Where does Preloved designer, owner and mother of three, Julia Grieve love to hang out? Near home, along Toronto’s Bayview strip. She showed me some of her favourite shops & resto’s for an article I wrote for Pure Canada. Here, a few of her faves didn’t make it into the piece: De La Mer – [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘shopping’
March 25, 2008
a dress a day #4
This dress found me at the Custard Factory’s vintage flea market held every Saturday in Birmingham, England ($30). Its fun details made it stand out. I adore the silvery bejewelled, empire waist. It’s label-less and homemade — demanding a trained eye to size it up. In fact, all vintage dresses do. I normally wear a US size 8-10, but [...]
July 27, 2007
mallrat
“Don’t forget to call!” I shouted to my parents as I waved them off in the driveway, their two cars and a trailer loaded down with precious possessions. As I turned and opened the door to my family home, it clicked: I was left behind. Last week they moved to Alabama for two to three years. [...]
