Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic: 21 Gram

Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic

The daily chronicle of a fashion-and-beauty obsessed, style-writing, pseudo-Angeleno who made her way from the Great White North to La-La Land -- otherwise known as Los Angeles, California -- and back again. Till the next big city calls out her name, that is.

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I'm a Vancouverite who moonlighted as an Angeleno. My momma is the best in the entire world, and I'll argue you hoarse on that one. I've been in love only once in my life. The East Coast calls me but the West Coast is in my blood. Social butterflies -- and party animals -- are a great species. Fashion and writing will be the death of me, but what a way to go. Carine Roitfeld is fabulous. I would die a painful death if art, design, photography, fashion, music and dancing did not exist. Always kind of wondered why Smurfette was the only girl in town. I can't draw. Absolutely believe everything happens for a reason. I feel so lucky to have the girlfriends that I do. I'm a total sun baby. Think I might be a workaholic. I may have slight road rage. Ice cream and hockey are religions. I buy too many glossy magazines. Nothing beats someone with a killer sense of humor. Chivalry is really not dead. I'm a victim of minor vertigo and a serious lead foot. Always up for meeting people from paths different than mine and crossing paths with old friends. At the very end of it all, I want to be able to look back and say: Yeah, I sure lived a damn good life.

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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

21 Gram

For a girl that has a gross amount of flat boots, booties, gladiators and heels, I also have an almost-equally gross amount of sneakers from Converse to Creative Recs.

So the very last thing I should be doing is checking out more sneaker brands, but I couldn't help but notice Gram, a Swedish footwear brand with about the best Fall '09 look book photography I've seen yet (think brights and tights).

What I like about Gram is that it really straddles the fine line between sneaker and dressy shoe, as in not too chunky and not too formal -- the brand's signature bigger toe-cap sets it apart from the rest.

The Fall '09 collection is pop-bright, which isn't very fall-ish in terms of color spectrum, but hey, it's still a classy sneak.

You can find it in New York, San Francisco, Miami, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver here in North America, as well as major fashion-centric cities all over the globe.

Sorry though, chickies, no women's collection yet.

But you still get to look at Gram's pretty look book pictures and dream.

I'm Lovin' it: I haven't yet got that Complex Geometries hooded dress I've been wanting so very badly, but I did get a great deal on this white zip-up front Lovely Girl version. My obsession with hoods has yet to abate...