Cottage Cool, City Casual

Everybody loves a two-for-the-price-of-one deal. While none of these clothes is priced two for one (if only), each is perfectly designed to be worn in two places: the cottage and the city.

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1.A shirtdress is a great crossover garment, catering to both the urbanite’s desire for sharp tailoring and the country-dweller’s need to move with ease in and out of a canoe. Liberty print shirtdress, $175, Fred Perry, 964 Queen St. W.

2.Runners are a must for spontaneous woodland hikes; this pair, with its low-profile sole and Cons cache, is also good for spontaneous shopping trips along Ossington. Pink Converse All Star Light shoes, $55, Groovy, 323 Queen St. W.

For those who loves wearing t-shirts, here I present you a not so complicated way to make your own T-shirt Dress! Cute, comfortable, easy to combine with anything you may have.

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Para quienes aman vestir camisetas, aquí les presento una forma no tan complicada para confeccionar tu propio vestido camiseta! Muy adorable, cómodo, y fácil de combinar con cualquier prenda que puedas tener. Elegí este estampado para lograr un look primaveral, pero puedes elegir el que prefieras!

Elena Perminova was shot outside Viktor & Rolf's fall 2011 show during Paris fashion week wearing a crisp oversized multi-tiered white bibbed shirt dress with a mandarin collar. The dress itself is a melange of stylistically inventive finesse and the perfect white dress; and inadvertently channels what a walk of shame might look like after a romp in Louis XVI's palatial bed chamber, sans the wrinkles and the shame.

Curated by Tienlyn Jacobson.

Tienlyn Jacobson is a freelance writer who spends her time between San Francisco and Los Angeles. When she's not writing, she's most likely doing...

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