My latest discover has been fredflare.com, and from that emerges this darling Paul Frank log backpack, complete with a miniature plush ax. Wear with your favourite flannel to complete the lumberjack look for fall.
If I didn’t look like a complete idiot, I’d sport it. Anddd..you?
> image from fredflare.com

I don’t have the attitude and/or confidence to ever pull this off…without a perpetual grimace or ridiculous expression on my face. Do you? If so, I want to meet you. Now.
This is the descriptor from Old Navy:
“When it comes to style, just wing it. Bright butterflies adorn soft, lightweight cotton knit.”
And wing it they did! Would you wear it?
> images snagged from oldnavy.com

You were applied to baggy sweaters, atrocious bottoms, and you were heavily overexposed and capitalized on. I’m speaking of ombre, the fadey gradient pattern that we’ve seen revive itself within the last season, in all forms. Although it made me nostalgic and brought back memories of middle aged school teachers, I think it’s time to bid adieu to ombre, in as sombre fashion as we can manage.
Onwards and upwards!
> images courtesy of shopbop.com

Wrestling with cell phone housing and destroying two buttons is worth it. Especially when the housing doesn’t work as well as you thought, and is designed so poorly that a third button becomes a casualty, all for the name of style.
My phone blows for now, but getting rid of the 2 inch crack across my screen makes it all worth it. Check the semi-pimped, urbanebloc-brand-inclusive phone that I’m now toting.
Does anyone know a good cell phone repair man?

If you’re a hardcore Torontonian (that can’t help but complain about the city on an ongoing basis, but still love it), then you’ll know what kind of relationship we have with the transit here. This past Friday some orange friends and I hung out at the Distillery District. While for the most part the boutiques there weigh in at the hefty price-tag end of the scale, we managed to happen across distill gallery and I purchased a resin-based bracelet with subway stations etched into it, by the artist Leslie Jones. …

This is for a good laugh - Sanuk Sandals (hey, what’s with this blog and seemingly obscure sandals?) was brought to my attention from my comrade Paul. What’s so distinctive about this puppies? Well their landingpage spokesperson is a grade-A hippie and/or green-smoke lover, and several of their offerings resemble burlap sacks (which they refer to as “SideWalk Surfers“). Aside from the overbearingly awkward design, it would come as a surprise that this things actually aren’t cheap, sitting at a price range of $40 (for sandals) to $55+ for the …

“But I was told it was $7.50.”
“Well it’s $7.95. It’s not that much of a difference,” the drycleaner retorted.
“It adds up - when you dry clean a lot.”
“Well, life is getting expensive,” the foreign lady said woefully.
Clothes are expensive enough, but maintaining them is becoming a nightmare. Thoughts?

Word. Nothing like cackling over some ludicrous fashion trend line, where every piece in the line is a mash-up of confusion and pattern, and appropriated obscure and not-so-obscure urban phrases / references.
Official Tourist brings a whole new meaning to cheesy - with a website enhanced by silver chains and gold lettering, the old school graphic car with its trunk popped open is only an afterthought.
Dressed as a gangster’s haven, the Official Tourist website displays prominently each of their “hoodie” products (they’re literally just…hoods). With favourites like “Brown Bunny” and “Big …

Supposedly LL Cool J is back in a big way according to Sears, as the company has sponsored him to design his own mass-clothing line to allow Sears to appeal to an “urban demographic”. The company firmly believes that “LL Cool J for Sears” (the actual line name by the way) will hold great growth opportunity.
Apparently Sir LL Cool J thinks that having a wife and three daughters will suffice for understanding the female target demographic. Yes sir, we girls love our ghastly graphic T’s to fit snug and …

Ever since Kanye sported whacked out sunglasses in his “Stronger” video, I’ve seen these awkward plastic frames with slits absolutely everywhere. Though they offer virtually no functionality - these plastic frames are used to play up an outfit with sparks of wild neon colour. With varieties like metallic, glow-in-the-dark, with and without lenses, and multi-coloured varieties, Kolorshades is a full-fledge offering of this fly-by-night trend.
The thought of having shades where you can see my pupils makes me cringe (or squint really hard) - stop with the faux glasses!

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