ELLE UK DECEMBER 2012 ISSUE

My favourite pages...

Above: Cameron Diaz wearing Valentino. This dress is stunning...

Below: A favourite sweater and dress/skirt combo. 

Below: My dream New Years Eve outfit for this year...

CHRISTMAS MORNING IN TORONTO!

This morning I woke up to packed stockings, coffee and my smiling husband. This was our first Christmas celebration in Toronto and we made it fun in our own special way. 

Decorated our stockings with "Space Invader" inspired stickers from IKEA.

Our new "his and her" mugs we found/bought at Chapters/Indigo.

We opened our stockings first and I had two of my favourite UK fashion magazines; InStyle and ELLE January issues. Also packed into my stocking was an aqua business card holder also found at Chapters/Indigo.

I had two presents under our Christmas tree. The first gift I opened was Marc Jacob's latest fragrance, DOT! DOT is a refreshing yet beautifully floral scent made up of; Red Berried, Dragonfruit, Honeysuckle, Jasmine, Coconut Water, Orange Blossom, Vanilla, Driftwood, and Musk. It's to die for!

For our main gifts Nathan and I managed to find each other the perfect leather gifts from Coach. It was really a meant to be miracle, we found EXACTLY what we wanted for new shoulder bags and they were in the same cost range! There was no surprise because we went shopping together, but it was torture to wait 2 days to bust them out!

My new Coach Legacy, Archival Rambler Shoulder Bag in Black Cherry.

I adore this shoulder bag, it's really perfect for me!

In addition to gifting N8 a leather shoulder bag (for work), I also gave him a LEGO Architecture model. I was happy to purchase the Guggenheim model as it's one of his favourite museum's. 

MY LATEST WARDROBE ADDITIONS

After buying my Top Shop jacket last weekend, I found a few more accessories my life was in need of.  I opened my second bottle of Givenchy HOT Couture my fiance picked up for me at the epic London Heathrow Duty Free Shop, or what I call Duty-Free PLAZA. I recently found myself inside a Sephora drooling over more YSL lip glosses. I love my YSL Gloss Pur in Watermelon gloss so much, I decided to pick up their new Sheer Candy lipgloss in Dewy Papaya which has stolen my preference since it ended up in my purse. What also ended up in my purse, jacket, and hands is a black patent iPhone case which comes in really handy for those extremely low key nights I'm out and about but don't need to carry much with me other than my phone, money, and I.D. Last but definitely not least are my new booties!!! I have officially retired my black leather Winter boots that are too heavy for Spring and seams inside and out are starting to rip. I found my new favourite Steve Madden Damiann boots at Capezio in the Toronto Eaton Centre. I love the shape of the boot, it reminds me of my Anna Sui x Hush Puppies Winter boots (that are also to warm to wear in Spring).

MY LATEST WARDROBE ADDITIONS by thefashionpa

ELLE UK magazine attended Urban Outfitters A/W 2012 press presentation and posted this picture of these amazing boots. 

SHOPPING: MY DREAM SUMMER TOTE

This morning I was thrilled to see and read that Alexander McQueen has been really focused on developing their e-commerce capabilities. I immediately noticed I can't get shipping to Canada, U.S.A. is the closest they offer shipping at this time :( I was browsing their online shop, soo many beautiful scarves to choose from, and then while peeking at the handbags, I spotted this precious tote that fills many of my needs and fashionable preferences at this time in my life. $210 USD, so needs more time/consideration, but you can bet for that price with Alexander McQueen production and branding, it will be a very well made handbag.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK

Weekend Warrior. Sunday attire for reading, writing, watching, New York Fashion Week. I have watched Prabal Gurung, DKNY, and Derek Lam's Fall 2011 collections, on live streams from the runway :D I'm missing Diane Von Furstenburg's show right now, I'm following along with comments on twitter and tomorrow or Tuesday at the latest, pictures will be up on ELLE.com to enjoy. Tomorrow at 6pm I'm watching Betsey Johnson's Fall 2011 collection on Live Runway!!!

ELLE UK JANUARY

One of the magazines my boyfriend brought home for me from London :) I'm so excited, I love UK fashion magazines. Here are some of my favourite pages from ELLE, and one of the longest posts I have ever made.

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