Well, the time has come.  We are sad, for sure, but I think that I speak for Amanda when I say that we are excited to take on the new season on St Laurent, and focus our energy on bringing you all the best stock, the best service, the best merchandising, the best contests, the best… everything.  So, please do stick with us. 

If you live West, we promise you, the drive over here to St Laurent REALLY is not that bad!! And we will do whatever we can to make your journey over worthwhile.  Bring your toddler… we love kids.  Got a dog?  Great!  So do I.  And we have a backyard!  Only have limited time?  No problem.  We’re great multi-taskers…well, actually, not so much me… but Amanda is!!  She’ll have you in some new jeans, suggested a great place for your Spring Break, and possibly solved your marital problems.  YES.  She’s THAT good.  So, you know, come on over the St. Laurent to see us.  It will be an adventure!  And for those of you already over on the East side, we’ll do all that for you too!!! It’ll be the coming together of East and West, at Lola & Emily.  It will be beautiful.

In the meantime, if you go to the Westmount store today and tomorrow, and mention this post, you get TAX IN on your purchases!!!  Yup.  All of your purchases!!!  But you have to mention this post.  We’re not just going to hand it to you like that. 

BUT WAIT!  That’s not all!! You will also get a Lola & Emily Loyalty Card!! Which gives you 10% off purchases at Lola & Emily for the next 6 months!!!! Now THAT makes the trip to St. Laurent worth it, right!!???

So, sadness… yes.  There were some good times and good peeps over in Westmount.  But, well, we are also excited about the future.  And we want you to be a part of it.  YOU + Lola & Emily = Forever.  Right??

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Events, Sale by Marnie

Dear Pretty Free People top,

How can it be that we have never met before?  It seems odd.  With your crisp white cotton and quirky details, and my closetful of jeans, I feel like we are a match made in heaven.  We should discuss some sort of “meet and greet”.  Tomorrow?  Around 2pm?  Changing room at Lola & Emily? 

I will take your silence as a “YES”.  I will bring my $165 if you bring that amazing fit and promise to make me feel better about myself for no real reason other than that you are new, cute, and fit me so well. 

Signed,

Anonymous

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Brands, This Just In, tops by Marnie

So, yes, we have been a little quiet lately.  Sorry.  But that’s not the apology in the title.  We are gearing up for the move from Westmount back to St. Laurent, and as you can imagine, there is a lot of physical work that is involved.  Lots of running back and forth, organizing, cleaning, packing… Which makes last week’s ankle break and dislocation on my part just really, really crappy timing.

Seriously.  I got my heel caught on a stupid stair, cracked all three bones in my ankle, then managed to move those bones around a bit… Now I have 2 steel plates and about 9 screws holding my ankle together, along with a prehistoric looking half-cast that weighs about 35 lbs and some crutches.  As you can all imagine, I’m just a graceful, floating, balanced angel.  Ahahahahaha.  Ha.

So, this post is an apology to Amanda for my crappy timing.  I would never choose to break my ankle because it is incredibly painful and I am a big baby.  But if I had to choose a time to have broken it, I can tell you with all of my heart, it would NOT have been 2 weeks before moving our store.  It just wouldn’t. 

An “add-on” sorry is going to have to be thrown out to Sally, who has graciously agreed to take 2 days off from her job to come in and help with the organization and logistics of the move.  Funnily enough, it’s sort of a double-edged thing, because it also happens to be a “You’re welcome” to Amanda because potentially, without my ‘pathetickying‘ it up this weekend (yes, I made that word up… basically it means ‘hamming it up’ but pathetically.  It still doesn’t really work does it?  I think you get my point though…), Sal may not have agreed to come in and help.

It seems like there are many “apologies” and “you’re welcomes” flying around.  For example, to my parents, I’m sorry that you have somehow managed to find yourselves caring for me as if I were a toddler.  But to my sister, you’re welcome that Mom & Dad are doing it and you’re off the hook.  To my friends Annabel and Alex, I’m sorry that I chose to break my ankle 15 minutes before the event that I was helping you to organize for your theatre company.  On the other hand, Annabel and Alex, you’re welcome, because the dramatic exit that I made from the event, as guests were arriving, may have contributed to them spending more $$ at the event because they were thankful that it was not THEM who just busted the sh*t out of their ankle??  Or maybe not…

The point of all this?? My sincere apologies to Amanda, and everyone, really, who is going to have to pick up my slack in the coming 6 weeks.  I’m more annoyed and frustrated than I can put into words, that I managed to do something like this at what is without a doubt THE most inconvenient time ever.  In the history of the world.  Ok, now I’m just being dramatic… In any case, stay tuned as there will be more dets on the coming crazy move back to St. Lo, and new stock, and fun contests, and beautiful clothes… and all that good stuff.

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Dave, Mom and other people we love, Tuesdays with Marnie by Marnie

I am kinda drooling over this bright yellow beaded Emilio Pucci dress. I like, LOVE it???!!!!

I am not sure that I LOVE it on Elizabeth Olsen? But I give her props for the dress, the color and for being so cute!

What do you think?

 via olsenanonymous.com

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celebrity style, Love it or Leave it by Amanda

I couldn’t help but add this pic of the Velvet lace dress that we also just received.  It’s almost like the opposite of the cute, fun, bright striped dress that Amanda posted about earlier.  But that’s not a bad thing.

This is another one of those killer Velvet dresses that you will NEVER regret buying.  It will help you out of more wardrobe conundrums than you can imagine.  It’s demure without being stuffy or prissy.  It’s classic in shape, but modern in fabric.  The bareness around the neck and collarbone shows just the right amount of skin.  It’s fitted without being constricting.  And it’s $199.  You literally could not ask for more from one, little dress.

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Brands, This Just In by Marnie

Admittedly, its a pretty perfect Winter day out today; the air is ‘warmer’ there is a lovely gentle snowfall that is leaving behind a clean dusting of snow………….NONE of that makes me ANY less excited to see the boxes of Spring merchandise rolling in!!!!

Ahhhhhhhhh the bright colors, the flattering silhouettes, the BRIGHT colors (oops did I already mention that???) and NEW merchandise…..LOVE IT!

One of our favs that is so obviously en route to becoming a staple in someone’s closet…..

this Velvet dress: So comfy, so light and so affordable!

Velvet dress $105,00, Cosabella softbra $59,00.

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Brands, This Just In by Amanda

I admit it…..I missed the whole Red Carpet last night, I did watch some of the Golden Globes though, enough to see what everyone was wearing but I spent a lot of time tilting my head and squinting at the tv and just scratching my head trying to figure out if I liked the dresses? If they were as hideous as I was thinking? And if they were not weird/ugly  were they all just really boring?

What did you think of the show? And please ,please help me and let me know what you think of some of these dresses???????

Zooey Deschanel in Prada

I usually think Zooey is cute, I try to copy her hair…..but I DO NOT like this look AT ALL. I don’t even think she looks cute.

Lea Michele in Marchesa

Gross.

I either think its totally gorgeous and awesome or really, really too much?

Sarah Michelle Gellar in Monique Lhullier

Ummmmm? What? Why? My sources tell me that she looked THE WORST by like ALOT???? I really don’t like this dress. I like her though, but maybe a little less now…..

Michelle Williams in Jason Wu

Nope, nope nope. Get that thing off you head and give your dress a v-neck, add some red/orangey lipstick and I LOVE IT!

Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace

I’m over her and her boring gown choices.

Okay, I have been brutally honest, now let me know what you think!

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celebrity style, Dresses, Events, Love it or Leave it by Amanda

Hmmm… that’s a nice crop of January Jones wearing Yosi Samra flats!  Click on it.. it will make sense, I promise!

Do you have small feet?  You know, like size 5 or 6?  Because if you do, you should come down to Lola & Emily and take advantage of our Yosi Samra ballet flat sale!! We have pretty much sold out in every other size, but have stock in size 5 and 6, and all of the flats are at 50% off.  You can stock up on these amazing, tiny, little shoes!  Sale prices range between $32 and $36. 

Here’s what we have in stock:

ST. LAURENT:

SIZE 5:  Mint, Nude/Black, Silver, Leopard, Taupe Patent, Black Quilted and Taupe

SIZE 6: Mint, Crackle Gold, Teal Patent, Nude/Black, Silver, Leopard, Taupe Patent, Black Quilted and Taupe

Other sizes: Nude/Black in size 7, Leopard and Taupe Patent in size 9 and Chocolate Patent in size 8

WESTMOUNT:

SIZE 5: Leopard, Gold, Teal Patent, Bronze, Crackle Black, Dark Snake and Mint

SIZE 6:  Leopard, Dark Snake, Light Snake, Black, Chocolate Patent

Other sizes: Chocolate Patent in size 7, Mint in size 8, Black and Chocolate Patent in size 9, 10 and 11

You do not want to miss this opportunity to stock up on easily the most affordable, comfortable and cute ballet flats out there!!

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Accessories, Brands, celebrity style, Sale, Shoes by admin

One of the most gratifying things about the whole social media world is when someone tells you that they enjoy what you are doing.  Because, let’s face it.  There’s a LOT of stuff floating around out there.  Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest… and the gajillion other options that I have yet to learn about.  Sometimes I think it’s a miracle that anybody can find anything out there, you know?  But the cool thing about it is that when you do find something, you share it.  It’s kind of like the unwritten rule of social media.  And in general, we have found it to be an incredibly welcoming, supportive and encouraging place to be. 

So we wanted to say thanks to Style EnVie for not only reading our blog and following us on Twitter (which, I admit, we haven’t really ramped up just yet… so bear with us!), but also telling people about it.  Read about her favourite Montreal blogs here.  We definitely share her blog love for the ladies at Fashionista 514, Lake Jane, Le Cheap c’est Chic and Heartychic, so we feel honoured to have been included!  And now we can add Style EnVie to our list of faves.  And that, my friends, is the circle of social media life!!

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Blogs by admin

First, a smaller, far away shot of Emma Stone, but you can already see that she just looks so perfectly put together… Like how old is she?  Is she even allowed to look that classy?  I just checked… she’s 23.  Lindsay Lohan is 25.  That puts it into perspective.  Not to mention the fact that at 23, I was wearing jean overalls that were 3 sizes too big, and combat boots.  Like EVERY day.  And night… Admittedly, I was a waitress at Indiana’s, and not a Hollywood actress, so that does excuse me a little… but not even really…

And now the close-up shot.  Seriously?  She nailed this.  I mean, yes, her legs are pale, and this is a pale colour… but for some reason that only adds to the classiness and anti-Lohan-fake-tanned-ness of it all.  I don’t know… maybe someone might say “She’s only 23! She should have more fun!”  But they would be stupid.  And wrong.  So let this be a lesson to us all, no matter what our age…

photos via Go Fug Yourself

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