Hello Dear Readers. It’s Danielle and Carolyn here to wish you a very happy holiday season.

Max is off to Cancun and Lucinda is on a top-secret mission to the North Pole, so we decided to take some time off while they’re away.

If you’re on vacation, why don’t you treat yourself to reading Rags and Mags from the start?  Grab a cappuccino or glass of wine, a few bonbons, sit back, and have a good read. We’ll see you on January 5.

Tonight I got to wear my friend Daniela Jaramillo’s absolutely fabulous dress to the most amazing party of the year. Smirnoff took over the entire Windsor Arms Hotel. There were so many people, it was unbelievably cool.

I ran into Vivian, who took me into this secret VIP room, where we drank way, way, way too much vodka and ended up dancing on tables. We had such a blast and so much in common. She’s so cool, I can’t believe I didn’t like her. She rocks! She dragged every journalist over to meet me and we had a million pics taken of us. She’s totally going to make me a star!

To make things even better, when I was somewhere between my fifth and tenth vodka drink of the night, my parents phoned with the BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER! They’re taking the family on an all-inclusive vacation to Cancun for two whole weeks! Rock and roll! I’m there! Woo!

Tracee Smithers informed me the Fashion Mafia bosses are not happy with my work. They do not want me wearing Canadian designers any longer, nor do they want me reporting on them. I must wear Fashion Mafia-approved labels. To top it off, I have been assigned with a top-secret task. It will take me to the North Pole over the next two weeks. It is so dangerous and has such important global fashion repercussions, I can barely even think of it, let alone speak of it to anyone.

Wow! So this twitter thing is really neat. Vivian saw my tweets (hee-hee! That’s so cute! I LOVE it!) and said that she really could help me with press coverage, so I invited her over to see what I’ve been working on all week (when I wasn’t reading magazines. Ha ha!).

She came over and seemed genuinely impressed with my clothes, so she told me that she’d write a proposal and all. So cool. I still don’t know if I should trust her, but I think it would be so much easier to have her do all this stuff. I’d rather just design.

I called Sandee to see what she thought, since I figured Vivian gave her the same offer, but ooopsies! I guess she didn’t. I kinda felt bad because I think Vivian would love Sandee’s clothes too, but Sandee was okay. She seemed happy for me and thought it would be a great opportunity to have Vivian represent me. Sandee doesn’t think Vivian’s so bad.

Toronto’s leading Pet Psychiatrist, Dr. Frumenta, agreed to see Lady Miss Angora since she has nearly nibbled one entire side of her custom-designed Gucci bunny bag. I let the two talk for some time, then the good doctor allowed me in for a joint session, where I discussed my feelings of disappointment with my sweet little bunny rabbit. I told her I lost respect for her due to the destruction of such a fabulous luxury item.

Lady Miss Angora held her head down, but then jumped out of my lap and into the office corner. Dr. Frumenta concluded that I am the owner of a depressed bunny in need of attention and suggested an array of new holiday outfits, along with attendance at holiday parties.

When we left the office, we immediately stopped at Lady Miss Angora’s spa and picked up some lovely festive capes and we planned our holiday parties. When we arrived home, she did snuggle up to the zebra-print cape and fell asleep. I think she felt better, but I am not quite sure.

Today, Lady Miss Angora and I went to visit Trove’s new High Park location. We heard they were selling the shoes Angelina Jolie wore in The Changeling, so we simply had to investigate. I adored Ms. Jolie’s style in that film, and thought that I should have the shoes.

We met with charming Trove co-owner, Carolyn Eby, who showed us around and explained the store’s growth.

Trove has been around for six and a half years, continuously evolving and expanding its original store on Bathurst to include some of the most original designs found in Toronto. The new location brings more space, including luxurious lounging pouffes in the back, perfect for trying on shoes or for girlfriends to admire your clothing choices, and it also brings more design, which leans toward eco-friendly and Canadian creativity.

Local designer Aimée Kennedy, the brains behind beautiful line, fine & good jewelry, stopped in at the perfect time. She told us all about her different collections, which all hint at her sculpture and graphic design background. I particularly adored her Fused Links and Hammered metal pieces.

After our talk, I tried on a wonderful tunic by Canadian company, genX, and paired it with Re-Mix Vintage shoes.  Re-Mix makes almost-vintage reproduction shoes from the 1940’s to the 1960’s, restyled for today’s demanding feet. I am a new fan of these Re-Mix shoes and an even bigger fan of Trove.

So I spent all day calling my new favourite magazines and a bunch of other ones, trying to get them interested in my clothes, but nobody wanted to see me. They all say they’re too busy and I was way, way, way too late for Fall/Winter coverage. They all talked to me like I was dumb and practically hung up on me. Bummer. I didn’t think it would be hard to get an appointment. It’s kind of like trying to meet a buyer.

Last night, Toronto’s top nightlife sartorial spotter, Jeff Rustia, host of Club Fashion, hosted his own fashion extravaganza. Every year, the city’s most stylish clamour for an invitation to his exclusive holiday party.  Bernie and I showed up promptly at 7:55pm - just before the doors closed not to be re-opened until midnight.

The Solid Gold theme forced me to do something I never, ever do: reprise an outfit. For last season’s BuyDesign event, I wore the most exquisite vintage gold Halston dress from The Paper Bag Princess. It is simply too beautiful to wear once.

Jeff was all-new and all bling. He wore brand new D&G gold sneakers (which came in a gold box) paired with a gold-painted jacket customized by his stylishly-extraordinary friend, Jefre Nicholls.  Jefre wore an outfit of golden spandex topped with black lace. With everyone in gold and black, the night’s fashion was absolutely decadent.  An in-house makeup artist provided guests with requisite gold makeup highlights and body paint.

Not only were partygoers wearing gold, they consumed it as well. Every kind of gold drink was there - Goldschlager, Gold tequila, and many golden bottles of sparkling wine, lined up behind a circular bar with a gold-painted bartender.  And what party would be complete without a cake? Naturally, this one was divinely gold.

The night’s highlight?  A show, which brought everyone in the room together, where Jeff chose the top twelve best dressed to each sing a part of the “twelve days of christmas”.  The lucky chosen dozen will be treated to a private dinner with the consummate host.  After the stylishly impromptu carol, the beautiful Quinn Burdick  - who started the night in a stunning chocolate brown and gold sari - was revealed in full gold body paint and danced a Bond-worthy  “Goldfinger”. For the finale, two handsome shirtless bodygaurds accompanied Jeff, who showered his gorgeous guests with gold coins. Though the coins were indeed chocolate, we all left the party feeling richer.

This magazine thing is getting a little ridiculous! Okay, totally ridiculous. Today, Sandee brought me ANOTHER new magazine to read and it’s rad! (Dressed to) KILL has all these amazing photos and completely avant-garde designers. I even get to practice my high school French by reading it.  Super-cool. That’s how they say cool in Quebec, isn’t it?

I really have to get my clothes in my new favourite magazines.

Canadian fashionistas were all a-twitter today after receiving an e-mail announcement from LG. It seems Canadian fashion will have a new supporter: LG.

Now our Toronto Fashion Week is a branded bit of mouthful: LG Fashion Week presented by L’Oréal Paris, but if the LG closing night party last season was any indication, the Fashion Design Council of Canada will treat Canadian fashion fans to an exciting future.

I do hope LG phones will be in media bags next season.