Kat’s Closet

Kat’s Closet – Called on the Suspenders.

One of my favourite neighbourhoods in Toronto is Ossington. It’s raw. It’s real. One of my go-to accessories lately have been my suspenders. I’ve worn them with jeans and shorts and skirts. I’ve worn them up and dropped down. They’re uber cute, uber hipster and uber me. This was Saturday night. -k
Image-30T-shirt – Gongshow via Real Sports Apparel
Jeans – J Brand
Suspenders – From my tap dancing days. Truth.
Boots – Nine West
Lipstick – MAC Lady Danger

Kat’s Closet – Break Those Blues.

January is the official start of the so called winter blues. I have found a positive: sales. Sales, sales, sales. Save your moola and do a little January retail therapy. This outfit is the result of just that. And colour. Mixing patterns just makes me happy. Break those so called rules. Ah, the simple life savers. -k
Image-29Button Up Shirt: Zara $29.99
Polka Dot Shirt: Zara $29.99
Jeans: J Brand (old)
Shoes: Fossil $59.99
Necklace: Zara
Scarf: H&M

Kat’s Closet – Workin’ Lady.

Do you ever have those days where there seems to be a theme within your tweets and texts and coffee talks and youtube searches? A universal pattern. Today’s was “you have the coolest job.” That was the exact sentence that rang through all outlets. I do. January has been jam packed with Raptors games. And with tired eyes and a brain at full capacity as the end of the month rolls on in, I have loved every minute. Here’s a game day outfit from the role call. They won tonight, ps. Demar sank the buzzer beater and they’re coming home happy. -k
Image-28Shirt – Real Sports Apparel
Pants – Joe Fresh
Shoes – Nine West

Kat’s Closet – Colour Block.

It is absolutely 3am. I’m sitting here waiting for the fella and our food. Days turn into nights turn into days. It’s a wild life, a city themed life, and even though some mornings I wake up wanting nothing but the pillow under my cheek forever, ever, I am still thankful for it all.

The Raptors are on the west coast which brings games that finish after 11pm. So after the final basket I had a 15 minute time limit to change and headed out to the city’s west end to say happy bornday to a good friend. The roomie is on the west coast too with some of my garb. So I took hers. Roomates are awesome for a second closet. Same colour, different textures. Insert Friday night… greys. And shiny pants, obviously. It’s the weekend! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! -k

Image-23Sweater – Gloss
Jeans – H&M
Shoes – Nine West
Clutch – Zara
Lipstick – MAC Lady Danger

Kat’s Closet – Backpacking through the City.

Honestly, some days I laugh at the amount of outfit changes I go through. This isn’t including workout gear. Yesterday I kept the tally to two. And I inserted a new accessory. Welcome my new backpack to the family. Fancy backpack. Dressed up or down, it’s perfect for my city commutes. And I’m respectful of my fellow subway goers and take it off on the tube. She took me from a shoot, to the gym, to home cooked taco dinner with the fella. She’s cute. I like her. -k

photo-63Blazer – H&M
Jeans Shirt – GAP
Jeans – Zara
Shoes – Converse
Necklace – Zara
photo-64Jacket – Zara
Plaid Shirt – Gloss
Leggings – American Apparel
Thigh High Socks – American Apparel
Shoes – Steve by Steve Madden
Scarf – Urban Outfitters
Toque – Roots

Kat’s Closet – Comfort Zone

I shuffled between the TV studio, red carpet, basketball arena and rehearsal floor this week. Honestly, just typing that gives me a happy buzz. This meant that I shuffled between city commute military boots, red high heels, my most comfortable pair of ankle booties and strappy ballroom shoes. But my go to? Chucks. Cons. Converse. That’s my comfort zone. And this was post red carpet interviews and pre shuffling to rehearsal. -k

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Blazer – Forever 21
Jean Shirt – Gap
Layered Bodysuit & Cropped Tank – American Apparel
Pants – Scotch & Soda
Kicks – Converse
Lipstick – MAC Russian Red

Kat’s Closet – Stay Classy

You know all of those things that you always wanted to do? You should do them. These words sing song in my head daily. And I share them with others pretty much daily. Right now the baby steps towards checkmarks are smaller than I want. Everybody does it differently when competition hollers. I’m a competitive person. But I believe you can stay classy.

Last night CK ( ICANDI BLOG) and I talked about taking over the world at a corner table at Weslodge. And the baby steps grew a bit. Forwards, backwards, no right or wrong way. I wore my peplum backwards instead of forwards last night.

And my pearls. Stay classy. -k

Leather Peplum – Zara
Shirt – H&M
Jeans – Citizens of Humanity
Jacket – Anthropologie
Boots – Nine West
Lipstick – MAC Lady Danger

Kat’s Closet – Peplum Please.

Weekends are always such a mad dash between work and celebratory wishes in repeat. This has perfected my functioning on too little zzz’s and multi-tasking magic. Note this outfits accessory; a scrumdiliumptious fibre one bar. I was waiting for my ride to birthday festivities and needed a quick snack to tie me over. Multi-tasking magic.

I haven’t been in H&M is eons it seems. The one closest to me is always full of chaos because of it’s downtown Toronto location but I braved the storm the other week and found a couple of cute additions to my closet. I wore these pants for the first game of the Raptors season. My choice to wear them was inspired by Beyonce’s courtside outfit for the Brooklyn Nets home opener the night before.  Nobody like B. And I’ve been rockin’ my my inner Madmen 40’s inspired ‘do all weekend too just because I felt like stepping outside of my box. Truth is, it’s completely me. Hope your weekend was magical. -k

Peplum Top – H&M
Cropped Pant – H&M
Fringed Necklace – Zara
Boots – Nine West
Fibre One Bar – Whole Foods

Kat’s Closet – Weekend Edition.

Sometimes I’m a bit of a hermit. The status took over this weekend. And I’m okay with it.

The fall breeze has no doubt landed on our city. And I’m okay with it.

Friday night I left my apartment after ten for a late night dinner in Greek town. I love the possibility of visiting so many different cultures within such a small radius. It’s one of the perks of living in the big city. And I love doing the opposite of what others are doing at that time. The restaurant was perfectly peaceful as a result. And this is what I wore…

Blazer – Gloss
Shirt – Gap
Jeans – J Brand
Knee High Boots – Zara
Scarf – Zara
Flower Pin – Zara
Lipstick – Russian Red – MAC


I went home to my Hamptons this weekend. Fact: when I go home I tend to wear the same sweater/hoodie for three days and borrow all other necessities from my younger sister. She’s okay with it. The simple life is so refreshing. I’m trying to take as much advantage of it as possible before weekends start filling up with the NBA season. A walk on the beach, football Sunday, a book, Sudoku, boardwalk run, blogging, windows down driving country roads, Starbucks chats and the Walmart run was about it! And layers. Lots of layers… and fam jam love. -k

Sweater – Aritzia
Jeans Shirt – Zara
Jeans – Urban Outfitters
Infinity Scarf – Calvin Klein
Hat – Roots
Shoes – Converse