Slow and South: spring 2011

Saturday, March 26, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCpOKtN8ME Cool, no? :))

However, finding a raincoat brings me the shivers each year. It's still a mystery to me why major retailers, designers or whoever makes raincoats available in the big stores, think I'm willing to add black to the abundant dark grey around. Or that I can spend an hour in the muddy park happily hopping in the puddles while graciously wearing a snow white apparel... Hm. Weird. So, each year I start browsing the web with my tummy feeling a bit rumbly, as Pooh says, in uneasy expectation of more black. Today was not an exception. And just when I had almost swallowed this piece to the right...

things started to brighten up! Look what I found:

Marigold raincoat from http://www.modcloth.com/

This is an Old Navy piece but I can't find it on the Canadian website and I'm planning an in-store invasion:

Gorgeous bright red with a hat at Kaboodle!

Poppies and blooming fields at http://www.raincoat-supplier.com/ :)))

And my Land of Candies appears to be Lands' End instead! LOL Just look how many colours are available for each of their raincoats! http://www.landsend.com/ix/womens-clothing/Women/Outerwear/index.html?seq=1~2~3&catNumbers=83~141&visible=1~2~1&store=le&sort=Recommended&tab=2&setPageSize=72

I'm definitely getting the coral blush and a Cancun coral! :))) And I will happily hop in the puddles indeed, wearing my favorite rubber boots! LOL

I love these Endless, Victorian style, old fashioned boots: http://www.endless.com/dp/B0026P4U0I/177-1355244-1612650?ie=UTF8&creative=395261&suppressRedirect=1&linkCode=asn&tag=prontocom146810-20&creativeASIN=B0026P4U0I

Coach are cheering everyone up!

And, of course, Target has such a selection!

All at http://www.target.com/Rain-Boots-Womens-Shoes/b?ie=UTF8&node=13913321#searchSize=30&searchRank=pmrank&searchView=grid5&searchPage=3

One can even stay anchored, no fear of the flood. LOL http://www.target.com/Womens-Anchor-Rain-Boots-Navy/dp/B003QBVSWE/ref=br_1_19?ie=UTF8&node=13913321&sessionID=176-4177466-0639627&searchSize=30&searchView=grid3&searchPage=1&sr=1-19&qid=1301182262&rh=&searchBinNameList=target_com_shoe_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Cpattern_name-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=salesrank&frombrowse=1

Very cute and classic neutral: http://www.target.com/Zetta-Tall-Rain-Boots-Gray/dp/B001DCP8G0/ref=br_1_5?ie=UTF8&node=13913321&sessionID=176-4177466-0639627&searchSize=30&searchView=grid3&searchPage=2&sr=1-5&qid=1301182499&rh=&searchBinNameList=target_com_shoe_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Cpattern_name-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=salesrank&frombrowse=1

They also have one of my all times favorites - the Denise Rain Drops:

And Adi's Floral designs which come in different color combinations, I love the raspberry taste of this one. :)

And so on, and so on... My rainy days are safe from black, I'm relieved. Now, if only the rain and the spring could come. LOL Oh, how I miss Toronto! And especially High Park! It simply screams for a very stylish rain gear. :))))

Sunday, February 6, 2011

What's in your suitcase?

There are two cities of those I know that scream "spring" to me! Paris and London. Don't ask me why. It may be the love I remember, it may be the cafe au lait or the red double deckers, or the parks and the lush green, or the castles where I could still hear the hoofs of a cavalier's horse rushing for a midnight date... Whatever it was or is, I go to both places as often as I can and I do it in spring. As a woman of style :)))) I tend to pay much attention to what goes in my suitcase. After all, it's Paris or London or both, one should respect the beauty of the place, right? Here is what I'm packing this spring. :)

My Paris choices: