted like the picture. Great piece. Random shirt, skull rosary again, and my favourite boots.
Work is really hectic this week. Gonna try and update on Wednesday, if not before.
Night!
Uhhh me. Bought ANOTHER pair of shoes. But for $39.00, who can resist!?!?!
Gorgeous!
Today's oufit was another work one, but not quite as boring as usual.
Dress from the Bay, Jacket and belt from Charlotte Russe, Aldo ankle boots.
And yeah I know they look weird flipped up. What was I thinking!?!?!
And I have only ONE day off next week so posting might halt till I recover!!
Before I go to bed, and possibly BECOME my work ( that is for another post entirely. I work too much.) just wanted to share this song. Dunno how apple does it; always got the next best tune!
Another boring work outfit, but you gotta do what you gotta do. The next two/three weeks are going to be CRAZY busy for me, I'm going to try and update as much as possible. But don't worry, you'll see PLENTY OF ME in Janurary.
Thrifted white blazer, random scarf, Beloved Aldo boots
Just a quick question; I was checking out what browsers you guys use, and I see the majority is Internet Explorer. Don't EVEN get my started on why you shouldn't be using that medieval torture device of a browser, but anyways, does the blog look okay? I have no idea, I use Opera, which is probably the lesser of two evils, between it and Firefox.
Enough techno-babble.
Shoot me an email if you're having difficulties: maisondechaussures@live.ca
Another boring work day, but at least I remebered to bring my camera along! The only place to take a picture properly without being gawked at by people is on this little dock by the side of the river.
Anyways, to the outfit. Simple black dress pants, wide leg, cuffed at the bottom. Simple pointy toed black patent heels, very comfortable, my don't mess with me shoes. Not so simple turtle neck. It's actually really cool, it has cut-outs in the back and has a bunch of twisting and binding that reminds me of the SS10 Burberry Prorsum show. The twisting detail was fantastic. I have fallen pretty hard for the legging/pant things. I wonder if you could DIY it somehow? I saw a pretty sweet DIY of the skirts, very simply way to do it too, for the sewing impaired like me.
Anyways,
Inspiration:
Seriously! Those pants kill me!
Actual look:
I didn't get a good picture of the back detail because well, there were bra issues, and I just can't be walking around without a bra can I? And it was black, so.. you know... I didn't look TOO awful, although I'm sure it's like a huge faux pas, but it's work so, no biggie?
Top and pant both from Sirens, Aldo shoes
Thought I'd post a few comparisons between Aldo shoes and the luxary brands. Now, I know some people feel that it's wrong for companies like Aldo and Steve Madden to "knock-off" these shoe designs, but I have to say, not all of us have thousands of dollars to spend on luxary shoes. These companies produce a fine quality product at a reasonable price. It's not realistic to expect people to spend $1500 on a pair of studded sandals, and why should you, when you obviously couldn't anyways, when you can get a pair for $135? Givenchy and Alexander McQueen aren't losing any money, because the people who buy the knock-offs couldn't even afford the real thing. So in conclusion, I don't see what all the fuss is about. They're nice shoes, nice price. And most of them will be out of season next year anyways, so I feel better about spending $50 on them rather than $500.
Edit: I'd like to add as well, If I *did* have money to spend on designer shoes, I would, but obviously a $900 pair of YSL shoes is just way, WAY out of my price range. Would rather eat and have heat thanks.
So my 19th is fast approaching ( well not really... still have three months to go but...) and I've started looking for the prefect dress. A few options:
dress from Forever 21
dress from BCBG
Then of course, the major dilemma, what shoes!?!? I feel like I've been collecting them for ages, just for this moment!
So, I went Christmas shopping this afternoon, and fully intented to buy only for others, but how could I resist these beautiful rings at Forever 21? And the price, I must say, was amazing!
Love them seperate, love them together!
As promised, here are some more detailed shots of the coat. When I saw it, as well as this navy dress, I instantly wanted to put them together to re-create this classic Carrie Bradshaw look:
I love this outfit so much! If I haven't told you, and you haven't figured it out, I LOVE velvet. It's my favorite fabric. So imagine my delight when I found a velvet dress in my favorite colour (navy) to go with my coat!
Diane von Furstenberg trench coat, Gap navy velvet dress, Aldo shoes
Bored and messing around w/cross process
Anyways, bed, and then more on the dVf coat tomorrow!
And it started off so promising! Got to snap these outfit pictures before I left, was still riding high of my AMAZING find from the other day, and somehow, work drama manages to mess it all up. I still don't understand how some people can walk and talk at the same time with the crap they pull.
Anyways, todays outfit:
Thrifted mens plaid nightshirt, Aldo heels, UO beanie
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG TRENCH COAT!!!!!!!
AMAZING COAT, AMAZING PRICE, AMAZING AMAZING!!!!
More detailed post tomorrow!
Yeah, the coat made everything okay again. Magic!
Sooooo this is what happens when you watch Bruno and drink a bunch of tequila, weird random photo shoot at 12AM??
LOOOOOOOVE this H&M dress. I'm gonna shoot it again tomorrow with a slightly different look.
H&M dress, F21 jade necklace, random belt, Aldo sunnies, Aldo shoes (not pictured)
And no, I don't know why my face is so pale, yet my legs are super tanned?
Just another day at work, another boring outfit. If you can't tell, working takes up quite alot of my time, but at least it's an excuse to get dressed up at some point. I got these pants at Zara, ages ago, I think in August? Anyways, I love pairing them with white and black, and the rosary w/skulls gives it some edge that I really don't have.
Also... I bought the shoes. Who could resist? $37??
Thrifted pocket tank, Thrifted vest blazer, Zara snakeskin pants, Aldo boots, Aldo skull rosary
Quick question before bed, should I grab these shoes tomorrow? They're gorgeous, and super cheap, but I do have so many shoes....
Also, feel free to comment/shoot me an email@ maisondechaussures@live.ca
I'd love to hear from you guys!
So, for the longest time I've been w/o photoshop, which basically makes my life a whole lot more difficult, simply because, when I want to edit a set of photos, of various shots of my same outfit, obviously I want them to look the same, and not have the curves and levels be wonky in different photographs, it ruins the story of the photo set. So, I was using picnik, which I must say, is pretty great for single shots, and over editing and banners, but for minor colour and contrast adjustments to several photos, photoshop/lightroom is great.
The only downside is trying to make your own vingettes. Fuck smart objects.
Anyways, today was a hellish day at work, so mind the hair/sloppy outfit. Managed to take some photos on my break, hasn't been getting too dark around 4ish.
Wilfred cardigan from Aritzia, Cotton button down shirt from Aritzia, TNA leggings, Aldo boots, random scarf.
As I was saying, I went thrifting this morning and got quite a haul!
I got high waisted silk straight leg pants, which I have been craving for months, as well as a red polka dotted bubble skirt. A blue & white bird printed button down, and la piece de la resistance, a tiger print coat! So soft! So warm! Tres perfect!
Thrifted silk pants, Hollister tank top, Grey vest from Garage, Aldo buckle detailed ankle boots.
Thrifted tiger print coat, Thrifted bird print shirt, Thrifted polka dot bubble skirt, thrifted red velvet belt, Aldo blue suede shoes.
Woke up EXTRA early today to do some thrifting. Me before an americano misto = super basic/casual outfit. Super comfy though, this cardigan is AMAZING. It's one size fits all, and SO SO warm. If it had longer sleeves I could use it as a coat! I'll post my finds later today, found some pretty sweet stuff.
F21 cardigan, White v-neck from Garage, H&M drop crotch pants, Aldo leopard Lanvin knockoff flats, Aldo Marc Jacobs knock off bag, F21 ring.
