FASHION Magazine

Having traveled from Halifax to Toronto for the past three years to document up and coming fashion, beauty and street style trends for my site Lion Hunter, I’ve come to accept the madness of fashion week. This season, as an online editorial intern at FASHION, I get to experience fashion week differently, having already been in the city for a few months and working for the magazine. Each day will still bring worries of failing to squeeze in a quick bite between shows, publishing up to date content and finding a moment to rest before the next day rolls in. Thankfully, concern over my sartorial choices is the least of these.

My approach to figuring out outfits leads to a heap of gathered wares from my favourite thrift and vintage stores that I’ve slowly collected since the lights dimmed last season. Vintage trinkets and jewellery, a plethora of prints and dope heels that I will curse at the end of each day, are all under scrutiny. As a frugal shopper I’ve found ways to create street style worthy looks without making my bank account sweat. I put together possible looks out of that pile of goodness allowing myself to change them due to last minute thrift store finds or an inspired trade of pieces between outfits. The upside of taking in Toronto Fashion Week is a prior month worth of street style inspiration from New York, London, Paris and Milan to inspire a week’s worth of looks.

In the spirit of anything goes when dressing for fashion week, here are 3 inexpensive looks that are worthy of a little show and tell.

See the 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target lookbook »

The wait is finally over. The highly anticipated lookbook for 3.1 Phillip Lim collaboration with Target is finally here, and it truly does not disappoint.

Ever since we first heard about this collaboration we’ve been itching to find out what’s in store. The 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target collection is, after all, the first designer collab that the retailer has done since launching in Canada. With only a trailer and a vague description of what to expect, you could say the anticipation was killing us.

So what can you expect on September 15? The 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target lookbook reveals over 100 items for men and women that are in tune with the New York designer’s signature minimalist aesthetic. Shades of navy-blue, taupe and black are all featured prominently, while pop art prints with hits of orange, green and red add interest. There are accessories (hello, new It bag), outerwear and dozens of day-to-night items. Best of all, the 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target collection won’t break the piggybank: prices range from $20 to $300. Ready to browse? Click through to see the entire collection and start counting down to September 15 when it launches in Target stores across Canada.