unfortunate footwear

image via Refinery 29

Thank god part of my working day involves perusing twitter feeds...how else would I have learned about the upcoming footwear collaboration of my nightmares so quickly. This fall Jimmy Choo and UGG are joining forces for what is sure to be a disastrous capsule collection. The resulting lovechild from this horrific union will be "based on the construction of Ugg's sheepskin boots with design details that embody the spirit of the Jimmy Choo brand" according to Choo founder Tara Mellon. Worse than that - the boots are apparently retailing at $595 to $795. Yikes.

So how long do you think we have until a god-awful hybrid name like "Chuggs" enters our everyday fashion vernacular?

Really?

Okay so I'll admit it, I do kind of love Lauren Conrad and yes The Hills hasn't been the same without her but really LC...you're going to publish a Style Guide? If the book is anything like her clothing line it's sure to be bland and overpriced.

digital dress up

Over my coffee this morning I happened upon an article about schmotter.com - an online version of playing dress up. Although it's very (and I mean very) similar to polyvore, this site has an added feature for users to upload photos of their own clothing and accessories. This supposedly revolutionary idea allows members to manage their wardrobe online, mixing and matching pieces to create outfits that other users can then comment on.

"Our wives had a number of sheds of clothes and could never find the clothes they wanted or what went with what," founder Simon Bednar explains.

Shmotter has just won the "Spark of Genius" award from this social media site - apparently websites can give other websites awards and it means something? Now is it just me or didn't a totally fierce high school girl come up with this concept like, uhhh, in the 1990s. Duh!

Oh yes, didn't we all dream of having Cher's totally stellar rotating closet and super high-tech digital dressing room.

This week in unimpressed

While not working at work (as you do) I stumbled upon www.tightsarenotpants.com. Now, I don't know who is responsible for this blasphemous website, but I'm sure it's a man. Katie and I are probably the biggest supports of tights as the only sensible form of legwear - both stylish and comfortable there's nothing not to love. Any self respecting girl has at least two pairs and wouldn't go anywhere without them. While I'm a little too timid to get on the whole multicoloured, fringed, cut out legging look I can say with certainty that tights, in their many incarnations, are here to stay. So whoever started this anonymous little website will have a lot of lycra clad style lovers to contend with on their campaign to abolish this beloved wardrobe staple. Jeez, go pick on people still wearing denim on denim .. oh wait - is that cool again thanks to Chloe?

lovely legging images from we heart it

Sorry to blog when bitter

Because every aspiring journalist loves it when third rate community newspapers forget to credit their work.

Baaah where's my byline Beaver?

This week in unimpressed

W .. T .. F ?

How was this ever...EVER, allowed to happen at NY fashion week?

I can't even begin to file this under 'fashion' as it's too absurd.

This week in unimpressed

Today I'm blogging on behalf of some very disgruntled coffee (and tea) lovers close to my heart. I think anyone who knows me knows I'm a little bit of a coffee snob, okay maybe a BIG coffee snob. Needless to say my experience with Canada's ubiquitous blue-collar coffee and donut chain has been limited to an occasional French 'this is the only possible option' Vanilla in cottage country. Even though I don't frequent the country's beloved Timmies its been hard to ignore the buzz (get it? coffee..buzz) this week over the increased prices on everything from tea to timbits. And even though 5 cents here and 10 cents there might not seem like a big deal, for those who love their caffeine routine the extra pennies are sure to add up. And in a year when Starbucks, every yuppie's favourite overpriced coffee mecca, has actually been lowering prices its hard to believe that their not so snobby competitor needs to fall back on the 'harsh economic times' excuse for their price jacking.

While some may try and start their own personal boycott over a 7 cent difference, I'm sure many customers will simply grumble and get over it, with the excuse that 'they'd rather support a homegrown company.' Now, people claiming that they are being 'patriot' by going to Tim Hortons is a personal pet peeve of mine, so indulge my ranting here for a bit. While advertisements featuring ice skating kids and phrases like 'double double' and 'roll up the rim' seem like such an integral part of Canadian identity, the coffee shop was actually bought by an American company in 1995. So why not take your precious toonies and wander over to the 100% Canadian Second Cup, where the coffee is ten times more flavourful and there have never been any of those scary nicotine rumours.

This week in unimpressed

So Perez Hilton seems to have taken time out of his busy schedule of drawing cartoon penises and other defamatory doodles on Lindsay Lohan to launch a new website this week entitled CocoPerez. Now, while I am a relatively casual reader of Perez's snarky entertainment blog I am definitely unimpressed with his attempted foray into the world of high fashion. Attaching his psydonym to the name of one of fashion's most iconic female designers might be a bit presumptuous on his part. Especially since he has been photographed looking like this and this in the past. I'm not the most haute-coture creature out there but i'm pretty sure if you've ever considered wearing a shower cap on the red carpet you are NOT entitled to start your own fashion blog. Hilton told the Washingon Post that the site will appeal to "women and gays, maybe straight men. But it should definitely keep the ladies happy." Rather than keeping me happy this site kind of has me wondering how this makes any sense and why on earth the entire site is sponsored by the GAP? And so, while the so called "Queen of all media" continues to expand his empire this latest project has me hoping that he finds himself brushing up against a member of the BEP's entourage again very soon.