Midtown Plaza: Saskatoon Fashion & Design Festival 2014 (SFDF)

Hi fashionistas:

I am so proud of the Saskatoon Fashion & Design Festival, is here!!! With series of events happening all around town from Thursday May 29th - Sunday June 1st!!!

Scheduled events range from gorgeous fashion shows to meet-ups with the fashionable-set of Saskatoon:

May 30th: Hosted at "Green Ark Collected Home" (212 20th St. W.) SFDF and Momentum are presenting Fashion Illustrator Racheal Meckling's latest work and also an industry mixer to celebrate from 7-11pm!

May 31st: SFDF Runway Show - at the Mercedes-Benz Dealership (715 Melville Street). Tickets range from $45 - $150 | age 19+ | Doors open 8:30pm. 

June 1st: SFDF POSE - at the River Landing Amphitheatre (414 Spadina Cres. E.) Free Admission | 12Noon-5pm. This showcase will give those up and coming Saskatchewan designers a chance to get noticed by all!

On the other side of things, take a look at the highlights from the premier event yesterday, "SFDF In Fashion" at our local Midtown Plaza Mall: 

Wait! first let me take a #selfie (with fellow Fly Girl, Philemina on the left!)

Getting a fashion tutorial about mixing different looks with a floral-print dress:

Make-up and hair workshop to help you get that natural glow!

The fabulous crowd, taking in all of the action:

 

Our lady on the far right here, went home a raffle winner of very fashionable goodies:

Please feel free to stop by and say hello and also keep up with continued highlights by following me on Twitter!!!

xoxox

Lady J 

#Snap Your Style Contest - Steven and Chris

Hi everyone:

The fabulous show Steven and Chris which talks about all things style, is hosting a "snap your style" contest where viewers send in pictures of themselves! For this particular entry, they want to know how you style yourself wearing a classic white dress shirt.

I sent in my entry in yesterday via Twitter:

The winner of this contest gets:
• A shopping spree at Hudson's Bay = approx. retail value $1,000.00.
• A complete makeover on Steven and Chris. (Ekk! I could be on TV)
• One night stay for two at Trump Hotel with valet parking, dinner for two at STOCK
Restaurant Bar & Lounge, In-Room breakfast for two. Approximate retail value $1,695.00.

And the total retail value of the prizes is around $2,695.00!!!

Every fashionista's dream! Wish me luck and stay tuned y'all, we find out in during the show's Fall season!

xoxoxo
Lady J

Shopping in Saskatoon - Part 2

Hi friends:

How is the month of February treating you?

In continuation with the local shopping series, the next installment is here!

Flashback Clothing Collective
Drinkle Mall (Lower Level)
115 - 3rd Avenue South, Suite #6

• Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Open Wed - Fri 12-5:30pm & Sat. 11:30am-5pm

Facebook Page - Flashback Clothing Collective

Flashback is a wonderful vintage clothing and accessories store here in Saskatoon's Drinkle Mall. I remember walking down 3rd Ave this past Fall and came across their sandwich board on the street...and being being very intrigued by the name as well as the possibility of vintage treasures within!

The store has been arranged by decade, so you are able to easily pick out the item's references and understand its influence on today's styles:

Also the owner Shanon, has a wealth of knowledge about every piece of merchandise and able to discuss an piece's historical context with shoppers. She mentioned to me that her merchandise comes from her and her family's personal collections but Shanon also purchases vintage items from women who are down-sizing and/or cleaning out attics and storage rooms from their rural and urban properties throughout the province.

When it comes to vintage shopping, be sure to have lots of time to spare, since half the fun is in the find as well as this will give you a chance to inspect a piece properly and consider its fit!!! Also before you get ready to stop over at Flashback, be sure to hit up the various ATMs downtown since it is a "cash only" shop!

xxxxoxo

Lady J 

Shopping in Saskatoon - Part 1

Hi fashionistas:

So over tea with friends the topic of shopping locally here in Saskatoon, SK came up (surprise, surprise)! Although both of the ladies were new to the city, one of them expressed her bordeum with the local malls and their limited amount of unique pieces as well as sizing that would be appealing to her petite and curvy figure. So she asked, "where do you shop Lady J?"...

As a self-proclaimed shopaholic *hand-to-heart* I thought I would create a 3 part series of my favourite boutiques in Saskatoon, to guide those newbies in the city as well as people who want to find different places to pick up wardrobe pieces, and not be another girl at the party wearing the same outfit as 10 other women there (true story...but I exaggerate) this is for you:

Fly Channel Fashion
101 -- 733 Broadway Ave. 
Saskatoon, SK 
Fly Channel Facebook Page 

This is a wonderful little boutique, that a friend took me to way way back in high school! They get a lot of their merchandise from Asian countries with colourful prints, interesting and clever design elements to their clothing as well as accessory items. I have gotten many great pieces from there throughout the years including a rainbow tote bag, ruffle blouses and my newest tangerine maxi dress (my wishful thinking for warmer weather):

There you will find Ling, with her friendly aura who is always available to give amazing styling advice for how to wear and enhance the item(s) you hope to buy!

Coming soon....Part 2

xo
Lady J

Featured in "Bridges" Saskatoon's Local Newspaper!

Today has been an excellent day!

Honestly, I haven't been able say a bold statement like that in some time...it's always the day starts out well and then...(you know the rest) and/or it was a good day, then you are dropped a bomb that changes everything!

Well today, I was featured in a weekly Saskatoon paper under their #SaskatchewanFashion section which made me beam all day long:)

Click the link to view the full article:
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/bridges/Josephine+Mensah+Looking+stylish+budget/8923900/story.html

Also thanks to the staff at the Star Phoenix for making it happen!!!