Sporty Spice

London Town

Okay, so I'm not actually in London. I've never even been to London, but this little neighborhood we shot in near Casa Loma seems so London-esc. I love the white row homes with simple black doors. Its a perfect location for a simple little black dress. 

Bell Sleeves

May 21

Spring Trench

Golden Knot

I would like to wish a happy late Mothers Day to all the Mommy's out there! 

For Mothers Day my family took my Grandmother for a fancy lunch at Casa Loma. The food was so good and everything looked so beautiful. 

(Photos on my Instagram: Taryn Potasky)

Finally Flared

 Finally got my hands on a pair of flared jeans! I got these jeans last week from Zara and was so excited to wear them, but since I'm only 5" tall I had to alter them which took a few days. Today I finally got to wear them. Zara denim is so comfortable.

Here Comes the Sun

I really was not expecting today to be a great day. I woke up at 5:30 am and could only sleep on and off after that till 7:30 am when I got out of bed. (Okay it was 7:40). As I went to brush my hair I had trouble getting the comb out of my hair...because there was toothpaste in it. Brushing your hair with toothpaste + being really tired = not a positive outlook for the rest of the day. 

Once I got to school and went to pick up lunch at a small Italian place up the street the day started to turn around and get a little better because I traded my negative outlook to a positive one and knew I had better things to do than think about my sticky hair. 

Baby Blues

Bomb Squad

I've been loving bomber jackets for about a year now. Last year I got a bright blue floral one from Gap which I was obsessed with, then my sister got a black bomber from H&M which has disappeared from my house mysteriously so I had to go get one of my own from Topshop last week! I've already worn it a few times and it's only a week old! 

Turns out bomber jackets are very versatile and can be worn with anything from jeans, "dress up sweats" like the ones I wore Here, to pencil skirts with heels al la Kimmy K. 

Here are a couple other looks which I have worn a bomber jacket with

Look One

Look Two

03.18.15

Hair Cut!

I'm finally part of the lob club! 

Denim x Fur

Little Black Tie

In November I got a navy dress from Zara that had a neck tie which is what I really liked about the dress. The neck tie is what also made the dress a little bit different to style. I had always wanted to try the classic french twist hair style but if done with that dress I thought I would end up looking like a flight attendant. Instead of going for the french twist I channeled my favourite fashion decade, the 60's. I wore my hair straight parted to the side with a "pouf" in the back, and a very bold smokey eye.  To accessorize I wore the short dress thigh high boots. I had the front of the dress shortened in the so that a little bit of thigh was visible so the boots didn't just look like heels with tights. I didn't look like a flight attendant at all!

Now here is the sad part ...

I was doing laundry last month and as the inexperienced laundress I am I shrunk my dress into a weird fitting tight shirt. Since my favourite part of the dress - the neck tie was still okay I cut it off the dress and voila I wore it today with a T-shirt. 

A blurry photo of this now shirt
Zara 

02.25.115

I'm so bored of winter. Spring anyone? 

Gone Shopping

Saturday I went shopping for my Prom dress. I had found a Jill Stuart one I loved about a month ago and then found another one from the brand La Femme. The dresses were both completely different which made deciding which one I wanted to buy even harder. 

Once I tried both dresses on for the second time there was no question about which dress was the dress. 

I guess you'll have to find out on May 28th which one I chose ;)  

From India

Several years ago my neighbors who were an elderly Indian couple traveled to India and came back with a few things for my family. One of which was this by black and gold scarf. We all loved the scarf but no one ever really wore it. In the summer I came across the scarf again and stole it from my Mom. 

Now it's mine. 

Layers

Caped

The First of Fifteen

Ahhh the first day back at school after a two week break. The first day every student dreaded in 2015. For some reason today I was in a weirdly good mood. Maybe because I got four hours of sleep? Once I got home from school I opened an e-mail stating that I've been accepted to York University! Yay!! 

I hope you all made the best of your first day back :)