Alexander Wang at Holt Renfrew

Hi Friends,

Last Wednesday, I hustled over to Holt Renfrew at lunch-hour to meet the King of the Model-Off-Duty Look, the modern deity of luxe streetwear: Alexander Wang. The crowd was one of the best dressed I've ever seen, and attracted women of all ages, from teens to 60's, which just exemplifies just how universal his designs are. Alex was totally gracious, taking multiple pictures with whoever wanted them and introducing himself to everyone: "Hi, Nice to meet you! I'm Alex!", as if his biggest fans didn't already know that! Big thanks to Holt Renfrew for hosting the event, it was a great experience, and I'm really hoping there will be more like it in the future!

(T by Alexander Wang tank, Topshop trousers from Jonathan & Olivia, Thrifted granny shoes, Vintage Dooney & Bourke bucket bag from I Miss You Vintage - my most favourite recent purchase!)
xo E

running up that hill

Hi Loves,

I spent the day wandering up and down Ossington with my Mum. We finally got around to visiting the new Topshop at Jonathan&Olivia (of course I couldn't leave empty handed) and as always, found some great pieces on the racks at I Miss You Vintage. After many requests, I'm finally starting to put together a series of posts with my favourite spots in Toronto, so let me know what sorts of places you're interested in hearing about!

Wearing: Wilfred top, Lucky Brand scarf, H&M bag, Vintage shoes and Vintage velvet skirt, both from the third (and, sadly, last) 231 Hillsdale Ave. vintage sale last Saturday.
xoE

and you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind

(T by Alexander Wang dress, Vintage belt)

Also, thanks to Couture Fashion Mag for highlighting my blog this month. You can check out the way-too-kind things they had say here.
Hope everyone had an excellent weekend. xo E

summertime clothes / giveaway winner

No time to write a lengthy post today, the weather today is just too gorgeous to be wasted by sitting inside on a computer!

(Wearing: Talula Babaton silk dress, Winter Kate shawl (thanks Dani!), Wilfred belt, Vintage ring)

Thanks to all who entered the Erin Wasson x Low Luv giveaway (courtesy of DesignerApparel.com)! After entering all your comment and email entries into a random number generator, the winner of the Cross Necklace is:

Fashion Cappucino!!!

Congrats lady! I love your blog and I'll be emailing you for further details soon.

Thanks again to all of you for participating, and to DesignerApparel.com for the awesome giveaway.

xo E

low luv giveaway

My friends at DesignerApparel.com were kind enough to set up an insanely cool giveaway for Chic Heroin readers, allowing one of you to win the Cross Necklace by Erin Wasson's brand LowLuv! To enter, all you have to do is comment with your name and email address, and tell me one summer fashion trend that you love. Also, since those without Google accounts can't enter via commenting, feel free to send me an email to enter as well! Sorry to my lovely International readers, but the giveaway has been restricted to readers in Canada and the USA.

The contest will be open until Thursday, July 1st (Canada Day!) and the winner will be drawn randomly and contacted on Friday.

DesignerApparel.com is a great shopping search engine that carries hundreds of brands from Prada to Armani to Burberry, and, of course LowLuv! Check it out, and BIG hugs and thank you's to the lovelies at DesignerApparel.com for letting me give away such a fantastic piece.

xo E

"one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." -Hans Christian Anderson

As I type this post, the grey, rainy day has me wishing for the warm sun in these photos. The past few weeks have been full of nightmares and to-do lists, with intermittent rays of sunshine. With the G20 conference in Toronto this weekend, I'll be staying far, far away from my apartment downtown and (fingers crossed) sitting in the sunshine drinking lemonade in the riot-free suburbs.
As soon as I laid eyes on this Topshop romper, I knew it was mean to be mine, and since recently Topshop started shipping to Canada, I had it sitting in my closet a week later. Now, the wait time is even shorter, as Topshop has officially arrived at Toronto's Jonathan and Olivia boutique (49 Ossington Ave.). I haven't visited since the expansion, but I'd love to hear from any of you who have.

** A note on nail Minxing: I've gotten a lot of questions via email and formspring about my silver nails. Minxing is actually a sticker that is cut to fit your nail shape and then heated on to your nails, it's not a nail polish. Altogether, it cost about $50ish at Toronto's Heartbreaker Salon (889 Dundas St. W), which is, as far as I know, the only place that does Minxing (though Sephora now carries a kind of DIY Minx here.) It lasted about a week before the ends started to look worn. It looks great and was a ton of fun to have, but just as a warning, the ends are pretty rough and catch on fabrics, which is aggravating and, also, when I eventually did peel them off, my nails were pretty dead and unhappy looking, and it's taken me 2 weeks to get them back in shape. I'd get it done again, but not for a while. **

xo E

well how was I to know there was a party going on?

As promised, here are too many photos from my birthday party... Dress by Aryn K, Shoes by Jeffrey Campbell, Thrifted coat My amazing card made by the fantastic Lynsie that contained tickets to HOLE! I can't wait.

Blog regulars and best friends Syd, Zoe, Dani and Helen Best friend on the planet I got my nails minxed! They looked bionic - I felt like Lady Gaga.The back of Syd's fantastic outfit.My updo from the side, created with approximately one trillion bobbypinsAnnabelle and Lynsie

Also, since the LouLou feature came out, I've had to come clean to all my friends and family who didn't know about the blog (can you believe I've kept it under wraps this long?), so I wanted to say hello to the people in my life that are just starting to read this, and I hope you'll indulge me in my little narcissistic side project. I love you all very much.

xo E