3 Cute Ways to Wear Camo

A cool camo look from Michael Kors Fall '13. Photo via Fairchild Photo.

Originally posted in The CLOSET

In fashion, and in life, there are some things you can do without a whole lot of thought - little black dresses, striped shirts and watching Real Housewives come to mind. Camo, my budding style mavens, is not one of these things. Unless you live in a shady forest dwelling, camo is not so easily hidden in the urban jungle; One careless misstep and you're a total fashion goner, ready to be stink-eyed, mocked or promptly enlisted.

For Fall '13 some of my fav designers, from Alexander Wang to Rebecca Minkoff to Michael Kors saluted camouflage in a seriously chic way, showing us that camo is officially on the front lines of fashion. Toss it into your wardrobe mix for the coming season and you'll be a total style soldier, ready to boldly take on anything life throws at you - from a mundane day at the office to weekend brunch with your besties. Check out these 3 cute ways to wear camo this fall...

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Love Is All You Need

A model backstage at the Burberry Prorsum Fall '13 Show. Photo via Fairchild. 

Here's me, wearing the new jeans I just picked up at Hudson's Bay. Love! 

The heart - that universal symbol of everything L.O.V.E. - hasn't historically been all that trendy. Sure, we all love love, but the heart, well, it's gotten a bit of bad rap in the fashion world. While dots and stripes are always chic, hearts are sometimes met with a bit of condescension. Hearts? Oh, they're so obvious. They're so Valentine's. They're so heart-like. Really?

Well, love will prevail, as they say, and right now, the oft-maligned heart is proving itself to be pretty lovable after all. For Fall '13, Burberry's Christopher Bailey unabashedly covered his collection in hearts while Holly Fulton and Aquilano.Rimondi did the same, sending heart-printed tops and dresses down the runway, too. And while critics of the heart print often dismiss it for being cheesy, these designers show that when done up right, hearts can be sophisticated, luxe and totally grown-up...

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T.G.I.F.

A selfie I took today on Instagram

It's Friday and it finally feels like summer! Don't you just love weekends? Speaking of, why am I working at 5:30 on a Friday? Nope, can't think of a very good reason either. Oh, except I did want to share my latest scores: mirrored aviators from the men's section at Joe Fresh, a cool red necklace from H&M and a pretty navy dress from Smart Set. Love! You can't see the shoes but I'll leave those until next week. I could go on and on...

Hope you have the best weekend!

xx

The Elephant Short Upshot

So, I went to the Banana Republic Milly Event in Toronto on Tuesday night and as predicted, everyone was smitten with the elephant shorts, including Milly herself, the lovely Michelle Smith, who claimed they were her favourite piece in the collection. I tried them on, fell in love and am now the proud owner of Olivia Palermo's elephant print shorts (see the post below for inspiration). So happy - they are the perfect length (not offensively short and they actually stay put), the perfect weight fabric, and the print is as cute as I'd hoped. Here I am, about to try on the shorts and looking awfully serious. Selfies are tough work. The pics below are post-short purchase. Note the dreamy grin on my face. x

Shop the Banana Republic Milly Collection here. Surprisingly reasonable, yes?

A tableau of terribly patient models greeted us at the front door of the Bloor St. Banana Republic

A pretty gift with purchase. Um, yes please!

I'm with the lovely Iva Grbesic of One Chic Mom. Love her!

Loved this tee but I'm on a budget so it had to remain behind for someone else to adopt.

With Stephanie Fusco, Milly designer Michelle Smith, Deanne Castro, and Nicole Wilson

How Celebs are Wearing the New Banana Republic Milly Collection

Olivia Palermo makes a compelling case for the elephant print Banana Republic Milly Collection shorts. Yes, of course her dog matches...

Maria Menounos wears her striped maxi. LOVE this dress.

Zoe Saldana with sister, Cicely. All Celebrity Photos via: Michael Simon / Startraks 

When faced with a fashion dilemma, I always ask myself the following: 'What would Olivia Palermo do?' As I write this post, I'm hurtling down the train tracks towards Toronto for tonight's Banana Republic Milly Collection launch party, hosted by Banana Republic (naturally) and Milly founder and designer, Michelle Smith. I knew that the opportunity to pre-shop the collection would be tempting when I got a sneak peek at the lookbook pics - Milly's signature vintage-inspired prints, gorgeous pops of colour, to-die-for dresses, etc. etc.- but thought I might be able to keep my Visa on lockdown all the same. I mean, how many dresses does a girl need?

And then my girl at Banana Republic sent me a pic of OP rocking the elephant print shorts. I don't own elephant print shorts. Even Olivia couldn't say no so how could I, a mere mortal, possibly resist all of that cuteness. Not to mention, I also own a white dog named Fonzie who, if given a proper bath, would coordinate so perfectly. Elephant shorts + black blazer + cute white dog = fashion win.

Did I mention the Banana Republic Milly Collection also includes menswear? Oooh, we could both bust out Milly at the dog park. #ahhhh

Will let you know what I end up choosing (elephant shorts, pink shorts w white blazer from the lookbook or the Maria Menounos maxi?) but I can already see that this is gonna be trouble. The collection is available in select Banana Republic stores this Thursday, May 30th and ranges from $24.50 - $175. Wish me luck x

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