Hands can immediately give telltale signs about you; about your health, your age, your style, your wealth, and sometimes even the type of work you do. One thing is certain, there's something hypnotic and attractive about beautiful hands and especially the fingernails that accentuate them. On the other hand (pun intended), there's a total adverse,... Continue Reading →
The Thrifty Six are Ballet Inspired
Today's theme for our collaboration is ballet based- how bittersweet! From a young age, you could say I was pretty much immersed in everything that's art; from painting, to crafting, to sewing, designing, diy's- and yes, ballet too. I was a ballerina for the longest time! I danced til the age of 20 and taught... Continue Reading →
Is Styling an Artform? Setting up your Lookbook…
Is fashion, Art? For one thing, just look at paintings throughout history- we can easily tell how people lived just by their clothing and surroundings. Politics and world affairs also portrayed through people and what they wore. Everything was depicted through art, and that goes for fashion as well. Fashion is innately creative and... Continue Reading →
The Upside to Confinement
Who would have thought it would come to this? And now we are all in it together- even though we must keep apart. Can it be that this confinement due to Covid-19 can actually bring us back to a newfound quality-time? We shall not be defeated! Here are some ideas for how this Montreal girl... Continue Reading →
“Illustration Now! FASHION”, my Review
Illustration Now! FASHION, by Julius Wiedermann - Taschen Ok...I am just salivating over this new book...What a celebration to fashion illustration! I'm not the only one that believes art and fashion are of one essence, that's for sure. But to find a book that embodies this truth- for me- it doesn't get much better than... Continue Reading →