Instagram Catchup

Since I’ve been an unreliable blogger lately, I thought I would catch everyone up on the ugly faces I’ve been making, cat pictures I’ve been taking and various other moments from the last little while.

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Experimenting with body chains – what do you think, ladies?

Ron and I decided to spend a weekend making  a stop-motion short about a cactus.  We spent most of the time doing weird faces at each other instead.

Salad jarring for life!

I am the luckiest girl in the world.

And some outfit posts too!

The Love Yourself Event at Tabula Rasa

Just before Valentine’s Day I collaborated on an event with one of the best boutiques in the east end, Tabula Rasa.  The “Love Yourself Event” featured my jewellery line Hibou and I was there customizing necklaces on the spot while TR was debuting some of the their new must-have spring pieces.  Here are some pics from the night!

Here I am in my favourite shirt that I hand-shredded while watching too many episodes of my ultimate guilty pleasure, Star Trek: TNG. What am I looking at? Probably the delicious vegan cupcakes that are just in front of me.

Vintage dead-stock chain and stone bracelets.

My hubs and my bud dancing to (probably) the Supremes.

Tea tea tea tea tea tea tea tea tea!

One of the customizable Hibou pieces is the Mojo Bag.  Pick a stone that speaks to you, choose your re-purposed leather swatch, we prepare it, and you walk away feeling the positive vibes!

Some gorgeous babes wearing Hibou Mojo Bags.

My newest collection is a mix of semi-precious stones, vintage and new chain and some really special charms.  It is still available for sale in Tabula Rasa and will be online really soon!

Thanks to Tabula Rasa for a great night!!

xoxo Amarina

OOTD – Pleated skirts and sneaky announcements

This weekend, I took advantage of some summer evening light to show off one of my favourite skirts ever.  EVER.  I’d been wanting a pleated chiffon skirt for a long time but was unwilling to pay an arm and a leg for one, mostly because I’ve been a broke student for the last two years.  When I found this sweet gem I am sure I let out an embarrassing squeak of excitement – it was only $8!  I love that I can dress it up (I wore it with a fancy top to my convocation), or down (bra out) and it always feels right.

Very obsessed with these shoes, I love the happy coral soles!

Since I’ve been talking vintage a bit here, I’m going to take this opportunity to announce that my PLUS SIZE VINTAGE ONLINE STORE is almost ready to go!! I’ll be posting about the launch in the very near future.  Be excited ladies!

On the bod:

Tank – Old Navy

Skirt – Thrifted

Shoes – Dolce Vita

Bag – Thrifted

Jewelry – Vintage and Hibou (made by me)

I can’t believe that summer is almost over, enjoy every moment!

xoxo Amarina

It’s analog o’clock! Part deux

Here’s the second batch of shots from my Diana Mini, I hope you like them!

xoxo Amarina

Subway wall, Montreal

Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto

Brickworks

Ron being a stud at the beach, Toronto

Brickworks

Santa Cruz, CA

Montreal

It’s analog o’clock!

I’ve been going through a bunch of old Lomo scans from my Diana Mini and getting really excited to have my next couple of rolls developed.  I brought it with me to Cuba and hopefully got some really cool shots of the gorgeous landscape…or I took a bunch of the ground and the inside of my purse. That’s the beauty of analog photography right? Right?

Well I found so many that I thought fondly of so I broke this post up into two, I’ll be posting the rest of them tomorrow!

Enjoy!

xoxo Amarina

Rock sculptures at the beach in Toronto.

Ron in Carmel, California

Cacti in L.A.

Ron working mutton chops at our home base.

Is it surprising that the most delightful squirrels live in one of the most beautiful places ever? (Big Sur, CA)

Snowin’ and bowlin’

OOTD – How to Wear Crazy Pants

So here I am looking relatively normal, getting ready in the elevator for this week’s outfit post.  EXCEPT…I am rocking some pretty crazy pants here, pants that everyone openly stared at when I was walking down the street.  Let them stare!

Now that I have completed the marathon that is fashion school, I like to joke that I have earned the right to wear whatever I please in the name of fashion.  The truth is that I have always worn whatever I felt good in and I’ve been wanting to wear these gaudy pants for a while now, but wasn’t sure what I wanted to wear on top.  I went the easy route (it WAS a long weekend, after all) and went with the classic black t-shirt.   You can pretty much never go wrong in a black t-shirt, regardless of what you’re wearing on the bottom.   Tons of jewellery later and we have an outfit folks!

 

Various necklaces and bracelets – I made them!

Shirt – Old Navy

Pants – F21+

Shoes – Ardene cheapos from last summer

Clutch – Thrifted

 

Lastly, Ron insisted that I include this picture I took of myself because he thought it was hilarious…here it is in all it’s glory!

Hope everyone had a great long weekend!

xoxo Amarina

Summer Jams – Twin Shadow

Saw Twin Shadow play last week at Lee’s Palace and he was next level amazing.  Can’t stop listening to this sweet jam!

Took a quick and crappy outfit shot in the streets, post-sweatfest.

Shirt: Old Rolling Stones tour shirt

Leggings: Forever 21+

Dancing shoes: Urban Outfitters

OOTD Summertime Velvet

This weekend Ron and I kicked off our week-long concert marathon by seeing The XX at The Phoenix. They set the tone pre-show by filling up the theater with what seemed like record-breaking amounts of dry ice and gothic lighting. So feeling inspired in the midst of a pastel/floral/neon/sunshine-y summer, I busted out my black velvet skirt and my moon print tank from my first Ursa Major collection.

As always, piled on the jewellery like there’s no tomorrow. The necklace is vintage chain and crystal from the last Hibou Accessories collection that I did and the rest I’ve accumulated over my years of fashion hoarding.

Used to be more self-conscious about showing my whole back but now I just say “fuck it, this is my body right now and it’s awesome” and wear the shit out of see-through, low cut things. There’s not enough time in my life for hate!

I love these shoes! They were stupid cheap at Value Village and even though they destroy my feet, they are so legit 80′s. Outfit details:

Sunglasses/Glasses (stolen from my true love) – Zenni Optical
Tank – Ursa Major
Skirt – Thrifted
Shoes – Thrifted
Jewellery – Hibou Accessories & various
Nail Polish – OPI Charged up Cherry & Maybelline Porcelain Party

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer!
xoxo Amarina

Final Collection Sneak Peek

For my final collection at school (I’m all done now, woot!) I decided to create a collection of plus-size loungewear that could transition into a babe’s everyday closet.  I used an 18 as my sample size and created this mood board which drew from a lot of pagan influences and my personal style icon, Kate Bush.

It was interesting to see how few and far between the resources are out there for emerging plus-size designers.  My partner created amazing croquis for me that more represented the bodies I want to dress and I ran from there.  Check out a few sneak peek shots from my final presentation at school (I got an A+!) and I’ll be doing a proper shoot soon.

I found this vintage moon fabric at Value Village and immediately knew it would be the base for my little collection.  I couldn’t love it more and I’ve been wearing this cape like crazy!

So that’s it for now, but I am already working on some new pieces that I can’t wait to share with you fine people (neon and black mesh, anyone?).

xoxo Amarina

Earstuff – A Jigsaw

Randomly came across this (maybe?) Portuguese band and have been listening to them like nobody’s business.  Plus, I can’t decide how hot the singer is – any feedback on this serious issue is welcome.

xoxo Amarina