Ebay ♥ Brights

It's spring and I want to look like I could belong in one of Carmen Miranda's hats!

I like blacks and neutrals even though if you were to look in my closet, you would see a cornucopia of electric hues and crazy-ass prints. I stick to a simple colour palette but I just love colour and collecting pretty clothes and Ebay is a mecca for colour. Seriously, I love how I can type so many permutations of one colour and get so many results.

Take pink, for instance. You know how when you go into a store and you're looking for something specific but whatever you find just isn't quite the exact colour you want? When I do a pink search on Ebay, I usually do pink, coral pink, salmon, blush, fuchsia pink, neon pink, bright pink, rose pink and dusty rose. That way, no matter how specific my colour is, I'm sure to pass something that suits my meticulous pink needs.

Anyway, here are a bunch of cool bright-coloured items I've stumbled upon over the past few weeks, some of which are still up for auction.

thriftwares

 

Seafoam green suede leather minidress

SOLD for $183.49

 

 

Orange linen cotton top w/ cut-out back

SOLD for $51.00  

Noirohio Vintage

SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!!

 

Purple structured wool blazer

Bidding until Apr 03 @ 21:00 PDT

 

Salmon coral rayon blend high waist trousers

Bidding until Apr 03 @21:00 PDT

 

Plaid paper thin cotton button-shirt

Bidding until Apr 03 @ 21:00 PDT

 

Yellow drapey poly-rayon blazer

SOLD for $31.00

Funkin Junkie

 

Hot pink leather high waisted shorts

SOLD for $33.04

 

Cobalt blue silk high waisted shorts

SOLD for $41.00

I wish I could buy EVERYTHING but I'm going on vacation in May and I'm trying to be good and save my moolah. Money will come in handy when I want a massage on the beach or take a day-trip to the Mayan ruins.

J

Club Monaco

I have iLife again! Get ready for a barage of posts!

First up, some things I'm loving from Club Monaco. I just love the blush/dusty rose palette for Spring.

 Silk and modal Benni shirt, lace Anna skirt, silk Sonia scarf, leather Natalia shoulder bag, Chloe bracelets

 Silk Nadia shirt, silk Lindsay shorts, washed silk Iris bomber jacket, straw Cassidy hat

Washed silk Carine tank @ Shopbop

 Silk pleated Pamera skirt, fine knit Karinna cardigan

 

Fine knit Karinna cardigan and lace Anna skirt @ Shopbop 

Slouchy crepe Maggie pants @ Shopbop

J

Aritzia Tops

I finally got some items from Aritzia today with my employee discount. I wanted to wait until I got my first paycheck (ha! I've only been there a week and a half!) because I just did a make-up haul and bought a shitload of stuff on Ebay. But a few of the items I wanted were selling quickly so I decided to snap them up before they ran out of my size. Here are the two items I got:

 T. Babaton silk Georgette flounce blouse in cream

Central Park West silk blouse/shirtdress in black/beige.

I'm exhausted so I'm going to finish up the rest of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Both photos courtesy of Aritzia.

J

Aritzia Spring 2011

I started my work at Aritzia on Monday and I wanted to celebrate my first day with a few pieces from the new Spring collections but alas, the fashion show hasn't streamed yet so I'm linking to another blog that got its hands on some key pieces for the new season.

Check out a few sneak-peeks from Style + Substance. Brittany's spring picks include a lot of slouchy, over-sized tops (who can ever have enough black t-shirts?), army and cargo detailing, and the colour blush. I'm loving them as well.

I feel that everything by Wilfred is always a must-have piece, whereupon everything in their collection somehow feels essential to my wardrobe. God knows I can't own everything. The colour palette doesn't look too different from Le Fou by Wilfred's Fall/Winter collection but I'm not going to jump the gun here. I'm eagerly awaiting Aritzia's fashion show on Facebook, streaming live on Sunday, January 13th @ 5pm EST/8pm PST. Remember to like Aritzia on Facebook and you'll be able to see the collections front-row from the comforts of your own living room!

Hopefully I can start taking my own photos at Aritzia once I get settled in.

J

Bleed for Fashion

Since I couldn't sleep, I decided to marathon through every post on Lily's blog, Bleed for Fashion while eating toast. This blog is amazing. It's sparse, personal but not heart-on-the-sleeve torrential, has beautiful fashion-centric photos but isn't weighted down by dozens of similar looking photos of the blogger-cum-model, and it's especially effective because I see Lily as a swankier, better-dressed version of myself. (I'm a writer and have come to terms with the fact that I will never be wealthy in life, which is ok. I prefer insatiable desire to insatiable greed). We like the same brands, have the same styles, same hair, same dysfunctional personalities, same loves and same peeves, same attitude, and same views on life.....

And yes, I got all of that from an hour and a half's worth of blog-reading. All her outfits are A+ so instead of picking the highlights, I picked the looks that I'm craving for now.

Wilfred blouse

Gucci booties

Wilfred shredded tee

I'm LOVING this lavender colour and the amount of sheerness to the fabric!

American Apparel raglan top

Siwy sequin leggings

Stella McCartney mesh heels




































Nasty Gal leopard maxi skirt

American Apparel tights

Gucci ankle boot

H&M motorcycle jacket

Silence & Noise corsetry bra

Armor Jewelry body chain

Tom Ford sunglasses

Talula Babaton blazer

Le Fou by Wilfred blouse and pants

(I swear, I didn't just pick this outfit because I now work for Aritzia. I really love Wilfred's blouses and how Lily transforms the simplest light blouse into a badass outfit).

Alice + Olivia beaded crochet shrug

Alexander Wang tank

Citizens of Humanity jeans

Christian Louboutin ankle boots

Gucci sandals

Club Monaco blazer, shirt, sweater, and red tie

Christan Louboutin pumps

Christan Louboutin studded pumps
















Fabulous.

I kid about this girl being my doppelganger. I know nothing about her. I kid because I envy her shoe collection and her seemingly infinite supply of soft, slouchy t-shirts.

It's 7am now and it's about time for some more toast.

J