Hey, the lady of mayhem girls are going to switch things up a bit.  Stay tuned for a new layout and more features about

strong, beautiful women doing big things!!

 

Remember,

 

What tries to limit you, makes you stronger1

Tribal prints have been taking the fashion runways and stores by storm.  Tribal prints resemble various geometric shapes formed into a pattern, dry bush strokes, snake skin inspired, zebra or leopard print. These motifs are printed on top of cotton, chiffon or linen fabrics. You can go for a muted palette or a funky colourful one. And it doesn’t stop there, many garments are finished off with gromment  and visible zipper details. HOT!

On the Runway, Alexander Mc Queen played up his prints with a sophistacated edgey look.

 

In stores check out American apparel’s Afika printed long sleeve mini dress,

or Forever 21’s abract print top,

 

Have fun with tribal prints.. go crazy!! Remember always balance out the rest of your outfit with your focal tribal piece. Do a neutral bottom and make sure your accessories work well with it.

 

JOJO

 

what tries to limit me, only makes me stronger

Hey Readers,

Just wanted to let you know about this great event happening this Thursday June 11th @ Circa, in order to SAVE the Remix Project.  Read about the organization at

http://www.theremixproject.ca

Sponsored By:
iskin
Fairmont
Long and McQuade
MAC Cosmetics
New Era
U2 Prize Pack
Dean Davidson

YOU CAN ALSO BUY ONLINE HERE:

http://givemoneymakechange.eventbrite.com

Come on Toronto…THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT!! We need to Start appreciating and supporting our own!!

If you want to make a Difference, I will see you on Thursday!

Peace N Love

Jenn

So I hailed up my girl, Liya, to attend this years Dj Stylus Awards.  Let me tell you that everyone in the Canadian music industry was there to support. Matte Babel and Arisa Cox did a great job hosted the event.  Some of the presenters included Sarah Taylor (Much Music VJ), Jesse Jones (Marc Ekco watches), Ngozi Paul (da kink in my hair), Trish Stratus (professional wrestler) and Colin Munroe (singer/songwriter).

There were performances by Danny Fernandez, Saukrates, Andreena Mill and Page (He ripped the stage with his song I’m Still Fly featuring Drake)

After the awards show we drove to the afterparty to mingle…here are some ppl we ran into…

Andreena Mill

The beautiful Kim Davis

Dj Mensa

Dj Agile- Winner of  Mixtape of the Year

Toronto Rapper- Shaun Boothe

Slakah the Beatchild

Congrats to all the winners!

Peace N Love

Jenn

This Thursday Night come support this fundraising event to help Miss King and Miss Knight, as they embark on a trip of a lifetime.

Read here to see what they will be doing in Africa

“In accordance with our mandate that everything they do must be done for a cause, as founders of King and Knight Productions, we are embarking on our first trip to the African country Tanzania as volunteers with the non-for-profit organization Childreach International. We will partake in the child poverty alleviation project, the FutureBuilding Project, by actively participating in the renovation and revitalization of the Ndesangana Primary School. We will also help to raise funds for the project as well test our endurance by climbing Africa’s highest peak – Mount Kilimanjaro. Thus, all of the proceeds from this event with go towards raising our minimum required contribution to the project of $9000.00. A minimum donation of $20.00 is required by all guests, with the opportunity to donate as much as your generosity permits.”

Lets help support and send these ladies off with some love from Toronto

see you there,

Peace N’ Love

Jenn

A couple of months ago I did a photoshoot and was looking for peices to help complete a look.  I stumbled upon this designer, Ashley Zaba.  The clothes stood out to me. I love her silhouettes and jewlery details.  Her clothes are definitley made for a confident girl who enjoys playing with fashion.

Here’s my mini interview that I did with her this past month.

 

1. Why fashion?  What about fashion that you had to travel down that road?

Growing up I was always doing something creative; my mother was an avid artist, painting, drawing, sewing mine and my sisters skating or dance costumes, that is pretty much where it started! During high school I was not very interested in anything else.. I look back at my grades and I definitely excelled in art and fashion.. math not so much! After graduation from college it took a couple years to build up to the fact that I wanted to start my own business. It’s an ever-changing career, there’s always something new and happening that’s what I like most about it. I am not the type of  person that can go into a desk job and work the same thing day in day out. I love to design new ideas, travel to various cities and countries to find that inspiration and I love most that im not tied down to a particular place, I can do this anywhere I want!!

 

2. Who do you design for? What demographic?

 I design for myself first, I think of what I don’t have or what I want and then go from there.  My clients range in age from 20s to mid 30s, I do not really have a set person that buys my clothing, I truly design and make for whoever wants it and likes it. When I’m shopping I mix and match lots of different stores together to create my style and that’s what  I expect from my clients.

 

3. What celebrity or public figure would you love to dress?

I would have loved to have dressed the stars of the 1950s!, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, Lauren Bacall, and even the men, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck. They all had such great style, grace and poise. The latest collection for spring summer 2009 was a throw back to those times.

To choose a current public figure I would have to say the ladies of the Sport Illustrated swimsuit calendars, a goal of mine is to feature a swimsuit in an issue!

 4. In your opinion, can clothes bring confidence to  a person?

I think self esteem and fashion go hand and hand. You feel good in the clothes you are wearing its going to show through. A staple piece in my collections is a leather jacket, when I wear it or my clients put it on it brings out a confidence. Whether it be powerful, rebelliousness or sex appeal. Bottom line if you love what you are wearing you are going to have the self esteem and confidence to do whatever you need to do (walk down the street, go for that job interview, talk to that person you wanted to)

 5. My favourite quote is, “What tries to limit me, only makes me stronger” ..what obstacles have you overcome to be where you are today?

My biggest obstacle and daily struggle is putting myself out there. Designing and sewing come natural to me, that’s the fun part!! Sometimes I find it hard to put my ideas out there and have them displayed and judged by others. All the positive feedback and my clients make this struggle a lot easier and realistic I know not everyone is going to like what I do and I don’t always like what others do as well, we are only human.

As I look back on the last few years with my company things that I thought didn’t turn out the way I wanted or an event didn’t go as planned, I take that and look at the big picture and those details fade to the back. In this business you have to have the drive, I’m a big believer in that,  you have to want this business and as you said the limitations only make you want it more!!

Ashley is a fellow blogger too. Check her at www.ashleyzabablog.com 

 You can purchase Ashley’s designs at www.shopmudshark.com !

peace,

JOJO

I am proud to say that I went to school with the new winner of Project Runway Canada, Sunny Fong. He is overly talented individual who is meant to make amazing things with his hands.  I ran into him at last month’s FAT fashion show.

 

I also ran into last year’s winner Evan Biddel.

 

The highlight the night was the TOO HOT, TOO WET AND TOO DANGEROUS collection by Karey Shinn that had a strong environmental message behind it. The models came out dancing routines!!!  The crowd was soo impress. It was a great finale.

 

 

 

Peace,

 

JOJO

“pay Attention to your Intuition”

Peace N’ Love

Jenn

This past weekend I attended two great shows

Saturday

This show was Crazy!! It was the last performance by the Tavai’s Polynesia Toronto Division dance company. Two of my friends were apart of this performance and I was glad they invited me out. I knew they both did Polynesia dancing but I was still amazed at how much stamina they had. I know if it was me, my legs would have given out after the first dance.

The dances they performed represented the different islands in the Polynesia area which included Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand and The Cook Islands. It was interesting to see the differences but what made it even better was how their outfits represented each area.

The night ended with a Siva Afi, which means fire knife dance in Samoan. It was bright and daring and made the whole auditorium SUPER HOT!! Lawd! but it smelled SUPER SWEET of almond oil

Great job ladies!

Sunday

Push N Wait was the first fashion show ever to be put on by Toronto’s very own goodboy clothing. Sanga Gensis, the founder of the company, and his team put together a dope show. Their clothing consists of  T-shirts,shirts and track jackets that have lots of character and creativity to them. Don’t worry ladies they have cute shirts for us too!! Here are some pics

Their slogan “100% clothes minded” (I like that!)

if you want to know more about this clothing line check out http://www.goodboyclothing.com

Peace N’ Love

Jenn

This group is BOMB!!

While riding the double decker bus to Central London, I came across a bulletin board with this music group ad.  I got curious as to what their music was all about, so when I got home I did some internet creepin on them

WELCOME NOISETTES

SHINGAI SHONIWA- Lead vocalist, bassist, guitarist, cello
DAN SMITH- Guitarist
JAMIE MORRISON- Drummer

They are a UK indie rock band that have an eclectic sound! I feel in love with them as soon as I heard one of their songs. Also I love Shingai’s fashion style

Here are two of their videos

Check out more of their videos here

http://www.youtube.com/user/NoisettesOfficial

and their myspace

http://www.myspace.com/noisettesuk

Peace N’ Love

Jenn