Street Style: Fall FRESH

Run the game...

Jacket: Custom Roots Canada Varsity Jacket
Denim: Natural Selection
Boots: BePositive and Stussy Deluxe
Toque: Stussy
Frames: RetroSuperFuture

Italian brand BePositive and Stussy Deluxe collabo'd for these dope military boots. Only 8 made it to Canada, 4 black and 4 olive...

The Rundown: Nerd Alert

Originally I was supposed to be wearing this oversized dorky patterned bowtie that I have, but I couldn't find it so I had to substitute the look for my old skool rope chain.  It completely changed the vibe of the outfit :(  But I'm hoping you get the gist of the look I was going for...dorky college pro fresh!

I looks like something similar to this:

The Rundown:

Oxford shirt: Wilfred

Shorts: Club Monaco

Shoes (unseen): Christian Louboutin

Accessories: Michael Kors watch, RetroSuperFuture frames, custom nameplate rope chain and bamboo earrings Nellies Custom Design Jewellers, SoHo beaded bracelets

Seven for All Mankind Yorkdale Launch!

I went to the 7FAM flagship store opening launch party at Yorkdale Mall yesterday and it was a sardine fest. It was so rammed with people you had to literally throw dem 'bows to get around.  Aside from the lack of space though, it was great! A lot of familiar faces, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, tunes by DJ Vaneska, loads of denim and some truly spectacular artwork. 

The soirée was hosted by Canadian-Somali supermodel Yasmin Warsame, which also featured a silent auction with all proceeds of the night solely dedicated and donated to The African Future, a charitable organization delivering food and medical services to the victims of drought in Somalia.  Amazing!

The store itself also featured and will continue to showcase the Seven Senses which is a group exhibit of 7 Toronto based artists: Caitlin Cronenberg, Justin Broadbent, Elicser, Curtis Santiago, Phoebe Lo, Bryan Espiritu and Julie Moon. The show will continue to run from August 31st-September 8th.

Below are some pics of the event.  You can catch the rest of them on my Facebook page. 

Bryan Espiritu's piece:

I am seriously turned on my this lol: 

Ashley Joseph! I saw her tank and beelined for her lol. Her's is the clean version. 

The denim in various cuts and styles. I like Seven's as they mould to my hips and ass, aka a great buy.

Me!

The Rundown:

Sweater: Voeu T Laxe

Leather Shorts: Zara

Accessories: Club Monaco braided belt, BCBG heels, LV Tivoli tote, RetroSuperFuture frames, beaded natural stone bracelets by SoHo Monet

Street Style: Creatives in Hiding...

Location: Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Toronto

Name: Kevin

These pics are out of focus sorry. Clearly I need to up my prescription...

I love the dyed 'do which matches the fox tail! Oreos and Good Wood, this kid is fresh!

Street Style: Real G's Wear Pink

Fresh is fresh:

Tshirt: Stussy Dirty Bird Crew

Denim: Levi's "The 'Two Horse' Brand" Matchstick Skinny

Shoes: Vans 

Even though this is looks completely ridiculous now, you have to admit, at the time Cam'ron was doin' it big with the pink Range and basically pink everything. You have to respect his balliness. 

Below: Cam'ron when Purple Haze dropped in 2004

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Street Style: Laces are Lame...

Shoes laces are overrated. 

Below: Morgan Collett, co-owner of Saturdays Surf in New York.
Surfer. Skater. Designer. Entrepreneur.

I can't find my scanner so I took the pic with my Nikon straight outta September's issue of GQ (my fav magazine).

Rumi Neely:

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Me: For the record, I disposed of them and have no idea where they are...

You can always ofcourse use them for this:

Max at Ching Skatepark, early summer.

Street Style: Weezy and company at The Molson Amphitheatre

So Friday night, me and the homies hit up Weezy's show at The Molson Amphitheatre. The venue itself is an outdoor structure located inside Ontario Place, but it was so rammed that it quickly became a sauna, especially closer to the stage. The venue was jammed with superfans, scantily clad jailbait groupies, fun loving drunks, wannabe hustlers and everyone else inbetween. It was a great show! Also featured was Lloyd, The Far East Movement, Keri Hilson and Corey Gunz(which I missed GRRR), with a special appearance by Toronto's own Drake. Lloyd and Keri sound amazing live and put on an ace performance, but Weezy stole the show (obviously). 

Wayne has great style that reflects his creativity as an artist and his lackadaisical persona. I loved the baseball socks pulled up with high tops and cut off denim shorts. Kudos to his stylist!

Below: Chin and Mz. Keyz

Fresh Prince's exclusive YSL belt :

Below: Me and my $18 HM tank that I modified with a gold marker:

Before: HIGH HEELS HIGH HOPES

After: Being HIGH HEALS HIGH HOPES

Denim vest: American Eagle

Street Style: Ombre Hair

I can honestly admit I have a hair dye addiction and I haven't had virgin hair probably since I was 13. My first experience was when I decided to dye my hair electric purple in my bathroom.  Needless to say, it didn't really work because I'm Asian and my hair decided to say fuck you hell no. Since then, it's been every colour of the rainbow and in every style including: the blond TBoz, the layered Jennifer Anniston and the hot pink pre Nicki Minaj (that was an accident by the way. Fuck you Manic Panic), etc.

So as I've grown older, I've toned it down a bit  (well kinda because the side of my hair is shaved off) but whatever.  I'm kinda impulsive with it but hair is just hair and it grows back. You only live once!!

So 2 weeks ago I decided to jump on the Ombre craze and dye it yet again.  I do love this look though because it has a laid back, beachy, don't care my roots are out of control sorta look. The idea is to have a transition of colour from root to ends and somewhere in between. 

Me:

Alexa Chung and Kristen Stewart:

image source: glam.com

Drew Barrymore:

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A model:

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My girl crush: Rumi Neely

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Nicki Minaj:

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Street Style: A Little Bit of Scotch and Soda Please

Location:  Scotch and Soda, Sherway Gardens Mall

Name: Kayla

This is a pretty cool ass holster that the employees of Scotch and Soda are required to wear to enhance your retail experience and provide ultimate customer service.  This utilitarian contraption hosts a measuring tape and probably some other nifty stuff in the pockets.  Bonus! The cute little button that reminds you that they're there to help as your personal stylist!

Fyi, I already asked: They're not for sale :(

Street Style: Vintage Mid '70s

These lovely square pics are of my parents in the '70s.  I had to take the pic with my blackberry because my Nikon kept picking up the raised and grainy texture of the photo paper making it hard to see the actual photographs.

I love the spirited nature of both pics. My mom with her beautiful carefree smile and my father with his reflective gentleness. Can't miss the choppy bangs and layered fringes women often wore as hairstyles and my dad's flared denim, corduroy jacket and heeled boots that were so popular amongst early hipsters of their time.

So young and so free...

Street Style: Travel Benefits aka Bragging Rights

And by "Travel Benefits" I mean 2 things:  Off MCM's latest collection, the Cognac Visetos signature backpack AND the fact that wearing this backpack (or any brand new MCM bag) means that you had to travel internationally to get it (and I don't mean ebay shipping dude.)

Many an old foot may recognize the MCM logo. It was adorned on old school hip hop artists back in the day, along with many of fashion's elite when it was tagged under the name of German designer Michael Cromer Munchen, who started the brand in the 1970's. Nowadays, it's been reinvented as Mode Creation Munich but still very much keeping to the true roots of it's "artisanal expertise of German craftsmanship".

The Fresh Prince:

Rechristened and Rehyped:
Yeezy and crew

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Travis McCoy:

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LL loves MCM...but in a white jumpsuit circa 1980s:

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Street Style: Style Nomad

Name: Sebastian 

Location: Nomad, Downtown Toronto

Every time I run into Sebastian, he's oozes the definition of Glastonbury cool.  What's that you say? I dunno I just made it up. But he IS it.  Individual, laid back, freshly dipped, roll then rock, don't worry...I got this. 

Be on the look out because he's a budding stylist and he has plenty of promising potential!

Stolen Moments: Instant Cool

Location:  Queen St, Downtown Toronto

The picture quality sucks here because I left my Nikon at home and caught this with my Blackberry. These two gentlemen were cruising the streets and were stopped in front of my truck at a red light.  Freshly dipped in cas (as in casual) cool, it was just so in the moment how they were stopped side by side on matching bikes beside the wrought iron fence.

Street Style: Let's Take...A Long Walk...

Location: The Art Gallery of Ontario, Downtown Toronto

These two friends have such a laid back and relaxed vibe. I love how the shoulder strap bag is just hangin' in the basket of a green bicycle. It's just too perfect :)

Stolen Moments: True Grit

Location: Adrift Skateshop, Downtown Toronto

 I stopped at Adrift and ran into my new little homie Max and his crew just outside the shop.  What a fun bunch of turkeys I have to say.  Surrounding yourself with a tight crew of friends that have your back is essential to survival and maintaining your sanity these days.  True grit!

Fresh to death: