fashionned

away from the haughtiness of queen street in toronto, is rebecca nixon's girl friday. her cute little store, located on college street in the middle of little italy, features new york's superchic built by wendy, action from sweden, and her own girl friday line.

BBW, as you probably know, is the line by wendy mullin. its small town plaid fabrics would ensure that you fit in with the laura ingalls wilder country bumpkins, but its styles are fresh enough to secure your downtown fashionista status. girl friday, on the other hand, is girly girl, but not to the point where you wouldn't be taken seriously. and quite honestly, who would want that?

 do yourself a favour and haul ass over there, pronto!

girl friday
776 college street
p: 416 531 1036

 		fashunned

after 1992 ended, i thought we had gone into a relatively stable fashion period where:

a) anything that had to do with the '80's would never come back in style again
b)  high hair would exit with ivana trump-esque excess and would disappear with luke perry and beverly hills, 90210, and 
c)  giant shoulder pads would be a thing reserved for football players (and my grade 6 teacher)

and it remained that way, until last year, when fashion forecasters heralded  the '80's resurgence!  blame the fickle fashion industry, blame kylie minogue, but hot damn, the '80's resurgence isn't so bad. 

however, the 1992 resurgence, is THE worst thing i have ever come across. and at the centre of this are banker's vests and tapered pants. 

what is the attraction of the vest?  is it the boxy, unflattering shape?  is it the ability to hide a tacky salmon tie?  is it the staunch, closed, conservative look?  

similarly with tapered pants.  yes, they are handy - if you're walking through a tick infested patch of woods!  in addition to making your legs look like virginia hams, i don't see what other benefits that tapered pants offer. 

certainly, fashion has never been known for its function, but it has been known for being flattering. but even that has been thrown out the window.

please enlighten me, god of fashion.