So our friend Andrea, who has the really great blog miel & cannelle, is vying for a pretty wicked prize through Fashion Magazine. If she gets voted the most stylish of the ladies selected, she gets $500 bones to drop at Holt Renfrew.

But we weren’t just going to blindly endorse her. It’s a great outfit and everything, but I’m a bit of a hardass with stuff like this. I asked Andrea to prove her mettle by writing an essay for you guys on why she deserves to win. So here it is:

My Dearest Edmontonians.

I come to you today with arms and pocketbook wide open, looking for your votes.

I am on a quest, a quest of epic size two proportions to make this city, this province, and this world, a sartorially better pin-tucked and peg-rolled place. By voting for me, you strike a blow against those neutral naysayers, those drab designer dupes, those disingenuous ingenues that plague our fair city and our fair town and indeed our country with their faux-pas and their faux-fur. A vote for me counts as a vote, might I even say, against those paltry and pale executives and their pastel pastiches of wives who run the oil sands.

Yes, my turned up cuffs and turned out looks will battle the urban encroachment of Ed Hardy hats and Croc’d feet yes, I will even say, the oil sands themselves. With bankers collars and Blahniks I will stem the tide of sulphurous fumes and another CK1 derivative release. I will bring vegan cafes and steakhouses into harmonious brotherhood under the shared banner of good style. Edmontonians, now is the time.

Fashionistas of Edmonton, of the world, unite, and vote for me. In the stripes.

Andrea

*sniff*

…you had me at Ed Hardy. Vote for Andrea, guys, and do it in a hurry – voting closes tomorrow.