Wednesday, July 7, 2010

"Oh yes, I love to do shoes. I'm not a fetishist but I love to do shoes."

For those of you who aren't from Toronto, Kensignton Market is the city's go-to vintage/thrift/flea market hub - and officially my new favourite place on Earth. Some of my recent buys:

Got both the cowboy boots and the Docs - two shoes I have been coveting forever - at Cinderella Vintage (54 Kensington Ave). I am honestly the pickiest, most indecisive shopper ever, but the store owner was awesome - he handled both my never-made-up mind and gigantic feet with class and great service.

Got this aztec print backpack at an army surplus store on Baldwin. Safe to say that it pretty much hasn't left my back since I bought it.

So in love with this Boy Scouts of America shirt - the little details in the badges are what make it so cool and special to me. Whenever I wear it, I wonder about the boy scout who it belonged to. All I know is that he was from Minnesota.

Graphic tees make my life, and these were particularly satisfying - an excellent lesson in comparing and contrasting, don't you agree? Karl & Weezy couldn't be more different but I have come to love them both. Although in the end I kept the Karl tank, and gave my sister the Weezy one - she must have liked it a lot, because she stopped breathing for about five minutes when I gave it to her.

I'll def be back there soon...


P.S. The title quote is by the one and only Karl Lagerfeld, just in case you were wondering.

9 comments:

  1. gah! i love the cow boy boots!

    xx raez

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  2. The Weezy tank is so awesome!

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  3. What great finds! Loving the backpack. I've been to Toronto a few times to visit family, but have never known where to go for vintage stuff. Will check it out next time I'm there!

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  4. ooooh i wish there was a place like that around here. sadly, there is not. that backpack is all sorts of rad.

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  5. You have the best tshirts ever! I'm kinda jealous!

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  6. Ello! Im not normally a fan of graphic tees - But you have won me over - success! P.S. IS the back pack pendleton by any chance??

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  8. I'm in love with the weezy and lagerfeld tanks. I'm gonn have to scour the interwebs for one.
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