Dior's new look

Hey guys, kind of a big deal here right now.

The other, we decided to go on a big adventure and check out some of Toronto's best vintage stores that we hadn't yet visited.

One of our first stops of the day was I Miss You. The store is located at 63 Osslington ave just north of Queen West. Their specialty as we quickly found out, is vintage designer clothing.

Their prices are really reasonable, considering the names that they sell (Chanel, Dior, Balenciaga, Hermes, Birkin, YSL etc) and the condition of all of their clothes. I'm not saying that I could waltz in and buy an outfit, let alone even afford a dress, but hey, I'm a university student, I shouldn't be able to afford clothes from anywhere. That said, there were still plenty of gorgeous finds within my price range, be it shirts, skirts, shoes or accessories.

Of course, if you know me, you know what I went for right away.

And then i saw it. And then it was on my head. And then it clicked and I knew I was leaving the store with this hat.

From Christian Dior's 1947 "new look", my gorgeous new hat might just be my new favourite thing in my possession.

 Velvet, with a nice ribbon and a cute little bow,this was a perfect find, for only $40.

Takes about a million pins to keep it on my head, but it's very worth it.

I think the morale or this story is I Miss You is most definitely worth checking out, even if you don't plan on buying anything, you might just be surprised... and go home with the coolest piece of vintage clothing ever.

A Common Store

Living on West Queen West here in Toronto we have a huge variety of high quality vintage stores within a hop skip and a jump of us. We try our very best to introduce you to as many of these as possible.Of course, not every vintage store reduces us to excited little giggling fashionistas. A store very close to our house, Common Sort, has the habit of leaving us very disappointed.

Common Sort is located on Queen in cozy Parkdale and though they do have some interesting items and somewhat reasonable prices, their selection of clothes tends to be lacking. Not only do they have an excess of ugly clothes (which is great I guess for the ever growing hipster popular in the area) but are totally lacking in small and large sizes. Between the two of us, we've only ever found ONE ITEM OF CLOTHING THAT WILL FIT IN THIS STORE. And it's not due to lack of trying.

We will say that their accessories are rather cute, and that they do have an okay selection of shoes (but, again, good luck if you have bigger feet)

 The verdict: If you are a size medium hipster; have fun! If not, don't bother. Its not worth the time.