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Hello Darlings, With a special occasion, comes the preparation which is part of the journey. Attending a fashion week is a different kind of anticipation, it is preparing to weather the stress of a non stop schedule. While many of us can relate to the dilemma, fashion week is an overdrive experience. September marking the official launch of spring/summer 2015 worldwide fashion weeks. I’d like to share some of my hardest learned lessons after surviving a number of fashion weeks. Now having attended New York, Miami, Toronto and Montreal fashion weeks, I feel like I’ve learned some of the key lessons on how to handle high pressure circumstance while rocking 5 inch heels, battling frizz or frost bite and still enjoying the moment.

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So while not all of us are prepping to attend a fashion week, the lessons learned are valuable to any part of our lives. After all I promise that fashion week is an affair that is glamorous on images but quite difficult and at times unpleasant in real life. Don’t believe the hype, fashion is not always fabulous but rather in fact anything but when experienced backstage. Like a lot of things in life more often it really isn’t what it seems to be.

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Hello Darlings, Since 1976, Toronto has played a host to an annual Toronto International Film Festival. Over the years TIFF has become the city’s most anticipated event. Every year, the festival shows 370 films from 72 countries and welcomes over 400,000 movie enthusiasts. Traditionally TIFF begins on the Thursday evening following Labour Day and goes on for 11 days.

Marta Tryshak at TIFF in BCBG Max Azria

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Hello Darlings, With holiday season upon us, it is officially the craziest time of the year at our playgrounds. Shopping malls are crammed with people in search of the perfect holiday gifts. Personally, I prefer shopping online for holiday gifts as the process is less hectic and can be accompanied by a glass of red wine to help make those tough choices easier!

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