If You Have to Cry Go Outside

Hey all you lovely fashionistas.

I've been very sick the last while, so haven't been able to post much - that and my Macbook was once again in the shop. I will be attending luvngrace presents 'The Magic of bun' tonight for a short while, depending on how long I feel up for it. Including that I'll be posting about the Blanche MacDonald Fashion Design Graduate Fashion show and luvngrace presents 'Jacqueline Conoir Fall 2010 Collection' Fashion show in the next couple days. Today's update will be short and sweet, just to let you all know I'm still alive and fashionable.

I finally bought Kelly Cutrone's 'If You Have to Cry Go Outside and other things your mother never told you'. I emphasize finally because I've been a fan on hers and Peoples Revolution for years, and religiously watch 'Kell on Earth' - she reminds me of myself and someone I'd want to be in about ten years... even if that may be what some people call a 'witch', a 'bitch' or a 'cunt'.



This book was so fantastic, it's my new official guide to life - not only does Kelly share and express similar spiritualistic beliefs as me but she encourages having your own religion (taking parts of different religions that apply to you and your spiritual being and using them all together in your own way), which is something I've always done but always been contradicted by other people telling me 'you have to stick to one religion or this or that' and blah blah blah, of course I never listen to shit like that but it's refreshing to hear an extremely successful, middle-aged business woman and mother reinforce it.

Kelly kind of reminds me of a former boss I had, one of my favorite bosses and a boss a lot of people hated, but those were the people who didn't do their job, we're lazy and rude. The people she had mother/daughter relationships with were those who understood they were there to work but when time allowed they could be friends. For the record, I was one of the daughter-types to this boss, who is still like a work mother to me.

if you want a great book of advice, written in a real, no bullshit way... go buy If You Have To Cry Go Outside and other things your mother never told you for $29.50CAD, it's worth it. I'm gonna refer to this for years to come, thanks Kelly.

While you're out book shopping, grab the new AnOther... fantastic glossies as usual and a 32 page literary section featuring Bjork, Kate Moss and Régine (my favorites) among others.



new posts to come all week so stay tuned.

XXX
- the style whxre

I ♥ Your Style

Sushi, shopping, starbucks and a best friend you can't go wrong.

Today my girl Anise and I went downtown Vancouver for some retail therapy, I came home with some vintage orange round sunglasses, a black flower cocktail ring, 2 pairs of cross earrings, black fedora, some paisley sneakers, "50 Designers You Should Know" book and a denim button down... well at least I got one thing I really needed. I completely forgot I have my great-grandmothers mink stole & rabbit fur coat at home so the fur shopping has come to a hault for the time being or at least until I retrieve them, fall in love all over again and realize I need much more fur (or faux) in my wardrobe.


Wearing: Vintage knit (ebay), grey lace tights, knee-high stockings (AA), vintage black wedges, armfull of bangles, the black cocktail ring I wore out of the store & a cross necklace.

I just recently finished the book "I ♥ Your Style" by Amanda Brooks forwarded by Diane Von Furstenburg. It was quite good, a guide to finding your own style using real inspiration besides what we see in the ads everyday.


"Shopping in the world of high fashion can be a full time job (which presents a problem because you probably need a full time job in order to pay for it). Fashion today comes and goes more quickly than ever before, and it takes a trained and disciplined eye to follow and anticipate it's changes: from fashion magazine, to runway shows, to finding what you want, to getting on the waiting list for what you want, to returning things you don't want, to figuring out what to wear it with, to calculate weather it's worth the price. Just writing about it exhausts me. But I do it. I do all of the above. Because I love fashion. I am a total addict. I am a slave. And I enjoy it, it's thrilling, it's rewarding, and it's creative. That's the key. You can only be devoted to fashion if you enjoy the entire process. If you don't there are a million other ways to spend your time and money." - Amanda Brooks "I ♥ Your Style" excerpt from The "What to Look For" section of the 'Designer' chapter;



I really enjoyed this book, I didn't read it from beginning to end, however, which I later found out upon reading the first few chapters is more the way it's intended to be read. Flipping to the section that most appeals to you. I started in the middle and pretty much jumped around the whole book, but it was a great read. It did have a lot of things I already knew, but a different outlook on things plus some things I honestly never knew. I'd definitely suggest giving this book flip through whether you're a fashion junkie or style newbie, I picked up mine at Urban Outfitters but I know amazon sells copies too.



I'm off to have some wine, watch some films & visit space,
have a great evening, loves.

XXX
-the style whxre