Wednesday, November 4/2010.

Last night, the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) hosted the Toronto Media Preview of the much anticipated LANVIN x H&M Collection, which is slated to launch publicly on November 20/2010 in North America and on November 23/2010 worldwide. This exclusive collaboration will make available the absolute essence of Lanvin to H&M retail outlets in 200 countries around the world. Within the separate collection for both men and women, Alber Elbaz (creative director of Lanvin), brings the Parisian glamor to life at very affordable prices and translates the “dream of luxury” to the mainstream world.

I had the opportunity to attend the preview, mingled with Toronto’s media & fashion regulars, sipped on lavender lemonade cocktails, nibbled on some very yummy h’ordeuvres, took a million fun pictures (of course), played a little bit of dress up and made a list of some of my LANVIN x H&M must-haves! It was an intimate, but fun event and at the end of it all, they gave away sweet gift bags containing an over-sized bow-tie, bright red lipstick & a full look book/notebook & CD. They were kind enough to give me a couple extra to give my Twitter friends an opportunity to WIN this fabulous gift bag by playing my weekly $100 SHOE DAILY. Click here to check out who won the bag and a $100 CREDIT at Fashionably Yours then follow me on Twitter because I will be giving away one more bag to one of my lucky Toronto readers!! Now, the only trick is finding someone who’s willing to wait in line to buy it all for me. Keep you posted. xo

The AGO venue was the perfect setting & lighting for the camera ready media crowd.

@JayStrut & @GetJanet with Emily Scarlett who runs the ship for H&M Canada, beautifully decked out in LANVIN x H&M dress, shoes and necklace!!

Karen (H&M Public Relations) & Patrick (H&M Showroom), both fabulously representing in Lanvin x H&M.

I bumped into the lovely @Culturites aka Ashley Dempster of The Society Global, always such a pleasure chatting with her.

This T-Shirt Dress is uber cute and retails for only $49.95!!!

One of my favourite items from the collection and definitely a crowd favourite is this faux fur vest retailing for under $200. This one has my name on it. Don’t touch please.

The LANVIN x H&M shoe collection was pretty and for only $99, you can get these red hot, crystal encrusted pumps!! Someone might lose a limb over these on launch day. Scary thought.

Ahhhh, I will fight for these sunglasses that retail for only $19.95!!!

Both the T-shirt retails and this amazing red necklace retail for $39.95.

Zebra print trench coat $199. Faux Fur coat $199

Both of these dresses retail for $249

The LANVIN x H&M Men’s Collection consisted of many simple minimalist classic pieces, tailored jogging pants (an oxymoron perhaps?), flashy shoes & ties, and several show pieces, like the Bow tie tuxedo dress shirt & a purple leopard t-shirt.

My #1 pick from the Lanvin x H&M Men’s Collection, as seen on Patrick (above).

What Am I Wearing? Click photo to find out…

Milan, September 23, 2010.

Bold Prada Eyewear. Yes, it is.

View the full Prada SS2011 Collection here…

My life tends to get hectic, so as I’m sure many of you can relate, I often have to run from work to events and don’t always have time to go home and change. I wore this Topshop sequin tank top & these khaki Topshop gold studded shorts the other day which was the perfect ensemble to take me from day to night. I had to run to a birthday dinner after work, so I kept the same jewelry on, then all I did was change my shoes & purse and threw on a blazer and taddddahhh, I was ready for a fun night out on the town!

Day Outfit

For day, cross-body bags are a must-have for me, simply because they’re perfect to throw my blackberry, iphone & camera in while I run around my store Fashionably Yours. The Gucci 1973 cross-body bag is another one of my fun purchases from Holt Renfrew’s Private Shopping Night a couple weeks ago. I chose this very neutral khaki grey-ish color which I have no doubt, I’ll be putting to a lot of use!! I tied everything together with my favorite Louis Vuitton Monogram Happy Sandals, which are exactly the same as the white multicolore wedges I recently wore. They’re by far the most comfortable shoes I bought all summer.

Night Outfit

For night, I threw on this light pink H&M peaked shoulder crop blazer, these super sky high light pink Christian Dior Runway wedges (from Bal Harbour Shops) and Chanel Perforated Metallic flap bag. I wore this to Winny’s birthday dinner at One Restaurant in Yorkville and saved myself a lot of hassle from having to put together a whole new outfit.

As I’m sure you guessed by now, I’m a bit of an accessory monger or as my friends like to call me, an accessory stand. Some people don’t believe in over accessorizing or accessorizing at all, but I think it’s an art and when it’s done right, it can be a beautiful thing. Either way, it’s a fun way to add a personal touch to an everyday outfit.  I met these hot girls this summer from ABE Jewelry (All Black Everything), Jessica Casey & Sam Black. I picked up a couple of their body chains from the Sex & the City Party. Here’s one I’m rockin over a Helmut Lang loose knit tank. Simple but edgy. You’ll surely be seeing more body armor around here.

The Tokyo Flash Fire watch watch that wraps around your wrist and flashes multi-coloured LED lights to tell the time. Each hole indicates one unit of time—yellow LEDs are the hours, red LEDs show every ten minutes and green LEDs show single minutes. Confusing indeed. I got this last year and even though I still haven’t quite figured out how to tell the time, it makes for a great accessory.

One of my favorite pair of sunglasses I got from my boys over at Ransom a while back, is this collaboration by Marharishi & Mosley Tribes. They come equipped with 3 different colored interchangeable lens, making these a 3 in 1.

On my feet, the Jeffrey Campbell wedges that look almost exactly like the D&G wedges I wanted but couldn’t find in my size anywhere. I saved about $500 so I’m happy with these.