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This week's Style Collective kiss is from Catriona Smart, a.k.a Coco from Coco & Lowe, an online social media site that reaches women who are fashion forward and engaged in enhancing their lifestyle.

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Tell us how Coco & Lowe came to be.

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We started our site in 2008 because Lowe and I found we were constantly getting questions like "where did you get that" or...

Last night ChickAdvisor attended the launch of Dynamite's first fragrance, Rachel. Rachel has been Dynamite's muse for 35 years, yet she's a twenty something, and not in the 'I'm celebrating the 6th anniversary of my 29th...

This pose-off is brought to you by bags of cozy winter samples from La Senza, GAP, Old Navy and Banana Republic. They sent along some kids stuff for photography too, but though Joy may be short, the Stella McCartney kitty sweater in toddler size was asking too much of this talented model.

My condo has the tiniest front entrance. You open the door and you are bombarded with shoes. I've tried the traditional shoe rack but it ends up looking like a jumbly mess and more often than not, the shoes end up on the floor like this:

I've been looking for a good shoe solution for awhile and finally found the CIAO shoe cabinet from Structube. It's a 3 drawer shoe system where you...

ChickAdvisor has been named as a finalist for the Canadian New Media Awards as Hottest New Digital Kid on the Block. Hosted by nextMEDIA, the award will go to a startup digital media property that demonstrates innovation, original concept or content and above all, user engagement.

ChickAdvisor.com is Canada's first social network for women...

For the month of November we are featuring several beauties from our Style Collective, a collection of Canada's top fashion, beauty and lifestyle blogs. These sites are likely already part of your daily fix but this month we'll be getting up close and personal with the talented women behind them to find out everything from the best perk of their jobs, to their ideal...

Warning: This post is the product of FujiFilm saying, "Hey! Why don't you play with our shiny new Finepix F70?" combined with a party and a glass of bubbly. I forget that sometimes it's fun to be behind the camera too. So... forgive that I'm in every shot?

Last night ChickAdvisor attended the P&G Beauty awards at the Carlu. The bash celebrated the best in Canadian fashion and...

This morning after attending an event for Lancome and the launch of their newest innovation (a vibrating foundation!), I impulsively picked up this statement necklace from Anthropologie.

I was so excited when I saw it in the store but then I got home and now I'm just not sure. Is it too much for my wee upper body? I tend to buy classic clothes and have a lot of black in my closet so I thought...