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Editor  //  I work in lifestyle. I use here to talk about fashion, food and the occasional cat out for a walk wearing a sweater.

 
Aug 5 / 1:58pm

Why GAP may have convinced me to wear pants

I don't wear dress pants. I wear jeans, skirts or dresses. I don't dislike pants or morally oppose pants or worship at the pantless altar of Gaga, I simply have hips, an ass and a small waist. It's your classic pear according to my measuring tape, so that mean the dreaded gap-in-the-waist syndrome. I've taken pants in for alteration but over time, I just kept pulling out my skirts, dresses and jeans and eventually stopped wearing pants. Call me lazy and cheap.

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So when GAP invited me to preview their Premium Pants collection the other day, I went to check them out because I like and own several pairs of their re-engineered jeans. I saw the seven new cuts for women (five for men) and learned that the collection was based on their denim line. That meant that you could, in theory, pick out the exact pant like your jeans and they would fit exactly the same.

That's all well and good, but the fact is, how do they actually fit? I tried on the Really Skinny cropped and the Boyfit pant and was pleasantly surprised. The Really Skinny sucked everything in thanks to the thick, bi-stretch material. Best of all, no waist gap! In fact, I'm going to use another exclamation mark - no waist gap! 

I got the Really Skinny and inadvertently did a fit and wear test on them. I wore them to Stratford this weekend. Thanks to a lack of planning on my part (and lack of transportation thanks to the GO system), I ended up wearing them for two days in a row. (Uh, disclaimer - laundry and shower did happen in between.). I was pleased to discover that the pants retained their shape and washed really well.

And they cost $59.50 - $69.50.

The Premium Pant collection:

Women's Fits
Really Skinny
Boyfit
Slim Cropped
Perfect Trouser
Modern Boot, Curvy, True Straight

Men's Fits
Tailored Khaki
Classic Khaki
Vintage Khaki

Disclaimer: The Really Skinny came courtesy of Gap. The Boy Fit was purchased by me.

 

[Photo credit: GAP]
Filed under  //  GAP   fashion  
 
Jul 13 / 10:45pm

Why you should be pleasant to everyone

Disclaimer: I never have a problem with people until it becomes personal. 

You know the saying, "It's a small world?" I think we can all admit that the Toronto fashion/style/whatever you want to call it scene is pretty small. We end up seeing the same people over and over again. 

That's not a bad thing. There's something about a small group that's passionate about promoting an idea. On the other hand, that small group can end up being clique-ish and exclusionary but that's not a topic for today. 

The topic is about how small the world can be. I worked at Jacob at Erin Mills Town Centre in the mid-90s. I was there for four years - throughout my degrees. I sold clothes -- I learned about fitting clothes and really learned how to relate to people via clothing. What I didn't know what that the people I worked with could show up in my future life. What can I say? I was in my early '20s and a bit of a twit. 

Fast-forward 14 years (Holy crap!!! Need to sacrifice more goats!), I spy a familiar face across a room. No, seriously - it really was across a room. We squint at each other because goddammit, we know each other. Finally, one of us goes, "Uh... hi." Turns out we worked together at Jacob 14 years ago and now one of us works in PR and one of us works in journalism. 

I love that we reconnected after so long. At the time I never thought that my co-workers at Jacob would play a part 14 years later, but it's a pleasure to see.