Best Dressed in Venice

          My favourite looks from the 2015 Venice Film Festival:

Alessandra Ambrosio in Philosophy 

Montreal

Okay so I may have gone to Montreal the day after I was in Ottawa to see Taylor Swift again...

I was lucky enough to have free tickets to both nights at the concert! The Montreal concert had a bit of a better crowd than the Ottawa concert and Taylor felt it too.

Since I had already been to the concert the night before my friends and I decided to leave before the crowd and go get dinner. Before we left going back stage was a must because our working passes allowed it. As my sister and I walk behind the stage we have no problem, the security guards raise their hands and let us walk straight through. Then the farther back stage we get I notice a security guard running after me yelling you can't be back here. I quickly show him the badge on my jacket which supposedly grants the wearer access to wherever in the stadium they want to be. Turns out that isn't true, you can't just go anywhere you want with a working pass because the next thing you know you're being manhandled backstage and thrown out of a Taylor Swift concert. Good thing we were leaving anyway ;) 

Ottawa

Last week I was in Canada's capital city, Ottawa for the day. I've been to Ottawa so many times for so many different reasons. This time I was there because I had some crazy tickets to the Taylor Swift concert. I was literally two feet from the stage for Taylor Swift and Vance Joy. 

Going into the concert I was more excited to hear Vance Joy preform than Taylor Swift because I prefer his music. I just thought it would be cool to see Taylor Swift because she's the biggest pop star in the world right now so...what's cooler than that? Plus the tickets were free! 

As it turns out the concert turned me into the Taylor Swift fan I never thought I would be. She's such a good live performer and her songs were all so catchy! 

(Photos from the concert on my Instagram @tarynpotasky) 

Fashion Art Toronto

Photos taken by: Brian Rivera Simon
Taryn Potasky, Alysia Cohen, Nikki Rayskin, and Raye Mocioiu

Romper: H&M Coachella collection
Purse: Marc Jacobs
Shoes: Christian Louboutin 

       On Friday night I went to the FAT 2015 Launch Party presented by Nord Magazine at a boutique called Parloque on Queen Street West. Friday was definitely a fun night and Parloque is the coolest store in T.O.                  

AGO - Jean-Michel Basquiat

Today I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) to see the Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit. I went into the exhibit not really know what to expect. Basquiat's style is very different from most other well known artists. Basquiat's style was dark and modern, painting in a graffiti street art style. His art is the kind of art that you question while looking at it because it is definitely not strikingly beautiful like a Monet or Van Gogh, You wonder why there is even an art exhibit dedicated to him. The reason why Basquiat is an important artist is because his art is interesting and has a message. As mentioned above he isn't like most of the artists we've heard of. Most of the works I saw today at the exhibit were focused around racism and police brutality which allows his art from the late 1970's and 1980's to remain current. 

A few of the things I found most interesting about Jean-Michel Basquiat are 1. He and Andy Warhol were good friends and 2. He was assigned to paint at a gallery where he was supplied heroin to help spark his creativity 3. He died at his studio in 1988 of a heroin overdose shortly after Andy Warhol's death which pushed Basquiat into severe isolation and depression.  

Jean-Michael Basquiat, 1983

Best Dressed at the SAG Awards

Ariel Winter in Zac Posen

Distillery District

Today I had the pleasure of going on a school trip to the Distillery District in Downtown Toronto. The Distillery is definitely one of my favourite Toronto neighborhoods. It's a piece of the past with old industrial buildings and cobble stone roads stuck right in the middle of booming modern day Toronto. I'm not sure how long ago this started but every year for Christmas there is an old time Christmas market set up in the Distillery with food vendors with grilled cheese, schnitzel, apple cider etc. There is also a Ferris Wheel and carousel. Another thing so appealing about Christmas in the Distillery is that all the shops, many art gallery's, and restaurants are decorated for Christmas while Christmas music plays in the background. There is so much spirit in the Distillery District this time of year. I love it there and for anyone who has not been I highly recommend going but at night to get the full experience ! 

Got Style

Grand Electric

Lately I have been really into food. Well restaurants in particular; I've always been into food. I tend to eat out more than the average person probably does so I figure if I'm going to be eating out I may as well eat somewhere good, right? So I've been spending a lot of my time researching and reading about where the best places to eat are in my city, and cities I visit. Among many of the lists I looked at of the best restaurants in Toronto Grand Electric on Queen Street West (a very hipster area of the city) appeared several times...soooo I HAD to try it. The other night my mom, sister, and family friends of ours went to Grand Electric and gave it a try. It's Mexican and I am a new fan of Mexican food. If anyone decides to go to Grand Electric I recommend the chips and guacamole.    

Bag: Marc Jacobs
Shirt: American Eagle
Jeans: Gap
Shoes: Nine West
Leather Jacket: Forever 21

Metallic

Metallics have been seen on the Spring 2014 runways at Givenchy, Saint Laurent, and several other fashion houses. Metallics can be seen on dresses, shirts, and even pants! For those not daring enough to wear metallics so boldly but still want to wear the trend, go for a metallic clutch, nail polish, or shoe.

Alexa Chung wearing a Marc Jacobs jacket