Fashionista514 is a sharp local style blog requested for the Chez Vous series by a savvy reader (love that, thank you!) It's author Robyn Chalmers frequently offers a sexy, behind-the-scenes peephole into Montreal and NYC photoshoots and designers. Robyn and her blog have been featured in ELLE Canada, FASHION, Clin D'Oeil, LouLou, KILL Mag, and more.

My name is Robyn Chalmers, and my blog is www.Fashionista514.com. While it is primarily a personal recount of my life and opinions, tidbits of fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and social observations inevitably always get thrown into the written and visual mix. Blogging has been my full time career for just over two years now, and there's nowhere else I'd rather be. I'm very proud/privileged to be the online ambassador for Annabelle Cosmetics, where I maintain their blog and animate their YouTube makeup tutorials. Blogging has been very good to me (and it's only just the start)!

Watchout, I'm taking a bit of a detour with this edition of "What's New Chez Vous," leaving my local boutique loves waiting in the wings for a week to spotlight a cool local fashion blog. LakeJane.com is a Montreal style blog that is also a delicious food blog, and photography blog, and thoughtful personal blog. Whatever else she's showing us with her keen eye, the author is always also funny, humble, and honestly examining daily life. Featuring LakeJane was a reader suggestion, so don't say I never did nothing for you, you adorable hooligans. Now quiet down and be polite while this lovely lady introduces herself...

"My name is Marie-Eve and I write LakeJane.com, a daily lifestyle blog that chronicles my life in Montreal and all the things that grab my attention - everything from design and decorating to food and fashion. The blog has followed me as I've travelled overseas, planned my wedding, decorated apartments, eaten my way through Montreal and more. Although I focus a lot on small local businesses, the blog has developed an ever-growing international readership, which I'm really proud of. It's nice to see so many people interested in what we're up to here in this corner of the world."

Genevieve Champagne is a wise-eyed fashion adventurer with an admirable ability to run her fingers through the decades' ebbs of tacky and thrilling trends to fish out gems. Her vintage shop La (Found)erie across from Vices et Versa on St Laurent is an evolving experiment in DIY decorative design. Champagnes shop is always welcoming and cozy, and always rocking inspired music choices which helps her calmly coax her loyal customers into outfits ever more adventurous...

"By opening the shop I wanted to create a new kind of thrift experience; a boutique where presentation is as important as the garment and where every vintage item fulfills specific current trend demands. I also wanted to create a comfortable space where high end fashion wouldn't be intimidating and where quality pieces would be affordable and available to all of us."

Small, stylish, and succinct describes both the Les Montures boutique on Bernard and the owner Nicolas Hamel's interview style, but the specs speak for themselves. Carefully curated vintage designer eyewear is fun for anyone who loves fashion so it's a small, stylish thrill to get Hamel's insights on what's new at Les Montures...

"My name is Nicolas Hamel, I am the sole owner of Les Montures, North America's premier deadstock eyeglasses and sunglasses shop. Specialized in finding and distributing vintage glasses frames, Les Montures displays a rare and unique collection. Models from renowned brands and small, classic designers - many now impossible to find - are offered in store."

Quartier Mode is a fresh new face on St. Laurent recommended our way by the ladies of Citizen Vintage. Owner Tiffany Elton is a passionate indie designer working hard to feature others in her storefront and online, so I was delighted to find out her answers to a few of my favorite questions. Turns out we hit a goldmine this week: the lady and her gent are some savvy fashionable foodies with delicious tips!

"My name is Tiffany Elton, I am a local Montreal fashion designer and owner of Quartier Mode Boutique at 4276 Boulevard St-Laurent. I moved here 11 years ago, all by my lonesome, a scared young thing from Newfoundland chasing a dream. I have been carving it out ever since. September 2011 it all came together with the opening of Quartier Mode Boutique and the web store's launch.

I think of Quartier Mode more as a fashion community than a store. We sell local Montreal designers made in Montreal and independent designers from across Canada. The idea is a "fashion neighborhood" - a place to unleash emerging designers and to celebrate local talent. I am inspired everyday by the designers we carry here, their stories, their work and that pushes me. I love it!"

atelier b. is a new breed of workshop/boutique; a beautiful industrial space reimagined with the support of the historic previous owners to make a home for modern, chic, eco, indie, local design. I'm excited about the clothes and outlook at this bright new light on St Laurent, so when the ladies of Citizen Vintage suggested atelier b. for this little interview series we've got going here, I jumped at the opportunity to have the designers and proprietors introduce themselves and answer a few of my favorite questions...

"We are Catherine Métivier and Anne-Marie Laflamme, designers for the young label atelier b. Our line of casual clothing for men and women is produced here in Montréal, with sustainable textiles. We are inspired by industrial design and production. Each of our designs is simple and minimalist. We focus on quality, and hope our collections pass the test of time. We enjoy mixing references from the 50's and 60's with new technology to create new feelings.

We recently opened our own atelier-boutique in the Mile-End, in the old Maple Leaf Hat and Cap factory, which has been a textile industry institution since the fifties. We were committed to adding to the history of this workshop, paying homage to its heritage. We collaborated with the SURFACE3 team to develop a concept for the space. The industrial-style boutique, which has been integrated into the workshop space, was ethically designed, as is each item of atelier b.'s collections."