“If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
-Henry David Thoreau, American Essayist, Poet & Philosopher
This quote is in part the inspiration behind my blog.
Two years ago, this girlaboutOtown wrote her first post after going out with a few very good girlfriends to see Sex and the City, The Movie on opening night. I mused about the supply of and demand for cool in Canada’s capital city, and concluded that Ottawa women were more than capable of supplying some serious style. It was a shot in the dark – quite literally – and I had no idea where it would all lead.
At the time, I had decided to blog because I needed a creative outlet, and because I wasn’t convinced that my life here in OTown was all that it could be. Along the road to responsible adulthood, I had missed a few steps, and I guess I was desperately seeking something new. Among other things, I found myself day dreaming regularly about nights out at the theatre, restaurant meals and swanky parties – and I wondered whether I ever stood a chance. Perhaps this girlaboutOtown was under the influence of too many magazines, but I was bored – in a city famous for being boring.
So, I set out to make change for myself – by noting it around me. While I felt far from courageous, I made it my mission to find others who were. I went out of my way to do things I hadn’t done, and whenever I encountered fun, fashion or a fresh attitude, I’d share it in writing with the few of you who were following. At first, it was hard, but very soon I found myself celebrating the very same city I had once berated, and all because of this blog.
Fast forward to now. OTown is a-Twitter with talk of last night’s advanced screening of Sex and the City 2. Despite a few offers to attend, this girlaboutOtown was otherwise occupied at an event I never would have even known about way back when I was bitter and bored. Here I was on a Wednesday night, decked out in my finest for an evening of genuine glamour, followed by low-key (but lovely) dinner for two on Preston Street. Who could have imagined!?
While hordes of women whooped it up all over town, the fella and I “dressed to intrigue” at a downtown viewing of Halston Heritage 2010 Spring Collection, available in Canada only at The Bay. Halston Heritage is a new diffusion clothing line from Halston, founded by legendary American fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick. Famous for glamour, sex- appeal and ease, Halston clothes are synonymous with the iconic looks of the 1970′s.
Halston circa 1977, via Media Bistro
The Heritage Collection – launched under the direction of Chief Creative Officer Sarah Jessica Parker – offers a contemporary take on these classic 70′s styles. The shapes in this latest collection are fluid, the lines soft, the colours clear and they drape effortlessly. And, of course, one or two pieces do make an appearance in the latest Sex and the City 2 movie, which opens in theatres everywhere today.
If you – like me – missed the movie last night, and have imagined life a little bit less boring, why not plan to go out next Thursday, June 3 for an evening of glitzy do-gooding? Girls all over Ottawa will be getting together in support of the Weekend to End Women’s Cancer, and as usual, supplying more than their fair share of style. Maybe I’ll see you there…
