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i’m a Summer Baby
Author: Yvonne Kai
read comments (0)hey Dj!
Author: Yvonne Kai
iSkin is looking for DJ’s who are ready to take things to the next level and gain exposure online and promoted heavily in Asia. DJ’s will receive tremendous promotion and will have his/her mixtapes featured on a special iSkin microsite with personal profiles and areas for your exclusive mixes to be downloaded by the masses all over Asia. All DJ’s will take part heavy promotion alongside iSkin branding initiatives in Asia this summer.
If interested, please contact Kristian Ward
OR email Kristian@iskin.com.
Passion + Inspire
Author: Yvonne Kai
Thank you for having LongOverdew speak at Derrydown Public School! Given the chance to inspire young minds and tell the story of ‘following your PASSION’, LongOverdew had the opportunity to be a guestspeaker for the coolest Gr 4 & 5’s in Toronto!
Passionate about what you do? Want to be a guest speaker at Derrydown PS? Email Mickella! mickellas@hotmail.com
H&M + Flare Mag Party on Bloor!
Author: Yvonne Kai
H&M and Flare Magazine invited Toronto’s trendsetters and avid shoppers to get a first look at the store’s spring renovations! Click here to see the new store! Take me to H&M!
L’Oreal Fashion Week Street Style
Author: Yvonne Kai
Toronto became a lil more chic this week because of L’Oreal Fashion Week! Are you fashioned out yet! With the weather (sort of) cooperating, spring colors and boots were strutting down Queen St and trotting in and out of the best clubs, lounges all week long! Check this out! You looked your best, so we shot you!
Mellinda-Mae Harlingten
Author: Yvonne Kai
Can’t wait for L’Oreal Fashion Week here in Toronto to kick start! The first show I will be going to is to check out Mellinda Mae Harlingten’s collection. I am excited because she is Canadian (from BC) and her clothes are tailored just right - with vintage classic inspirations. Check out her debut runway show!
Card Counting Cuties
Author: Yvonne Kai
If you are looking for something to watch at the cinema, check out 21 - the new movie about MIT students counting cards in Vegas and making some serious coin. I got the chance to go to the advance screening last night from the good people over at Sony BMG.
Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Spacey, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts.
My favourite part of the movie was the geek to chic transformation, sort of like Lainey Boggs style. It was really interesting to see the character developments but I thought the movie was too episodic and plot driven - I would have liked to see more depth in the emotional parts. Anyway! Parts of it felt long but its a good because it is actually based on a true story! It’s in theaters March 28 - bring down the house! Find the plot from www.tribute.ca
The novel Bringing Down the House and its film counterpart 21 focuses on the 1993 resurgence of the team, when Kaplan, J.P. Massar and John Chang decided to open up a new partnership named Strategic Investments. Garnishing an initial investment of over $1 million, the largest to date, they set off for Las Vegas. Although they won millions of dollars, the team eventually had to disband after being identified by the casinos as card counters and banned.
LOL with your girls!
Author: Yvonne Kai
Sometimes we type LOL so many times that we forget when it was the last time that we really laughed out loud. Longoverdew loves to laugh so we are inviting you and your to Girls Night Out. The tickets are available on www.ticketmaster.ca so something to look forward to this April!
Beat the winter blues. Call on your girl friends and make plans for Saturday, April 5 to check out three of Canada’s funniest female comics; Debra DiGiovanni, Laurie Elliott and Kristeen von Hagen at Toronto’s Panasonic Theatre. Enjoy one hot night of abs tightening laughs with your best gal friends and forget about the centimeters of that snow that just keep falling!
Girls Gone Riled:
Debra DiGiovanni: Seen on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and MuchMusic’s Video on Trial, the winner of Best Female Standup at this year’s Canadian Comedy Awards has also been called ‘the Best Stand Up to see after a Messy Break Up.’ She likes guys with beards.
Laurie Elliott: Two-time winner of Best Female Stand- up at the Canadian Comedy Awards, Gemini Nominee and star of her own comedy special, CTV’s Comedy Now!, she remains scared of the Kiss Army even after all these years.
Kristeen von Hagen: Featured at Montreal’s Just For Laughs and on The Comedy Networks Comedy Now!, she co-wrote/co-starred in the award-winning play, Dickwhipped. Voted one of the Top 30 Power Women in Canada by Elle Magazine, she could die if she’s stung by a wasp.
‘Girls Night Out’ kicks off in Toronto at the Panasonic Theatre on Saturday April 5th, 2008.
Tickets are currently on sale. To purchase, visit www.ticketmaster.ca, call the charge by phone line at 416.870.8000 or visit Panasonic Theatre box office in-person. Tickets are $35 plus service charges.
Tickets for Ottawa, Victoria, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon are now on sale. For additional information and show dates visit girlsnightoutcomedy.ca, ticket prices vary between cities.
Produced by Hugh B. Presents and Russell & Clayton Peters, these gals have formed a comedy triangle and want to put you in the middle!
Hello Hussy!
Author: admin
This Tuesday January 29th, 7-9pm, Brazen Hussy opens her glamorous doors for HGTV’s Petal Pushers! A private after hours cocktail party will be filmed and televised… so come and show your cute face!
Wear something “camera friendly” (try to stay away from white and anything with big labels). The LOVELY Valentine’s Day window display will be revealed it this event ALONG with the launch for the cutest limited edition t-shirt ever! Purple cloth along with Brazen Hussy has joined together to make the cutest t-shirt EVER! We will only be making 30 and they will be on sale at the event.All shirts (short and long sleeve) will be 25% off that night only. We
will have some drinks and food for everyone. So please RSVP and let me
know how many guests you will be bringing.
See you at the store this Tuesday!
863 Queen St. West (at Niagara west of Bathurst)
647.428.7051
So Uglee & More
Author: admin
Guest blogger Jesse Ship writes:
I’ve attended the clothing show under many guises - as a shopper, a
vendor’s assistant, a boyfriend, a fan and moral supporter; but now,
for the first time, I come as a reporter.
As a veteran of the scene, I was surprised to hear that there would be
a Christmas edition of the show, normally scheduled for Fall and
Spring. Also, strangely, it was held at the North building of the Metro
Toronto Convention Center (MTCC) instead of its usual spot at the
Automotive Building in the CNE complex. Christmas isn’t usually thought
of as “me” time and buying clothing as gifts can sometimes be
disastrous, so it was with some consternation and skepticism that I
approached The Christmas Clothing Show.
What I love about the Show is that it allows shoppers to meet their
favourite independent designers. It’s ingenious because it transforms a
private trade show set up into a public shopping event. In addition to
holding indie labels of all kinds, the show is also a great place for
vintage finds, and what everybody is really looking for—bargains!
There were definitely some very strange items at this year’s show,
especially in the form of headgear. Top awards for creativity go to
So-Uglee, a line of home-made, strap-on, and UV reactive glow- in-the
dark, novelty fimo horns to wear on Halloween or your favorite Goth
club.
Next was Spunky Kitty Style, for the geek fantastique, with super
cute cat-ear hats for boys and girls. Their imitation lynx hat made me
want too prowl around our snowy wasteland and pounce on unsuspecting
tourists and shoppers. If deadly ninja prowling is more your bag, the
unique and extremely functional balaclava/winter war fare Caninja, by
Adrienne Butikofer is a definite must. Basically it’s “a hooded scarf
hat, convertible and multi-functional to combat all levels of the
winter chill. The outer layer is either a recycled sweater knit or a
sweatshirt knit, and the inner lining is polar fleece.”
Caninjas were not the only items made of recycled clothing. Hot up and
coming Paper People Clothing, Jennifer Fukushima’s award winning
creations, was also featured on display. Her naturally hand dyed pieces
are made from recycled clothing and organic bamboo fabric. Another
up-and-comer was Ebony Roberts, with her own line of earthy products,
well, products from earth creatures I guess you could say. Two Foals is
a collection of purses, belts, and satchels made from deer antler and
recycled cowboy boots and leathers. Her lacy cowgirl boudoir booth
set-up was easily best in the show. Ebony currently works as a waitress
but is determined to make her business a full-time endeavour.
Urban fashion has always had its place at the Clothing Show. The Deli
kept things fresh with their blinged out Kim Jong Il mascot and cheeky
new “Copy” logo, a play on Sheppard Fairey’s legendary Obey posse tag.
Gilded Panther is a new design collective with a penchant for ‘80s boom
boxes, dinosaurs, ostriches, panthers and other animals. Half are
graphic designers, the other half are clothing designers. P0isson
articles showcased their own menagerie of t-shirt designs. OCAD
Industrial design student Chris Parker showed off his functional but
very fashionable wool/tweed jackets with a Carhartt inspiration.
Whether or not there will be a Christmas show next year is a good
question, but with eight years under its belt, the Show looks like it
won’t be stopping anytime soon. There’s nothing else that comes close
to what it provides in terms of variety, selection and unique shopping
interaction, all under one roof!