Ripped Jeans & Cropped Halters

Hello everyone!

Here’s another set of photos from a photoshoot I did with my good friend Talieson Jones. These were taken on  a beautiful day in Edmonton near an elementary school by Whyte Ave. With this outfit I was going for just a casual Spring look, maybe something to wear when walking downtown during the day or running some errands, yet with these strappy wedges it adds a hint of sophistication. If it were up to me I would literally choose to wear a good pair of heels or wedges with anything and everything (also because I’m very short, haha). Hope you guys will enjoy these. I have a ‘Favorites’ post coming up next! Stay tuned 🙂

 

Top: Brandy Melville, Jeans: Garage, Bracelet: Aldo, Sunglasses: Aldo, Shoes: Spring.

 

Thanks for reading!

Charmaine, xx

Green Slacks Ft. Pleather

Hi everyone!

This is another post from ages ago back in the fall. It’s about time I got around to it. I have soooo much stuff to post but hopefully I get caught up soon enough! I’ll try to mix up some new stuff and old stuff. Once again I’d like to thank my dear friend Talieson Jones (Instagram: @Instantclassik) for putting up with me during these shoots!  Information on the brands of the clothing can be found below. Enjoy! Muaaaah!

(Top: RW & Co, Pants: H&M, Bag: Aldo, Shoes: Spring, Sunglasses: I have no idea… Talieson where’d you get these?)

I have no idea what’s going on here I think I was losing my balance hahaha

Thanks for reading,

Charmaine xx

Blues, Blacks, and Golds

Hi there!

I realize it’s been eons since I’ve posted everything. Unfortunately life’s been getting in the way, but since this semester is soooo close to being over I thought I’d start posting again. Over the past couple of months I’ve found it very hard to balance everything (there’s still many things I have to catch up on) and I’m a little mad at myself for not posting anything at all. I think that so often as people we’re so focused on pleasing others, working on deadlines, and focusing on the ‘important things’ that we forget to focus on ourselves and doing what makes us happy. One of the reasons I made this blog was to just step back from this complicated world and focus on myself and what I like to do. Above all I’m sorry to others who read this blog (or just look at the pictures), but I’m also sorry to myself for cutting out something important to me. Anyway, I would like to thank my dear friend Talieson Jones (you can check him out on instagram @instantclassik) for always putting up with my picky-ness when it comes to taking my photos! He’s the most creative, artsy guy I know, and he is extremely talented. Here are a couple of images of an outfit I wore a couple weeks ago (the weather was unbelievably beautiful). Enjoy!

(Shirt: It was a gift from my bff Angela, it’s from Forever 21, Shorts: City Streets, Wedges: Spring, Shades: Talieson where did you get these?)

Thank you for reading! Promise I’ll post again soon!

Charmaine xx

Downtown #YEG in a Tunic

Hello everyone!

I realize it’s been a ridiculous amount of time since I posted last and I am regrettably sorry! The months of November and early December were so hectic in regards to school I have had little to no time at all to get on here and create a post. Thankfully I have had some time off in December to kind of get it together! (…kind of).

So here are a couple photos that my dear friend Talieson Jones helped me take. These photos are sooooooo long overdue and were taken in downtown Edmonton in the fall just before the city was blessed with the freezing cold. I’m wearing a black and white tunic with pleather sleeves and pocket detail from RW & Co’s fall collection, the Collabo mid-heel from Spring, a heavy colorful necklace and beige-chain clutch from Aldo, and red matte sunnies from a thrift store in Toronto. Enjoy!

Tunic: RW & Co, Shoes: Spring, Sunglasses: Thrift shop from downtown Toronto. Necklace: Aldo.

Bag: Aldo

Thank you for reading! Working on a couple of posts that will be published soon 🙂

Stay tuned!

Charmaine xx

 

From the Streets of Toronto

Hello everyone!

Below are several scattered pictures which I just recently found buried in my photo album from my trip to Toronto with Alyssa this past August. So, rather than making several posts on the different days we were there I thought it wise to just throw them all together in one big post. We were only in Toronto for a couple of days but I still occasionally  find myself reminiscing about the beautiful city. There was so many wonderful people and the environment everywhere we went was lovely. I learned that in Toronto, there is always something to do and I can’t wait to go back there again.

Note #1: Exploring a city in which you have no idea where anything is, is probably the most fun in the world. – Even though you’re lost 98% of the time.

Note #2: It’s totally okay to take pictures like a crazy tourist (It’s fun and it’s a must to capture the memories).

Note #3: Trips with your best friend = expensive (especially when you’re both shopaholics). But oh so worth it. Cheers!

Shirt: Forever 21 – Bag: Etsy – Shorts: American Eagle – Sandals: American Eagle

 

Shirt: Garage – Necklace: Aldo – Shorts: City Streets – Sandals: Wal-Mart

Shirt: Forever 21 – Shorts: Garage – Sandals: American Eagle – Bag: Etsy – Sunnies: The Sunglass Hut

Unimpressed with Alyssa for some reason hahaha

Thank you for reading!

Charmaine x

A Walk in the Park

Hello everyone!

I just want to start off by saying I know it has been ages since I’ve posted anything and it’s because of moving provinces and getting settled in as well as starting a new semester filled with millions of papers and mid-terms  — university chaos. Anyways, I’m back! And I’m going to try to publish posts a little more frequently because a month is waaay too long for me. I’m going to be posting newer content and content from a while back that I haven’t had a chance to post. I’ve been getting several new ideas as to what else to post besides outfits and I’m really excited to share those new ideas with you guys! It’s just a matter of finding the time between exams,  papers and work to write and post them (but don’t worry, I’ll definitely find the time).

As for this post, this is a newer one, the pictures were taken just the other day by my dear friend Nicole (thanks girl), of a casual walk in the park on a Fall day. I did notice the significant change of color between the pictures but that’s just because the lighting changed frequently, especially when we moved from one area to the next (sorry about that!) This day was actually significantly cold and I did bring a jacket, however, it didn’t really look right with my outfit, so I took it off and decided to take the pictures without it. This is an outfit I’m actually in love with; I think Fall is the perfect season and has the perfect weather to wear warm skirts and tights and to take advantage of all the scarves in my closet – oh and also wear dark lipstick. Enjoyyyyy, muaaaaah

Shirt: Marshalls – Skirt: Garage – Tights: RW & Co – Scarf: Ardene – Booties: Spring – Bag: Aldo – Lipstick: Sephora

Jacket: Garage

loling

 

Thank you for reading, and I hope you’ll stay tuned for more posts coming very soon!

Charmaine, xx

Dream While You’re Awake

These pictures are from a while ago (I know I’m slacking), but things have been a little bit hectic around here and I just found these pictures buried under more pictures… which will be coming soon!

I love these pictures, the flowers are so pretty 🙂 Enjoy!

Shirt: Winners – Shorts: Marshalls – Bag: Etsy – Shoes: American Eagle – Necklace: Ardene – Sunglasses: Ardene  – Rings: NastyGal

 

 

 

Also came across this wild creature (my best friends cat)… so naturally I followed my animal whisperer instincts and started petting her.

 

… then she tried to run away

 

 

Thanks for reading!

Charmaine x