Friday, May 28, 2010

Topshop coming to Toronto's Ossington St!


My love of Topshop is no secret. Here on this blog, there are plenty of posts about this hallowed merchant of cheep n' cheery fashion. Indeed, my wedding dress, a white cotton lace wrap-style dress with a black sash, was from Topshop.

So today I sent up a cheer when I found out, courtesy of the Toronto Star, that Topshop will be testing the market in Toronto by opening a boutique-within-a-boutique on Ossington's Jonathan + Olivia. And who says no one reads newspapers anymore?

This is pretty thrilling news. The only probs is, I think I'm too old for Topshop now. I would really argue it's for twentysomethings. And now that I'm thirtysomething (oh tears, tears), well, let's just say that open-back tops and sparkly minis just aren't my thing.

I'm still going to check it out though. Topshop launches June 19, 2010 in Toronto.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

GQ (and other magazine) word overuse alert: Sartorial

The Sartorialist. Sartorial. Sartorially speaking.

Please, can we stop the mad overuse of this word? I think I read it in editorial about four times as relates to the upcoming Sex and the City 2. Just saw it about twice in one back issue of GQ (Johnny Depp on the cover).

I'm all about punching up boring text with a well-placed $5 word, but really, the use of "sartorial" is getting out of hand. It's catching me unawares everywhere. In a gossip blog, in women's mags, in men's mags. It's not even a nice word. It's got slithery, sarcastic cadence. It doesn't look nice either...all those squiggly S's.

Sartorial. Just say no.