all that glitters (and other clichés)

lovesick leopard

just a lush

The A/W 2011 Miu Miu campaign includes some of the sauciest images I've seen in awhile, and not just due to the inclusion of pizza! My favorite bit is those gold shoes against the green grass (last image), but it's hard to pick a stand out from among the footwear in this collection. Below are just a few of the glittering highlights.

loss = gain

The way I see it, these cut out platforms c/o Jeffrey Campbell are nothing short of dreamy. I'm endlessly curious as to what they would feel like on one's foot, and would love to even try them on. None of my favorite shoes posses any sort of arch support as it is, so it's not like I'd be missing much. Right?

in my arms she was always Lolita

I'm completely smitten with the book clutches from Olympia Le-Tan which everyone has been going justifiably crazy for since Natalie Portman carried one to the premier of Black Swan. Each piece is handmade and numbered, and these gorgeous creations retail for around $1500. Safe to say it shall remain but a dream of mine to own one, which if given the choice would def be Nabokov's Lolita in case anyone was curious. I really like Dracula's eyebrows too though.

soft surroundings

Photos by Francesca Diani for Vivetta please me much more than the Summer 2011 collection did! That cat skirt is still one of the most incredible garments I've ever laid my peepers on, and I really like the hair and make up in these. I want to wear a single rhinestone on each eyelid for more festive occasions during December.

dreamweaver

got me again

Rachel Antonoff's shoe collaboration with Bass and the accompanying lookbook featuring Tennessee Thomas make me want to weep (tears of joy), skip through a meadow, and then perhaps sing a duet with a bluebird. I'm feeling particularly emotional about that pink patent, which is an unquestionably perfect colour. I do get excited about things in life that aren't clothing related, but most of them are food and most of that food is cheese.

the weather outside is frightful

I was beyond thrilled to find this coat (which has already earned me countless Little Red Riding Hood taunts) on a recent trip to Value Village for a mere $20!!! It might just be heavy enough to function suitably in -30C, which is only an added bonus considering how perfect the black velvet bow adorned collar is. Surviving in a climate comparable to that of Siberia (srsly though), it's near impossible to stay warm or at least avoid hypothermia during winter months; the faux fur accessories from asos are among my coveted winter pieces at the moment. No coincidence that the most ridiculous(ly amazing) ones are featured first.

top of the pops

The Lula Pop Up Shop has moved from Harvey Nichols in London and is now at The Bay in Toronto, where Leith Clark (above) celebrated the 5th anniversary of her beautiful magazine last week. I picked up the latest issue of The Gentlewoman the other day, and while there are a lot of lovely things and people featured in it, I am still very much a Lula girl at heart (who rarely leaves home without some sort of frill, ribbon, or ruffle on my being). Pieces featured in the shop were designed exclusively for Lula by the likes of Miu Miu, Sonia Rykiel, and Rodarte and they are every bit as soft, glittering, and dreamy as one would expect.

Photos: Pages Digital, The Style Notebook, F.Tape