MADNESS

MADNESS

Exam week may be over, but that doesn't mean there isn't any madness still lingering in the air! Aside from post-exam-trauma and a new semester, there was also this insanity about two weeks ago called the "All You Can Wear" sale over at one of Winnipeg's vintage stores, Ragpickers.

The rule was simple: $20 + 20 minutes + everything you could physically put on yourself, you got to keep. Any idea alluring enough to make perfectly sane people stand in line in outside in -30 deg. Celsius weather and then battle it out for some vintage goodies is fine by me, and so off we went! Try to see if you can find my little cameo ▲▲▲ in this short video of the sale... (hint, I'm the loser with three hats on her head)

But basically, it was the craziest 20 mins of my life, but it was all good fun and I'm sure my buds and I will all be back next year:)


Wearing pretty much all thrifted items (yes, even these studded cowboy boots!) and the vintage fur hat from Ragpickers.

STILLSEPTEMBER

STILLSEPTEMBER

With the weather being uncharacteristically warm this week , I decided to do a photoshoot outdoors with the stunning Erin and enjoy the nice fall weather. Styled with everything vintage/thrifted, with the exception of the AA shorts.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

TEXTURE+COLOURGALORE

TEXTURE+COLOURGALORE

What's a girl to do when presented with a fresh new canvas in the form of this body-hugging little black dress? That's the question I asked myself when I was contacted by AKIRA Online to participate in a little blogger contest. Whoever wears it best gets a gift certificate to their online shop, and so I was more than eager to try my hand at styling this fab dress.

Add a splashy printed jacket, some glittery tights, my favourite new furry hat and I'm ready to go! Wish me luck, lovers;)


wearing an LBD courtesy of AKIRA online, random tights, vintage jacket, vintage faux fur hat.

FALLBACK

FALLBACK

thrifted tee, sirens liquid look leggings, vintage shoes, vintage mink coat.




UGH. My days are now loaded with tons more homework and barely any fun, and so imagine my delight when I sulk into the nearest thrift store to find this fantastic Harley-Davidson tee and the most amazing vintage fur coat--all in one day!

BUT ANYWAYS. I know it's a very controversial thing to wear fur now a days. Lots of people have issues with the unethical treatment of animals (ehem) when it comes to making fur coats, and you know what--I get that. I know animals should be treated respectfully to an extent...So why am I wearing fur?

For starters, it's vintage. In my opinion, vintage fur is a fashion grey area. It was made decades ago, and so it would mean that by buying vintage I am not killing animals, but rather recycling and saving animals from being slaughtered today. Imagine...it takes several pelts to make a single coat, if everyone bought (or inherited) used furs that would mean saving saving thousands of animals today.

Of course, I know that by wearing fur (whether vintage or faux) one could still argue that I support the slaughtering of innocent animals, and that critiques like that are pretty much inevitable. But I also know that everyone has rights to their own opinions and their own definition of "ethical". I'm just stating my personal point of view, and if you don't exactly agree, that's fine. Just please don't leave me rude comments about yours.