FFW Gala at BSM

The gala was held at the Bata Shoe Museum which is one of my favourite venues/museums in Toronto. I used to go there all the time when I had the membership a few years ago. I was a fashion/shoe nerd. I wanted to know everything about shoes back then from history, styles, the designers, trends throughout history, etc...

I haven't been there for so long so it was nice to have the chance to go there again for something other than just looking at the artifacts.

There was a small fashion show which was the main highlight of the entire event and what most of us was there for. I don't know who the designers were. I just know that they are local and a friend said that some of the designs were shown at Alternative Fashion Week back in March.

Summer Fresh served some really healthy food. It was sorta like a mini buffet, but you could really eat a lot if you were really hungry and really took the time. I only tried a little bit of each, but I get full really quick anyway. There were several different kinds of salads and veggie dips. I didn't see any meat, but there was cheese. So I had a vegetarian meal without realizing it until now, lol!

Foxy Originals jewelry was there selling their stuff. They are two local Canadian very passionate girl designers who started their jewelry making business in highschool. I really love the necklaces with the words on them, but unfortunately that night they didn't have the one that I want to get, "Dreams Come True." So maybe I'll get it off their website later on. On their website there's a section with a bunch of photos of celebs wearing some Foxy designs, eg. Paris Hilton, Megal Fox, Nelly Furtado, Tori Spelling, etc... I really wonder how they got that to happen. But what I really like is the cute little pink plastic giftbag with handles they give you with your purchase.

I met an asian/chinese girl who happened to be the blogger of the blog that I happened to be following as of lately. Check out TheCheapGirl by Oliva. It's a great blog, looks quite successful & she works very hard at it. She posts quite frequently & updating us on all the latest deals & stuff. So it's quite a helpful/useful blog for everybody. I made up my own meaning for the world "CHEAP-chic hot elegant and professional/posh" since I don't generally like the world cheap. Mostly I prefer frugal or thrifty but it's an easy to remember world & more catching than any other word I guess.

Frugal Fashion Week 2010

FFW 2010 is comming up next weekend from Thurs July 22-Sun July 25.

Save with Frugal Fashion Week with My FFW 2010 All Access Pass which is now only $35, down from $55 previously! The Special Gala held at the Bata Shoe Museum is already $25, so you'll save a great deal. Sale of the pass ends on July 22 which is the openning day of FFW.

This is still a relatively new event as this is only in its second year thus far. So bring your friends, especially the gal pals for the first pampering event at Kiehl's and help spread the word of Frugal Fabulousness! Get pampered, sip, shop and relax while watching a few fashion shows. I think that this festival will gain more popularity each year as more people learn about it. It is mid summer when many people are on vacation and out of town too, but I think it's great to have FFW during the summer since there doesn't seem to be as many major fashion related events at this time, although there are always mini fashion shows happenning all the time.

The openning event will be The Kiehl's Uptown Beauty Boutique launch party which is to be held at Kiehl's at Yonge & Eglinton (not the one on Spadina & Queen St.). At the event, you'll get mini facials, makeovers, beauty advice, cupcakes and giftbags courtesy of Kiehl's and Teatinis by David's Tea!

I'll post some fotos of the events later after I've attended them all.