downtown reflections

Being new to Toronto and being oh so amused by the people, well let's be honest, the people's fashion, I realized I was living in the pages of my very own Build Your Own Adventure Lookbook.  Hopping from streetcar to streetcar seeing where each would take me, downtown Toronto on those early September afternoons proved to be a personalized viewing of all that Torontonian style had to offer. It was as if a September edition of Vogue, an iconic Sears catalogue, a hipster's Etsy store and any other form of published (or unpublished) fashion got thrown into a Heidi Klum button bag and got poured out over the sidewalks, pathways and crosswalks from Bloor to Queens Quay.

No one wants to be known as the new kid so I was determined to fit in. My rules of walking through downtown:

1.  Look confident

2.  Don't over emote

3.  Walk with purpose

4.  Do NOT stare

Now for an enthralled budding fashion student like myself Rule #4 proved the biggest challenge. It was like scrolling through the best "My Style" Pinterest page you could imagine but not being allowed to look directly at anything on it. As a graduated business student and a problem solver by nature I needed to find my solution. I turned to my right and it was staring right at me..... or back at me better yet: my reflection. For the duration of my walk I need not look directly at each and every beauty (and beast) passing me by. Now, I look right into the shiny, glossy reflections of people made by the city sun onto the downtown building windows.

The birth of my Toronto style inspiration was found in those downtown reflections.

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I lead a life of solids and basics however within those emerges what I consider my staples or necessities. These can change over time but some will remain the same. Im amazed when someone has the ability to inspire me to adopt a new staple, however it happens and it's exciting. 

Each post will be on a staple or necessity within my current seasonal style circulation. Some pieces basic (not to be confused with boring) and others new and exciting (not to be confused with bright or flashy). Regardless I hope this journey of documenting my style and those styles which inspire me, proves to be if anything, a fun thing to do and write on these lazy Thursday nights while I drink my mason jar of tea. 

Cheers!