Staff Blog
Holiday Dresses
The holiday party season is just around the corner, and we've got some great dresses to wear for that special event
Gentle Fawn Coats
Gentle Fawn has been coming up with some beautiful fall and winter coats the last few seasons. So this year, lets take a Moment to Wander through the styles, and figure out how to Measure our excitement for another season of great Gentle Fawn designs (:
The Moment jacket is an adaptation of the Gentle Fawn Hepburn coat from the winter 2009 season. So if you missed the Hepburn, take a moment and check this style out.
Body Shape
A few months ago I posted about a Body Type board we displayed in the store. It has been getting a lot of attention from our customers, so I thought I'd share some more details on the blog along with some in store suggestions for each body type. The write ups and body image sketches were found on Body Shape Fashion Advice
The Apple
If you're an apple you're pretty in proportion but tend to carry your weight around your mid section without a well-defined waist. You may also have fabulous legs and/or boobs so dressing is all about showing off those best bits and avoiding adding volume round your middle.
Bring out your best:
Empire line and longer length tops will flatter your figure. Go for low-ish necklines to draw the eye upwards.
Try these styles:
Anniversary Sale!
The Loop is celebrating 4 years in business this week! We couldn't have done it without our amazing customers, so in thanks and celebration we're hosting our 4th Anniversary Midnight Madness Sale!!
Enjoy 40% off the WHOLE store Wednesday, July 27th 8pm-12am.
In the meantime for our online customers, we've marked the online store down 30%OFF. As usual, that includes FREE shipping!
Thanks for 4 great years (:
Mmmmm Earrings
Nothing says "Thunder Bay" like Persians! What better way to say I Love the Lakehead than with these tasty treats on your ears.
Gone Fishin'
Well, we aren't really fishing, but the store will be closed an extended Canada Day Long weekend from June 28th through to July 6th. We'll be back with regular hours starting July 7th!
Enjoy the Canada Day Long weekend everyone!
Picnic baskets!
I love this dress we got in from Beatrice Holloway yesterday! The only thing missing is a picnic basket and sunny afternoon (:
Bagin' like a boss
Excellent customer service comes from the little things. This guy can make the "check out" process so damn entertaining, you NEED to come back and watch his mad skills again!
Game Boy iPad Case
I don't have an iPad, but If I did, I'd be scooping up this sweet Nintendo Game Boy case by iPWN!
Enter The Den
Yesterday was the finals of Thunder Bay Venture's 'Enter the Den' competition. As one of five judges, I had the hard job of picking 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place :S
The contestants - who are all in high school - did an outstanding job! WOW. Seriously, I wouldn't have been putting a business plan and financials together, and presenting it in front of a panel of business people when I was in grade 9 or 10. Some of them have already gone past the idea stage and are making sales!
Kudos to all the participants, and congratulations Amanda, Andrew, Mike, Moriah, and Phil (:
For more about the contest and the winners check out:
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2011/05/26/churchill-sweeps-biz-event
Pantone Fall 2011
I know its not even Summer yet, especially in North Ontario, but here's the new Pantone pallet for the Fall 2011 season! I love the Phlox, Honeysuckle and Deep Teal. Which colours tickle your fancy?
Shop by body type
We created this new body type board in the store the other day! We hope our customers will find it inspiring and help them choose styles a little easier.
Holiday Arrivals
We have some great new arrivals coming very soon. More from Gentle Fawn and Broken Doll clothing is on its way, including THE coat of the season. If you've had your eye on a specific Gentle Fawn item let us know soon!
The Loop has also just picked up a new jewellery designer, native to Thunder Bay, Asli Designs. Check out her blog at http://asildesigns.blogspot.com/
New arrivals will be added to this site as soon as we get them.
Enjoy your week (:
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More Spring Summer
There’s still more spring and summer stock on the way. New arrivals coming soon from Gentle Fawn, Sitka, Tryd&True, and more…stay tuned (:
comme des garcons
comme des garcons spring 2010 SHOES
quirky and amazing as per usual
Coming Soon!
Gentle Fawn Spring10 will soon be here!! Keep checking back for new arrivals (:
Mini Vacation!
Can you say ‘vacation’?
We’re closing up shop from Sunday (Feb 7th) till late Tuesday (Feb 9th) to recharge our batteries.
If you place an order online, we’ll pack them up and get them shipped off to you on Wednesday, February 10th.
See you soon!
agyness
i initially felt a strong dislike for agyness deyn in all her blonde haired, bright coloured, tacky british glory. with her new dark hair and wardrobe to match i think she looks super interesting. New style icon!
http://agynessdeyn-online.blogspot.com/
invisible.
Andreia Chaves mirrored shoe = invisibility powers
and check out some of her other designs!
ALSO
while i was mia jimmy choo did a collection for H&M which my friends waited all night in the cold for while i slept in my bed.
and then they all got beautiful leather purses and shoes and cuffs and dresses and i was the loser in the end.
SO. here are the ads that are floating around toronto
and NOW sonia rykiel is doing a line of underwear for H&M, which i had the pleasure of seeing in store today when i bought a big stripey sweater,
they say “pour” h&m, and for some reason when i saw this while walking to school it made me shiver. she’s just so french and wonderful!
wedgie.
BCBG pony hair wedge!
off the runway! neighhhh. retailing at about $500?
christmas lips.
oh blog! fashion school has forced me to neglect you so!
the benefit of getting pastier in the winter? RED LIPSTICK!
tis the season, paint em’ red.
and if you’re like me, and you’re not some ivory skinned beauty (or whatever other skin colour goes with bright red) – go for orange!
lips lips lips lips lips!
i would also like to say yes yes yes to grey-purple, black-brown and turquoise nail polish. yes!
McQueen goes fetish
Shoes.
They’ve been called the most eye-catching part of Alexander McQueen’s entire S2010 show, and everyone seems on the fence about whether they are extraordinarily brilliant, or just plain ugly.
I think they’re perfect, especially the terrifying chrome pair that looks sort of like a dragon. The height, ranging up to about 10 inches, echoes that of the fetish heels that have been sold in sex stores forever, proving McQueen is keeping on the cutting edge with the recent transition into more fetish/bondage inspired clothing on the runway.
Each pair is drastically different from the next. I see traces of inspiration ranging from the completely mechanical to all natural.
They’re wonderful.
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no marc, no.
style.com has compiled a “spring 2010 top ten collections” list.
it features balmain, which I blogged about previously, and other notable collections.
it also features, at #7, one of the worst collections I have ever seen.
dear Marc Jacobs,
why?
what a mess.
oh, i just read the style.com summary of the collection
“Marc Jacobs is tired of seeing young girls wearing black and studs.”
that would probably explain why I hate it.
or maybe it’s just because it’s really gaudy and cheap looking.
but wait. a light at the end of the worst collection ever.
quite possibly the prettiest dress ever created:
it’s stunning. it looks like a watercolour painting.
i understand the collection was inspired by theater and ballet and the opera,
but why couldn’t more of it look like this gem?
end rant.
Balmain
Balmain Spring 2010 RTW
I think this is one of the most beautiful spring 2010 collections I have seen. Christophe Decarnin is a genius, and I am dying to own every single one of those military style jackets (unfortunately each one costs about $9,000).
The theme of this collection is apparently something along the lines of “disco cavewoman goes to the front”.
amazing.
fetish
that’s right, fetish wear, bondage gear, harnesses
this is where fashion is heading.
zippers and fur
alexander wang’s ss 2010 shoes are TO DIE FOR.
droooooooooool.
gareth
i finally had a chance to check out the spring 2010 rtw collection of my absolute favourite design
gareth pugh:
i think he succeeded in creating something totally eerie and beautiful
nuts and bolts
Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte Spring 2010 Shoes
tough.
my favourite cephalopods
you wouldn’t know this, but i LOVE octopus. i draw them all day and dream about them and watch octopus videos when i go to sleep.
that would be why this photo made me gasp quite loudly as my heart sprung out of my chest.
by Fleathers on Etsy
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5552915
but alas they’re $225.00 US
curse you university student budget
SKULLS!
fashion designer brooke roberts teamed up with jewelry designer chris edwards to create the coolest skull rings i have EVER seen.
and a necklace!
and these aren’t your typical halloween skulls
“Brooke has properly explored cranium anatomy as opposed to using the prescribed, preconception of a skull shape.” – style bubble
Old Tom
Tom Scott RTW spring 2010
“Scott made old-fashioned look fresh, with plenty of quirkiness.” – WWD
“It’s like clothes made out of stuff from your grandmother’s house,” – Scott
bravo tom scott
New Jeremy
Jeremy Scott Spring 2010 RTW!!!
flinstones, meet the flinstones
luxirare
http://luxirare.com/
killer clothes + fine cuisine
insanely fashionable clothing AND food made by one extremely talented girl
here’s a taste
genius.
new marc
marc jacobs latest collection is colourful and adorable and full of oversized 80s madonna inspired hair bows
photos by mark hunter
www.thecobrasnake.com
just seventeen
Georgia May Jagger putting her genes to good use.
At just 17, Mick Jagger’s baby girl is using her good looks (courtesy of mother Jerry Hall) to jet set her modeling career.
her latest work is a sexy ad campaign for Hudson Jeans
rawr!!
the scent of a woman
mary katrantzou!
check out her eye-catching perfume bottle designs for autumn/winter 09/10
http://www.marykatrantzou.com/
skeletal
skeleton bracelet? rings?
bracelet ring combination
by: FENDI
trick or treat.
This Delfina Delettrez design can be special ordered at LUISAVIAROMA
denise julia reytan: t1mepeace
super chic t1mepeace bracelets by denise julia reytan
http://www.reytan.de/
rock boots
As reported by NYLON, Doc marten’s have partnered up with nintendo to create a boot celebrating rock band.
check out the traditional tall patent boot with a stylish guitar sewn on the back.
showtime
A few of the pictures from the fashion show!
shannon lepere
shannon lepere
shannon lepere
tough couture
Jean Paul Gaultier fall ’09 couture
(lara stone opening the show)
it’s all sparkly, tough, tailored and incredible.
"forties and fabulous"
according to the style.com fall ’09 trend report
the FORTIES are it.
d&G
mmmmm delicious
1460boots
http://www.1460boots.com/
“on the 1st april 1960, the dr. martens 1.4.60 was born.”
“now, more than forty years on, a continuous succession of skinheads, mods, punks and various other cultural renegades have adopted the 1460 as a symbol of their independence and individuality whilst giving a nod to the boot’s working class roots.”
“in the spirit of originality inherent to dr. martens and in celebration of its past and future, dr. martens has asked designers from britain and around the world to customize its most classic boot.”
YES!
doc marten paradise.
there’s way more boots than this, and i suggest you check them out.
top secret sneak previews
i’m fairly certain no one is supposed to see this yet
lucky for us the ladies at rebellezine.blogspot.com snagged some of the sneak peak pictures of christopher kane’s new collection for topshop, which have been removed from every other blog/website in the universe
“Girls are going to go crazy for it” – christopher kane
do want.
Success!
thanks to everyone who came out to our fashion show on thursday!
it was an incredible success
photos soon
sacreligious is the new black
nick cave has a son
and he is utterly stunning
model jethro cave by terry richardson
