Shop 'Til You Drop

Hey Loves!

As I mentioned in my last post, last night I participated in Lou Lou Magazine's Shop 'Til You Drop. My best friend Dani came along with me and we had the BEST time. The energy in the air was awesome, and the events were buzzing. Lou Lou had asked me to tweet along with the event, so thank you to all my Twitter followers for bearing with me for multiple tweets, and I hope you'll bear with me again for a tonne of pictures from last night.Our first stop was BCBG where we lusted after accessories of all sorts, the jewellry, the shoes, the bags. They had hair stylists from John Frieda doing hair touch ups and amazing gift bags with purchase. I loved the outfit of one of the BCBG girls.

After BCBG we moved on to Jacob which had a great refreshment bar, a photoshoot station AND a candy bar, which was clearly the highlight of my night. After Jacob, we stopped into Gap where I bought some sunglasses, and then we moved on to Town Shoes, where there was a dj, a wine bar and a vodka bar, and I bumped into Dejana from Shopsterium. I loved the lady-like leopard print bag. The Joe Fresh pop up shop was clearly the most popular venue, with lines down the block, I was so appreciative for my vip pass! The new fall collection is so great, there were so many pieces that I loved. The highlight was definitely meeting Joe Mimran, Mr. Joe Fresh himself, who stopped in to the store and talked to all the attendees in line. We stopped briefly at Winners where I picked up a pair of SS09 Stella McCartney's and got our very own Lou Lou covers taken. We had such a great time, I can't wait till next year! xox E

pursuit of happiness

This past summer,

1. Dressed up as a Proper Lady in Palm Beach, 2. Souffle (my favourite) at Morton's, 3. Dani and my crimpy hair at Rihanna, 4. & 5. Our vintage sale, 6. & 7. Lynsie and I at the Courtney Love concert, 8. Adrien the Doritohead 9. Paintings in Palm Beach, 10. & 11. Windy cab rides, 12. I would move to America for their grocery store Goldfish aisle alone.

*** On Wednesday evening, from 5-9 I will be live tweeting during LOULOU Magazine's Shop 'Til You Drop Event! A bunch of stores on Bloor Street West (including BCBG, Jacob, Winners, and a Joe Fresh pop up shop, to name a few) will be participating in the event, offering discounts and lots of activities, almost like a mini Fashion's Night Out! I would love if all my Toronto and GTA readers would come out for the event! All you have to do is head over to the website, sign up and then RSVP to all the events. I'll be stopping into all the participating locations and tweeting about what's going on, so follow me and, if you're attending, tweet at me and also make sure to introduce yourself! I'm really excited, it's going to be an awesome night! ***

alphabet suit

On Monday night, my friend Lynsie and I attended the launch party for Michael Bastian's new line with Gant at the Harry Rosen Toronto flagship. I wore a vintage Donna Ricco dress (that I call my alphabet soup dress), Sam Edelman boots and a Marc Jacobs purse. The dress was a hit, even with my cab driver who asked "is that a Gucci? It looks expensive." Well, no it isn't and no it wasn't - I picked it up at World Thrift in Palm Beach for FIVE dollars.

After the party, Lynsie and I held our own afterparty catching up on the latest magazines at Maison de la Presse, the best magazine store in Toronto. Check out Ron Wan's blog for some awesome videos of the event. He compared me to Lily Cole, which was very flattering, though maybe a bit of a stretch.

Also, this is my 100th post! I still can't believe how far Chic Heroin has come - thank you so much to my readers and friends who are always so supportive and lovely.
xo E

Korova Milkbar

Hi All,

So, this is the cloak I mentioned a few posts ago. It is warm, and has the perfect oversized hood and is basically just the best thing that has ever happened to me. I wore it out last night and got so many compliments from guys and girls. Some guy ask me where I got my cloak from, and then for my number. My navajo cloak brings all the boys to the yard and they're like, it's better than yours...

Cloak by Audrey Cantwell, check out her awesome Etsy shop here. Love these shorts that I ordered from Pixie Market, too. Check them out here.
Last night was the birthday party for one of my best friends (and Chic Heroin regular) Zoe. It was really low key and so much fun, which was a refreshing change from the theatrics of birthdays past (read: mine). We hung around at Zoe and her boyfriend Alex's place and then to the Korova Milkbar on College St. I already posted some of these to Twitter, but I thought I'd upload them here too.

Hope you all had a great weekend! xo E

goodbye summer days

Today was my last day before moving back to Toronto for good. Everything in my world and the Twitterverse is buzzing with Toronto International Film Fest, store openings, FNO, New York Fashion Week... tonight is the calm before the storm of next week's excitement. I should definitely be sleeping because today was mayhem, and tomorrow will be worse. We went for a walk by the lake after lunch today and I could definitely feel the fall chill in the breeze. Summer is over, baby.

Wearing thrifted romper, belt and sweater, Zara boots.

xo E