Pleasant discovery in London

Shopping in London gets expensive when one factors in the currency exchange difference between the Canadian dollars and Great Britain pounds. During my recent vacation in Europe, I was fortunate enough to spend a few days in London to check out the latest trends in UK. From past trips to London, I was resigned to window-shopping (over real shopping) until I stepped foot into Jocasi in the Carnaby Street area. Lo and behold I was in leather bags heaven. Not only were the bags fantastically hip, functional and well-made, they were very affordable (even after the foreign currency translation). The sales personnel were extremely helpful and generous with the discounts as well – which added to the pleasantries of shopping at the store. Jocasi – you have a brand new fan in me.

Lucky for non-UK residents like me, they do ship internationally :)
www.jocasi.com

A welcome back to Vancouver

I am finally back after a few weeks in Europe. I'm happy to be greeted by the rain, familiar faces, high Canadian dollar (against the USD), a stranger on the street who told me he loves me, the signature Vancouver scent, and a store sign saying that Agent Provocateur is coming to town soon. I will blog about my trip later after I get over my excitement about Agent Provocateur - which of course is on my wish list (as you know lots of my wishes remain unfulfilled but a girl can dream and this one dreams big or perhaps in the case of lingerie, skimpy & lacy). This leads me to ponder: do women wear sexy lingerie for self or for an audience? Personally, I indulge for myself (given that there is never an audience unless you count unknowning neighbours who happened to peer into my windows while I am vacuuming).

Sartorialist

Love love love this blog. It screams fashion and stylish hot men. Definitely a source of inspiration for being playful with fashion.

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/


p.s. After much browsing through this blog, I am starting to doubt the adequacy of the items that I have packed for my trip - hmm...back to square one on packing or suck it up for being less than stylish in Europe for the next few weeks?