Okay, so I’ve got a ton of samples ready to sell and my studio is pretty big, so I think I can have the sale here. Sandee agreed to help, so I’ll get her to serve refreshments and stuff, not that I can afford a bunch of refreshments. I think a couple bottles of Baby [...]

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After last week’s horrific contractor disaster, I’ve been trying to find someone to make my clothes and it’s been such a pain. I finally found one that’s a bit closer to downtown and doesn’t require a million bus transfers, which is good, but it’s kind of sketch. Like, there weren’t any windows, it was dusty, [...]

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Wow! There are so, so many DIY craft fairs this time of year. I really should have been better at applying for some of them so I could have made some money.  Maybe then I could have afforded to buy some cute Christmas presents for all my friends - I saw so many neat gift [...]

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OMG! I can’t believe our completely overconsumptive society. We’re so bad, someone got trampled in a Wal-Mart! That’s why I like to celebrate Buy Nothing Day. The great Adbusters magazine started this event to encourage us to save the planet and consume less. I didn’t buy anything today.
Well, I did kind of buy some fabric, [...]

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Wow! Karine Marin from Sensation Mode sent me an invitation to show at Montreal Fashion Week. How totally cool! It’s March 2 to 5. Toronto collections will be March 16 to 21. Should I do both? If I’m making the clothes, why not? It could be a great way to get more customers. I think [...]

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My rad friend, fellow designer and Deadly Nightshades Bike Gang member Irene Stickney is organizing these uber-cool fashion drawing nights at the store where she works, 69 Vintage. Well, actually, it’s at 69 Vintage Buy the Pound, but whatever. The models dress up in crazy-fun clothes and we draw them. It’s great practice and a [...]

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It was a while since I heard from my contractor, so I popped in to check on production and I couldn’t believe what I saw: my signature bubble skirt done in 5 different fabrics and 10 different colours that I didn’t choose. Not only that, but there were like 500 of them!
I freaked out and [...]

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After hearing about the million sample sales, I decided I definitely should have one. But when? On a weekend? Not next weekend; that’s Buy Nothing Weekend. On a weeknight? I’ve got so many bands to see this week that I can’t do it. Maybe next Thursday. Yeah. I could totally have a sample sale and [...]

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I got an e-mail about a trunk show happening way out in the East End, so I thought I should check it out since I never leave the West End. It was pretty cool: the people at The Fashion District storeorganized this sale, and it was pretty neat since a bunch of designers took over [...]

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So I was out at Sweaty Betty’s tonight with Elmo and Sandee and there was this crazy drunk chick named Vivian who was a friend of some friend of Sandee’s. Anyway, she totally started hitting on Elmo! Okay, so whatever he and I have going on isn’t really defined or anything, but how could she [...]

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