Thursday, February 19, 2009

MONTREAL-MINDED

ALEXI HOBBS PRINT, $100, AVAILABLE @ MONTREAL STATE OF MIND WEBSTORE
WHAT STARTED AS A BLOG FOR THE MONTREAL DESIGN SCENE AND ALL ITS MANY FACETS, HAS NOW EVOLVED INTO AN EXCLUSIVELY, AND EXCLUSIVE, ONLINE STORE. LAUNCHED A MERE 6 WEEKS AGO, THE MONTREAL STATE OF MIND ONLINE SHOP, MTLDESIGNERS.COM, IS DEVOTED TO THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT DESIGNERS OF ALL GENRES. FROM FASHION TO DESIGN OBJECTS, MANY OF THE PIECES ARE DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE SITE, AND ALL ARE OF LIMITED RUNS. A QUICK BROWSE FINDS SOME OF THE CITY'S MORE RECOGNIZABLE NAMES, LIKE VALERIE DUMAINE AND ANASTASIA LOMONOVA, BOTH OF WHOM I'M ANXIOUSLY AWAITING SPRING COLLECTIONS FROM, ALONG SIDE SOME NICE SURPRISES.


VERONA TUNIC BY VALERIE DUMAINE, $95
THIS GEOMETRIC PRINT TUNIC FROM DUMAINE IS THE PERFECT TRANSITION PIECE FROM WINTER INTO SPRING--EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO GET YOU THROUGH THE NEXT FEW MONTREAL MONTHS. PAIR IT WITH A TURTLENECK AND OPAQUE TIGHTS OR THROW A JACKET OVER IT, LIKE THE VENDETTA.
VENDETTA JACKET BY VALERIE DUMAINE, $149
I PARTICULARLY LOVE THE SGT. PEPPER DETAILING. I'LL BE WEARING THIS FAUX-LEATHER JACKET RIGHT THROUGH TO SUMMER.

FOR MORE CASUAL DAYS, THROW THE VENDETTA ATOP THIS OH-SO PERFECTLY REVEALING PRINTED TANK FROM URBAN PIGEON.

SILKSCREEN LAVENDAR TANK BY URBAN PIGEON, $35
THIS TANK, LIKE ALL THEIR PIECES, WAS HAND PRINTED IN THEIR LOCAL STUDIO.

I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF ACCESSORIZING--THERE'S NO BETTER WEAPON IN YOUR ARSENAL. AND THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR JUST ONE MORE. CONSIDER
THE FLORA RING BY MYNTA.
FLORA RING BY MYNTA, $78
WITH ITS ORGANIC DESIGN AND GALVANIZED STEEL, THIS UNISEX RING IS THE PERFECT BALANCE OF TOUGH AND SWEET.


3 comments:

  1. Hi,

    There is no contact information on your blog so i am forced to contact you through the comments area...I noticed what I hope is a typo in the following sentence:

    WHAT STARTED AS A BLOG FOR THE MONTREAL DESIGN SCENE AND ALL ITS MANY FACETS, HAS NOT EVOLVED INTO AN EXCLUSIVELY, AND EXCLUSIVE, ONLINE STORE.

    Do you really mean to say "has not evolved" ?

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  2. Hi Alexi,
    Wish I could email you directly too! This was a typo, meant to read NOW. I have since corrected. Thanks for pointing it out.

    PS--great pics!

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  3. Check out my contact page on my website!!!

    info@alexihobbs.com

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