Post-Olympic Depression

The 2nd best thing about this short trip was that even though it was work-related (and expenses paid), it totally didn't feel like it. Funny cause I just got my cheque from the last pay period and it surprised me because I had expected it to be way lower as if I had taken a vacation over Reading Week but duh, I still managed to kick in a good 30hrs while I was there. Besides being able to go out in the Village before or after our shifts, we were also all given a full day off to spend at our leisure - with the exception of working around the scheduled time in our itinerary for attending an Olympic Event. Everyone that got sent out were given tickets to see one (Thank you BH!), depending on what was happening around the time of your waves. I got to go see the Ladies Alpine Downhill skiing, which was a Medal Event happening at Whistler's own Creekside hills:

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Meals Per Diem

{the three S's at lunch w. iyana, chili chicken at earls, nutella & cinnamon sugar beaver tails, bento box at sushi village, a canadian poutine}

Give a girl $40 a day for food and this is what she'll do with it.
"WILL STARVE TO SHOP?" NAH B, I USED IT ALL AND ATE LIKE A QUEEN

Born On The Streets

Having been open for only a couple of years now, both the Aritzia and TNA stores in Whistler couldn't have had better timing to make it big with the Olympics bringing in people from all over the world (see next post) to it's tiny town. You actually have to keep an eye out for them, since they're tucked away in the middle of souvenir shops and I'm not gunna lie... even I missed them my first time around the village, walked right past them and got lost. With that being said, foot traffic isn't even close to being as crazy as what we were all used to from back home (especially for the TO girls), and even though we were all incredibly excited to be sent out to help run the store, we all joked around about how they were doing it to give us a break, haha. True or not, it was certainly refreshing to be out of a mall for once and I especially loved the idea of literally being able take a breath of fresh air while running across the street from store to store to grab a size or say what's up. I also fell in love with the whole Whistler mentality that they have going on there: think chill and down for anything, which I was able to feed off of straight from the local girls* there and decided to take home with me. Let's see how well that works out back here in the city, shall we?

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Cypress Vs. Snowberry

"The Vancouver House"
I wouldn't have swapped being in Whistler for anyone or anything, not even for that pool.
CHECK OUT THE FULL POST TO SEE MY ACCOMMODATIONS

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The Welcome Package

{included: 2 totes, 1 towel, our 'uniform', a pair of olympic mittens, an itinerary, calling card & a bus pass}

gone to whistler, bc
for the 2010 Winter Games!

Rest In Peace, Alexander Mcqueen

{carolines mode}

Once In A Lifetime

The 2010 Winter games
are taking place right next door to us, and we should all
be proud, show support and get excited
about this amazing opportunity! I know I am...
Details of my mini-getaway coming soon

Club Chrissie & Coney Island

The evolution of the "lookbook":
To showcase Sophomore's S/S2010 collection, designer Chrissie Miller has stepped into a whole different world of media and has created this ten-minute film, shot by LA-based photographer and frequent collaborator, Cass Bird. THE END RESULT IS LIKE NO OTHER.

Miller is a native New Yorker and appropriately, the film is set in New York's legendary hang-out Coney Island. It's there, in the summer dens of the New York kids who didn't have the money for the Hamptons, that a cast of Miller's friends, shot documentary style, tell stories about their lives past and present. They flirt, flick cigarettes and muse about their first kisses and first arrests, on the inevitably romantic boardwalk.

Inspired by a 90s documentary about the tough broads of Wildwood New Jersey (long before the days of Snooki and JWow, but with a similar kindred energy), the film captures the nostalgia and the insatiable mythologizing of fleeting teenage moments. "It reminds us what it's like to be that age and how that period of life shapes who you are," says Chrissie, who herself makes a brief appearance on film during a smooch session with boyfriend Leo Fitzpatrick.

"Sophomore as a brand is really about being comfortable and being honest. And being OK with who you are, living on the edge," said Cass after the showing. "And Coney Island is on the chipping block right now and you can see the expiration on sight. That's what youth is really all about. It ends really quickly."

{sophomore nyc, interview mag}

Spring 2010 Preview

See the full preview here.
IN STORES FEBRUARY 1ST, 2010

It's Showtime: Runway 2010

{delightful}

Karlie Kloss shot by Steven Meisel on the cover of Vogue Italia.
SHE MAY BE FALLING IN THESE PHOTOS, BUT GIRL IS ON HER WAY TO THE TOP!