Currently listening to: “What’s A Girl to Do?” by Bat For Lashes
I can only describe my impatience for the opening of the Yves Saint Laurent retrospective on the 29th of May in one word: excessive. I haven’t been this excited about a costume exhibition since I heard about the Poiret show in NYC last year… the one I am still kicking myself for missing. (When I got my hands on a copy of the catalogue at my school I almost started bawling in the middle of the Art History library because of what I had missed. I am NOT exaggerating.) According to the press release, the exhibition will showcase 160 of his pieces as well as drawings and videos from the couture master. The lone image that the Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal has released is breathtaking and sings in perfect harmony with this season’s accessory du moment- feathers. Press releases and the buzz around town, coupled with the advertisement for the exhibition that I see every third street corner has left me salivating for more YSL couture like a hungry puppy. I’m starting a countdown, as should you.
I swear, the fashion industry is attempting to empty my pockets by feeding my ombre obsession. Yesterday, Susie Bubble (from one of my favourite style blogs, 
hts from Christian Lacroix´s SS couture collection. In all honesty though, I find Helgason’s version to be more appealing. It tastefully allows you
to show off a bit more leg with an ultra short mini, while at the same time giving the appearance of more coverage. Plus, the black-fade-to-nude effect seems more versatile (and less “oops-i-stepped-in-a-vat-of-dye”) than Lacroix’s technicolour edition. Still, my obsession with tights knows no bounds and I would gladly take colour or black & nude ombre thigh-highs…. if only I was 6″ taller *sigh*…