NYC Holidays!

We are off to NYC for some Holiday fun and will be posting next week! We wanted to wish everyone Happy Happy Holidays!xoBeckerman girls

Samantha- Top Six Looks- December 18, 2009

We are celebrating our 130 looks on the Biteplate! Yahooo! Caillianne had fun drawing our favourite top six fall looks! xo Beckerman girls

Caillianne- Top Six Looks- December 18, 2009

Chloe in LA- San Francisco Trip, USC Football Game and Trapeze School!

I have been having a complete ball in L.A and doing pretty adventurous things! We went to San Francisco which was so beautiful and there was even a seat in the elevator like the movie Pretty Woman! I couldn't help myself but lounge on the way up to our room! Justin took me to my first USC Football game... and WOW do they have some HARDCORE fans and definitely lots of Spirit Fingers! I then did Trapeze school and it knocked my socks off! It was sooo much fun and I was totally Tarzan ( I mean Jane) and I'm still on a "high" from swinging! xo Chloe in L.A

Caillianne- 1993 Kate Moss + Adidas Gazelles

Black jacket- From Holt Renfrew private label from 1994
Jean Jacket- From Club Monaco from San Francisco Mall from 1999
Black Dress- Ghost from Holt Renfrew in Toronto from 1995
Shoes- Vintage Purple Adidas Gazelles from Salvation Army in L.A (a gift from Chloe)
Bag- Bottega Veneta borrowed from Mom

The Look: 1993 Kate Moss + Adidas Gazelles

Fun Fact: Samantha is reading the Kate Moss Style Book and we have been having been discussing Kate Moss's looks a lot recently! hahah! This is the exact look that she wore in 1993 in Paris. I couldn't find the picture online, but I found another picture of her wearing a similar outfit from 1993! I loved these Adidas Gazelles sooo much! I used to have them when I was 13 years old and of course gave them away. Chloe who is in L.A. knew I wanted them soooo badly and found them in a Salvation Army in my size!!! and she shipped them to me!!! YAYAY!!!! This is probably an outfit that I wouldn't necessarily put together but it was fun to try it!

Samantha- Plaid Wrapping Paper + Pine Trees

Knit Shawl- Liz Claiborne shawl from Liz Claiborne store in Toronto
Sweater- Green sweater by Jean Paul Gaultier from Century 21 in New York
Pants- Marc Jacobs Fall'09 harem pants from Holt Renfrew in Toronto
Bag- Balenciaga green leather bag (borrowed from Caillianne) from Balenciaga store in NYC
Earrings- Gold earrings from Grandmother
Cameo- Vintage Bakelite cameo from Murray Hill Flea Market in NYC
Rings- Vintage turquoise rings from Brimfield show in MA, Alexander McQueen skull ring from Holt Renfrew in Toronto
Glasses- D&G Sunglasses from D&G store in NYC
Socks- Argyle socks from Barneys Department store in NYC
Shoes- Vintage Charles Jourdan from Hell's Kitchen Flea Market in NYC

The Look: Plaid Wrapping Paper + Pine Trees

Fun Fact: I was at the mall last week and went into the new Liz Claiborne shop that is now headed up by the fabulous and super talented Isaac Mizrahi! It is a bright colored store and this scarf was calling out my name! It reminded me of a sweatercoat that I loved in the Comme des Garconnes Fall 2009 Collection . The snow has finally fallen in Toronto and brrrrrr, tis' the season to drink warm drinks!

Scrap-Crack-Book!

It is so snowy in Toronto, that we thought it was only fit to post some of our favourite Spring Summer Collages! xo Beckerman Girls xo

Samantha- Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Movie + Kitchen Floor Tiles

Jacket- Vintage Vuarnet from Salvation Army in LA
Shirt- Vintage Wrangler denim work shirt from Rodeo Bar Shop in NYC
Shorts- Polka dot shorts from Forever 21 in Toronto
Rings- Ram ring from Grandmother and Skull ring is Alexander McQueen from Holt Renfrew in Toronto
Tights- Checkerboard tights from Candies Costume Store in Toronto
Bag- Vintage Chanel bag from Hells Kitchen Flea Market in NYC
Shoes- Yves Saint Laurent denim pumps (borrowed from Chloe) from Yves Saint Laurent Store in NYC

The Look: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Movie + Kitchen Floor Tiles

Fun Fact: Chloe recently sent us a package from LA filled with amamamamzing vintage clothes that she found for us! When I was ten, I used to always wear a bright neon Vuarnet windbreaker jacket and this prezzy was the PERRRFECT gift! Thanks ChloSTAR!

Caillianne- Comic Strip + Pinup

Jacket- Vintage Jordache denim comic jacket from Salvation Army in LA ( A gift from Chloe!!!)
Shirt- Vintage Jaegger shirt from Angela's Vintage store in NYC
Head Scarf- Vintage skull scarf from Badlands Vintage store in Toronto
Pants- Turquoise Cheap Monday's High waisted jeans from TG-170 in NYC
Bag- Dog stuffed animal bag from F/X store in Toronto
Sunglasses- Vintage sunglasses (no label) from Showdown Vintage in Toronto
Flower Earrings- LuShae Earrings from their online store
Pin on jacket- Vintage Popeye pin from St. Lawrence flea market in Toronto (my Hanukkah gift from Samantha-YAY!)
Shoes- Dries Van Noten from Jeffrey's in NYC
Rings- Turquoise Claw ring from Flea Market in NYC and other Turquoise ring from Grandmother

The Look: Comic Strip + Rosie the Riveter

Fun Fact: I love these LuShae flower earrings soo much! They are so sparkly and amazing and look like rock and roll stars! To see more of LuShae's collection click here!

Beckerman Scrap-Crack-Book!

Since we were 13 years old, we have been scrapbooking! Our scrapbooks have older fashion images and newer images all mixed together to create an inspiration page from the clothing we love to everything we love mixed together to create a feeling. We are starting a new chapter on our blog called Beckerman Scrap-Crack-Book and we will photograph them slowly so you can see all our favourite collages! xo Beckerman Girls

Danielle- Christmas Catalogue + Ralph Lauren

Dress- Vintage Jessica McClintock by Gunne Sax from Mom's closet
Vest- Vintage vest (no label) and custom made from Mom's closet
Bag- Vintage MC bag from Value Village in Toronto
Shoes- Salvatore Ferragamo shoes from Value Village in Toronto
Bow Headpiece- Vintage (no label) from vintage store Gadabout in Toronto
Rings- Flower rings from Forever 21 store in Toronto

The Look: Christmas Catalogue + 1991 Ralph Lauren

Fun Fact: We got together with Danielle and had a fun day playing dress up. Her Mom showed us all of her handmade, custom clothing from the 80's and we had to do a fun holiday post! Don't we all look super duper festive in all of our velvet and taffeta?!

Samantha- Alana Miles Song "Black Velvet" + Pierrot

Top- Velvet black top with rhinestones was handmade (no label) and borrowed from Danielle's mother's wardrobe
Skirt- Velvet skirt is Vintage Shelly Walsh and borrowed from Danielle's mother's wardrobe
Doll- Vintage doll that Danielle got from Value Village
Bag- Vintage Moschino bag that Danielle got from St. Lawrence Flea Market in Toronto
Hat- Vintage Chanel hat from Manhatten Vintage Show in NYC
Shoes- H&M shoes (borrowed from Danielle) and from H&M store in Toronto

The Look: Alana Miles Song "Black Velvet" + Pierrot

Fun Fact: I love Pierrot dolls, they remind me of my childhood and the one that used to sit on Chloe's chair in her bedroom that she cherished! I was always obsessed with it's eye make up and the pompoms on it's outfit! I remember oneday it fell off the chair and it's head split right down the center and we tried doing brain surgery on it with glue but we could never fix it right. This doll that Danielle has is the exact replica of the doll! I couldn't let go of it! haha

Caillianne- Xena Warrior Princess + Black Swan

Jacket (worn as dress)- Handmade velvet jacket that has no label and is borrowed from Danielle's mother's wardrobe
Headpiece- Chain worn as a headpiece (borrowed from Danielle) and from Forever 21 in Toronto Black Tights- Black tights from Socks store in Toronto
Shoes- Zara Women's Collection (borrowed from Danielle) and from Zara store in Toronto
Doll Bag- Vintage doll bag (borrowed from Danielle) from a Doll Shop in Queens Quay in Toronto

The Look: Xena Warrior Princess + Black Swan

Fun Fact: This chain is the best necklace because it's long enough to be worn as a headpiece. The lobster claw can clip anywhere on it, so it's completely adjustable. Samantha and I just purchased two of them yesterday at Forever 21 and have been wearing it clipped to bags, as a necklace, headpiece and gonna hang it off the sides of our jeans.

Mommy Dearest!!!

These pictures are soooo cute we couldn't keep them all to ourselves! They are of our Mommy, in the 1950's, 60's and in the 70's with our Dad!! We found shoe boxes with rolls of film in them, that was our grandfathers. They were all film so we had them converted to Cd's and they are the coolest pics of our Mom and Grandparents. We will post more pictures soon! But here is some fab pictures of our Mom to start! Picture One: Is her in her Ballerina outfit showing all of her friends her outfit before her recital. Picture Two: Is her in her old house with funky amazing curtains. Picture Three: In her parents car. She just got her hair chopped off at the Barber shop. Picture Four: She is playing dress up and dollies with her sister. Picture Five: She is at the Playground goofing around and looking totally stylish. Picture 6: She is holding her cat Blondie. Blondie used to open her bird cage and grab the bird and bring it downstairs to eat it. Our Mom would have to run after Blondie and take the bird out of Blondie's mouth! Picture 7: Our Mom at summer camp! She is in her PJ's! Picture 8: Our Mom and grandfather out on their lawn with her dog Georgie. We look so much like her! Picture 9: Our Mom and Dad going to a dance! Look at those sideburns on our Dad!!
xo Beckerman girls xo

D.I.Y- Karen Elson Riding the Peace Train

We love GINGERBREAD men so much! When we saw this train, we flipped out and had to get it to do a D.I.Y Pink Peace Train! The handsome Rocky who is also Danielle's dog, was dressed up in his elf disguise helping us out! The train came with candies, flat gingerbread pieces, white and green icing and instructions. First we glued the cookies together with vanilla icing and painted the rest of the pieces pink by mixing red food dye into the vanilla icing. We bought chocolate icing for the wheels and added wine gums, lollipops, sweet tarts, candy canes, Dove chocolates, and colorful sprinkles. We also Skyped with Chloe in L.A to get her input and to make her insanely jealous and hungry with all the candy we had! Cat Steven's song "Peace Train" was blasting on the radio as were decorating it. Last but not least, we needed someone to drive our Peace Train and our fav' red headed supermodel Karen Elson volunteered! Thanks Karen, for all your hard work...now we are gonna eat you!
xo Beckerman girls and Danielle (who are still on a sugar high)

Caillianne- Magic Eight ball + Queen Elizabeth

Dress- Black Velvet dress from H&M Divided Exclusive from H&M Store in Toronto
Black tights- From Socks store in Toronto
Shoes- YSL (borrowed from Chloe) from the YSL Store in NYC
Bag- Paloma Picasso (borrowed from Mom) from the 80's

The Look: Magic Eight ball + Queen Elizabeth

Fun Fact: I love these shoes! I had to steal them from Chloe's closet! They are Tom Ford for YSL 2003 !

Samantha- G.I Joe + Blair Waldorf

Jacket- Vintage Red Cross Army jacket from Vintage store in Kensington in Toronto
Skirt- Black leather H&M skirt from H&M store in Toronto
Sweater- Pierrot from Barneys Sample Sale in NYC
Belt- Vintage (no label) from Sherway Gardens Antique Show in Toronto
Grey Tights from the Sockman in NYC
Shoes- Ralph Lauren from Holt Renfrew in Toronto
Bracelets- Marie Eiffel bracelets from Marie Eiffel store in Shelter Island, NY
Bag- Vintage bag from Godmum (she got it in Paris)
Hairband- Ferragamo from Ferragamo store in NYC

The Look: G.I. Joe + Blair Waldorf

Fun Fact: Pierrot is one of our favourite knitwear designers! This camouflage sweater is from his Fall 2001 collection. We also have a few other sweaters that we were able to get our hands on from his other collections! In 2006, we saw him at Mood Fabrics in NYC and had to introduce ourselves to him.....such a talented and sweet guy!

Beckerman Girls and Dan Levy on ETalk!

We went to 69 Vintage with Dan Levy and Etalk and reported on our top favourite Vintage Trends when shopping for Vintage! Here's the clip below!
xoxoBeckerman girls

Samantha- Red Lips fuzzy sticker + Hippy

Jacket- Vintage YSL jacket from his Russian collection from Hamptons Flea Market in NYC
Pants- Blue Corduroy forever 21 pants from store in NYC
Shoes- Brown Miu Miu from Miu Miu store in NYC
Shirt- Plaid shirt from Hells Kitchen Flea Market in NYC
Bag- Brown leather fringe Prada bag from Prada store in NYC
Hat- Hand knitted from One of a Kind Show in Toronto

The Look: Red lips fuzzy sticker + Hippy

Fun Fact: I just got his hand knitted hat from the One of a Kind Show! Its so warm. The guy who I bought it from said that he raises Alpaca's and that his mom hand knitted this hat! If you look closely at the design, she knitted lil' alpacas into it!

Caillianne- Black and White Cookie + Israeli Army

Jacket- Vintage Army jacket from Tribal Rhythm in Toronto
Purple shirt underneath- Mango from Mango store in Toronto
Leggings- Tsumori Chisato knitted leggings from Tsumori Chisato store in Paris
Gloves- Handknitted Alpaca black and white gloves from The One of a Kind Show in Toronto
Boots- Browns from Browns store in Toronto
Grey sweatshirt worn underneath- Beckerman sweatshirt from Spring 2009 collection
Purse- Vintage Judith Leiber leopard bag from Godmum
Scarf- Polka dot scarf from Value Village in Toronto
Belt- Vintage leather belt from St. Lawrence Flea Market in Toronto

The Look: Black and White Cookie + Israeli Army

Fun Fact: My parents are fixing the stairs in front of our house! Partly because they are on a huge angle and also because two months ago I fell and nearly broke my wrist! So, Samantha and I went with them to the Brick/Stone store to help them pick the right stones for the new stairs! It was so cold and dirty but they had lots of beautiful bricks/stones!

Dan- Clark Kent + Che Guevara

Military Jacket- Vintage (no label) borrowed from 69 Vintage
Glasses- Retropsuperfuture from Spectacle store in Toronto
Scarf- White knitted Scarf borrowed from 69 Vintage in Toronto
Pants- 3.1 Phillip Lim from the Phillip Lim store in NYC
Boots- Vintage boots from INA in NYC
Bag- Jimmy Choo for H&M from H&M store in Toronto
Hat- Black knitted hat from Rag and Bone from Nomad store in Toronto

The Look: Clark Kent + Che Guevara

Fun Fact: Dan Levy is our favourite MTV host!! He hosts The After Show covering all the dirty details on The City and The Hills. He has wicked style and he's one of the coolest cat's we know! We did a trend story for Etalk together talking about trends, how to wear them, what to look for, and we did some crazy fun blogging at the 69 Vintage store. Its on Tuesday (tonight) on CTV at 7:00pm! Tune in tonight! YAY!

Caillianne- Minnie Mouse + Audrey Hepburn

Plastic polka dot Poncho- Vintage (no label) borrowed from 69 Vintage in Toronto
Necklace- Silver Beckerman Spectacles necklace from Beckerman (click here to buy)
Belt- Vintage Kielstein Cord Alligator belt from Cheap Jacks in NYC
Shorts- Vintage (no label) borrowed from 69 Vintage in Toronto
Turtleneck- Vintage Black turtleneck (no label) borrowed from 69 Vintage in Toronto
Black tights from H&M in NYC
Hat- Black felt hat from Aberfoyle Flea Market in Ontario
Shoes- Pura Lopez from Holt Renfrew in Toronto
Bag- White leather bag with brown piping borrowed from 69 Vintage in Toronto

The Look: Minnie Mouse + Audrey Hepburn

Fun Fact: The five trends that we talk about on Etalk tonight are: Polka dots, Military, Denim, Leopard and Florals. We discuss how to shop for the right pieces for your wardrobe and what to look for when buying vintage clothes. I borrowed some of their frocks to show how to wear head to toe polka dots! I love this plastic poncho, its so 60's!

Samantha- Aviator + Bashful from the Seven Dwarfs

Leather Jacket- Borrowed from 69 Vintage with studs on shoulders and cuffs
Stocking Hat- Knitted striped hat (no label) a gift from 69 Vintage in Toronto
Jumpsuit underneath- Vintage Aviator jumpsuit from Hells Kitchen Flea Market in NYC
Shoes- Ralph Lauren shoes from Holt Renfrew in Toronto
Rings- Vintage Mickey Mouse and turquoise rings from Brimfield Show in MA
Bag- Vintage plaid case borrowed from Vintage 69 in Toronto

The Look: Aviator + Bashful from the Seven Dwarfs

Fun Fact: I love this striped stocking hat! Vintage 69 is such a fabulous store! They have two locations in Toronto. At one of their stores you can buy clothing by the pound! Click here for their website.

Samantha- Mustard + Hawaii

Dress/Jumper- Vintage Jamie Brooke from Brimfield Antique Show in MA (looks like a dress but really a jumper)
Jacket- Polka dot jacket (no label)borrowed from Caillianne from Stella Luna Vintage in Toronto
Red tights- From a tights store in Toronto
Shoes- Vintage Giraudon NY shoes from Atomic Passion vintage store in NYC
Bag- Betsey Johnson from store in Toronto
Dog- Cubby Beckerman in leopard sweater :)

The Look: Mustard + Hawaii

Fun Fact: This is a new lipstick pencil that I got from Nars called Damned. Its so dark red and vampire-ish I love it!

Caillianne- Greyhound + Rothko

Grey Sweater- Wilfred from Aritzia store in Toronto
Scarf- Multicolored scarf from store in Bayview Village in Toronto
Hat- Tracey Watts from Tracey Watts sample sale in NYC
Pants= Striped leggings frm H&M mens long underwear
Shoes- Studded Jimmy Choo for H&M motercycle ankle boots...Love em!
Bag- Comme des Garcons from Le Bon Marche Department store in Paris
Dog- Cubby Beckerman :)

The Look: Greyhound + Rothko

Fun Fact: We had a riot today! When I fell into the splits while taking photos...We coined it "The Cheese Splits!"