Yours Now Mine; antiques and vintage

The city of Bolton, ON in the Caledon area is a wonderful place to live. It's only 45 minutes (sans traffic) to Toronto, one of the biggest cities in Canada, and it's only 20 minutes from Toronto's international Airport. Bolton is out in the country and has some amazing arts highschool's for kids to attend, it has pastures to roam in, farms to gaze at, and more farmers markets then you can count on one hand. If I'm being candour here, where it lacks is the shopping. The shopping in Bolton is non existent for the vintage loving, economical, unique looking shopper like myself, and many others I know. This was the case, until March 2012, when a wonderful, artsy, vintage inspired store popped up in the Courtyards in Bolton, Yours Now Mine, Antiques and Vintage. 

I just recently found out about this haven a week ago, and since then have frequented the shop twice. I have taken away more clothes then I can carry in one hand. Sarah Boyle, the co-owner of YNM store has a knack for finding vintage clothes, and bringing in canadian designers who have vintage inspired collections of clothing. Sarah believes "There is so much clothing in the world, you don't need to produce another piece of clothing" so she picks...through all the clothing in the world...or at least the warehouse's in Toronto. She's a picker by trade and has a keen eye for fashion. She has been collecting antiques and vintage shopping since she was 16 years old. She's worked for Beyond Retro, styling and shooting photography, worked in LA and New York city, doing photography and even England, where a company hired her to open up a sister shop for them. Here's the kicker. She's only 22 years old. 

How you may wonder has this rock star wild child done so much in her life, AND had the resources to open up her own store?

Sarah's best friend passed away suddenly two years ago. She started becoming really close with her friend's mother, Carol Dann. She calls her "my best friend" and the two of them quickly became attached at the hip going to auctions, estate sales and garage sales. Sarah always wanted to pick for herself and open up her own store. Carol Dann supported Sarah's dream and became the co-owner of Yours Now Mine store. They opened their store in Bolton, ON where they both are originally from. 

If this isn't enough to get you in to see this girls store, she carries brands like SNAP, Pink Martini, and Heartbreaker, all designers with a vintage inspired or reclaimed vintage collections.

She's located at 18 King St. E, in Bolton, ON in the Upper courtyards.

Go in and see the charming old farm beam wall she's nailed up, or the maps she collected from an estate sale and made in to wallpaper. You could spend hours looking at all of her antiques, tin cans, vintage hair dryers, retro cameras and records. Everything is for sale, and every week there is tons of new clothes. 

Check out YNM tumblr. Click Here.  Or check out her facebook page by clicking here.

Visit the store in person and support one of the best stores Bolton FINALLY has to offer local fashionistas! 

Have you done your seasonal closet flip yet?

This weekend I did the spring seasonal closet flip. I got rid of 1 whole bag of clothing to donate to good will. (Now I have more room in my closet for all the cute new spring fashions out!)

On Saturday, I took a look at my clothing rack and purged the big wooly sweaters, and heavy knit dresses into a more suitable place for the coming months. (under my bed folded into a Tupperware container) For Spring, my jean jacket, floral print skirts and cotton dresses traded lives with their counter wool sweaters and cashmere dresses. My seal skin vintage boots, fur trimmed leather knee highs, and snow boots were replaced with their converse opposites, my cowboy boots, ked shoes and brogue flats, soon found life breathed back into them as they were positioned and lovingly looked at onto my shoe rack. Spring….has come…and sprung into my wardrobe.

With every season flip flop that us Canadian girls do, we have to be careful to not have the reversal seasonal flip flop. Now that my wool sweaters are amorously packed away in Tupperware containers surrounded in moth balls, (so next season I won’t have any new surprise holes, I hate that) we have to be careful not to end up wearing our spring dresses with a parka overtop to work, if the weather all of a sudden decides to switch back to the -teens. This is why the seasonal closet flip has always been a delicate one. When is the right time for the seasonal closet flip? Will you jinx the weather by flipping your closet too early, too late? Will the weather hold? Is it like the old saying, “if you take your umbrella on vacation, it won’t rain, but if you leave it at home, it will pour”? If we do the seasonal closet flip just in time, not too early, not too late, when the warm weather has been here for a few weeks, are we now guaranteed to continue to have warm weather, because we took the initiative? Do the Fashion Gods, play a role in the temperature? We changed out our seasonal clothes, so now the weather has to continue to be warm. Right? Right. Let’s pretend and put energy into the idea that this is the case. Maybe the seasons closet flip (which sometimes can be a daunting task, if you collect wool frocks, jumpers, and sweaters like I do) has more of a play in the weather then we think. Perhaps the Fashion Gods have a say in the weather, so ladies, do the seasonal closet flip soon, so the weather will continue to stay warm! Cheers to sunny days, drinks on the patio, and flowers being in ready supply! Spring into Gorgeous!

New Online Store

I have found a new online clothing store, that I adore. If you are like me and love original things, try this website out to get a new shirt for the fall to go with your Hattitude necklace! 

This Store Ruche about section states this about the store: RUCHE is a modern women's boutique with a vintage touch. We try to find items that are new, in-style, trendy, yet still inspired by a vintage look. We handpick each product to give you the perfect selection of clothing, accessories and more. When you visit shopruche.com, we want you to enter a feeling of comfort and nostalgia. We can only hope that you enjoy your visit every time.

Obvioulsy I have a profound love for vintage things. Browse the website to get some ideas for the fall! Ordering from this online store, you'll be sure no one has your same sweater dress when the cool weather starts to come!