Hang Onto Your Helmuts

Hang Onto Your Helmuts by clelan featuring fringe handbags
Helmut Lang that is! These pieces are so interesting. I loved trying to figure out what accessories to pair them with. The clothing is all Helmut Lang, and the accessories a a variety of names. What a wonderful husband/wife collaboration, Nicole and Michael Colovos are a match made in heaven.

knit one pearle two....

Chunky, sleek, bright, neutral, patterned, solid, handmade, homemade, local made, anywhere made! Knits are HERE.
I will just say I love them. There is something so comforting and cozy about a big chunky knit.
I especially love the ones Prada sent down the runway this fall!

These Leggings are just too cool! I can't even deal with it. I want some of the less pricey American Apparel ones!

This sweater is just so grandpa! and the matching pattern in the skirt seems so wrong, but its not!

Layers of knits on top of each other in different textures is absolutely divine in my opinion, I want to feel like a cozy animal but look fabulous too!

Ok, back to annotated bibliography and the likes.
Night Y'all

someone's in the kitchen with Dina, someone's in the kitchen I know

OH DINA!
Is a gorgeous, amazing, wonderfully exciting company that sells hair accessories. I am talkin' headbands with big bows with feathers and mesh, metal flowers, more feather like things that I m not exactly sure what they are, basically they are a mishmash of stuff, on your head. I LOVE IT.
          
                                                             www.ohdina.com

The designer's name is Nicole McInnis who grew up on the coast of Nova Scotia, her studio is based in Toronto, and her pieces are sold all accross Canada. The pieces look vintage, but with a modern quirky twist. There are pieces like headbands with bows, or feathers, or swirly creations. Clips like the one I got that have a bit of everything, and those darling little vintage hats with the mesh and feathers that are oh so elegant. Her materials include vintage birdcage veiling, millinery horsehair braid, and feathers. All pieces are handmade, and no two are exactly alike.

I just got back from the trunk show, I got this amazing headpiece that I am going to wear allllllllll the time. I want to go back for a braided horsehair black bow headband with jewels and a metal flower that I died over.

Here are the pictures of my new toy... :)

That would seem to be it. I am pretty excited about it. I was writing my latest sociology assignment and got distracted. WOOOO <3 Go do something productive, like make your mom a mother's day card
xo
clare

AnnaBCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSuiTUVWXYZ.....

Its spring for serious now my darlings.
It really truly is. I mean it, can't you hear the birds a chirpin' and the gleeful shouts of children (and my expressions of gaiety at the resurface of GLEE.. <3 ) of course you can hear it what am I talking about. Silly me. I decided, in honour of the turn of the season, I would explore a little world I like to call Anna Sui.
WHAT A WOLRD IT IS! full of mixing patterns, and fabrics and general wildness that I adoreeeee.
The spring 2010 ready to wear that came out in September of 2009, it was full of butterflies, stars, flowers metallic and shiny, sheer fabrics. Tassels on shoes and magnificent details were quite prominent as well.

The first look in the collection was fantabulous. Floral and military cape? yes please. Just so contrasting yet cohesive. You can't tell its a cape until she turns around and walks away. Sweet deal.
The one to the right, well its just, it is. It has a cat! on a sweatervest. The pattern is really jazzy and the close up of the wrist adornment is quite intriguing, it has circles cut out and then the metal stuff is in there and whatnot. Basically, i'd wear it.

Anna Sui has the craziest pattern mixing ever. I adore it. Its kind of twisted sometimes I find though. Unbelievably awesome, but twisted. Like in this show, the shiny black stars on purple next to black stars on blue, or this little combo of a million things. I love that the more you stare at the middle of the dress, the more it seems to move and twist and spin and gah optical illusions!!!
The tights are also fun, you could use them as a method of judging the appropriateness of your skirt length. Oh the stripes are showing, better change for work.
See Anna is functional AND fashionable. Best of both worlds. The penny loafer/moccasin things have these cool butterfly..? things on them which I think are just the cutest thing.





The shoes in this show. WOW. I loveeee them. There are these cool metallic/ patent almost penny loafers and butterfuly front cutout wedges and gladiators that crawl up to models legs ever so elegantly. There were a lot of looks that had sandals paired with knee high stirrup socks? I had no notion of their existence prior to this.

These sneaker type things are sooo rockin' I would like to jam to some ke$ha while struttin' down the street. It would be fairly fitting I'd say.

My absolute favorite looks from the collection however consist of these two little numbers. They are light, classy and easy to wear. I am diggin' them H-core ( H as in hard, thus hard core, as in diggin' them A LOT) But you're smart, you knew that. I was just sayin'.

That's about all for now I think... yep I'm finished. Smile. Breath.

xo clare

On the Flip Side She's Shakin' Her Backside, Slow Down Young Girl, You Gotta Slow Down, Somebody's Gon' Crash

These are studious times my friends.
Amidst all my frantic chemistry, human nutrition, food and people, food commodities and psychology learning (which is going miraculously well) i found it imperative to my health and sanity that I direct my attention to something that actually holds my attention sans effort as it were.
My adventure brought me to youtube. Because what else do you do when you are looking for mindless distraction? - youtube.
On my homepage? does youtube have a homepage? I guess its more like a welcome page.... Anyways, under the recommended for you section at the bottom, the video for Lady Gaga's new musical endeavor was suggested to me. Now, I normally wouldn't select this sort of entertainment, Lady Gaga to be specific, I am more than capable of wasting hours watching music videos (Dashboard Confessional's Belle of the Boulevard is among my favorites right now)  BUT i decided to give it a shot because, well it is 10 minutes long, and there must be SOMETHING worth seeing in a 10 minute long music video...Was I right or was I right? I was right. The video is weird to the 23492th power, and oh so Lady Gaga, with some bodaciousness thrown in there thanks to the one and only Beyonce.
Little confused as to why the security guards (women that I am convinced were actually men, but who am I to judge? I have big shoulders too) felt it necessary to strip LG down in the cell, but that allowed for the dance sequence that featured her black X clad chest, so I suppose, there was no other way to lead into that. Good Solution.
The video itself actually features a decent amount of my favorite trends as of late- the strong silhouettes featuring protruding shoulders and scandalous hemlines, is a common thread, starting with her sequined black and white "convict" gettup. The studded leather, is actually my most favorite. In the scene where they are all looking BAD ASS as shit in their tough girl gear. Why can't I just be like you without the criminal record? Oh right I forgot, pulling off that level of leather and metal requires some sort of misdemeanor or encounter with the law.

Beyonce looks, well, like I have never seen her before, its a much tougher side. In a LG way so I was first confused, by the metallic almost black lipstick, which was a feature on the YSL runway in winter of 2008 then accepted it.  

The sequence in the car is a great throwback to the most badass chick flick I have ever watched, Thelma and Louise (if you haven't seen it, DO SO, Brad Pitt is actually mouthwatering in his first real breakout roll. A truely eyegasmic sex scene) 

FIERCE

I got to looking at other music videos, including Miley Cyrus's Party in the USA, where she looks pretty decent, not gonna lie. The cowboy boot and daisy duke cutoffs are well worked....

I personally like how Ke$ha rocked it in Blah Blah Blah, (she is just so rockin' I would like to host a clothing exchange featuring her clothes, and I would be the only one invited. I have yet to determine how she will benefit, once I figure it out however, she will most definitely be down for the idea) The crazy fur specimen of a Bolero she's got goin' on in the beginning of the video while she is soaring high above the ground on wires I am assuming, if she could actually fly, that would be the only way she could get any cooler, is really pulled off well, I approve.

Look at that, just so rockin'
Ok, the treatement of Anorexia and Bulemia Nervosa Beckon, then NUTRITION AND AGING!
I am so lucky. I love my life.
I really actually do, that's the funny thing, not that aspect, but my life in a nutshell is beyond awesome.
xo
clare

... There's a Fashion Week in Atlantic Canada?...YES MY FRIENDS

AFW4= 4th Annual Atlantic Fashion Week!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fashion Week. A week dedicated to Fashion. Fashion for 7 whole days. Well really, in this case, in Halifax, Fashion Week runs from April 15th to the 18th. Guess what? my exams start the 14th, and I have three between the 14th and the 17th. SO NO FASHION WEEK FOR CLARE. Not cool, seriously not impressed at this recent development in my life. The week looks action packed and has a general awesomeness rating of 1759878 out of 10. 

Where is this awesomeness rating coming from? well, its a mixture of my own views on the whole matter, multiplied by the fashion factor, and divided by the awesome component. 

The fashion factor is influenced by many things, people in attendance, the level to which creativity is embraced, the attire observed in the environment, and of course the events themselves. which INCLUDES:

NIGHT 1 -AFW4 EMERGING DESIGNER SHOWCASE

Tuesday April 15th 2010, starting at 8, extending until 11 pm. At the lovely O'Regan's Mercedes Benz- Kempt Rd.

featuring a range of designers who are bravely stepping out in the world, bearing their soul out to the world, letting us judge their precious little babies. I admire them greatly. wow. ALSO 1$ from each ticket goes to the One x One children's charity. You would be doing humanity a disservice by NOT going...Duh

NIGHT 2- AFW4 DESIGNER SHOWCASE

Friday April 16th 2010 starting at 8 alll the way till 11 pm. World Trade Center.

This one is legit. I wanna go... OH wait, I have to stay here and study for tomorrow's exam.

NIGHT 3- AFW4 GALA EVENT- AFW & CARNIVAL OF BEAUTY

Sunday April 18th, 6:30- 10 pm, World Trade Center.

Should be funnn Check it out on facebook, just search 4th annual atlantic fashion week. :)

I don't know why this post is so messed up, it isn't really agreeing with anything I tell it to do. I am not sure mabe when its posted the little lines will be gone and the font will match, but if not, alas, you'll have to muddle through, i am sure you will manage. :p 

TGIF <3 

xo 

clare

XOXO Gossip Girl..... IS THIS A JOKE?

Oh Kayyyyy
So, you know how everyone has their guilty pleasures, and their dirty little secrets.... like your mom secretly likes to lick the spoon when she is making a cake, or your best friend blasts her music and dances like a nutcase in her room for precisely 12 minutes everyday. WELL mine, is Gossip Girl. I know it isn't that scandalous, but the scandal is that I am not really in it for he show, yeah the characters are gorgeous, and the fact that they are all with each other offers up varying degrees of cuteness, but the truth is, really, i'm in it for the clothes.

           Seriously, the stylist for that show (eric damen, is that his name? I believe he is still in that position, I mean he is doing a pretty stellar job, why get rid of him now, if it ain't broke, don't fix it in my humble opinion) has his shit figured.

            I mean god. The schoolgirl look was revamped to turn away from pure sex and transformed into classy and in style, yet with a girlish flair. If you told me cable knit leggings could be sexy, I would have scoffed, yes scoffed in your face. Blair's iconic headband has had major influence over girls everywhere.The out of school clothing, well god, its just to die for. From Blair's preppy, designer duds, and Serena's trend savvy choices, to Jenny's incredible transformation to the dark and intriguing look which she now possesses.
          So I was all ready to go get my GG fix for the week, and oh good try clare, sorry but DANCING WITH THE STARS HAS TAKEN GG'S PLACE.... ok ctv or whatever channel to whom I entrusted my weekly satisfaction, that's just great. Now what, I watch GG online, on Saturday nights AT 9? Alright, well we aren't friends anymore.