Blogger Fashion Week on Trend Trunk

You've heard about this, right? Trend Trunk rose to fame last month after their winning business concept was featured on Dragons' Den and has quickly become one of Canada's leading online shopping destinations, with features on the Marilyn Denis Show and CityLine. Basically, you sell what's in your closet, shop other people's closets, and Trend Trunk handles all the shipping for you - meaning no hassle and no shady in-person meet-ups. Simple!

When Trend Trunk asked me to be a part of their first ever Blogger Fashion Week, I was in. I mean, shopping is my job and so I tend to amass a lot of extra clothes, shoes and handbags. Call it an occupational hazard. A blissful hazard, mind you, but...

So yes, Blogger Fashion Week starts today and runs until Dec 15th, with new and pre­loved fashions and accessories from the closets of bloggers from all over Canada. Every day of Blogger Fashion Week will feature 10 new closets which will be unlocked and ready to be shopped! A few of us bloggers will donate some proceeds from the sale to our favourite non­profit or charity through Trend Trunks’ Closets & Causes Program.

My closet will be featured this Thursday but you can pre-shop it now at https://www.trendtrunk.com/RealLifeRunway (I sold a 3.1 Phillip Lim mini satchel 5 minutes after posting but don't worry - I have more sweet surprises in store).

Happy shopping! My closet and I thank you.

To find out more, visit BloggerFashionWeek.com and TrendTrunk.com. 

WIN a 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target Mini Satchel

I'll admit it - I lucked out, big time. I happened to be at a Muskoka wedding over the weekend and en route home, what should we pass but the Orillia Target. I'm not going to pretend that this was purely accidental. I mean, I've been dying to get my hands on the 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target collection since it was announced months ago and so yes, the Orillia Target was already programmed into my GPS. And I'm not going to pretend that I didn't know that I had way better odds of scoring anything Lim in Orillia than in Toronto. And so, as I gleefully heaped clothes and bags into my cart (whee!!!), my husband settled into a bench while other shoppers looked on bemusedly (Lim? Who's Lim?), I just knew that I HAD to share my luck. I picked up 1 mini satchel for me AND 1 for you, my dear RLR friends!

Missed all the Lim-sanity yesterday? Here's how to win this sold-out 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target satchel:

1) Leave a comment below telling me why you want (need, have to have) this bag.

2) For a bonus entry, follow @realliferunway on Twitter and tweet the following: "@realliferunway is giving away a @31philliplim x @targetcanada satchel and I want to #win! http://bit.ly/1diA0pd"

3) Contest closes at noon this Wednesday, September 18th. I will draw and announce the winner Thursday am.

4) Contest is open to residents of Canada only.

5) Good luck! xoxo

Want, Want, Want: 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target

All photos courtesy Target 

Things have been a little crazy here lately. Between deadlines, croupy kids, and my new show with iVillage.ca on CMT (more on that soon!), it's enough to drive any blogette to NET-A-PORTER. Luckily, these pics from the new 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target Collection landed in my inbox last week, just in time to appease my stressed-out need to power shop. Phillip Lim is kind of the It guy right now, with the consistently best accessory collections and a banging wardrobe to match.  This newest collab is going to require some serious shopping commitment on your part - I'm not saying you'll need to tent it, exactly, but you'll need to arrive pretty early for any shot at the handbags.

The collection ranges from $19.99 to $299.99 (peanuts for anything Lim) and will be available starting (and possibly ending) Sept 15th at ALL Canadian Target locations. In the meantime, you can start making your shopping list below. Can't wait to hear which pieces you score.

Happy Friday, beauties! Hope you enjoy every minute of these last summer weekends (sniff!)

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