Birthday Dress

I really try not to repeat clothes, not just for the blog but also to bring more variety in my day to day outfits. However this lightweight, silk dress from Anthropologie is one of my all time favorites. Last year, my Summer as a Resource Assistant was spent in dangerously close proximity to "Shops at Don Mills", a sort of outdoor plaza for high end stores and eateries. When I walked into the first ever Canadian Anthropologie in that plaza, I was instantly mesmerized. But sort of had mini heart attacks seeing the prices. So I told myself, before I finished my Summer term I would buy myself a little birthday present from there. Which was this dress, collected lovingly from the sale room to hold a prized position in my closet. One year and numerous wears later I still love this dress to bits.

On another note how are you planning for your July 1st holiday my Canadian readers? My aunt is coming over from the States and I want to take her to a beautiful place to eat and a fun club. Any suggestions? Email me at tashrin@gmail.com, or leave a comment.

Love

Trishna

Wearing: Anthropologie Dress, Geox Flats & Gifted Arong Bracelets

Soaking up the sun......

So last time I left it off at that my cousin sister was in town. Well she is gone now but the last few days have been a whirlwind of constant walking, walking and some more walking, crazy shopping (on her part....sigh), crazy window shopping (on both our parts), eating extremely unhealthy but very tasty food. And now she's off to Japan, till we figure out a way to see each other again.

It's amazing how much we connected despite having a huge language barrier, how much she could communicate to me through the help of her little electronic dictionary and sign language. I wish she would actually realize her dream of coming to Toronto on a working holiday.

This post is dedicated to you Anna. I know one day you will know enough English to read my blog then you'll know how much I am proud of the beautiful, responsible young lady that I met this time around.

Love you girl.

Wearing: Guess Dress, Bangladeshi Street Vendor Bag and Sandals

Trishna

Family Affairs

Yayyyyyy, my cousin sister is finally in Toronto. I am so ecstatic I can't express in words. It seems when good things come they come in droves, more on that later.

It's amazing but although we have not seen each other for 10 years and have only seen a photo of her during this time, she and I recognized each other the moment we laid our eyes upon one another. It was amazing. She has grown into this amazing grown up lady, all feminine, tall and willowy. She can speak about 10 words in English including "Hi" and "Thank you" but it was so much fun trying to communicate, we laughed almost non-stop and must have looked like lunatics to people on the streets.

She checked into a B&B very close to University of Toronto campus so we just walked over to Kensington market looking for some dinner. I kind of tried to find out what she would like to eat but all she could say in English was pasta and I did not know where to find pasta in Kensignton Market.

So after some asking around we went to this little resto called "La Palette" which silly us, turned out to be a French restaurant. Well none of us have ever had french food but we just tried our best to interpret the menu and actually ended up with a simple Spinach Salad and Pasta with Duck meat and mushrooms. Not bad huh!! Considering none of us knew a word of French. Tonight I was working so tomorrow both my boy and I are meeting her up after my work. SO excited!!!!

People do you have any suggestions to what we should go visit? She does not seem too keen on zoos and museums so anything else??? Eaton Centre will definitely be a must stop in our itinerary but I really need your help. The locals are the worst when it comes to knowing the true tourist attractions of a place. :)

So help me out ladies and gents, what would a Japanese girl want to see in Toronto?

Wearing: Arong Top, Vintage Skirt, AE Flats, Unknown Tights & Ardene Accessories

Love

Trishna

P.S: While we were taking the photos today, these two cat brothers showed up and started rubbing up against me and S. We wanted to photograph them both but they were not so keen on being caught on camera. I hope they got home safe. It actually happens quite often in Cabbagetown, where I work. even during my lunchtime stroll, numerous cats come out for a little belly rub. :)

Um.....Blue

LOL, I know the title is very cheesy, but cheese is good once in a while, NO?

I know I almost always talk about powers of mind and karma and stuff like that, but lately I have been feeling quite cheerful (contrary to the title, which refers to the colour theme in my outfit and NOT my mood) and it's time I got that across to the universe.

First up, newsflash, my half Japanese cousin who I have not seen for almost 10 years is in Toronto at the moment. I was kind of dreading and anticipating her visit at the same time because as much as I am dying to finally see her as a young woman, she barely speaks and understands English and it's kinds hard communicating as I don't know any Japanese. Please any Japanese souls out there send some essential phrases my way. But other than that I am super excited to be all touristy around Toronto for the next few days.

I have been saving this blazer baby for a long time now. It is my first vintage blazer and I love the preppy gold buttons and the heavy fabric. It has incredible construction as it appears to have been order made for someone. I just have a bit of concern about it's length and width because although darling to look at, it sort of eats me up. If any of you live in Toronto and know a good tailor/ seamstress who could fix this for me I would be eternally grateful.

Anyway I am super excited for my weekend which seems promising with a friend/colleagues birthday celebration followed by a trip to Black Creek Pioneer Village with my cousin.

Wearing: Spirit Ditch Vintage Blazer, Thrifted Skirt, Forever 21 Tank, Hue Tights, Soda Flats, Dreamy Vintage Necklace & Sora Designs Ring

Love

Trishna

How much is too much??

For the last few days I have been working on a workshop for my clients on "Networking" in a job search context. One part of that workshop was also online or social media networking. As I was going through the books, blogs, articles full of entries on online networking I really began to wonder.

We literally live in a world of social media explosion. I really do not know what else to call it, it's a pandemonium of information, too much for a sane human being to absorb on a regular basis and still continue to do their regular work. I discovered I should advise my clients to make effective use of Twitter, Linked In, Facebook, Myspace and other relevant social networking groups for their respective fields. All these to just get their names out there, apart from conducting their regular job search.

As I was reading I automatically started reflecting on my own very similar situation albeit in a different context. I am a pretty new blogger. Before I started blogging, out of the desire to do every thing properly, I opened many online style forum accounts on top of my FB which I use to keep in touch with my friends and family and Linked In which I use for professional purposes.

I read that to be a successful blogger you really have to get your name out there, interact with the style blogger community through various online forums so at one point in time I found myself updating not one not two but SEVEN sites on a regular basis. If this sounds unreal to you, look around......everybody does this. I have not even considered joining numerous other sites that I received invitations to.

After some grueling months of struggling to update every aspect of my online life, I gave up. First up was Twitter, working twelve hours a day in jobs where you are not allowed to access these sites and not having Internet on your cell phone does not really offer you much freedom to tweet about interesting things every second. I was too busy to let other people know about what's keeping me busy. Then one by one I closed down most of my online style community accounts. Because at the end of the day, why should I link people from my blog to those sites to see photos of mine they have already seen on my blog?

I will still remain on only a few sites that I seriously enjoy visiting from time to time for some great inspiration and wonderful blogger discovery.

But what I really want to know from you is, are you on multiple online fashion forums too, sharing your photos with almost the same audience on all sites??? Do YOU think it repetitive? Do YOU feel that it's more like a chore than about having fun interacting with like minded people online?

Wearing: Forever 21 Top, Mexx Skirt, Hue Tights, Aldo Shoes, Dreamy Vintage Bracelet & Arong Earrings

Love

Trishna

Seeing red cars or the power of your thoughts

Hi there,

How are you???? Are you kind of wondering why my post titles are always so bizarre and have almost zero connection whatsoever with my clothes. O.K the truth is I am no fashion writer, I don't know much about fashion actually other than knowing what looks good and feels good. However, I do like to write and having this blog gives me a wonderful opportunity to explore many things I do not have any one to share with.

Let me ask you this...... if anyone ever told you that you can make things happen in your life by simply thinking about them and wanting them strongly, would you believe it? If you had told me this about six months ago I probably would have laughed my head off. But this concept has actually more truth to it than you might think.

Last December, at my work we were shown this professional development video called "Seeing Red Cars". Have you ever noticed, in our everyday life surprisingly enough the things that take place most are the things we dread most and don't want to happen??? Did you ever wonder why this was or were you like me and simply considered it as your bad luck?

The video told us something different altogether. It showed that actually WE are the ones responsible for the bad things that happen to us everyday. How??? Well, our minds are way more powerful than we imagine it to be and it has a general tendency to focus constantly on the things that we don't like/want. Many times, as I am walking out the door into a brilliant sunny day, I could not help but think, "I hope it does not rain today, that would ruin my evening walk on the beach". And before you know it, I would see the brilliant day transform with thundershowers, hailstorm you name it. Before I just cursed my luck and would get on with life, but now I actually know why that happened.

It really sounds silly but when you focus on something, like I did on the rain, the universe just interprets your thoughts and thinks that's what you want, so it sends a battalion of rain your way. But had I focused on the beautiful sunshine and had reworded my thoughts to "What a beautiful day! I want this sunshine all day long so that I can take a nice relaxing walk on the beach this evening", I can guarantee you the weather would have stayed lovely.

Now this all probably sounds like BS to you and it is true that many people can not get the life they want, because you have to admit, it is VERY VERY difficult to train your mind to focus on ONLY the positive thoughts. But if you can my friends, then it really works. I have been using this theory in my life since last December and it works, although sometimes my head feels like it would burst from trying to concentrate on the positive thoughts when I can feel the negative thoughts creeping on the back of my mind.

I just really really wanted to share this with you guys and see what you think, or if there is anybody else out there who has used this. If you have any questions or would like me to clarify something for you don't hesitate to leave a comment or email me. Happy experimenting guys and let me know what happens, O.K?

Wearing: Mendocino Dress, Danier Belt, Bangladeshi Chappal (sandals) and Bangles

Love

Trishna

Black and red

Hello People,

Do you have a go to outfit for mundane chores like grocery, taking the dog for a walk or doing laundry??I know that most people usually resort to jeans and a worn t-shirt and trusted old sneakers for this kind of task but what do you stylish ladies and gentlemen wear when you don't have/ feel like the aforementioned.

Every weekend I am faced with a rather difficult decision of finding something comfortable, casual and still presentable enough to wear while running my errands. This is what I put together yesterday as I was heading out to grocery, laundry and buying a gift for a friend who's getting married today.

I figured, to allow maximum flexibility and comfort I should stick to flowing and easily layer-able knits and chose a combo of red-black to feel stylish even when I am dressing casual. What do you think of the result?

I also need to admit to you one other thing. I can not wear heels to save my life. The maximum amount of time I can walk in heels would be 2 hours and I am talking about either wedge or kitten heels here. Do any of you face this problem? When I wear heels for longer than the time period mentioned I am in so much pain that forget glamorous I do not even feel remotely pretty. However that does not stop me from lusting after beautiful shoes but I have to admit not being able to wear majority of the shoes in the market is kinda inconvenient.

Does this happen to any of you? What do you do to look stylish and stay comfortable when you can't wear heels?

Wearing: Mandee Tunic, Stitches Tube Top, Aldo Cropped Leggings, American Eagle Flats, Gifted Necklace and Earrings

Love

Trishna