Off with your head, DANCE til your dead

I dance ballet, jazz and lyrical and I constantly have to revive my dance closet with new gear. Some of the costumes I had to wear for our shows... are pretty funny.

Like this one (I was a monkey one year):

But I also have to get dance-wear for my every-day training. One of my favourite pieces I wear for jazz and lyrical is the Jo&Jax unitard (Tease in Royal Blue and Black). Here’s my favourite part of the unitard: the back!

Sports bras for most girls are the usual lululemons. They are breathable and supportive.

For ballet we usually wear pink ballet tights and a leotard. Shopping for leotards is exciting. There are so many nice ones out there. I really like Capezio and Bloch. They also have shorts, shoes and accessories. I shop at Discount Dance for cheap dance wear.

Dance till you're dead.

SWEAT it off

Last month during Spring Break I attended the S.W.E.A.T. program at the Art Institute for Fashion Marketing. There are other courses you can take like Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Recording Arts, etc. I learned a lot during this course. My teacher Guy Babineau taught us things like magazine advertising and historical fashion figures. During our 4 days there, we worked on our own individual pages for our mock magazine. I had to do the Runway Review. The hard part was making it look like part of the magazine. But I managed. By the end of this program I was jammed with information. I definitely will go back, but maybe for the Fashion Design course. 

This is the page I did (sorry the page had to be cut off bit).

Fashion Need

I'm really into fashion. I want to move to New York, go to Parsons and, work at Vogue or just do anything in the fashion field. I'll figure out which field later. That's my dream. But for right now, I just research, read, watch, and shop fashion. I know this goal is far-fetched. If you have any connections let me know. ;)

Shops I shop at and love are: Urban Outfitters, Anthropology, Forever 21, Express, Wet Seal, Arson and Orb, American Apparel, Winners, Sterling (shoes), H&M and Nordstrom. [Those are just some]
Some favourite fashion books: Teen Vogue Handbook, In Fashion, In Vogue, Influence: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olson and A to Zoe.
Some good fashion shows: Fashion file, America's Next Top Model, Britain's Next Top Model, the Annual Victoria Secret Fashion show.
Fashion Websites:  Net-A-Porter.com, Dollhouse.com, Style.com, Shopstyle.com, Fashionweekdaily.com, demicouture.ca, vancouverfashionezine.com

Chase your dreams.

Who doesn't love Flower Pants?

Awhile back, I got these flower pants from Aritzia which I thought was really cool and different. Like nobody wears flower pants so I got them. I really liked them but then my family said "I do not want to be seen with you wearing those pants." They say that whenever I wear something 'different'. But I thought they were great! My friends all thought they were really cute.

They're not that bad right? right? right guys?

Welcome. :)

Hey! Welcome to my blog. I named this blog Paperbag Ballerina because the Paperbag Princess was one of my favourite books when I was younger and I am a ballerina, so I blended them together. The Paperbag Princess exuded confidence even though she was only wearing a paperbag.
I'm starting this blog to share and show everyone my high interests in fashion, good finds for shopping, and basically anything that could help us look good. I will occasionaly post some fashion events especially in Vancouver where I am from and also anything thats fashion worthy to share. I'm just starting and I have lots to learn so bare with me and hope you all enjoy my blog.

Comment about what you think, and tell all your friends about this. Thank you! :)