Category: Summer

  • looking back on 2015

    looking back on 2015

    What a  year it has been! January marks 1 year on pantsthatsuck, and I thought I would take this moment to look back through some of the outfits I’ve featured in that time. It’s a strange and wonderful thing to have a catalogue of pretty much everything you wore for 365 days, and to be…

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  • home again, home again

    home again, home again

             I’m sitting in my living room in Vancouver after 8 glorious days in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. The whole trip was awesome – we got a lot of sunshine, some crazy beautiful storms and most importantly so much relaxing. I read 4 books, wore barely any make-up, and ate an astronomical amount…

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  • basic beaches – vacation essentials 

    basic beaches – vacation essentials 

                  Everyone has their own packing style. Some plan outfits, some bring it all and some take as little as possible and hope for the best. I’m somewhere between A and B, starting with the best intentions of planning and then end up throwing in other things the night before I leave.…

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  • a-line mini

    a-line mini

                   A-line skirts have been everywhere lately. On bloggers, celebrities, in magazines and store window displays. Lots have buttons all down the front, like my denim skirt (featured here on the Elle Canada website last week!!), but some are more simple like this soft suede number I cannot get enough of. An a-line…

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  • simple suede 

    simple suede 

             Suede has been one of those 70’s inspired trends that has stuck around the past few seasons, and doesn’t seem to be going anywhere for fall. My old boss had this skirt and I fell in love with it when we went out for dinner last week. I didn’t think I would be…

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  • how to shop for fall

    how to shop for fall

                            I’ve been trying to pick and choose what I buy for fall. I never want to go overboard, which is easy to do when there are so many great pieces out there amid my excitement about the changing seasons. I have to keep reminding myself I still have tons of…

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  • mad hatter

    mad hatter

                         I am still in love with wide brimmed hats. As summer begins winding down I am slowing pieceing together a wardrobe that will take me into fall/winter, and a solid camel hat was on my wish list.  I own a few similar hats from fast fashion stores, but I found…

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  • lightweight layers

    lightweight layers

                    In the scorching summer heat it can sometimes be a struggle to put together an outfit. The hotter it is less I want to deal with fussy clothes and the harder it is to create outfits I want to wear. So start with a simple white dress that floats around you…

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  • major blazer 

    major blazer 

                    Nothing makes an outfit feel more official than a good blazer! Even something casual like this denim skirt and sneaker combo gets a little polish when paired with a more formal jacket. I’ve been seeing these button front skirts everywhere and am glad I picked this one up a few months…

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  • throwback

    throwback

       It always makes me a little nostalgic for childhood when something like overall shorts come back into fashion. While these are certainly not my full length corduroy overalls I wore for grade two picture day, the clipping in remains the same. The key for me to not feeling like a little kid is pairing…

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