Feathers and Fringes for Fall

i like feathers - and what is it aboout fringes making an unanticipated comeback every few years? Who cares! i like fringes too. Here are some good casual finds from Goldie London (click here for website and here for blog).

Creatures of the Night

Fangs are IT (they are notably fantastic) for @WILDFOXCOUTURE's Fall 09 collection.

I LOVE.

Bridging the Gap

While i was in that awkward "do i shop at Gap Kids or The Gap" phase that i'm sure you all went through, i chose to wear the size 14-slim jeans (with waist adjustment elastics) because no matter how awful they were they were better than buying the same jeans as my grandmother. Gap was all over the place - for years when i pictured GAP a imagined a multi-generation focus group eating granola and talking about slacks - effed. But that's what i always saw in the stores - a modern "mom jean", a pattern of the season (so that the whole family could co-ordinate), and lame, overpriced accessories.........

I recently visited Gap and was pleasntly surprised. I bought LOTS - even my deadhead boyfriend (who in the past 3 years i have never seen buy new clothing) bought LOTS...
And so i looked into it - and my thanks go out to Patrick Robinson (@Patrick_at_Gap), the man behind the brand reinvention... the man who may or may not have told the Gap that in order for their clothing to sell they should probably narrow in on a more close knit target demographic than one that includes the ages of me AND my grandma.

Case in point, my congrats go out to The GAP (@GapOffical) for finally hitting the basics bang-on.... and might i add that they've got quite the ad campaign going for their 1969 Premium Jeans (check out the facebook link here). All up in the social media frenzy - so basic, so BRILLIANT - no more commercials because only grandma's watch live TV anyway! AND the best part: the $50-$70 price tag on all the jeans.

CONSIDER THE GAP BRIDGED.

to my unfashionable life in the wilderness

I have finally returned from my summer in the woods with some of my questionably fashionable friends - the pictures below prove my point.



Some important items in my summer at camp wardrobe were my millions of soffe shorts in every colour imaginable worn high waist-ed with any top i could find. there were very few instances in which my denim button down was not thrown on top and for spf protection a vintage purple adidas (i just had to say 'all day i dream about sports/sex' in my head in order to spell that correctly) cap usually worn backwards. in other words i looked like a 10 year old dork on a daily basis but i can't even pretend i didn't love every second. Anyway. i'm back in the city now and cant wait dig back into the fashion world in real life, magazines, and on the internet. More importantly - i can't wait to devote myself completely to the launch of 140Fashion - i'll keep you posted.

Take a look at.....

the @modcloth lookbook (click)

Snakin' me crazy

Everyone is crazy about snake skin - it seems to be a trend that never truly fades. I have plently of rings/purses/necklaces ... check out the @RYCause website - even that is adorned with the beautiful snakeskin used below. I even had the pleasure of babysitting my roommates snake while he was away in Montreal for a weekend this year. Beauty.

(click to enlarge)

The most incredible snake skin item i own is this over the shoulder purse (slash clutch). My grandmother gave it to me a while ago and i save it for special occasions... it's way to beautiful and soft to over wear. I want to have it forever.



In recent news - 140fashion.com is up and NOT running - you can check out the design though... please, please, let me know what you think! Can't wait for it to be fully functioning.

all this work leads to play

Now that my internship @stocktwits is finished i've been working like crazy putting the finishing touches on the @140Fashion website and getting ready to launch - hopefully early next week (maybe tomorrow but i don't want to get your hopes up).

New design - totally revved up, 100% BETTER

LIVE FEED - if you think twitter is addicting, wait until you experience a live stream that ONLY includes fashion related tweets. You will not want to miss a minute on 140Fashion (if you did, your twitter stream would be naked).

Do you tweet about fashion? Follow and DM me @JordyHB on twitter if you think you should be a recommended 140Fashion.com follow... if i like what i see i will add you to our list.

I happen to be spending my summer in the most unfashionable place on earth - the woods - but that isn't going to stop me from tweeting, blogging, and even sharing some amazing pics of small town ontario fashion victims and thanking god for all you 140Fashion users.

A special thanks to @140Fashion's first 400 followers on twitter, first 1000 blog viewers, and all the amazing @replies we've been receiving.

-PLEASE continue to engage in conversation
-once we launch, and once you join... REMEMBER to tag your fashion related tweets with #F
-feel free to contact me (DM, email, anything) with any suggestions, inquiries, questions, comments, concerns, etc... although i'll have limited internet access and cell service over the summer i will respond in the most timely manner possible.

CAN'T WAIT TO GO LIVE
CAN'T WAIT TO GO LIVE
CAN'T WAIT TO GO LIVE
CAN'T WAIT TO GO LIVE
CAN'T WAIT TO GO LIVE

-jordy