Outfit of the Day: Mixing Black and White Prints

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I find it rather odd that for this spring season black and white is trending. Also it is a relief from those floral prints we get every spring season for the past couple of years. Admittedly, I got pretty sick of those typical florals and pastel coloured silhouettes that filled every aisle of the department store. I decided for today's outfit is to pattern mix. This time I chose a different route and that was to take two completely different patterns still remaining in the same colour scheme. When it comes to pattern mixing in that sense, you need to be aware of the magnitude or the size of the pattern relative to the other pattern. I decided to pattern mix with my bold chevron skirt, I found the chevron print to be quite large relative to my polka dot crop top. You don't want to pair two ensembles that have the same size in pattern or else it becomes overwhelming; hence the two patterns are competing with one another. That is a tip I utilize when styling various prints together into one look. Anyways here is what I came up with for today's look :) And of course since it is Friday, I hope all of you guys have a lovely weekend. For those of you who live in Toronto or visiting Toronto for the weekend, I recommend checking out Doors Open, it is a great event that is taking place during the weekend. It gives you the opportunity to walk into places that are usually closed to the public, but here's your chance to check it out. The website has some recommended locations to check out, and let me tell you there is several gems in the city; when you go inside there are some things you will discover you will never expect to find. I will let you guys know in the next post what I've come across. As for the time being, I have to get going as I am preparing for a wedding for tonight. But I'll make sure to update you guys with everything as it is a busy weekend for me.

| What I Wore |

| Faux Leather Jacket | H&M

| Polka Dot Crop Top | Forever21

| Black Beanie | H&M

| Chevron Skirt | Stitches Online

| Gold Buckle Black Belt | Urban Planet

| Shoes | Vans 

Outfit of the Day: Striped Flower

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You can probably tell by now, I challenged myself to style all my floral pieces for the following week; hence why all this week's outfits are all floral. I apologize to you in advance, if you are sick of the floral prints this whole week, but no worries the week is over and I will be trying to style other prints that are of course not floral. Anyways as my final floral look I decided to pattern mix it, instead of styling your everyday solids with it. I played it pretty safe and styled it with a striped turtle neck. I got sick of styling that basic white tee or black tee with floral, it is just too safe and expected. Stripes are not done often, but if done right it looks like you put more effort. Actually now that I think about it, when it comes to pattern mixing I always pair stripes as the base pattern and then mix it up with another pattern. It is usually safe to pair stripes with another pattern to not look too clashing, especially if you are a starter to pattern mixing, stripes is my best bet. Anyways it was Friday night and to dress things up I just added a belt and a leather jacket to close the look. Here it is :)

Outfit of the Day: Back to Basics

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I went exploring to Lake Shore as I mentioned in the prior post. It was great, even though I have been there several times it always seems to surpass my expectations every time I go. I just love sitting on the rocks at the shore, and just forget about everything. Something about the water makes me feel very calm and making a great place to refresh your mind. I decided to go with a couple of girl friends for the day and explore other parts of the city for the latter part.

As usual when I am lacking inspiration for the day I go for my basics and decided to wear all my basic pieces together and came up with an outfit I absolutely adore. I wore my chambray shirt tucked into my black skater skirt, topped it off with my leather jacket, a fedora and some basic black cat eye sunnies. I received several compliments and I think it is the perfect look to wear during those windy spring days. The pieces from this outfit, majority of us have in our wardrobe and can easily be combined in several other ways to create different looks. Hope you enjoy the look :)

| What I Wore |

| Chambray Shirt | Old Navy

| Black Skater Skirt | H&M

| Black Faux Leather Jacket | H&M

| Black Fedora | H&M

| Black Bag | Call it Spring

| Shoes | Vans

| Black Sunnies | Friends

| Silver Necklaces | Forever21

Outfit of the Day: Casual Leather

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The weather is absolutely perfect in Toronto, now it truly feels like a real spring. The excitement is real, which means more exploring and the great thing about Toronto is the variety of landscapes to check out. Toronto is not only known as a metropolis but also to be surrounded by rural regions, an island, bordered by Lake Ontario, so the views are endless here. I have done just that yesterday and plan to do it again today. I usually target a different location everyday to get the greatest coverage, you never know what hidden gem you'll uncover. Today I will be heading over to the west end to check out Lake Shore. The trails are endless as it goes all around Toronto. Anyways on to my outfit, I was lacking inspiration at the time and gravitated towards basic pieces and find accessories to amp the look up to make it more personal. You can never go wrong with a leather jacket, black jeans and a striped tee. Here is the outfit :)

| What I Wore |

| Leather Jacket | H&M

| Striped Tee | H&M

| Black Slit Jeans | Forever21 x DIY

| Shoes | Vans

| Necklaces | Forever21

| Burgundy Cardigan (tied) | Stitches Online

| Sunnies | Friends 

Outfit of the Day: Mixing Prints

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Oh my god, my Birthday is in two hours! My Birthday plans... are well nothing but study. I actually have my Accounting Exam on my Birthday then my Finance exam followed along on the next day. Don't worry I have some plans set aside which I do plan to Vlog on my YouTube channel.  I really should be studying, but I honestly cannot study all day. Okay I shall stop ranting here. As mentioned Toronto weather fluctuates, so I prepared myself by wearing several layers. It was actually a lot warmer than I anticipated to be. I usually like bringing extra layers since I go to the library in the morning, spend a good while studying and leave late evening; usually the temperature drops by then. I love to style black and white outfits, it is always a great combo especially to mix match. My easy way of mix-matching print is to start off with stripes and mix it with another print that is relatively larger in its print or smaller but not the same. I feel if the prints are relatively the same size they are competing and it gets too busy. Then I topped everything off with a leather jacket to give the outfit a more tougher look. I absolutely love the finishing look and I decided to wear some cute lace espadrilles to balance out the black. I hope all of you guys have a great weekend!  Here is the look :)

| What I Wore |

| Faux Leather Jacket | H&M

| Striped Sweater | H&M

| Window Pane Coat | Thrifted (Bianca Nygard Brand)

| Slit Jeans | Forever21 x DIY

| Lace Espadrilles | Forever21

Outfit of the Day: Fedoras and Turtlenecks

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So Day 2 of the York University Strike, no progress as of yet. But I decided not to worry too much, and decided to take a whole day off to myself and just enjoy the little things in life. During school, I don't really get the chance to appreciate much of my surroundings but rather stress out on the copious amounts of readings I have ahead of myself. On my days off, I love to explore and discover a new part of the city which I exactly did. I strolled around the downtown area and went out for a date after for some chicken wings. Of course the date does not sound romantic but it was half price wings day and who doesn't enjoy chicken wings?

Anyways about the outfit, I wanted to be extremely warm so I decided to pair my extremely thick turtle neck to keep me warm. Believe it or not, I was actually warm considering I was wearing a leather jacket and a thermal under my turtle neck. I was able to ditch the oversized-parka and I decided to wear this super long teal chiffon-dress I thrifted recently, underneath the turtle neck. It was snowing quite a bit so I decided to top everything off with a fedora to block the snow flakes off my face. Hope you like the outfit :)

| What I Wore |

| Fedora | H&M 

| Leather Jacket | H&M

| Turtle Neck | Thrifted

| Chiffon Teal Dress | Thrifted

| Heart Clutch | DIY 

| Black Booties | Call it Spring