Favourite Online Shops

Hi everyone,

So in all honestly, my name is Emily and I am an online shopping addict.  Over the years, I have compiled quite a list of my favourite online shops and I thought I would share with you which shops I love.  I'm pretty sure some of these shops have actual stores.  Also, I do go through Wanelo to online shop a lot of the time so I just thought I would quickly mention it.  So let's get started my fellow online shoppers.

TOBI

The first online store is Tobi.  Tobi is a great site and they have new arrivals every day which are always 30% off.  New members at Tobi get 50% off their first purchase and there are always sales on the site (Currently 40% off sitewide with the discount code December40).  The clothes are extremely in style and from what I have ordered, good quality.  They also carry brand names like Doc Martens so if you want shoes for 50% off Tobi is a great site.  Not to mention free shipping internationally.

Nasty Gal

Nasty Gal is one of my favourite sites.  The clothing is a bit more expensive however, the quality and design make the price worth the item in my opinion.  I am in love with the designs on this site.  They have a great variety of all clothing and I can spend hours going through this site.  They also have a great (but quite expensive) vintage selection on their site.

ASOS

Asos is probably my favourite online store.  The sale section is a great place to find high end brands (including my personal favourite - Wildfox) at a relatively discounted price.  Also the selection on this site borders on insanity.  Shipping is free internationally I believe as well.  Asos is based in the UK so it has many English brands like Primark that you cannot find anywhere else including their own brand Asos.  Definitely worth a look at.

Sabo Skirt

Sabo Skirt probably has my favourite designs out of all the online shops.  The only issue I have with Sabo Skirt is that shipping takes quite awhile as it is based in Australia.  Thankfully, in recent months, Sabo Skirt has places a $10 flat rate on all international shipping orders with free shipping over $150 ($50 if you are in Australia).  The clothes are decently prices and good quality and the designs are very original and trendy.  They always have new arrivals as well!

Jac Vanek

I rarely order from Jac Vanek but I absolutely love their clothes.  They are quite different and funny with quotes like "I Hate Everyone" on the back of vintage flannel but I am in love with 80% of the clothes on the site.  However, the reason I order so rarely is because the clothes are expensive but the shipping can cost more than the clothing itself.  I usually wait until Jac Vanek has a promotion so I don't end up paying $89 for shipping.  The clothes are all very unique (for the vintage clothing you'll be the only one who has it) and cute and the quality is good as well. 

So I can go on forever about online shopping but I feel like now that you have a good enough range you can start your massive spending spree with all the holiday money you will get this year.  I hope you enjoyed this post and I feel like there will be a sequel to this post in the New Year (I am a self-confessed online shopping addict).  I love you all so much and thank you so much for reading xx. 

Insta-Fashion

Hiii everyone, 

Unfortunately, my dad has gone away on vacation and has taken my camera so lately I've been doing my Style Diary pictures on my phone.  I think this will continue throughout my blog as it is easy to do and sometimes I just don't have enough time to take actual pictures so mirror selfies are always the answer.  So here are a few looks from my iPhone.

Shirt: Wilfred - Aritzia

Pants: Zara

 Shoes: Hibou - Little Burgundy

Shirt: Wifred Free - Aritzia

Cardigan: TopShop

Skirt: Brandy Melville

Socks: TopShop

Boots: Hibou - Little Burgundy

Top: Wilfred - Aritzia

Jeans: TopShop

Jacket: Zara

Boots: Hibou - Little Burgundy

So those are three of my latest outfits I hope you all enjoyed this post.  I am so sorry for the quality of the pictures but it's the best I could do under the circumstances.  I hope to have another personal post for you guys to see very soon and a bunch of outfits as the holidays are coming shortly (meaning more weekly outfits as I do wear a uniform at school).  Thank you so much for reading and I love you all xx

Style Diary: Dad's Birthday Dinner - November 20th 2013

Hiiiii, 

So a few weeks ago, my family went out to dinner to celebrate my dad's birthday.  Since I did dress decently (and not in all black for once) I decided to take pictures (that were not mirror selfies amazingly) of my outfit of the night.  I actually really liked this outfit so I will probably recreate it switching up some pieces.  It was inspired by a picture I saw of Lily Collins which, if I can find I will attach at the end.

Kimono - Zara / Tank Top - Garage / Leather Leggings - Wifred Free Aritzia

Shoes - Madden Girl

The picture of Lily Collins I got inspiration from:

So that is it for my quick outfit of the night.  I hope you all enjoyed this post and I am thinking of doing more celebrity inspired outfits since I am always on Tumblr.  Amazingly enough, I have never recreated a look from my all time favourite style icon Alexa Chung.  Unfortunately, I dress too much like Wednesday Adams rather than take daring risks like Chung.  Thank you for reading and comments on anything are appreciated.  Looooveeeee ya xx

Style Diary: Extremely Delayed Halloween Outfit

Hiiii everyone,

So even though Halloween was nearly a month ago, I did still want to share my homemade costume with you guys mainly because I really wanted to remember the tedious hours I spent making this costume.  Plus, this ties into the more personal aspect of my blog that has been missing recently mainly because I don't take my blogging camera out with me but I usually use my iPhone which unfortunately has lower picture quality.  I guess I have to suck it up and post my iPhone pictures or start remembering to charge my camera.

Ballerina Top - Garage / Tutu - Handmade (Tulle and Elastic from FabricLand) / Socks - TopShop / Shoes - Converse (Little Burgundy) / Flower Crown - BeauxBoutique

I don't know if you can tell from my picture but for Halloween me and a few friends decided to be fairies.  I did have a wand at school but somehow I managed to lose it throughout the day.  I would have worn wings but for those of you who do not know going through crowded high school hallways with wings is the definition of a nightmare.

So that was my school Halloween costume.  I hope you all enjoyed this post and I do have an actual style diary with a genuinely nice outfit (HINT: it's not all black???).  So even though this is extremely late, what were you for Halloween if you dressed up?  Thanks for reading, looove ya xx

Sweater Weather Tag!

Hiii everyone!

So today I have a quick tag post since it is my favourite season Autumn, and it is getting colder I figured I should do this tag before it snows where I live.  Now everyone is obsessed with sweater weather (which I alternatively call Leather weather because let's be real... I have a deep love for leather jackets) so I thought this tag would be appropriate and fun to do.  It also gives me a break to better plan my outfits since I have been getting lazy on the weekends recently (I do have my Halloween costume coming up next week even though its really delayed!!).  I'm just going to shut up and get into the questions.

1. Favorite candle scent?

There's a brand called Fringe and their candle in Rose Cassis is my favourite all year round however I do love Bombay's Jasmine Vanilla and the White Company's Wild Mint.

2. Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?

Definitely tea, but now that it's red cup season I can't avoid my love for Peppermint Hot Chocolates at Starbucks.

3. What's the best fall memory you have?

I honestly cannot choose one, Autumnal season is always the funniest for me because it's not too cold or too hot so I usually go out every weekend and to choose one memory would just not be right.

4. Which makeup trend do you prefer: dark lips or winged eyeliner? 

DARK LIPS!! I was actually going to make a post about this but I adore dark red lipstick I think it looks amazing on and I recently purchased Dark Side by MAC and I am so in love with it.  I am also quite bias because I cannot evenly wing my eyeliner for the life of me.

5. Best fragrance for fall?

Once again, I do not really change my fragrance according to season mainly because I do not like muskier scents or cinnamon so right now I have been using Daisy Eau So Fraiche by Marc Jacobs.

6. Favourite Thanksgiving food?

Since I'm Canadian Thanksgiving was already in October for me.  My mum hates turkey so for Thanksgiving we usually just have prime rib but honestly I would take prime rib over turkey any day.

7. What is autumn weather like where you live?

It would be fair to say the weather this year is very undecided.  We're getting into the negative degrees lately so it is quite cold but there are weeks where it hits mid 10's.  

8. Most worn sweater?

I have way too many sweaters to choose one but I would say my Wildfox jumper or my black jumper from TopShop which I surprisingly do not think I have ever featured in a blog post.

9. Must-have nail polish this fall?

I love black nail polish for Autumn, the one I use now is by Barry M but this year, since I wear a lot of black clothing I've been loving dark red or burgundies, the one I usually wear is OPI's We'll Always Have Paris.

10. Football games or jumping in leaf piles?

Jumping in leaf piles no doubt about it.

11. Skinny jeans or leggings?

If I'm going out black skinny jeans!

12. Combat boots or Uggs?

Honestly, I am guilty of wearing Uggs but I hate them but no my animosity towards how ugly they are will not compromise the comfort I get while wearing them.  However, I live in my Doc Martens so can I be difficult and go with my Docs?  Also I'm currently obsessed with Chelsea boots!

13. Is pumpkin spice worth the hype?

I personally don't like pumpkin flavoured items...

14. Favourite fall TV show?

Awkward, hands down.  I am madly in love with Matty McKibben you have no idea.

15. What song really gets you into the fall spirit?

There's not one song that reminds me of Autumn that I listen to every year but I've been Luv, Don't Hold Me Down by the Drowners for this whole season!

So that's it for my post today!  I tag everyone who reads it to do this in the comments or even on your own blog even though you don't need to be tagged to actually do tags - down with social constructs.  I hope you all enjoyed and until next time with my very delayed Halloween costume a month after Halloween is over.  I'm so sorry that I have been so consumed in my social and academic life lately!  Love yoooou! xx

All Black Everything!

Hiiiiiiii everyone,

So black is back and better than ever and I for one could not be any happier!  This fall and winter season, all black outfits are the new trend.  I love wearing all black and I have a bit of an unrealistic goal to make my whole wardrobe all black (who am I kidding I love burgundy and navy too much) but a girl can dream.  This Autumn term the trends include a whole lot of black leather, sweaters and denim.  Excuse me as a shriek with approval.  Black is THE colour (or shade for all you colour snobs).  It's simple yet it's always fashionable and sleek.  Honestly, I could not be happier with this trend because in my case it's basically a life style.  Below are some cool street style dressed in black, head to toe, looks that i found browsing Tumblr.

So that's just a little update on the newest old trend.  A lot of my new style diaries are going to involve a lot of black since I do wear quite a lot of neutrals now (I essentially live in black and white currently).  I hope you all enjoyed this post and love that black is back because I could not be any happier. Thank you so much for reading.  Love yoooou xx

Style Diary: Leather Leggings

Hiiiii,

So sorry I haven't been able to update recently.  My life has been crazy busy trying to juggle senior year, univerisity applications, assignments and a social life.  Today I managed to come home a bit earlier than usual and decided to take a few pictures of my outfits.  My friends had a little music gig that I was invited to watch so I took this opportunity to wear my beloved (faux) leather leggings that you will probably see featured in many blog posts since I'm obsessed with them.  I highly doubt y'all read these little blurbs anymore so on with the pictures...

Top: Old Navy // Cardigan: TopShop // Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs

Leggings: Wilfred Free - Aritzia // Shoes: Madden Girl

So that is my little style diary for today.  I hope you liked this post and let me know how you style leather leggings because I always have trouble when it comes to styling these.  If you're looking to buy a pair of faux leather pants I would for sure suggest these, they are so comfy - even though they're pricey - I think they were well worth the money.  Thank you so much for reading I appreciate it so much.  Until next time, xx.