Surprises c'est Chic!

If like us, you're running late on your Christmas shopping here is an opportunity (dear Canadian readers) you won't want want to miss. Ready-to-wear brand Jacob  has a  great deal of surprises for us this holiday season. And how does it  work, you may ask?
Go here and print out your Christmas stocking. Then stop by one of the locations or simply shop online and you could either win:
a $290,000 in instant prizes to be won at check-out, with your Christmas stocking
or
a chance to win a $10,000 wardrobe for all those who share the contest online. And what's make this deal even better is that for each Christmas stocking brought in store$1 will be donated to Goodwill and Renaissance.
Pretty sweet huh?

RE: A Blog'Anniversary Giveaway

Congratulations to Al & Nicole for winning our Blog'Anniversary Giveaway!

Easy Conversation: Julia Vallelunga

Julia Vallelunga embodies the true spirit of a creative entrepreneur.  At  30 years old , this young  women is  not only one of Montreal top  bloggers with À la mode Montréal, but she’s also a talented jewelry maker and her latest collection of necklaces  for Anthropologie can only attest to that.

We had a chat with her and it went a little something like this.

Tell us a bit about yourself, who is Julia Vallelunga?
I’m a 30 years old jewellery designer / fashion blogger. I grow up in beautiful Montreal in an half Italian, half French-Canadian family. Beside designing jewelry, I love travelling and having my friends over for dinner.
 When did you start creating jewelry? When I was a kid, I used to create jewelry and expose it in my room but it was just for fun. I had no idea that I would become a jewelry designer! I started three years ago and I’ve been doing it full time for a year now.

Tell us about your creative process? Who / what inspires you?
I usually start sketching what I want my collection to look like. Then I start making the samples. At that point, my idea usually evolved and the entire collection starts making sense. My travels inspire me. I like looking at traditional costumes and old pictures.

Growing up what did you want to be / do? I wanted to be a diplomat! I studied in Economics and Politics at l’Université de Montréal. I didn’t end up being a diplomat but I worked as a lobbyist in Brussels and worked closely with them. I also worked as a business adviser for start-ups. It’s with working with entrepreneur that I realized I was one.

Who are some of the artists who've influenced your work? Everytimes I looked at Frida Kahlo work, I get inspired. I love the mix of colors.

How did your collaboration with Anthropologie come about? Are you working on any other projects? I just sent them an email! I wasn’t really expecting an answer but I got an answer an 1 hour after I sent it. It was a great collaboration. I did 200 necklaces for them. I hope to have the chance to repeat the experience. I’m working on it!

 What's playing on your Ipod these days?
Devendra Banhart, love his song Shabop Shalom.

Julia Vallelunga elsewhere... 

La Raffinerie 

À la mode Montréal 

TWITTER 

FACEBOOK

With love from the Goose

HyBridge Jacket by C.G

It used to be that Canada Goose gear was solely used for expeditions to the coldest parts of the globe and the jackets have now become a prized possessions for fashionistas and who have learnt how to take advantage of cold and lengthy winters.
The HyBridge is one the many jackets the Toronto-based company has decided to give away to the fans until... the end of the year. (December 31).
Want to win of these precious goodies? Tell the team why you're the bigest CG fan. It is as simple as this.

Tam+Sam x Africa is the Future Giveaway

For our first giveaway, we've decided with to team-up with our good friends at Africa Is The Future.
We have not only 1 but 3 posters + 3 sets of dope buttons for you.
All you need to do is leave a comment under this post giving us the name of the first person we've interviewed.

Please only enter once.
The contest ends on Friday, February 11 at 12pm EST

Judge an album by its cover

By now, most of you already are aware that DJ Mehdi's Red Black Blue is out next month.
He just released, Black, Black, Black a prelude to this upcoming compilation.
Get it here



Buy now,