5 Tips For Perfect Packing:
If you can wear an item more than once, or style it for different occasions you will save valuable space in your luggage. Look for great basic pieces in neutral colours, these pieces can be dressed up or down. We’ve styled this gorgeous dress from Planet in two ways:
Look One:
Scarf: Our Deconstructing Boundaries scarf is a luxurious blend of silk and modal. It’s blue, grey-white, and black colour pallet looks great with almost any outfit – even simple jeans.
Jacket: This beautiful perforated leather jacket by Jakett is the perfect light layer that can be worn from day to night and is machine washable.
Belt: Our Roberta belt will add statement and style to all your summer looks. Her woven leather stretch strap makes her comfortable for all day wear and lightweight for travel.
Shoes: There is no reason why you can’t have both comfy and stylish footwear. These sneakers by Alexander Smith have a modern fashionable look with a sole like a trampoline to keep you walking all day long.
Dress: This Dress from Planet is made from a matte jersey techno fabric, this means it won’t wrinkle, it’s super soft, and totally machine washable. The perfect travel companion.
Look Two:
We’ve kept the same great basic navy Planet dress, leather jacket and sneakers. Then by simply replacing the accessories, we are left with a whole new look!
Belt: With coloured elastic peaking through the circular hardware, Rizo will give you a seamless look from front to back. She slides easily through jean loops or is a great accent on a dress.
Scarf: Out Of The Ordinary-Blues
At Suzi Roher we love techno fabrics, especially for travel. Techno fabrics can be pulled straight out of your luggage and will look and feel amazing all day long. And most of them are usually machine or hand washable.
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Scarf: Women Of Action
Tee: A Suzi Roher graphic tee is a great travel basic, you can dress it up or down and it will add colour and interest to any outfit.
Jacket: This is the same great jacket as our first two looks (hint, hint more versatility!), it really goes with everything and the flexible wire in the collar and cuffs mean you can style it in multiple ways and it will keep its shape.
Belt: The Aria belt is another one of our completely adjustable belts, simply adjust the parachute back so it sits on the body where you need it.
Tote: A great lightweight tote bag is perfect for a day of shopping or a trip to the beach, stash away everything you need for your day. This tote is one of our Suzi Roher in-store exclusives! It’s hand made in our Toronto Studio with leather to leather structure for beauty inside and out.
Suzi Roher belts like Rita, Mazie and Anna have an adjustable band size – we call parachutes - this means you can wear them anywhere from waist to hip! With the flexibility to fit anywhere on your body each belt will work for multiple outfits as you travel. Making sure you always have a finished look, from dresses to jeans.
A Suzi Roher scarf has so many uses for travel. You can use yours to stay cozy on a plane, add colour to your outfit, or even as a sarong on the beach. Learn more ways to wear your scarf here. Some of our favourite scarves for travel are Lauren and Late for Dinner. They have a great design for wearing as a Kimono or wrapped with a variety of colours, so they are sure to complement any packed wardrobe!
Choosing a colour palette you love will help you mix and match all pieces in your travel wardrobe. Once you have your pallet you can start getting creative with your style on holiday with an endless mix of outfit options. Your luggage will also be lighter because you can wear the same jacket and shoes with multiple looks.
In this look, we’ve used a white monochromatic base and added a fun pop of colour with accessories.
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Scarf: Our Beautiful Conversations scarf is great for travel because it is so colourful, you can tie it in different ways to show off a particular colour and wear it with any outfit.
Belt: This belt Libby, will transition perfectly from your pant loops to a dress. Libby is all stretch and is super lightweight! What more could you ask for?
Jacket: This jacket from Suncoo is a great layering piece, it’s perfectly styled over a dress to keep you warm on a cool evening, or pair it with jeans for exploring!
Top + Pants: These two pieces are both washable silk, perfect for summer travelling. The tank top is an amazing layering piece, and the silky texture gives it an elevated air. While the silk cargo pants will take you from day to night; wear them long or rolled just past the ankle for an alternative look.
To sum it all up, our must-have pieces for your trip:
We hope these tips will help relieve some of the stress that comes with packing. If you need any help putting together a great travel wardrobe you can book an appointment with one of our stylists. We can dress you head to toe, and teach you some helpful travel hacks!
Happy Packing!
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Some say it takes a village. We say it takes Days. What do we mean by that…?
We mean our founder, designer, visionary Suzi Roher -sometimes referred to as Suzi Day; Michael Day -photographer, innovator, collaborator and husband, and finally Sam or Samantha Day -Model, merchant magnifica and daughter. Together they are the creative cogs, operational authority and sales steam -They are the Days.
A series of creative days that have transformed years of beautiful belts and scarves into an exciting, ever-evolving accessories company!
It began for Suzi at the age of thirteen in her mom’s high-end retail boutique. Here she would spend her weekends and summers, quickly learning the ropes of buying and selling women’s fashion. By her mid-teens she was off on buying trips… New York, Paris, Milan and beyond- collecting coveted looks for the ladies at home. As her sales skyrocketed, so did her recognition of a vacancy in the market. “There were no exciting belts to go along with all of these wonderful clothes,” explains Roher. “It was then I began to design.” By the time she would graduate University; her basement belt crafting had become a business to be reckoned with.
In 1980 it became official and incorporated. Her first pieces were rope belts. Artistic and timeless, one recently braised the cover (and another inside page) of the May 2015 Accessories Magazine. Following ropes, was a soft double wrap metallic leather belt, a piece which could as early as the first year be seen on Barbara Frum on the evening news!
Fortunately, a new business required a new studio and that meant new neighbours. It wasn’t long before Suzi befriended Michael, the young advertising photographer in the studio exactly adjacent to hers.
There they were…Suzi with her sewers leathers and buckles, and Michael with his models, cars and beer ads. Their shared creative passions and lighthearted way, led to a fast friendship, an eventual marriage, and finally, a collective business endeavour. What began as some simple help with bookkeeping grew into a design, marketing, branding and overall operations collaboration- an absolute “Integration”.
“We are both very much creative people,” explains Michael. “There is nothing we love more than exploring art, design, imagery, and conceiving ways to implement an artistic mindset. It is simply the most wonderful thing to have your work life and your personal life so intertwined, that the lines simply disappear.”
In time, they had their son Alexander (Alex) and after that, their daughter Samantha (Sam) - who by the age of four had already learned to turn leather. As soon as they were old enough they were asking questions, learning the ins and outs of the business, manning the Roher booth at trade shows and more. Sam took a special interest and before long she became mom’s companion on international buying trips -as Suzi had been for her mom at the same age. “Her connection to fashion is instinctual and as a result she has amazing taste,” explains Suzi.
Eventually, Alex would go on to medical school, and Sam would officially join the family business. She worked sourcing leather and buckles, as well as in operations and sales. Today she is the face of the brand, featured in all company campaigns and assets including print and online.
So how do the creative days stay creative? One of the main components is journeying to places unknown –in the middle of nowhere: the roads less traveled. “We are fascinated with cultures very different from our own and the challenges that poses,” explains Michael. “We love having to find our way around in a land with a language we don't speak; having to fend for ourselves to get around, the overall experience of exploration and discovery.”
Recent family trips turned photo campaigns include camping in the Sahara Desert, motorcycle riding in Thailand, trekking through Tokyo, vacationing in Venice and more. For a crew of four, no matter how high, how far or how seemingly dangerous the location -there are plenty of hands pitching in. ..
“I am sure for the average tourist it is quite a sight to see us arrive somewhere obscure, unpack and setup for a shoot,” says Michael.
….. But those are just the creative Days.
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