[MEN'S FASHION] Spotted! Dean Ellis from PhillipEllis

On the second day of Montreal's Fashion Week 24th edition, I was blown away by this man's style. I absolutely wanted to feature his style on Versass before Journal Métro, Elle Québec or other publication (HA!). Dean Ellis was here from Toronto and he looked like he came straight from a magazine's fall/winter spread. I'm serious. 

(More pics and details on what he is wearing after the break)

I heart Brooklyn: 7 things to love about BK

So I just camee back from an AMAZING weekend in New York and spent most of my time in Brooklyn, which is a city I absolutely love. Keep in mind that although I stayed in Park Slope, I ended up visiting other parts of the city. Here are 7 reasons why I fell in love with the "Borough of Churches":

1. The architecture

 The old brownstone and historical buildings add flare to the city. Intersting how most shops and restaurants have indoor brick walls, which is one of my favorite characteristics in interior design. 

2. Vintage/Second hand stores 

They are all over the place! I was looking for an ADS but found many other shops that satisfied my never ending need for vintage possessions. I found 2$ Top Shop wedges (yes I did, yes I did) and fell in love with many vintage home accessories at Housing Works (an organization helping to fight AIDS by the way, check out their website here...very good cause). Also, my sister and I went absolutely crazy when we discovered Beacon's Closet: Jeffrey Campbell wedges, Marc Jacobs shorts and Stuart Weitzman pumps are just a few things out of the many items we found in this cute and clean vintage shop....and....each item was under 30$! Lots of small vintage boutiques offer a wide variety of decorations, original jewelry and accessories for a very low price. Worth the walk. 

3. Park Slope

I absolutely love the whole neighborhood. The cute and cozy restaurants, the fact that many restaurants on 5th Ave. serve POUTINE (the Quebecoise in me loved it), their street fair, the multi-cultural environment, the hipsters, the shops, the friendliness of the people, its Green environment, the garage sales, the fact that it is really close to Manhattan (not even a 15 min train ride on the F train), and finally, the incredible amount of available parking spots. These are just a few things within about 100 things I adore about this part of town. 

4. Prospect Park 

HUGE park! I saw families having BBQ's, people jogging, kids playing baseball, youngsters just chillin', and of course, this is where the Great Googa Mooga festival was held. Oh and shout out to that 1$ ice cream they sell on bikes, it is amazing and addictive.

5. Hipster lifestyle

This one is self explanatory. Think of tam tam at Mont Royal in Montreal on Sundays but like, every single day. Yes. 

6. The calm

This city does sleep. In the morning, you're actually awakened by the sound of the birds and not by the sound of honking cabs like in the city. 

7. The flavor 

or the BK flava, as I like to call it

There is something about Brooklyn...this city's got soul! You can feel it everywhere, at any time of the day. Even areas like Flatbush, which can be considered "ghetto" are interesting. I love it, and prefer it over Manhattan :)

Other nominations: The Brooklyn Bridge (That scene in the "Sex and the City" movie where Miranda meets Steve *tears*), Eastern Parkway (labor day weekend!), the Haitian community near Flatbush, how some taxis from Manhattan won't take you to Brooklyn (not the best thing but I actually thought it was quite funny), how beautiful it is to see many interracial couples over there, how clean it is (and when I say clean I mean super clean, like no trash on the sidewalk type of clean), the artists that come from there (Aaliyah, Carmelo Anthony, Woody Allen, Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld etc), the artists that live there (Tom Hanks, Julia Stiles and more) among many, many other awesome things. 

See more pics after the break!

Color blocking is back: Get 10 outfits by mixing and matching the old & new!

I wrote about it and appreciated it but I never really got into it last year. I don't know... it seemed nice on OTHER people but I was scared to try it myself: I didn't mind wearing ONE colored item but you know me and my black...I had to wear my black...

But now.....NOW!!! I'm loving the whole color blocking idea to the fullest! And I'm not talking colored pants a black top and beige shoes: I'm talkin' colored pants, top, shoes and purse! All the way! Yes. Sarah is going to wear lots of colors! It was about time! 

Since I am a rookie to this trend, I went shopping last Friday and when I came back home, I decided to mix and match my new items with some older one to experiment this interesting fashion forward yet risky trend. See my new items, my old items, my even older items and finally, check out the outfits I came up with! Tell me what you think about them! Would you rock all of these colors at once?

THE NEW

Two new pairs of pants. Both of them are actually kind of sexy. 

These flats were only 8$ at Sirens so I got 4 pairs! They have other colors too. 

THE OLD

Clocksise: The blue shoes I wore at Miami's Funkshion Fashion Week in 2011, my sister's yellow suede Aldo shoes from the Spring-Summer 2011 collection, yellow Aldo platforms I got at their outlet back in 2009 and finally, my bronze birthday shoes from Aldo's Spring-Summer 2011 collection.

Red pants from Zara, an orange clutch from God knows where (from last year) and a vintage green clutch I got at ADS

THE VERY, VERY OLD: The "I can't believe I still have this" kind of old

I bought this orange t-shirt when I started working at Le Château...9 years ago! I bought the pink shoes at Aldo back in 2006 and the pink clutch I've had since high school: I have a picture where I have this clutch in my hands at a club called Groove Society. Groove Society does not exist anymore. 

See the TEN outfits I came up with after the jump! What do you think?

I had a GAGA Halloween!!

Halloween weekend just passed and for the past weeks, I kept wondering: What will I be this year? 

I didn't wanna be a nurse, cop, school girl etc. Been there done that, plus EVERYONE did it at least once in their life, and I was sure to see like a hundred people in these costumes. This year I wanted to be original and to respect my budget! I REALLY did not want to spend over 50$ for Halloween, no joke. 

And guess what I decided to be?? YES! LADY freakin GAGA!!! I love her! I remember watching the "Love Game" video back in the days and thinking: "Is she CRAZY? I LOVE HER!!!!" Okay so remember the scene where she is in the subway train wearing a black leather jacket, studded bikini bottoms and ripped bottom nets? YEP!!

And it all cost me under 50$!! Well thank god I already had the jacket, one piece and bottom nets. Check it out! I didn't wanna be mistaken for NICKI MINAJ and was very happy when people recognized my costume!

-Wig: 14,99$ (costume shop)

-Shades: Thank you, little sister. She got them at Bang On 

-Jacket: NYC, Conway

-One piece: American Apparel

-Bottom nets: Le Chateau

-Lace gloves: 9,99$ (costume shop)

-Necklace: Thank you, Clara

-Red lipstick and lip gloss: MAC

-Earrings: Salvation Army (aka....ADS)

The video!! The inspiration came at 1:43 :D

Until next year! Did you guys enjoy your Halloween party?

Don't go to Zara when you are on a budget

Or you might go bankrupt. Or not eat until your next paycheck. Or....well....you know...have no money left for awhile.

Because the stuff there is AWESOME! You go for shoes and you end up with: shoes, a skirt, a scarf, skinny jeans, a leather purse, sunglasses, a flowered shirt, a belt, and your bank account in the garbage/overdraft/kapoot/dead.

The End

I would like to add that I only bought shoes and jeans today. I behaved :) But it kinda hurt though because I wanted to buy the whole freakin store #progress

OSCS: Aldo Entrepôt/Liquidation on Mont-Royal

Obsessively Searching for Clothes on Sale

I discovered this place while going to eat breakfast at L'Avenue on Mont-Royal (amazing restaurant, by the way, I think I go there at least once a week) a couple of years ago. I knew Aldo Entrepôt existed, I've been to the ones on St-Hubert and Ste-Catherine numerous times. But this one....wow....(about to cry of joy)....this one is DIFFERENT!!!

I believe that they have deals with other suppliers because they do not just sell Aldo shoes there. They have beautiful Reeboks, Creatives and other stylish brands of shoes. And most of the  things there are reduced to a price that is hard to imagine. For example, the other day I saw leather gloves I liked (I know it's summer....but hey!). I saw that they were 12,95$ and let out a little scream of joy. Got to the cash to discover that there was another 50% off added to them!!! So I paid about 7$ for 100% leather gloves!! 

A couple of days later, I found boots I liked. Again, I know it's summer, but there are better deals on winter stuff during summer. I don't care if the boots are from last year, if they're hot, i'll take em. I am still speechless that they ended up costing me only 15$....HA! I especially like them because of the "hidden" platform heel :)

The flash makes them look white, but the color is beige. 

ALDO ENTREPOT

911 avenue Mont-Royal Est

Get off metro Mont-Royal and turn right on Mont Royal

Click here to find an Aldo liquidation center near you

OSCS: Winners!!

Obsessively Searching for Clothes on Sale 


I have been shopping there for YEARS! I cannot even describe the amount of beautiful things I have found: Stuff for the house, trendy martini shakers, Anne Klein blazer, plates for home, gifts (oh I always find nice gifts there!), headphones, perfume sets, jewelry, underwear (yes, underwear), lots of shoes and the list goes on! 


There are things for MEN, WOMEN, KIDS, the RICH AND THE BROKE ASS!!!

I do not go there often, but when I do, I always manage to find something. I like how the store resembles TJ Maxx, Marshall's and Ross, from the United States. And the thing with there is that everything is low price and brand new! A lot of popular brands, too. But you have to be patient, and search well!

The ones I love going to are:

-The one downtown, Place Montréal Trust

-Place Versailles (there is also a HOME SENSE in it...with lots of nice things for your house/appartment)

-Boulevard Tashereau, next to cinema Guzzo on the South Shore.

A couple of tips when you go there:

-If you find something, buy it!...(if you have the $ of course) And don't misplace it, there is a chance it was the only one in the store, and if you come back as early as later in the day, it might have dissapeared. And you might end up very, very sad. 

-Don't ask for help. They won't help you. As a matter of fact, the people working there are mad at you for creating the mess. 

-Not every Winners is the same. What you find downtown, you might never find on the South Shore and vice versa. Explore!

-Try before you buy, because if it doesn't fit and you want to exchange it for another size, you might go back and see that the whole batch of that item you just bough is LONG GONE. 

-Go to the "Liquidation" section in every section. You might find amazing deals!! In the section for home, i have often found beautiful candles or picture frames: Because of a microscopic scratch, they were reduced as low as 1$.

-They have gourmet foods that are rare to find!!! Coffee, flavored olive oils and more.

My sister came with a full Winners shopping bag the other day. There was a sale! Most of their summer clothes are reduced! NICE!
 P.S. That whole bag of new stuff cost her less than 100 $ :)


Click HERE for their website! You'll be able to find their locations across Canada!

Introducing: The OSCS files

OSCS = Obesessively Searching for Clothes on Sale =my way to go, pretty often.

It will now be easier to find all my articles about the cool sales :)

Vintage/Second hand fashion: ADS

Those who know me well already know that I have the capability to search in stores for hours....sales, Zara, Winners...and.....ADS. What is ADS???...... It's the abbreviation for....Armee du Salut aka the Salvation Army!! Yeah, i said it. 

SURPRISED?? If you knew how much stuff I found there. The same way i'll pay over 150$ for jeans, I'll find something cute there for 2,99. Who would've thought? 

So today, my friend Cathy and I stopped there and found a lot of cute stuff. Did you know that a couple of well known brands DONATE NEW STUFF to them? :) They rip the tag but hello....I know the logo! Anyways, we found a couple of cute things, and on top of that, the shoes were 50% off....I mean, they were already like, 10$ or less so that was a little too good to be true. Usually the shoes suck, but I guess the ADS in Brossard is different, cuz we found nice ones: Nine West, Aldo and more. 

Check out some cool stuff we found!

Cathy's NINE WEST stilettos: 4,50$

My best friend and her super cute little wallet (real leather): 1$ 

Nice ALDO wedges: 4$

Gladiator shoes: 2,50$ (still speechless)  










They also have great second hand books, vinyls, movies, home decoration and more, for a VERY, extremely low price. I suggest that you try going someday, and if you don't want anyone seeing you in there, wear a hat and sunglasses......hehe. Being stylish and fashionable doesn't have a specific price tag.

In the past, we have found things such as:

-An original Marie Saint-Pierre vest

-A GAP jean jacket

-A whooooole bunch of cute little purses and clutches

-Armani Exchange jean shorts.... and more

The ones where I have found the coolest things are:

-In Brossard, next to the Terminus Panama 

-The one on Notre Dame, corner Guy in Montreal

This is dedicated to my ADS partners in crime: Jeanne Michaud-Hedge and Cathy K. 

ALERT!!! Boyfriend jeans on sale!!

ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!

As you  may have seen in magazines and elsewhere, boyfriend jeans are BACK in fashion this year again! 

And guess what? They're on sale for 19,95$ at Costa Blanca in the Eaton Center (located on Ste-Catherine, downtown Montreal).

And they fit amazing!! Don't forget that they'yre not supposed to be tight, eh!!

Hurry and go grab a pair!


(photo from of www.wordans.com)

Showin some love to the stores Olivia and Boodwar :)

It was about time for me to talk about my FAVORITE STORE in downtown Montreal!

Located in the super trendy Cours Mont-Royal, this store keeps amazing me! I remember a couple of years ago, my friend Jennifer told me she worked at Olivia and Boodwar (different stores, but with similar clothes and the same owner). I was like huh? Wtf is that store? Bref, I thought I would be super expensive because of its location....
I was WRONG! Not only the items at Olivia and Boodwar are NOT expensive at all (I think the most expensive item is around 60$), but the clothes are original, trendy, sexy but not trashy and fashion forward! This store reminds me of the trendy mini boutiques I went to in Italy, especially one called Dixie in Florence. Almost every time I have an event, I stop there to pick up something I know no one else will have!....well maybe someone else does but I have not come across anyone that had one of the multiple items I bought in these stores...YAY!!! And wow, their sales rack? Amazing! I always manage to find something. Even if it is not my size, I find a way to make if fit anyways because it's sooo gorgeous :) 


Thanks Jen for making me discover this beautiful store, and I will certainly remain a loyal shopper for the years to come! 


Oh and by the way, now they have a shoe and accessories store! Located in the same indoor mall! 




Click Here to see what they have on the website! 


Here are some of the beautiful items I have bought there in the past year. P.S. The brown belt that you see on most of the pictures (my all time favorite belt) is actually from Le Château. It is the most expensive item on these pics...lol...it was 40$.

Dress: 24,99$ at Boodwär

Shoes: 9,99$ at Olivia shoe and accessories store! yay

Dress: On sale for 19,99$ at Boodwär

Shirt: Olivia, 9,99$ (it was a Large! But fit nice anyways)

Nice loose shirt: Olivia, 9,99$.