Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Baby, It's Cold Outside


Yes my Bunnies, it's that time of year again I'm afraid. The time of year when we bid a tearful goodbye to Chic Fall Layering and say hello to its cousin Wacky Winter Bundling. It can a be confusing and painful time but it need not be ugly! To get through it we must act in the way that we would when our own crazy cousin comes to town uninvited; cringe a little on the inside, briefly consider an escape route and then slap on a smile and act as if we're loving it.

It was a downright nippy day on Queen West when I took this photo. My hands may have been like ice but my heart warmed when I spotted the likes of Jillian walking to work in her wintery best. This outfit is such a gloriously rad collision of prints, textures and shapes. Girlfriend's look is seriously on fire.

I'm just two ticks away from renaming this blog www.I Bought My Outfit at Value Village.com/ And I Still Look Better Than Ya'll. Jill's fabulous printed jacket, lace-up booties and toasty leopard- print earmuffs were all found at the VV. Her skinny black jeans come courtesy of American Apparel and her scarf is straight-up Burberry! Shopping second hand is not only an avenue of style for Jillian but also part a personal philosophy. She feels that plenty of clothes and things exist already in our world and tries to recycles the best of the old when possible rather than always going in for the new! To this I say: Rock On!!

P.S. Earmuffs are Back!!!

4 comments:

Jillian said...

I got it from Value Village! Duh! :)

Amy said...

I asked Jillian where her beautiful bag was from. Her response is above.

Amazing! Ha Ha Ha. Obviously, right? Where else would it be from. Such a great find!

Ginger Snap said...

Amy,

Timing girl ! Timing! You've got the timimg down.

Three or four days before the arrival of the shortest day of the year and what do I find on my favorite blog? A lovely lady dressed for those dark, awful, really cold, slushy, sticky, wet--did I mention dark?-- Toronto winters. Nice job.

Juliana Neufeld said...

I know Jillian and she always has a sweet value village find worthy of compliments. nice photograph. REally makes the outfit POP