Yvonneli
ForumsNet Member
I love YaBB 1G - SP1!
Posts: 189
|
 |
stood stiff as a stick,
« on: Jan 20th, 2016, 9:22pm » |
 Quote  Modify
|
my favourite items spend more time away with my daughters than they do with me.I end up giving them their own pieces to enjoy without borrowing in the hope that they’ll give me a little break and I can selfishly have my closet to myself for a while but alas Celebrity Dresses Sale , it never works out that way.They still want to borrow.Annie, the host of the Food Network show From Spain with Love, got away with a Miu Miu washed chocolate leather jacket that she wears all the time when weather permits (I wore it two to three times at the most) and a wonderful pair of Dries Van Noten blush closed-toe wedges that she took with her to Spain.There’s no way I’m going to ruin my mom’s shoes, please find another way.As a compromise, she ended up walking barefoot and the director shot the scene of Annie from the waist up.So I let her keep them as a memento.Claire, a reporter for Reuters, is obsessed with my ballet flats, which are practical for her to run around on assignment in.She usually borrows a couple at a time and her favourites are Marni and Lanvin.The last ones she got were a pair of Marni nude patent leather flats and olive kitten-heel Lanvins, and I think my Louis Vuitton espresso shawl is on its way.When my girls were little, there were a few items that I thought of saving, but now it’s all about living for the present and sharing our passion for well-made, beautiful and timeless pieces every day.All three of us are about the same size (lucky for me that I like my shirts a bit oversized and they don’t).Karen KwinterFashion and beauty editor-at-large, Canadian LivingMy daughter Montana Labelle is my true style partner, since she has been surrounded all her life by my love of all things trendy.I quickly decided my designer purse collection would be the perfect thing to hand down to her.I wear now, she wears now and later!The quintessential bag (purchased in 2001) is the Louis Vuitton Speedy with Graffiti by Stephen Sprouse.I know years from now, she will wear it and remember me.Nicole McInnisHalifax milliner and designer, Oh Dina!My mother is a big accessories person, so it’s funny what I ended up doing with my life.She always got me jewellery, and there’s her charm bracelet that I absolutely loved.And when I moved to Toronto she gave it to me, and it just has little bits of her life.I remember as a child looking at that all the time and playing with each charm, and asking her questions about it.But it’s funny Cheap Little Black Dress , my mom when I was growing up, she always made sure I had a matching hair bow or hair accessory with every single outfit I had.Wow this is actually what I end up making every day, is hair accessories.She’s pretty conservative but her accessories are always artsy and whimsical.The most coveted thing in my mother’s entire closet was that charm bracelet.When she gave it to me there was a little charm from when she went to Toronto when she was 16, and so that’s why she gave it to me.It’s kind of like looking at their history.Emily ScarlettCommunications and press manager, H M CanadaMy mom and I are great friends and it was hard to narrow it down to just one thing from her closet that I covet.I started to think about where life has taken us over the years and what piece was the most special and I got to thinking about all the incredible adventures we have been on together.I landed on this red bamboo print dress because it reminds me of our very first big trip together when we moved, just the two of us, to Abu Dhabi.My mom wore this dress when we lived there (13 years ago) and it will always remind me of her and the amazing time we shared there together.Jennifer Woo and Shirley WongOwners of Luxe Label in WinnipegJennifer I’ve always coveted my mother’s set of eight 24-karat bangles that she only wears for special occasions!It’s beautifully made with an ethnic motif that reads timeless, elegant and classic.Gold will always endure.I’ve always loved mohair because of the feel and richness.In my mother’s closet she has a beautiful black shawl collar mohair vintage coat, which will fit into my wardrobe perfectly.The first sentence of More in Anger sounds the note that will reverberate throughout the novel.It describes the preparation of its heroine, one Opal King, for her forthcoming nuptials.The diamond in Opal’s engagement ring glinted and sparkled as she sewed the skirt of her satin wedding dress, as she stitched the tiny seed pearls and faux orange blossoms on to her wedding veil.Jewellery and fancy clothes play an inordinate role in J.Jill Robinson’s three-generation family chronicle.As the emotional atmosphere of the family becomes ever more dismal, the jewellery in particular comes to embody a world of false value, a substitute for love and affection.Opal, Pearl, Ruby, Amethyst.The story begins in 1915, with Opal, daughter of a prosperous Winnipeg merchant, engaged to marry James Macaulay, a lawyer for the CPR in Calgary.no tolerance for elaborate or poetic speech Party Dresses Online , no sense of humour.He is not exactly demonstrative in his affections, either.However, marriage will change that, Opal believes.and after they became more accustomed to one another, more at home.Desist my dear, from your foolish interrogatories.It is hard to imagine that a corporate lawyer, a man of Victorian rectitude, striving for gentility and intellectual cultivation, would be so boorish.In fact the phrase is passed on like some malign inheritance to her oldest daughter Pearl, who employs it in conversation with her own unfortunate children.Eventually, Opal resigns herself to an unhappy marriage, though her husband prospers and the couple want for nothing.Two daughters are born, Pearl and May.When Opal knelt and embraced her, Pearl stood stiff as a stick, offering little or nothing in return.Why Pearl is so unresponsive is hard to say.he insists Opal administer the odd bout of corporal punishment, and lays down rigorous rules about fingerprints on the furniture, and so on.Children have thrived under worse regimes.In due course, Pearl contracts .
|
Sponsored by: The Fans!
Home
Help
Search
Members
Chat
Member Map
Login
Register
Reply
Add Poll
Notify of replies
Send Topic
Print