Fashion & Style
Street Style: H&M, Value Village, GUESS and vintage
Name: Jeffrey
Occupation: Editor of Sandbox Magazine
What he's wearing: H&M head to toe
Style: Classic preppy
Name: Chelsea
Occupation: Production Assistant at TGIF (Two Girls in Fashion)
What she's wearing: Jacket from Value Village and disco pants from American Apparel
Style: Completely Thrift Store
Name: Desiree
Occupation: Fashion Student at Parsons
What she's wearing: Sacha London heels, American Apparel skirt, hat by Forever 21 and jacket from Zara
Style: My style changes and evolves with my mood
Name: Morad
Occupation: Market and Business Development Manager
What he's wearing: Jacket from KR3Y, knit cardigan from Harry Rosen
Style: Vintage and something you feel comfortable enough to dance in
Name: Gabryela
Occupation: Fashion photographer and blogger
What she's wearing: High waisted pants from Value Village; H&M and Aldo
Style: Artistic. I'm inspired by anything around me
Name: Kealan
Occupation: Owner of 69 Vintage Collective
What she's wearing: All mixed vintage pieces
Style: Vintage, but not era specific. "Curated" vintage
Name: Valerie
Occupation: Fashion designer
What she's wearing: Cape/coat is a vintage piece picked up from the UK
Style: They call me "Vintage Val"
Name: Steven
Occupation: Merchandiser for GUESS
What he's wearing: Mainly GUESS pieces
Style: Street chic
Writing and photos by Mona Chammas. For more street style in Toronto and other cities, check out my blog at www.geekychic.ca
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Morad FTW
Gabryela is the only one that killed it.
Who wears a complete look from the same store? and considers them self as a fashionista!?
Every thing else was ok, but nothing inspiring...
Vintage is the "default" direction but i question if its being used to add character to the looks or just cause if its older it must be "hip"
PLEASE stop using the word curated!! But I cant hate ive been at fault to use it once or twice.
Please people strive to do better.. Mixing AA with Value Village is a total bore
just put her on her side and valerie could double as a 1950's sofa.
chelsea and gabryela...didnt know value village could look quite so good.
kealan...please delete "curated" from your vocab
Morad's style is definitely the most in line with mine. Nice job capturing him.
Style: They call me "Vintage Val"
With that cape they might as well be called "root canal"
ugh...
If it ever got windy, she would probably blow away.
What makes you think anyone here thinks they are a fashionista?
imo, Jeff, Chelsea, Kealan, Steven, desiree and Morad all look great! Valerie's cape is a little much, maybe too big? idk. The leiderhosen look on steven isn't so great either, i liek the hat though, looks really good on him.
Style: Artistic. I'm inspired by anything around me, says Gabryela. I guess what's around her is China town right now, classic Asian girl look; heels that are almost as high as her shins are long, with cropped pants that sort of give her a gunt (that may be a due to the Camera angle and where her pockets are though).
Mona: Hey, may I take a photo of you?
Morad: Only if I can pose on a bench and pretend you're not here.
Nothing worse than poor, tree-hugger, leftist pinkos--BlogTO's target market--spending cash they don't have for the sole reason of impressing strangers. Pathetic, I tell you!
Moreover, even if he does not have money, I do not think you can automatically assume he buys things he cannot afford if he wears one thing from Harry Rosen.
Occupation: Market and Business Development Manager
He has money.
But, you're right. One thing from Harry doesn't mean over-spender. Hell, it could have been a gift.
In any event, I would suggest ppl read "Stop Acting Rich" by Thomas Stanley.
Know what's not equal?
he has money != rich.
He has money means he has money, not that he's filthy stinking rich, but he probably makes close to 6 figures, maybe $80,000/a? Not sure, but he's definitely not poor, as "sucks to be you" suggested.
I'd get your money back for that book, sounds liek a load of rubbish, if where you've learned what you've learned came from it.
"Sean, I'll let you in on a secret: ppl with money (i.e., ppl with high net worth and not those with high incomes, but low net worth) don't buy expensive clothes; it's only poor ones who do."
That's a ridiculously innaccurate statement. I knwo plenty of people that are rich or have a bit of money, they most certainly DO buy expensive clothes, they also buy boats, cars, vacations, nice houses, help their families etc etc. Your logic that it's poor people shopping in Harry Rosen or that they wear Gucci and carry Coach bags is way off. If I were you, I'd first slap myself silly, then I'd get my money back for that silly book you mentioned.
That's exactly my point. Thank you for supporting it! :P
To put it simply: HIGH INCOME + HIGH SPENDING = LOW WEALTH/NET-WORTH
Toronto is the screw face capital of the world, I swear.
people have the choice to spend money on whatever they like.
it's called self expression. fashion is what YOU make it and how it makes YOU feel.
I would not wear all of it but I can appreciate ones style.
Nice post Mona! keep it up
high income + not spending your entire income = money to spare. I don't knwo a single person that has wealth or a bit of money that stupidly spends it all, maybe you do, but those people are idiots and hardly respresettative of people with real money. It seriously seems as though you've read that book you mentioned and, being incapable of rational thought yourself, memorized it all and are trying to utilize it for proper arguments now. these aren't your thoughts, it's you defending the thoughts you read in a book. Be better.
For instance, are you aware that property value normally goes up (if you've chosen your property wisely), so owning expensive real estate makes you money? That's at least one flaw in your argument, but again, you knwo nothing abotu the person you speak of, you are talkign out of your @ss.
Who's right and who's wrong, doesn't really matter. It doesn't matter how many ppl you know or don't. But, it's also interesting that you speak of others and not yourself.
I'm comfortable with my position, and I probably have more net worth than you (cash in the bank, no credit card debt, own my home (mortgage almost paid off), don't live paycheque-to-paycheque, and will likely have a comfortable retirement). What about you, the_lies?
I don't really care to get into a pissing contest with you bud, i don't care how much money you have in the bank and I don't care to have you know much of anything about me. tyvm.
btw, this:
"Who's right and who's wrong, doesn't really matter"
Is what you say when you're wrong and can't admit it.
@paul barry - hot. (not quite the response you were looking for was it, how about you take your homophobia and shove it up your @ss.)
I guess you're saying you can't hack it in Toronto(?) I know it's a big city for such a little guy...
Person 1- Gee where did you get those awesome pants?
Person 2- why these peed-on old things? Why Value Village of course!!! I do all my styling there....blah blah blah
As for the last 2, Valerie apparently inherited her grandmother's drapes, and Stephen looks like a goddamn leprechaun. St Paddy's Day was two weeks ago, dude.
I happen to know various people who might be considered "wealthy". These are a few of my observations. Some ppl with money (guys in particularly) will go shopping once or twice a year at Harry Rosen or some place like that, and that's pretty much it- that's their clothing shopping done for the year. They know that the clothes will last and fit well and look good and they don't have to think about it again until next year.
Some wealthy ppl I know spend very little money on clothes- they'll literally buy their shirts from Costco or Walmart, but they'll have a nice house and cars, go on nice vacations, etc- or maybe they just don't like to spend money at all and live a very modest lifestyle.
Some wealthy ppl do not need to spend money at clothes at all because they are given expensive clothing from designers for free. So, you could judge them buy wearing an expensive article of clothing, meanwhile, they never had to pay for it.
And of course, there are endless other "types" of wealthy people. I won't go into describing every wealthy person I have ever known, but I just wanted to show that ALL people with money do not have the same values, spending habits, taste, or lifestyles as eachother.
And by wearing a cardigan from Harry Rosen, it's not really gonna tell you a whole lot about a person's financial history, anyway. Last I checked, ANYONE is allowed to shop there- regardless of economic background. The only thing that you can tell is that the person wearing the cardigan probably cares about his appearance. That is all.
Wake up Sucks to be You! If you got no monee to spend at Harryz than your poor motha.
Hell ya, the other day, I just bought a $5K jacket and love it.
What I say: if you ain't gott no money, then shut the fack up! I got my Vuitton, Gucci, and getting me a Ferrari next year. Word to your motha!
Chelsea: Trying look like she is from Chelsea
Desiree: Does she know that they make clothes in her size...???
Morad: Okay, from the ankles up.
Gabryela: Trying so hard!
Kealan: Possibly blind - and dressed herself.
Valerie: Nun Chic
Steven: Looks like the villain from some Victorian made for TV movie.