STYLESENSE Stiletto Sprint 2010

Last year, STYLESENSE held Toronto’s very first Stiletto Sprint. It was a great event that I had the pleasure of participating in. If you weren’t there last year, I highly recommend that you try the sprint this year! All proceeds from registration fees will be donated to Look Good Feel Better, Canada’s only national charity that addresses the appearance related effects of all cancers affecting women. And you will have a chance to win some pretty great prizes! “The winner of the women’s final will receive a whopping $10,000 in cash (not to mention fame and glory)! Women’s second and third place will receive $2,500 and $1,000 respectively.” And if your man or guy friend is interested in supporting Look Good Feel Better, then he too can put on some stilettos and run like the wind (seriously, last year’s men’s race winner ran super fast) - the winner of the men’s final gets a prize of $1,000!

Date:

Friday, September 17, 2010

Time:

Registered participants to arrive at 6AM
Races take place between 6:45AM – 8:30AM

Location:

STYLESENSE, Heartland Town Centre, 5915 Rodeo Drive, Mississauga, Ontario

Registration Fee:

A minimum $25 donation to Look Good Feel Better. Plus, for every dollar you donate above $25, STYLESENSE will match it! (to a maximum of $20,000)

For shoe specs and registration, please go to www.stylesensestilettosprint.ca

For more photos from last year’s event, click here. If you do decide to join the sprint, make sure to send me some photos and let me know the results! Good luck!

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And the winner is…

So sorry for the delayed announcement of the winner! Have been so busy, blah, blah, blah…But I hope it’s worth the wait!

The winner of the H&M Fashion Against AIDS Giveaway is…FLORA! Girl, if you’re reading this post, please email me your snail mail addy, so I can send you your necklace!

To everyone who entered, thanks for your lovely comments and for following. We’ll be having more giveaways very soon. So stay tuned!

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H&M Fashion Against AIDS Giveaway

Remember when I went to the H&M Fashion Against AIDS collection pre-launch? Well, that night I bought a necklace to give to one of Style Blog’s readers as a sort of “thank you” for all your support! And what better time to give something away than on my birthday?

This necklace is definitely not for everyone, but if you like it, here’s what you need to do to enter!

1. Leave a comment with your name and a valid email address

2. Join Style Blog’s Facebook group and/or Follow Style Blog on Twitter (do let me know your Twitter/Facebook ID)

3. Winner will be selected randomly (via random.org) on June 22, 2010 (contest ends same day)

4. Contest open to all Style Blog readers

5. If you want an extra contest entry, tweet this giveaway and let me know you did it!

6. Good luck, lovelies!

THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED, THANKS TO ALL FOR PARTICIPATING!

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H&M Fashion Against AIDS Collection Launch in Toronto

What’s guaranteed to make a rainy Toronto day better? A party at H&M, of course! Fashion Against AIDS collection launched last night at Toronto’s Queen Street H&M store, and I was super stoked to have been able to get the pieces I’ve been coveting! Among the things I bought last night was the leopard print dress (above), which I love, love, love, the leopard print raincoat (only $4!!!), a few cool tank tops, and a Missoni-inspired tank dress (only$14!!!). I really wanted to buy the zebra-print maxi dress, but unfortunately it didn’t look too flattering on my frame…but if you’ve got the body for it, it’s a must-have for the summer, and ONLY $30!!! The store was packed to the brim, and Bedouin Soundclash performed later in the evening, though I didn’t stick around to hear them play.

The whole collection is very reasonably priced, and most fabrics are natural, which is a must for me in the summer. Too bad tents, chairs, and a few other items were not available in Toronto, they would have came in super handy on my next camping trip! But the leopard print dress was there, and I snatched it up! So proud of myself…will probably wear it to next weekend’s birthday BBQ!

FAA collection is available at Toronto Queen Street location today, and 25% of sales will be donated to youth HIV/AIDS awareness projects. Cute styles, good cause – what can be better? I can think of one thing…it’d be better to get it for free, wouldn’t it? Well, last night I bought something extra, and I might just send it your way! An FAA-themed giveaway is coming soon…stay tuned.

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More pics after the jump!

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Love Your Heart Giveaway

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To support this initiative, Becel is launching the Love Your Heart Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/loveyourheart. For every fan, Becel will donate $1 to the Heart & Stroke Foundation – up to $25,000.

And to help promote this awesome cause, thanks to the kind folks at Edelman Digital, Style Blog will be giving away all three scarves to one lucky reader! All you have to do is leave a comment below with the following info:

1. Name and Email

2. One healthy heart tip

3. If you are on Facebook, please join Becel’s Love Your Heart fan page, and if you feel so inclined, follow Style Blog on Twitter: www.twitter.com/styleblogca

Winner will be selected randomly on March 15th. This contest is open to Canadian readers only! As for my international followers, another giveaway is coming very soon!

This contest is now closed! Click here to see if you are the winner! Stay tuned for more giveaways!

Enter the giveaway and see the scarves after the jump!

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I know I don’t, but if you have $15,000 lying around idly and if you are a fashion lover, then this event might be for you! On April 13th, Oscar de la Renta will be present at a Suzanne Rogers’ fundraiser forchildrens’ charities! Oscar’s personal story is very inspirational, and he genuinely seems to care about helping children, as he helped build Casa Del Niño- a school and day-care centre in the Dominican Republic (his native land), which helps the impoverished children of La Romana. I watched Oscar on the View the other day (I was sick and there was nothing else on), and he really is a charismatic and engaging speaker. It would be amazing to hear him speak live, and to see his designs on the runway, of course!

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Sorry for being MIA for the last couple of days. Yesterday was Remembrance day here in Canada, so I enjoyed a very nice day off, free of blogging, work, or excessive Internet browsing. Instead, I went to see The Toxic Avenger last night, courtesy of le boyfriend. Still giggling about the barbershop scene. Ahh, you had to be there! Louise Pitre (in roles of Mayor, Nun, and Ma) and Daren A. Herbert (in roles of Black Dude, and a bunch of random characters – my fave was Lamas) were fantastic! I thought that the show wasn’t as good as The Evil Dead: The Musical, but it was funny and fun in its own way. If you live in Toronto, go see it while it’s still running!

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