1. Bag - Anya Hindmarch 2. Scarf - Hermes 3. Watch - Michael Kors 4. Necklace - Oscar de la Renta 5. Lipgloss - Joe Fresh 6. Loafer - Asos 7. Top - Tory Birch 8. Sunglasses - Ray Ban 9. Jeans - Kate Spade 10. Drink - Old Fashioned 11. Bracelet - J. Crew 12. Wedge - Prada
The Golden Globes are this Sunday and we are as excited as a couple of whirling dervishes! Ricky Gervais will surely wreak loads of havoc and no doubt offend the acute sensibilities of Hollywood’s A-List. What we really care about is any opportunity available to feast our longing eyes on Ryan Gosling (even with Eva Mendes on his arm...sigh). Last year he looked like a million bucks in a Salvatore Ferragamo one-button tuxedo so with this years award season well underway, our hearts are exploding with anticipation. See below our picks for Project Gosling 2012 Golden Globes. Whether he turns up in a classic look or uber trendy, we anticipate a swoon-worthy evening.
For 2012 I seriously considered caring less about trashy reality television, but that was before I realized two new series were premiering last night. Obviously my resolutions went straight out the window. In case you missed them; I’ve provided the series descriptions below:
Scott and Kris Take Toronto
Passive aggression beckons once again as Kris Humphries returns with Scott Disick to Canada for some scripted fun. The new spinoff follows both Kardashian counterparts as they travel without permission (gasp!), complain about hurt feelings, deface Toronto by peeing publically and yelling at mounted officers then, most importantly, dodge old as-if-you-hadn’t-heard-he-was-married “friends” who rear their ugly blurred faces.
Kim and Kris Take Dubai
The bright lights of Dubai look suspiciously like paparazzi and camera crews, as Kim forgets she has a husband and Kris (Kardashian, that is) gets what we all know she’s been waiting for: a sisterly type spin-off. The series follows mother and daughter, supporting some sort of milkshake brand as they wear inappropriate footwear, make phony toasts and hang out with a bunch of people we’ve never seen before. All in an attempt to relax and discuss how things have “gotten really weird with Kris (Humphries that is).” Nothing like a free trip to Dubai to realize your marriage is in shambles.
Enjoy.
In all seriousness, thanks to E! and Ryan Seacrest Productions, of course for making Toronto look so good despite the questionable company.
Ps. These are purely over embellished portrayals of separate episodes of Kourtney and Kim Take New York, not to be confused with actual Kardashian spin offs. I know this can get komplicated.
Dashingly yours,
Lauren
Baby it's cold outside, so do yourself a favour and keep warm under a felted fedora or snug toque. Wearing your hair in braids allows for a hat outdoors and then a stunning hair reveal indoors.
Style Leopard accessories and Colorful Pants. Alone or combined we incorporated both newfound loves into our ensembles on the regular. Books This past year, we remained on the lighter side of literacy and funny women were our authors of choice. Occupying our nightstands were Lies Chelsea Handler Told Me by Chelsea Handler Bossypants by Tina Fey and Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling. Television Game of Thrones, Happy Endings, and the New Girl. We fell in love with Jon Snow, had the hot’s for the Khal, discovered that Penny Hearts was auhmahzing and warmly embraced new best friends Jess and Schmidt into our lives. Movies Movie-wise 2011 was a tad mediocre, but we were captivated, if not slightly traumatized, by Drive and may or may not have seen Bridesmaids multiple times in theatres; laughing harder each time. Person Ryan Gosling. A lot of our time was devoted to this man this year, particularly trying to figure out ways to get him to kiss us the way he kissed Carey Mulligan in Drive and/or pick us up dirty dancing style as he did Emma Stone in Crazy Stupid Love. Music In 2011 our iPods played a lot of The Weeknd and The Black Keys. We also had the pleasure of seeing these acts live. In concert they lived up to all the hype we had independently generated in our cubicles. Their equally original albums guided us through 2011. Foreign Shopping Lands in Canada We were thrilled when Victoria Secret, Top Shop and J. Crew became a part of the Toronto shopping landscape. BeyoncĂ© Pregnancy Reveal Arguably, the best pop culture moment of 2011. Pinterest This past year we were pinning like it is our job. Subsequently we created auhmahzing boards and we even were able to carry out a few DIY’s. Royal Wedding Despite waking up at an ungodly hour, this event encompassed all that we adore: fashion speculation, hot guys in uniforms, sisters upstaging each other and a kiss of fairytale proportions. Montreal We had a lot of love for the city this year, as it provided us a much-needed break from Toronto. Montreal manages to combine the old and the new in a very genuine way; the eats and odd ball celebrity sightings (we stayed at the same hotel as the cast of the upcoming Snow White movie!) weren’t bad either.
Style Flowy florals paired with soft neutrals for everyone! Book Paris vs. New York: A Tally of Two Cities by Vahram Muratyan. After flipping through a copy purchased by a friend from Europe, the February North American release of this book is a highly anticipated event for us. Television Some of our faithful favorites, 30 Rock and Mad Men have been on a serious hiatus and in 2012 they will be gracing our television screens once more. How about the Don Draper Marriage!? Will Liz Lemon land a hunky boyfriend!? We are in an absolute tizzy just thinking about it! Movies Baz Luhrmanns take on The Great Gatsby. We have merely seen promo pictures for this movie and already love it. The casting for this 2012 release is amazing, Leo as Gatsby and Carey as Daisy, melt. Person Again, Ryan Gosling. Let’s face it; we all want to see what he does in 2012. Music We haven’t heard from Alicia Keys since 2009, and although we are still listening to The Element of Freedom, we are excited to see (well more so listen) to what’s up next. Favorite Shops Landing in New Locations A David’s Tea opened conveniently close to our office at the end of 2011 and will be stopping in every other day for a brew this year. Beyonce’s baby This needs no commentary. Turning 25 We both have reached a quarter of a century in age. We are actually looking forward to it, and feel very adult. Seeing what Prince Harry does With all the attention off of Wills and Kate, we can once again really focus all of our attentions to the hotter of the Royal brothers. Oprahs New Show Oprah is back at doing what she does best, interviewing celebrities on The Next Chapter. This might just save OWN or, at the very least, provide us with some much needed celebrity fodder. Astutely yours, Us
Ryan Gosling plays it cool, Britney Spears, his former Mickey Mouse cohort, does not. Believe me, I'm not considering what I've just said to be mind blowing, but when I considered commenting on recent news items featuring both parties, I just couldn't help drawing a few comparisons. Same humble beginnings, not so same humble presents.
Last week TIME Magazine writer Joel Stein appointed Ryan Gosling as the Coolest Person of 2011; Gosling refused to talk about the 'honour' with Stein. Damn, that's cool. That same weekend Britney Spears got engaged to boyfriend Jason Trawick, and immediately wanted to talk publicly about the 'honour.' She blasted a teaser of the news on her Facebook page, presumably 2 seconds after it happened. Ryan Gosling doesn't have a Facebook page. Damn, that's cool.
Brit and Jason appear K-Fed and Brit style on the cover of this week’s People Magazine. A few months ago it was wildly speculated that Gosling turned downed the magazine’s Sexiest Man of the Year title. Damn, that's cool.
Ryan starred in arguably one of the best movies of 2011, Drive. In the retro-esque film noir he spoke maybe 10 lines throughout the whole thing, which was fiercely badass. Damn, that's cool. I could never be badass; I've got too much to say. Recently Brit also starred in what we can classify as her own film noir with Jason in her video for Criminal. Sure it was pretty badass itself; Jason looked surprisingly hot as hell and it had an equally hot make-out scene, but, ironically, every time she spoke the video got worse. She could stand to take a note from the Driver handbook.
Gosling is dating Eva Mendes. They aren't publicly commenting on the relationship, but he did recently travel to Paris just to pick her up so she didn't have to travel back to LA alone. We can be pretty sure something is going on. Damn, that's cool. Again, Spears and Trawick are electively appearing in a national magazine, tagline reading "All the details!" This includes pictures of the ring and this quote from Jason: "she's is my everyday Princess." Um, okay. Also, did I not just mention that she cast him in her latest music video and they have a full on naked make out scene?
Our beloved Ryan also commented on Mouseketeer Christina Aguilera's singing ability on NPR Fresh Air last week, of her talent he said, “you look at someone like Christina Aguilera, who is, y'know, was like 11 years old and 40 pounds and singing like Etta James, and you see someone who is realizing their destiny." He said nothing about Britney. Damn, that's cool.
In all seriousness, Ryan congrats on your Golden Globes nom this week and Brit congrats your engagement, for both I hope the third time’s the charm.
Comparatively yours,
Lauren
EDITORS NOTE: Gosling has recently thrown a wrench into my whole rant by appearing in the Funny or Die video featuring Eva Mendes, see the clip here. He does however, make that night gown and cap look cool. Thus I rest my case.
We’ve recently taken to integrating GQ into our monthly magazine medley, and aren’t ashamed to admit it is just for the pictures. The benefits of reading articles on men’s style, culture and fitness sadly escape us as we are yet to apply them in our everyday lives (aside from raising our already unrealistic expectations of how future mates should dress, naturally). Gentlemen’s Quarterly gains Caitlin and Lauren as readers by using the strategic placement of attractive men on the cover, and appeasing us both graphically and fashionably. Yesterday, as we did our usual peruse of the magazine racks, a buffer than usual looking Matt Damon caught our attention. We dove right in. To our supreme delight, we stumbled on a spread of, not only one, but two of our favourite gents looking beyond dapper in a Spring Style spread. Max Greenfield (Schmidt, to you New Girl fans) looking attractively quirky in different shades of grey and Formula 1 fave, Lewis Hamilton, taking layering to a new level of sexy.
Sartorially yours,
Us
