new york, new york

In one week, I will be going back to the city that inspired me to follow a new path.  As much as this city is sang, idolized and dreamt about, it really lives up to all the hype.  

A beautiful park in the middle of a busy metropolis, the crowds of people which never make you feel alone, the view of the Brooklyn Bridge, the highly efficient subway system, and a place where you are free to dream about being just about anything you want to be - 

what's not to love?

Besides, on my last trip I bought an "I heart NY" shirt and they don't accept refunds.

my absolute favourite spot in NY - Central Park

summer love

introducing the 1st summer lookbook for LANGsura...

(more to come!)

this goes to show that hard work pays off :)

follow your heart.

Over the past year I've had to make some sacrifices adjustments in my life in order to make LANGsura  happen.  


For example: 

• waking up early to do LANGsura work before going to my other work and some times having to continue when I get back home
•  not going on as many trips and trust me, I would be writing this post in Croatia or somewhere outside of Canada right now!
• cutting down my personal spending, for example: paying for my business cards instead of getting a new purse

Although this is what I signed up for and what I want to do, some times I ask myself: is it worth it?  After reflecting over what has happened in the past few weeks the answer that should be so obvious is.... 

NO 

(hahah... I'm kidding)

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YES!!!

*dreams come true*

If this has taught me anything it is to follow your heart (as cheesy and cliche as it sounds it is so true) because it will lead you to some amazing places.




Thank you to every single person that helped me make this happen (and this includes EVERY PERSON that came to the event last night!).  From the bottom of my heart, thank you - without your support, encouragement, and love, I probably would have given up.  

thank you, thank you, thank you.

so much love xoxo

shooting inspiration

One of my favourite parts of starting LANGsura has been doing the photoshoot.  Nothing is more inspiring than getting to see the clothes tell a story. 

This Friday, I meet with the photographer to set a date and discuss ideas for the next shoot.  So right now my life is all about finding inspiring images... thank you, Pinterest!

kevin murphy: colour bug

We recently provided clothing for a photoshoot which featured the new Kevin Murphy hair product called colour bug.  

If we weren't sure about the look before, we are definitely SOLD now!  The hair looks amazing and so do our dresses... more pictures to come.

kevin murphy: colour bug

 - Credits -
MODELS: JESSICA and YOLANDA RENAUD
PHOTOGRAPHER: TOBIAS @ visualbass.com
HAIR: LORIBELLE URRUTIA
MAKEUP ARTIST: ALEXIS KALANSKY
WARDROBE provided by LANGsura

nudist

I'm not in the business of selling shoes but I just purchased this new program today for future LANGsura projects.  After watching a few online tutorials and play around with it for it a bit, here is what I got.

Reason why I love nude shoes: 

they go with everything & also give your legs a little more length!

Happy Weekend Everyone :)

grey skies

I know it's a little early but with the weather feeling much more like fall than spring these last couple of days, I thought it would be appropriate to show a Pre-Fall collection.  

LANGsura is happy to introduce to you Ladakh, a gorgeous label from Sydney, Australia
(and yes, it will be available on www.langsura.com!)

Need I say more...

hello stranger...

A lot has happened in the last 2.5 months (yep, that was the last post) which means much progress for LANGsura.com! Most of my time has continued to still go into getting the written part of the website complete and its almost there. This step is probably the most slowest, boring, tedious of the whole process, a lot of legal jargon, creating policies, term of use for the site... and the list continues.

The most exciting news to share with you is the NEW logo for LANGsura.com! 

I hope you like

Posted here for the meaning...

hello 2012!

this is on our check list for 2012:

1. get a new, fresh, pretty logo 
2. find inspiring labels to add to our current lines (both local and overseas)

such as this beauty...

      3.  oh yeah, and LAUNCH the website

seems simple enough :)

happy new year's eve!

wishing everyone a happy new year!

whatever you end up doing to celebrate,

hope you all a year full of laughter, health, peace & happiness

xoxo

making progress

Yes, I keep it real.  I still use the old pen & paper.

The past month has been spent prepping & writing everything for the site: the return policy, terms of use, shipping rates... basically everything except updating this blog!

Not everything has been going according to plan which can be really frustrating at times. In the last month my dedication to making langsura happen has been tested a few times. There have definitely been some "what the &$@!" moments but that is bound to happen. Luckily for me (and probably not for them) I have a great support system that listens to me bitch and gives me some amazing advice.

Everything now seems to be back on track and I'm hoping for a launch date by Spring 2026 2012 :)

vintage gems

With trying to perfect a logo, working on the template for the website and working on the Spring line all at the same time, I finally made some time to do what I absolutely LOVE... vintage shopping (oh and blogging ;))  

In addition to all the new pieces that I've been buying at the tradeshows, langsura will also feature exclusive vintage dresses that have been reconfigured and redesigned by wonderfully talented mom & myself.  Looking forward to finally debuting the collection that I've been working on for the past 10 years. 

an early birthday present :)

For the past 2 months, I have been working on a gift for my husband's 30th birthday. I've been sneaking behind his back, making secret phone calls, putting things on my business credit card and basically lying through my teeth to him...
the foundation of a healthy marriage.  

His bags have been packed (and probably with 5 pairs of shoes and no underwear), the flight & hotel are booked and he has NO clue (muhahahahahaha) :)

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WISCONSIN!!!

Ok, not really but when I was looking up images to put on the blog Wisconsin actually looks pretty nice. Possibly our next vacation spot?

 We are actually in...

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NEGRIL, JAMAICA!

My main goal here was to cross one of the items off his bucket list: to get his scuba diving certificate.  Tomorrow we hit up the Ocean (we don't look so cool scuba diving in the hotel pool)!

Have a great week everyone!

Highlights of Chicago

Last week I was lucky enough to go to Chicago (for the first time!) for the StyleMax Spring 2012 trade show.  It was definitely a lot easier for me to transition into the spring mindset with the unseasonably sunny & warm weather in the city.  The tradeshow was a big success, I got to see some amazing new lines.  For the spring line I've signed on 4 new labels for langsura, all of which I am VERY excited for and will be previewing in an upcoming blog!


There were many things on my list of things to do eat which included: Italian beef, overstuffed sandwich & deep dish pizza.  To sum up the trip it was full of food (maybe too much), shopping (again, a little excessive) & lots of time with my family (not enough).

Chicago style deep dish pizza from Giordano's.
We pulled a completely glutinous move by ordering a large.

Spent the day walking around the many parks all over Chicago

The Architecture Boat Tour is a MUST to see all the stunning buildings in the city 

A beautiful day at Navy Pier

a happy October

{skull head above the fireplace}

After spending almost 6 hours at the mall cancelling my phone plan last Friday, I decided to stay in & decorate my house for Halloween.  It's feeling much more like fall now: my "fall" cold is right on time, it's dark by 6pm, I've pulled out the Apple Cider Spice candle from Bath & Body, and my blue flannel 2-piece pajama set is on heavy rotation (yes, my husband is a lucky man).  Despite my cold, I am really looking forward to the rest of the month ;)  

{webs around the door frame}

{purple net cloth}

{please disregard the book called "Teenage Hackers"}

{the two best accessories for Halloween}

things to be thankful for...

having him in my life 
the most amazing person i have ever met 
my always supportive & loving husband

friends that make me laugh so hard 
that my abs hurt the next day

a family that makes me feel blessed everyday <3 

happy thanksgiving

  

ohh what twitter can tell you. a great lesson learned

One of the perks of starting a business is that you get to pick the people that you want to work with.  The tricky thing is, how do you know who the good ones are?  To be honest, I don't have time to call their references and really, how do I know I'm not calling their best friend?

After I look at their portfolio there are 2 things I usually base my decision on.

1) my first impression of the person/my intuition/gut feeling - friendly demeanor, smile, ease and confidence.

2) twitter

You generally DO NOT want to work with a person who: 

a) uses the F-word to replace nouns, verbs and adjectives

b) thinks of twitter as a virtual "Burn Book"

{Mean Girls reference - please see movie}

c) is starting a project that is very similar to your own. 
Oh yes, this is what happened to me and twitter is how I found out... thanks twitter.  

twitter is definitely not meant for everyone. 

i need an assistant...

who loves me enough to work for free.   

To sum up the past week in one word: exhausting.  

This week we've welcomed 2 cats into our family (needless to say, there has been a lot of meowing and hissing at our house - and the cats have been pretty talkative too), I was asked to submit a company/personal bio for a Women's Commerce group (more info to come) and we started the photo shoot for the product.  

  

{shooting product} 

I've been learning a lot of lessons on photography along the way too (it's a plus when your photographer also teaches photography on the side). I got to see the unedited images and I'm already in LOVE with them.  So thankful that I get to work along side such a great talent such as Nadia. 

So after this eventful week, my plan is to spend the weekend playing catch-up and I managed to score a pair of Foster the People tickets for Saturday! 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend :)