Fatshion!

I have been reflecting a lot on body image recently. I don't know if Saturn is to blame, but I have been feeling really self-conscious, especially about my belly. Constant exposure to the fashion industry doesn't help and I set out to find images and blogs that would help me see myself as healthy and beautiful.


I had heard about this Lizzie Miller photograph in Glamour that caused an uproar and a call for more images that mirrored our realities (The November issue of Glamour responded with the photo below). Searching for these images led to an obsessive few weeks of scoping out all the fatshion blogs I could find.



I particularly loved the following blogs and have added them to my reader to keep myself inundated with beautiful pictures of real women's bodies. I hope you do, too!


Every Body is Beautiful - gorgeous fashion photos

Fat Girls Like Nice Clothes Too - full of sass and humour and real life

Young Fat and Fabulous - up on the latest fatshion news

Musings of a Fatshionista - intelligent reflections on fatshion news and outfit pics


Other incidents such as the Glamour shot indicate a changing of the tides: Mark Fast's decision to use plus-size models in his London Fashion Week show, fatshion icon Beth Ditto's line for plus-size clothing line Evans, the relaunch of SKORCH mag, and the outrage expressed over the photoshopped n' fired Ralph Lauren model debacle.

I have added a fatshion tag to the blog to keep track of designers, styling and news.

General 54's Fall/Winter line-up

I stopped in at General 54 recently, one of my favourite Montreal boutiques carrying Canadian-made goodies. They had painted and redecorated and it looked so great in there, I had to snap some pics of some of the great fall fashions they have in stock.


Like this ski-meets-tailored fashion top from co-owner Jennifer Glasgow's line:

Or this gorgeous grey top, also from Glasgow.


This Ramonalisa top is both slouchy and fitted in all the right places.

This gorgeous silkcreened linen dress is from the very-last-ever Nokomis collection.


This sumptuous sweater is brought to you by Anastasia Lomonova.

A gorgeous up-cycled creation from the one-and-only Supayana.

Nothing screams fall more than this red tartan blouse from Grob.


There was also much Birds of North America that I have been drooling over - but photos didn't turn out :(.

Street Stylin': The Wedding Wrap-Up

Wedding season has come to a close and as promised, here are some snaps of some outfits.

Wearing the Eve Gravel Melting dress at Danielle and Carl's wedding.


Accessorized with Melanie Favreau's As-tu-du feu? earrings, embroidered shawl, April Mayde hairpiece and heirloom brooch.


Wearing the Denis Gagnon purchased at Stylist's Own to Billy and Sandi's, accented with same earrings and brooch as above. Mila peep-toes from Cortina.


Bride Tanya is wearing a custom dress from Gloomth.


Anouk is wearing Montreal company Groggy.


Detail of Anouk's Groggy dress.


Anile wearing Anne Klein and some kick-ass black patent Guess heels.


Jenn wearing a Value Village find, La Canadienne boots and my Deborah Adams belt.


And I didn't forget the boys... they clean up rather well.


We found my partner-in-crime's much-complimented blazer five years ago at Value Village for $12.


Tanya and Steph had matching converse sneakers and Steph's whole lavender and plum outfit rocked the groom universe.

Montreal Fashion Week!

I wish I could cover Montreal Fashion Week for you but I'm busy meeting with buyers. But A La Mode Montreal has you covered! Check out their coverage here.

I will be posting wedding outfit pics soon!

Wedding Weekend

My dear, dear friend Danielle is getting married this weekend and in between memorizing my reading during the ceremony and building up my alcohol tolerance, I have been putting together my outfit.

I am wearing Eve Gravel's Melting dress in grey with made-in-Italy peep toe heels in navy blue from Mila purchased at Cortina (7100 St Laurent).

For accessories, I have fashioned a belt from a strip of black satin and my man's grandmother's brooch, gifted to me by his aunt, along with the silver cuff. For my hair, I am wearing the Victoria black lace hairpiece from Montrealer aprilMayde.

To stay warm during the autumn nuptials, I have a beautiful embroidered shawl given to me by my family.

Featured Designer: White Label

I discovered White Label this weekend at Puces Pop. This Montreal line is made here from biological, ecological and renewable materials. Available at Harmony Code and Unicorn Boutique.

I had my eye on two dresses in particular and ended up with both. When you try a dress on at a craft fair and Richard Perry of Arcade Fire says "Wow, nice dress" - you buy. And blush, cause you've had a crush on him since he worked at the AV department in the basement of the Fine Arts building at Concordia in 2001. Not that I'm keeping track or anything.



BTW, that is not me in the photos. I fill 'em out quite a bit more ;)

All Hail The Sale: STYLIST'S OWN!

I squealed like a kid in a candy store at the STYLIST'S OWN v.i.p. launch last night. The space, MW Salon on McGill in the old port, was a perfect and gorgeous backdrop to the racks of one-of-a-kind and limited edition items made by our local design talent. Delectable canapes enhanced the experience normally associated with xmas-time fights between parents at department stores over the last hot toy.

I was going to treat myself to one special piece and between the gorgeous belts, cuffs, vintage shoes, bags, coats, artwork and objects for the home I had my work cut out for me. I was secretly nursing a fantasy of me leaving the launch with a beautifully packaged designer dress made of random lengths of fabric draped about it.

I loved this gorgeous wool sweater:

And this buttery cropped leather jacket by Twenty8Twelve.


But last night my fantasy came true and I left carrying a beautiful black STYLIST'S OWN bag containing this maze-of-a-dress by Denis Gagnon, in grey. You can't see the back but there is a hood-type sheath of fabric that hangs from the shoulders revealing a triangular peek of the wearer's upper back.


Ok. Stop reading! Go to STYLIST'S OWN, starting today (Friday) and going until Sunday!

And then Fashion went POP!

We had a blast last night at Fashion Pop!

Congratulations go out to Angie of Norwegian Wood, who took home the cash prize and Le Chateau gift certificate.

The audience was decked out and Montreal-gorgeous, all the collections were strong and had their share of strange "I don't know what to think about that!" elements - it was everything one wants to see on the catwalk.

All pictures courtesy of the incredible ncbeets, who accompanied me as my photographer. Maybe next time Pop'll have reserved seating for fashion bloggers so we can give you better coverage ;)

My favourite from winner Norwegian Wood. I love the gorgeous layered shoulders on this jacket.


Flavie Le Chat, LeChat clothing


Rachel J Chan's Contradict line.


Emily Brunet's La Fete




Charlotte Edison's Girlfriend Material



Marie-Eve Emond's Betina Lou