Author name: Endoxist

Two Dozen

SALTIK, A RARE STEAKHOUSE, 31.03.12 It seems that each passing birthday brings a better and better experience with it, and this year was no exception. While I did initially have my hesitations about celebrating this year (due simply to the fact that I deemed myself too old to celebrate a birthday), I’m glad the girlfriend …

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Corporate Fashion

GUCCI, DSQUARED2, BURBERRY PRORSUM, JIL SANDER, DIESEL BLACK GOLD – FALL/WINTER 2012 Never did I imagine that those two words – “Corporate” and “Fashion” – would find themselves in the same phrase. I guess this post offers a type of rebuttal to one of my prior ones on dressing for the office (Click Here). This …

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Gone Skiing

PHOTO CREDIT: GUISEPPE VIRGONE Well, not really. The firm I work at is taking all its employees and their families for a Ski Weekend to Kananaskis Country, a quaint mountainside jurisdiction 45 minutes outside of the Calgary city limits. And most of my colleagues I’ve spoken with aren’t actually hitting the slopes, but instead are …

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The City of Love

Love it or hate it, Valentines Day isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. After the excitement of Christmas and New Years has worn off, and with the drudgery of January, I actually look forward to a reason to take time to make someone special feel, well, more special. Because our plans of a Europe Trip got …

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High Wasted?

MONCLER GAMMA BLEU, RICK OWENS, UMIT BENAN, LANVIN – FALL/WINTER 2012 RUNWAY SHOW While there was a lot of re-occurring themes in this year’s fashion weeks, the one I least expected was the high-waisted pant. I mean maybe with a mega drop crotch Y-3-style, but as shown on the Lanvin look pictured above (far right), …

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Anomaly

PHOTO CREDIT: ARRRGH ATOPOS I haven’t felt this way about a day for almost four years… which is probably because today, the last day of the 2nd month of the year, marks that strange anomaly that our society normalizes – or tries to. The 29th of February only comes around once every four years. I’m …

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Feeling Blue

PHOTO CREDIT: JAK & JIL BLOG the perfect inspiration forcalgary’s current ‘pleasant’ weather ———————————————

Some Like It Haute

CHRISTIAN DIOR HAUTE COUTURE SPRING 2012 Last month, the dreamy city of Paris, in France, once again hosted the entire world’s only ‘legal’ Haute Couture Fashion Week. The term Haute Couture is protected and defined by French law, and only a very select group of fashion houses are allowed to claim rights to putting on …

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Summer Longings

SUMMER 2010 anticipating calgary summer already;long days, shorts, patios, vacations,high heels, long nights, and priceless memories ———————————————