NY Fashion Week: Yigal Azrouël

"...all-American collegiate looks and the studied casualness of the loose, layered jersey pieces..." -Laird Borrelli

2 examples of Yigal's casual-chic, effortless layering. For me, the chunky sweaters and striped scarves are what really pull the outfits together.

I have no idea what I love about this outfit (left) so much - maybe the monotone colors or the big and beautiful bag. Right, another effortless (but so cute!) outfit.

NY Fashion Week: Rag & Bone

"...they cannily mixed equestrian and military references in with their unstudied-cool signature looks." -Nicole Phelps

Tailored skinny pants gorgeously paired and layered with a cardigan (left) and a suit jacket (right). Ah, the versatility of skinnies!

Gorgeous coats! The oversized white buttons on the hunter green (left) create a bit of a mod look while the black pea coat (right) is classic and pretty.

NY Fashion Week: BCBG Max Azria

Touches of metallic (left) and crocheted lace (right) add flair to these classic dress designs. Right, a beautiful take on the classic LBD.

Flowing, floor-length dresses - what's not to love? With a muted color palette, details up by the necklines really set off these dresses.

Proenza Schouler for Target and Target Couture

[music: Everytime We Touch by Cascada]

As you may have heard, Proenza Schouler is the newest 'GO' designer. With bold colors and patterns and a wonderful carefree-summer chic look, I am pretty excited.

This is what layering is all about. Nothing too put-together or formal but still really fun! I am absolutely in love with that purple.

The first outfit is something I would never be able to pull off - I would never think of putting those colors together but they actually play off each other quite well.

Target Couture. 2 words I never really thought I would hear in the same sentence. Well, it's happened. Frankly, I'm not too fond of it. Throw a couple red bull's eyes on a blank canvas and you have couture? Not in my books!

Swarovski crystals everywhere. So much for subtle. It looks tacky to me. $220 each at Shop Intuition.

The clothes. I suppose the polo (left, $110) is sort of cute and the cashmere hoodie (right, $330) looks quite comfy. But, I don't think I'll be buying either of these very soon.

Also, I am probably going to New York in a few weeks and I'm wondering if any of you can make shopping suggestions? Where to shop, good stores - that kinda stuff. But nothing expensive, I'm cheap. Embarrassingly cheap.

Cardigans and Trampolines

[Must Have Done Something Right by Relient K]

From the moment I saw my friend's gorgeous cropped sweater, I have been slightly obsessed. It was just so versatile - she looked great wearing it over a plain black shirt and it would have been absolutely adorable over a bright, summertime dress.

But before I forget, here's a somewhat (but not really) interesting story for you: today, I made a hole in our trampoline. How? Well, that's the slightly glamorous part. My friend and I (this is the friend with the amazing sweater) decided to take some pictures that looked slightly like some designer ads. I was going for the Lacoste look - the whole jumping up thing. Of course I had to go on the trampoline so I could actually get off the ground (for some reason, I am an absolutely horrid jumper) and of course I had to wear a pair of heels (it's boring otherwise, right?) and of course my heel managed to puncture the trampoline. I am totally guilt-ridden but, I got at least 1 great picture (well, not really great but, you know).

Well, back to the cropped sweaters:

I like the grey. There's something about grey sweaters that I find very appealing, they just look so cozy! $147.50 by Ya-Ya.

What a lovely color! It reminds me of lemons. I'm not too fond of the neckline, it's just... weird. $78.00 from Free People.

Such a classic color, it looks pretty but simple with a white tank top. The dark, neutral color will go with anything - how handy! $49.50 from Gap.

And while I realize there are many more gorgeous cropped cardigans out there, I am just too lazy to find them. Hopefully I'll be able to post more, exams are finished and I have an extra long weekend.

New York Fashion Week: 7 days!

The Secret World of Me

[Black Roses Red by Alana Grace]

I've been tagged by The Perks of Being a Wallflower to reveal 5 things you might not know about me, here goes:

1. I had to wear the ugliest face mask known to man for about a year to fix my totally unattractive under bite (thank goodness this was years ago - how embarrassing!).

2. I've always wanted to run away (for dramatic purposes only, I don't really hate my life or anything) but have always been to scared.

3. In grade 1, I would cry so much (homesickness etc.) at school that I always got to leave about halfway through the day - I was quite a wise child, I must've missed at least a quarter of the school year.

4. My favourite TV channel would have to be The Food Network. As well as Family Channel - I am the biggest sucker for those oh-so-cheesy Disney movies and shows.

5. My dream job is to be a fashion designer. Or a baker. Or a weather man - er, lady. Or a race car driver. Or a missionary/teacher in Africa. Or a journalist... I'm slightly undecided at this point.

And who do I tag? Glad you asked! If you've already been tagged, oops. Push Door, Not Pull; Coutureholic; Just Me and My Thoughts and Diamond Crowns.

What Was She Thinking?

I hate exams. They stink. I'm so lazy after studying that I never post. Well, by next week I will be finished with exams and semester 1 and I still wanna do a post on The Golden Globes even though they're over and I wanna leave you all comments but, for now, what was Gwen Stefani thinking?

People's Choice Awards: Hayden Panettiere

[music: I Am in Love With You by Imogen Heap]

Hayden Panettiere has definitely grown up since the days of Racing Stripes and Ice Princess. She now plays a lead role on Heroes, which took home a People's Choice Award for Favourite New TV Drama. I've never actually watched Heroes, but, the dress Hayden wore to the People's Choice Awards is so gorgeous!

The coral and ivory colors are absolutely beautiful and look so amazing on her! And I really love the fabric. And her smile, she has such a pretty smile!

[pictures: http://www.hayden-panettiere.com]

Golden Gowns

[What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts]

I was just browsing around Style.com a few days ago and I came across the Elie Saab Spring 2007 Ready-to-Wear Collection. It's great and it's gold. Very gold. From the gold dresses to the gold runway. I'm usually not all that fond of gold but I really like these designs!

I really love this style of strapless dress, it's very elegant but still interesting.

Who wouldn't love a gorgeous, gold coat? I really love this shade of gold, it looks so soft and beautiful! I love Heather Marks, too, she's one of my favourite models.

I just love this style of sleeves! I have no idea what you would call them, but, they're brilliant.

The bottom of the dress reminds me of shiny mirrors or shards of metallic glass. I don't like the shade of gold on the belt, though, it doesn't really go well with the colors on the dress.

These fabrics look so pretty with each other!

This dress looks so luscious, it's gorgeous!

I like this fabric, I love the way it looks. The shades of the bag and the dress/skirt sort of clash, though.
More of my new favourite fabric! I like this dress much better than the last, especially the bodice or whatever the top would be called.

Change is in the Air (Or At Least in the Blog)

Oh. My. Goodness. This new Blogger is amazing. I'll probably play around with it a bit, until I find something I love. Tell me what you think of the current look!

I don't know when y'all go back to school, but, if it's tomorrow (like me) I hope all goes well! And if it's not tomorrow, well, I still hope all goes well!

Just Add Sugar!

[music: 'Put Your Records On' by Corinne Bailey Rae]

I've adored Just Add Sugar photographs for a long, long, long time. Especially the fashion shots - they are just so gorgeous! I've been thinking of using one for the header of my blog but they are all so brilliant and I am so indecisive so, I haven't really gotten very far. Here are some of my favourite shots, though:

I love how vintage-y this looks - with the green visor, mini TV, baby doll dress and artificial grass. And the Chanel flats are to die for!

It takes a whole lot of talent to make grocery carts look this good! I love how the simplicity makes it looks so fabulous.

To me, this shot looks sort of 'Alice in Wonderland'-ish. Even though I can barely remember the story of 'Alice in Wonderland'... Isn't she bigger than everything? Or smaller than everything? Either way, very cool shot - and Alice was in a garden, right? Where the Queen of Hearts lives. I was gonna be in the play 'Alice in Wonderland' and I was the Queen of Hearts. But then they had to stop rehearsals for the play because everyone started dropping out. Just thought you should know that, hehe.

This is probably one of the first shots that made me love Just Add Sugar. The clouds are so pretty. And I love that she's holding an old-fashioned lamp post! And her clothes are gorgeous - love that scarf!

Who Wore it Better

[musique: The Beauty of Grace by Krystal Meyers]

1 Marchesa dress. 2 celebs. You decide, who wore it better?

Mischa Barton during New York Fashion Week. Nina Garcia a month later at a fashion event.

Happy New Year, everbody!

[If anyone else is interested in trading links, let me know!]

The Wonderful World of Disney!

[musique: Good Go Bad by Cheyenne Kimball]

I haven't been having too much luck with pictures and Blogger so, we'll see if this works. And if it doesn't, I'll try to fix it as quickly as possible.

I was on the Fashion18 site when I found these pictures from a recent fashion editorial. Very cute and very Disney. I posted some of my favourite pictures:

Suspenders. Who doesn't love suspenders? And Goofy's pretty cute, too.

I love how nautical they look. And I really love her red flats!

I think in reality this dress might look tacky or little-kiddish but, I must say, it photographs very well!

Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas! I was wondering if anyone would possibly want to trade links with me? I am not exactly sure how to go about this, but, let me know if you're interested!

The Devil Wears Prada

[musique: Beautiful Love by The Afters]


So I finally watched The Devil Wears Prada and I absolutely loved it! Such a great movie about the fashion world, above is a picture of probably my very favourite outfit from the entire movie - gotta love it!

All I Want for Christmas

Christmas is coming which is way exciting. And I know presents aren't really the point of Christmas, but, who can help but get caught up in the glitz and glamour of brand new stuff! Especially if that stuff happens to be clothing. Here are some of my Christmas wishes...

This great dress is by Foley for Foley + Corinna and a grand total of $180.00. The ruching makes it look so cool and it could be easily dressed up or dressed down. I'd probably wear it over leggings with some flats.

I've been through the graphic tee stage, but, it's sure nice to have some lying around. You'd probably look a little weird wearing this in, say, the middle of July, but, it's just too adorable not too want! $28.00 from Urban Outfitters.

I have a serious shortage of sweaters (unless you count my navy blue uniform sweaters - I have a plethora of those) and I love how casual it looks. Great to throw on during fall or spring or to wear under a jacket when it gets super cold (which it tends to do a lot here in Canada). $78.00 from Free People.

I saw someone wearing this shirt (or one similar to it) at a Christmas banquet and immediately fell in love. It wouldn't look as great on me since I have an extraordinarily pale skin tone but, so cute. Definitely not something I would give a lot of thought to at first, but, seeing how great it looks on someone else, I can't take my eyes off of it! $25.50 from Urban Behavior.

There's definitely more I want for Christmas (such as a gold sequin clutch, a black beret, a solid colored cardigan and black suspenders), but, I am lazy and I've got places to go so I'll have to end this now. Merry Christmas (well, pre-Christmas)!

Paul Hardy: FW06

I was in class the other day when my teacher starts talking about some designer named Paul Hardy. Now, normally I don't take my fashion cues from my teachers, but, after all her raving I had to check out who, exactly, Paul Hardy was. And, I was not disappointed - once I saw the first picture (shown below) I immediately remembered a segment I had watched on TV about Paul Hardy a few months earlier.

These are 2 of my favourite looks, the sweater dress and tights is probably my very favourite! I love that his show took place in an old church - it is so beautiful!

Rebirth

This is sort of the 'rebirth' of The World According to Rory. A blog created to let me release my feelings to the world and see who responds. But now things are changing and this blog might take on a brand new form. The unexpected awaits as The World According to Rory takes up its flight into a brand new world, full of brand new discoveries.

With someone as random as me, you never know exactly what to expect but stay tuned - its bound to be interesting.

I love hearing what you, the bloggers of the world, have to say. If you come across my humble haven, leave a comment. Let your voice be known.

Me. Back... I Hope

Hey there. I'm so not into blog updating lately and I don't know why. I went to England and Wales for a week and a bit and I got back yesterday. I really love it there, amazing fashion in England and Wales in unbelievably gorgeous! So I think I accidently did something and changed my template. Arghhh, I'm currently too lazy to fix it though. I love the template you made me though, Lizzie!