Peanut butter and chocolate aside, it’s hard to think of a better combination than fashion and music! If you want to witness the two come together in serious style, be sure to watch the Junos this weekend as Royal Wood walks the red carpet in his favourite RW&CO. suit! Here’s how the Canadian musician—and Songwriter of the Year nominee—makes the most of this go-to formal look and how you can, too.

Royal Wood’s Top Five Suiting Tips

1. “A perfect suit is all about fit, so stay away from boxy jackets. I tend to go for a slim, modern cut—it’s just more flattering.”

2. “Jacket length matters. I know mine is just right if my knuckles reach the bottom of my jacket when my arms are hanging at my sides.”

3. “When it comes to shirts, your sleeves should just peek out from beneath your jacket sleeve. Good style aside, anything longer distracts me when I play piano.”

4. “Make sure your pants fit snuggly in the hip area, even without a belt. Think of your belt as an accessory, not something that keeps your pants up.”

5. “You can’t go wrong with black, gray and navy. They’re flattering and elegant, which is what wearing a suit is all about. Plus, these colours likely go with everything that you already have in your closet.”

For more insight into Royal Wood’s music and style, click here to watch a really beautiful behind-the-scenes short, A Day in the Life of Royal Wood.

Enjoy the Junos everyone!

XO Natasha

Today is World Water Day! If you haven’t heard of it, World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and has since inspired countless awareness campaigns and led to real positive change in waterways around the world.

In honour of World Water Day, Teva, the global adventure brand, is kicking off an amazing campaign today called ‘Pair for a Foot.’ The international program will help protect one linear foot of global waterways for every pair of Teva shoes and sandals sold in 2011. Globally, Teva estimates ‘Pair for a Foot’ will help preserve 4.3 million feet of waterways this year alone!

In Canada specifically, ‘Pair for a Foot’ will support Teva’s longtime partnership with Waterkeeper Alliance as its local chapters work to create safe, clean watersheds. With Teva’s support, several major water-preservation projects will get underway this summer, including Lake Ontario’s first beach preservation tour, anti-polluter patrols of the Fraser River in British Columbia, and water quality sampling in the Ottawa River. (Watch the ‘Pair for a Foot’ video here.)

I know I’ll be picking up some new Tevas this spring! What are you doing to celebrate World Water Day? Tweet me!

XO Natasha

It’s the official unofficial fashion week here in Toronto, which means my evenings are going to be packed with amazing fashion! It also means that I’m going to try and avoid eating too much junk food. There’s nothing like watching ridiculously beautiful models walk around in gorgeous clothes to keep me motivated! 🙂 This week of shows opens tonight with Philip Sparks and closes on Friday with Greta Constantine… I know LG Fashion Week (the official official Fashion Week) takes place from March 28 – April 2, but Philip Sparks and Greta Constantine are my favourites! I’m so excited for their shows!

Another reason to skip dessert and hit the treadmill? It’s PROM at the ROM this weekend! In honour of this amazing event, I asked my team to answer the following high school prom-related question: What was your favourite prom song and why? Here’s what they said:

Andrea: “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel. If I had stayed for the dancing portion of the prom I would have liked to hear that song. Remember Say Anything with John Cusack holding up the ghettoblaster for Ilone Skye? Yum.

Bunmi: I didn’t go to Prom, but I made my younger sister stand on a chair and slow dance with me to Billy Vera and the Beaters’ “At This Moment.”

Brittany: “Gold Digger” by Kanye West. Because my date was rich! 🙂

Lauren: “Graduation Song” by Vitamin C. It’s so cliché but it pulls on my nostalgic heart strings every time!

Emily: “Jump Around” by House of Pain. Because I could jump around AND fake rap. (And no, I didn’t have a date. How did you know?)

Heather: As part of my anti-top 40 campaign, I saved my moves for songs my parents would have danced to at their prom. (The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, of course).

André: “Thriller” by Michael Jackson. I didn’t go to prom, but this song would be pretty great if everyone danced it all synchronized.

Kaley: “Yeah” by Ursher. It’s so yeah! AND it reminds me of my Cancun grad trip which was pretty… fun.

What’s your favourite prom song memory? Tweet me about it.

XO Natasha

There’s a great networking event coming up that I want to share with you. It’s in Toronto on March 24 and it’s being put on by the eWomenNetwork. If you haven’t heard of this Network, you owe it to yourself and your business to check it out. The eWomenNetwork is an amazing organization for professional women in Toronto, and their events are all about having fun, getting informed and making amazing business connections.

The March 24 event is being held at Elmwood Spa in Toronto and will feature a Q&A with Murray Smith, a business growth expert who successfully re-built Indian Motorcycle from bankruptcy to a $300 million dollar company. Mary Morassutti, eWomenNetwork’s Managing Director for Toronto GTA, will be talking to Murray about three main points:

– How to attract more clients who are compelled to buy from you.

– The critical strategies to accelerate your income and achieve financial freedom.

– Three ways to make more money in your business.

Click here for more information about the event and to register.

I hope to see you there!

Natasha

This is so cool… I just had to share! On March 3, actress Bailee Madison (star of Bridge to Terabithia) was a guest on the Tonight Show. (She was promoting her movie Just Go With It.) After the show, Bailee presented Jay with his very own Gogo! It looks just like him!

How amazing is that? His very own personalized Gogo! I want one, too! 🙂

Bailee is such a great partner for Gogo’s Crazy Bones! She’s helping JDNA (the Gogo’s North American distributor) with a huge One Million Piece Giveaway through Walgreens stores in the US. And get this: through JDNA, Bailee is donating $10,000 to the Starlight Foundation in celebration of the Giveaway!

Wouldn’t you want your very own Gogo? Tweet me at @natashankpr.

XO Natasha

Photographer:  Paul Drinkwater / NBC The Tonight Show

This is so cool… I just had to share! On March 3, actress Bailee Madison (star of Bridge to Terabithia) was a guest on the Tonight Show. (She was promoting her movie Just Go With It.) After the show, Bailee presented Jay with his very own Gogo! It looks just like him!

How amazing is that? His very own personalized Gogo! I want one, too! 🙂

Bailee is such a great partner for Gogo’s Crazy Bones! She’s helping JDNA (the Gogo’s North American distributor) with a huge One Million Piece Giveaway through Walgreens stores in the US. And get this: through JDNA, Bailee is donating $10,000 to the Starlight Foundation in celebration of the Giveaway!

Wouldn’t you want your very own Gogo? Tweet me at @natashankpr.

XO Natasha

Photographer:  Paul Drinkwater / NBC The Tonight Show