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Joomi Lim is always killer.

Triumph motorcycle from vintage prints and posters

Phillip Lim bag via La garconne.

Russh shoot by Willaim Davidson, featuring Ashley Smith

verve is a good sounding word

I'm not a purse person. It took me three years of university to finally ditch my MEC backpack for something a little more fashionable, and even then, not really anything daring or expensive.
So when I say I want to drop a grand to get this versace bag, it must be love. or lust. or something.

But seriously, I need help finding something unique like this but in my price range (i.e. under $200). Does anyone know any designers that might be good to check out?

Carrying stuff

I need a spring bag with a lot of practicality and a bit of style.
Seriously considering the modcloth canvassing backpack, and dreaming about skipping from class to class with the want les essentials de la vie laptop bag.




Anyone have other suggestions? I'm more of a shoe person, really, so I'm not up on the affordable-yet-stylish bag designers.

those seventies shoes.

Pretty excited today when I saw that urban outfitters is now carrying some swedish hasbeens clogs. I'm not quite sure I want to jump on the clog bandwagon yet - I can see myself gardening stylishly in clogs, but that's hardly a reason to drop a hundred or two on these beauties. Speaking of gardening... it's pretty much spring now, and I'm feeling like getting out the trowel and burying my exuberantly sprouting potatoes. And planting strawberries. And rhubarb. And fifty other things. So much ambition, so little time.

In the meantime, I can hope that urban outfitters will also decide to carry these lovely things. Haven't you always wanted jodhpurs? Just for the name alone? Nevermind that these are in fantastic colors and have nice chunky wood heels.




(images from magnifeco, style hive, and swedish hasbeens)

You know what is also awesome (if slightly irrelevant)? Golden beets. I had a spinach salad with strawberries and golden beets the other day at Sprouts, UBC's student-run organic cafe, and there is no going back.


(image - and a recipe - from fare to remember)

Mini

Mini by flashbang featuring Proenza Schouler bags

So usually the only things I could even remotely consider spending a grand on would be shoes. Definitely not a purse. I only own two purses - one is a beat-up ALDO bag that has had everything from beer to yogurt spilled on it, and the other is a hand-me-down from my Oma. And I'm okay with that.
But these little mini PS1s make me almost ready to just close my eyes and press those magic four numbers on the debit card pad.
They are perfectly geometric, and yet very classic. I can see them matching with everything I own. And am I understanding right that some of these are like a 2-in-1 purse, with a detachable front pocket?
En tout cas, I must have one.