Ballad of Magazine

June 26, 2013November 11, 2014Leave a comment

This 1960’s Brigitte Bardot-inspired editorial shot by Micaela Hoo, for the latest edition of Ballad Of Magazine – “Summer of ’63” Issue is for lack of better words (and tired brain), adorable and dreamy. Model Tate Moore looks like a little china doll in her own right, and styling/hair & makeup by Erin and Mich adds to this whole “dollhouse” vibe I am feeling. It’s like Barbie came to life and is hanging out in The Oakland Hills at the historic Claremont Resort and Hotel. All the ladies who were involved in this shoot work pretty magically together, and I’d love to see more by them!

Photography: Micaela Hoo
Styling: Erin Perez Hagstrom
Hair & Makeup: Miche Tan
Model: Tate Moore Posted by Alex

Giveaway with Blooming Leopold

June 25, 2013November 11, 2014Leave a comment

Coinciding with our Summer Look Book, we decided to team up with Lauren over at Blooming Leopold, and hold a little giveaway for her/our readers, and everyone in between! We are offering a $50 shop credit to the lucky winner, and everything in the shop is 10% off by entering the coupon code BLOOMINGLARKSPUR at checkout. Giveaway runs until June 30th. So head on over to Blooming Leopold and check out the details to enter!

Jelly Belly in The Distillery District

June 24, 2013November 11, 2014Leave a comment

How did it become Monday already?! This weekend flew by. Meg has gone off to Catskills, NY with her bff, and I have been stalking her instagram making myself so envious of all the amazing things she is doing and seeing. I’m sure she’ll have plenty of pics to share with us when she is back. Yay!

Now me you ask, well, Matt and I spent most of our Saturday in The Distillery District, seeing Kim’s Convenience, a play one of Matt’s pals from an old show he worked on was acting in. It was SO good! Matt and I kept having to hold back our sentimental tears at pretty much every moment. After that we had some snacks and beers at Mill St. Brew Pub, bought some baked goodies and walked around pretending to be tourists. Sunday I had a busy day of dance. It was Toronto’s Choreographer’s Ball last night, so I was dancing my little heart out on stage with my dance company, A.I.M. Always a fun and inspiring night. And one of the few events where pretty much everyone from the Toronto dance scene shows up to. It’s like a stroll down memory lane sometimes.

This shift dress I’m wearing could be one of my favs. I very much love anything with geometric prints or crazy floral patterns. It does however sometimes make me look like I have a pot belly, but that could also be because I have the most horrifying posture. I’m not sure how I did ballet for 19 years and could still have the posture of a jelly bean.

shift dress; 69 Vintage, blouse/shoes; thifted, socks; UO, sunglasses; Philistine

Larkspur Summer 2013

June 20, 2013June 26, 20181 Comment

Photography and design by Kira

Styling and Modeling by Alex and Meaghan

CLICK THROUGH FOR THE FULL LOOKBOOK

After a few hours of banging our heads against a wall trying to figure out how best to upload this thing – we’re finally ready to share the final Larkspur Summer 2013 lookbook with you all!

Kira worked her magic, like she always does, and managed to create a Lookbook Alex and I are so in love with, and so excited to share with you, and right in the nick of time, because we were starting to feel like all the odds were stacked against this shoot ever even happening at all!

We also updated the shop with a lot of the Summer items in the lookbook – check it out here!

You can view the full Lookbook by clicking on the photo above, but we’ve also added a Lookbooks section to the main page of the blog. Click here to get to it.

The photos are also posted to our Tumblr and Facebook accounts.

Matt Skuza as Utah

June 19, 2013November 11, 2014Leave a comment

Matt Skuza has been a dear friend of mine for many years (dating back to the good ol’ Ottawa goth days). And I have been enchanted by his photography for just as long. Matt does all of his art under the name Utah. He originally began with focus on photography, and then dove into the world of painting.

The thing that gets me about Matt’s photography is that it feels real, because most of the time, it is. His subjects are just living and breathing, and he captures those very moments, making you see beauty in simplicity. His cityscapes and landscapes feel much the same. You could walk by a street or building everyday and barely even see it, but Matt will see something special, or maybe not so special, and capture that moment, as it is, astonishing or mundane, I don’t believe there is any difference to him. And that’s why he is so endearing. His art and his life parallel each other so much, that it’s hard to find something to dislike because it is so genuine.

Matt currently resides in Vancouver, BC. If you live in the area, definitely keep an eye out for any shows he’s putting on or participating in. His art won’t disappoint you, and he’s also an incredibly interesting person to talk to if you love having deep convos about life.