Inspiration

Fashion is my life. In one way or another, I make an effort to incorporate it into the everyday because lets face it - fashion is all around us. I find inspiration from people, places, things, you name it. Here I've listed some of the women that influence me.



MK and A have been idols of mine since a very, very young age. Holiday in the Sun anyone? Their style is always chic, effortless and unique. They have proven themselves to be more than just child-actors thrust into the spotlight at a young age. Today, they are one of the fashion world's most powerful duos.



Gwyneth Paltrow is someone who gets a lot of flak from the media and I have no idea why. The woman is an acclaimed actress, mother, designer and do-gooder. I adore her website Goop, which offers tips on everything from what to wear to what to eat to what to do to keep your lifestyle happy and healthy. To top it all off, Gwyneth has a wardrobe to die for. She always looks trendy while sticking to simple, everyday basics like blazers and skinny jeans.



And my all-time favourite. I had the pleasure and honour of meeting Diane Von Furstenberg a couple of weekends ago and she is just as gorgeous in person. She was so gracious and kind, taking a few minutes out of her busy life to speak to me. I was too shy to ask for a picture so I snuck a few while she was signing a drawing one of the girl's did of her. Such a surreal moment, one that I will remember forever.

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hello!

so it's 3 in the morning and I, in an attempt to put off sleep, have created this lovely blog.

I'm not quite sure why I decided to start a blog seeing as I have never done this before. ever.

Regardless, here I am!

I want to start with a story about me and my manic addiction/obsession with shoes.

Tonight I went to the mall on a mission after my sister brought home these AMAZING little eyelet leather booties for (and here's the greatest part) ... T-E-N D-O-L-L-A-R-S.

Now, you should know I am not a strong believer in or follower of God - but the moment the words "shoes" (and not just any shoes but seriously cute shoes!) and "ten dollars" were said in the same sentence I knew that there was some kind of higher power looking down on me, blessing me with a miracle.

Back to my story. I decided to check out the new store that I had given a passing glance while on my last top-secret--no-one-can-know-about-because-i-shouldn't-be-spending-money-on-shoes-right-now shopping trip.

I wanted to understand how one could purchase such a pair of shoes for such a price. I was intrigued by the mystery store that was apparently thisclose to simply giving away its products.

When I walked into the store I was blinded by huge black, red and neon yellow signs with the words shouting "50% Off All Sale Shoes". I remained calm. No need to get excited over something that most certainly had some kind of catch. I asked the salesgirl in a cool, calm and collected (yet slightly hopeful) voice: "is the sale an additional 50% off the last price?"

Yes, she replied.

Okay. My cool, calm and collected exterior was being attacked by my not so cool, calm and collected interior. My palms started sweating. My heart beat a little faster. I was so overwhelmed by the possibilities before me that I honestly did not know what to do. I looked up at the wall of shoes and immediately spotted a pair of black fringed platform sandals.

"canipleasehavetheseinan8and1/2?" I breathed to the salesgirl.

"we don't have 1/2 sizes in those ones"

"an 8 and a 9 then please?" slightly panicked at this point.

"sure, just let me run to the back"

When she brought back the shoes, I decided to start with the 9. Too big. Oh God. Okay, completely panicked at this point. I opened the box for the size 8 and slowly, delicately unwrapped them from the tissue.

"please fit. please fit. please fit. please fit."

Ladies and gentleman, in my first official post, may I present to you my newest addition to my ever-growing shoe collection:




please disregard the brutal photography. like i said - it's 3 in the morning.

so that's it for my first post. hoping it doesn't totally suck.

thanks for reading!