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Roxymandy November 13, 2013

West Elm’s Holiday 2013 Gift Preview

It’s November which means you should already be starting your holiday shopping! West Elm launched some cute holiday gifts for the season that are funky, fun, and they won’t break the bank.

West Elm has a store in the Shops at King Liberty in Toronto, but they also offer online shipping to Canada on their website. The store in Toronto is rather large and they carry everything from lighting, kitchenware, home décor, and market gifts.

Here are a few of my favourites below!

Wood + Felt Bottle Holder $64.87

Purl Soho Knitting Kit $65.97

Dining Table Tennis $38.48

Softest Throws $38.47-$42.88

Monogram for $7.70 per item

Market Printed Growlers (to store and transport beer) $16.49

Party in a Box! (includes decor, drinkware and serveware) $163.83

West Elm

109 Atlantic Ave, Toronto

www.westelm.com

Photo’s Courtesy of West Elm

Roxymandy November 7, 2013

Where to Shop – The Hudson’s Bay Signature Collection

The Bay has recently launched new items for their signature HBC Collection for the holidays, and I’m pretty much obsessed with all of it. The Bay has had a big year with talk of purchasing Saks Inc., announcing the opening of Kleinfeld’s Bridal Boutique in Toronto, and opening up their own shop at Pearson International Airport. The Bay has reinvented itself as a trendier department store by bringing in brands like Coach and Topshop, and letting go of Bill Blass and Liz Claiborne.

The signature HBC Collection includes clothing for men, women, kids and even pets. The home items are my favourite, although the signature red, yellow, blue and green can often be hard to match if you already have a set colour scheme.

This fall Converse debuted it’s Jack Purcell sneaker collection which merged the Hudson’s Bay stripe blanket with the Jack Purcell sneaker.

The Jack Purcell Duck Boot is $140.00, the Jack Purcell LTT is $130.00, and the Jack Purcell Helen is $120.00.

Not all items in the signature collection are this pricey – the signature mugs are only $7.

Here are a few of my favorites!

Photo’s courtesy of www.thebay.com

www.thebay.com

Roxymandy November 4, 2013

Where to Shop – Event’s with Gap, Flare Magazine and Shops at Don Mills

Tuesday, November 5th from 6:00 – 8:00pm select Gap stores are having a holiday event hosted with Rue Magazine. There will be refreshments, one-on-one styling tips, a sneak peak at new arrivals, and 30% off all regular merchandise.

Stores participating include the locations at Yorkdale Mall, the Eaton Centre, and the Bloor Street location.

www.gap.com/styldbyevents

Flare Magazine Canada’s Senior Style Editor Truc Nguyen will be hosting two fashion show’s on Thursday, November 14th at the Toronto Eaton Centre. The first show will be at 12:00pm, and the second at 6:oopm with a live DJ playing. Flare will be providing giveaways and gift cards to members of the audience.

Toronto Eaton Centre

220 Yonge Street, Toronto

www.torontoeatoncentre.com

The Heart of Fashion Pop-Up Shop is running at the Shops at Don Mills until this Saturday, November 9th. The shop is open from 11am-7pm Monday through Saturday.

Net proceeds from the shop will benefit a new space for out-patient mental health care at North York General.

The Canadian designers being sold at the Pop-Up include David Dixon, BRIVTI, Lucian Matis, Thien Le, Starkers Corsetry, Fiori and Laura Siegel.

Shops at Don Mills

23 Karl Frasier Road, Toronto

www.shopsatdonmills.ca

Photo #1 www.gap.com/styldbyevents, photo #2 www.torontoeatoncentre.com, photo #3 www.shopsatdonmills.ca

Roxymandy October 30, 2013

Where to Shop – Pottery Barn Customer Appreciation Event + Smashcakes & Closets Shopping Event

Saturday November 2nd Pottery Barn Kids is having a Customer Appreciation Event from 5:00pm – 9:00pm. They are offering refreshments, and 15% off in store merchandise. You must RSVP to attend by November 1st .

Yorkdale Location – 3401 Dufferin Street, Toronto

416-785-7375

Smashcakes & Closets is being put on by Fashion-Forward.com. The event is Sunday November 17th from 11:00am – 3:00pm at 70 Peter Street, Toronto. Fashion-Forward is an online marketplace where you can buy and sell clothing by meeting up locally with buyers and sellers.

This event will have sellers connected with Fashion-Forward who will will be offering up their brand name and designer items for sale. They will have free Starbucks for the first 40 shoppers, and lots of prizes and giveaways.

Smashcake will be selling their desserts in their pop-up bakery, and there will be demos on how to buy and sell with Fashion-Forward, make up touch ups, jewelry and cosmetics for sale through vendors, and polish changes with Vain Polish for $5.

www.fashion-forward.com

www.smashcake.ca

Photo #1 courtesy www.potterybarnkids.com; Photo #2 Courtesy of Fashion-Forward; Photo #3 Courtesy of www.smashcake.com