The weather’s been sooooo beautiful lately but seeing as it is fall, it is bound to get chilly without warning very soon!

I found my plaid cape two years at Goodwill or something and most of the bloggers pictured here were wearing their plaid capes last year,  but since we’ve recently started seeing good ol’ celebs sportin’ capes just lately, it will likely be at your local Forever 21/Urban Outfitters/Anthropologie in no time.

This is sort of what I’ll look like this fall in my blue cape

photo sea of shoes

photo the-coveted

photo loveloveloveus

photo riding pretty

Next for fall….ponchos…

It’s such magic the way a 1. photographer 2. stylist 3. hair and makeup pro 4. lighting assistant and 5. photo touch up artist can transform everyday items into works of fashionable art.

And for this project, Sears Canada spared no expense in recruiting some of the city’s best talent to really inject some drama and provide inspiration for shopping at a store our parents (or grandparents) used to.

Now take at look at the individual pieces (skirts, shirts, etc) on the Sears Canada website and then see the beauty presented here:

Sears Attitude Fall 2010 Collection

Inspired by the glamour of film noir and Hitchock heroines…

Photographer Gabor Jurina
Model Elise (Elmer Olsen)
Hair by Greg Wencel
Styling Jimmy Moorehouse
Fashion direction Susie Sheffman
Prop styling Suzanne Campos
Shot in the Distillery District

Laser prints from Toronto-based brother and sister designer duo http://www.jumastudio.com

Everybody (back) in denim.

I personally think this whole denim trend is re-emerging a little early. Jean jackets, vests and head to toe denim… Therefore, I give it about 2-3 years to hit its max.

In the meantime, looks from our Canadian friends at Fidelity…

Canada Goose down-filled parkas, the ever popular extremely warm winter coats, are both very expensive, yet highly covetable. TNA are also very popular in these parts – and their coats are also very warm and can be somewhat pricey.

Another option though – parkas aside – for stylish, warm Canadian-made quality is Soia & Kyo – a Montreal-based outerwear company that started in 2004 and is now implanted in department stores over the globe.

Shop from their website or search online for better deals… Coats are categorized into Wools, Leathers, Downs and Rainwear.

Up until this fall, I was a hoody girl (now I’m just trying not to look like I’m going to school every time I leave the house). I love(d) my hoodies and especially loved acquiring the most stylish and unique…

I came across the Speckled Hoody on the Clothing Brand Experiment blog – a Toronto company, led by Elly Green who set out to make the absolute best hoody and keep production local. Now, she makes hoodies and tshirts and leads awesome collaborations in the city with urban artists who all create limited edition wares.

CBE will be at the Clothing Show in Toronto next weekend…

the art of the Speckled Hoody via CBE

Hoodies are laid out and spray painted with bleach and dye – taken to an industrial finisher to bleach,  stone wash and finish with a silky soft finishing wash – taken back to studio for more paint splats – back to finisher for final look!

Somewhere between really cheap earrings from Ardene and loads of marked-up costume jewellery at The Bay is Foxy Originals – a really successful venture from two Canadian gals who both design new collections for each season and keep manufacturing in Toronto (there’s a great video on their website).

I buy something new from Foxy at least every year and always get great compliments. And although prices are not anywhere near say Forever21′s – these items actually last without falling apart.

For Fall 2010, the girls present Cabaret:

photo: Pink Cobra (exclusive womens line of Carte Blanche & the other half of Cult de Laissez Faire – the new mens line at Carte Blanche)

Much Love and Kudos to the FDCC – Toronto’s Fashion Week Organizers, however,

The big news this fashion season in Toronto is that:

1. a handful of talented, functional Canadian fashion designers chose to show their fall collections off-site and before the scheduled Toronto’s LG Fashion Week (Philip Sparks, Greta Constantine, Evan Biddell, Nada, etc…).

2. Robin Kay and her slew of feisty volunteers at the FDCC, the small group that organizes LG Fashion Week, had many location issues, but eventually secured a new fashion week landing spot at the Allstream Centre – which naturally is criticized.

3. LG Fashion Week has become a fashion circus (which I think we sometimes like). It is not only held after the fashion buying season, but is increasingly becoming a platform for general public fashion junkies – which makes local media feeling unhappily squished and claustrophobic.

On this rainy Monday – a little pessimism:

1. Why We Didn’t Go To Toronto Fashion Week, Courduroy Magazine
http://www.corduroymag.com/fashion/why-we-didnt-go-to-toronto-fashion-week

2. Fold The Tents, Eye Magazine
http://www.eyeweekly.com/blog/post/86967

3. Toronto’s Fashion Week Needs to Work It, Amy Verner, Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-verner/torontos-fashion-week-nee_b_522486.html