Today I found my silver Vivienne Tam sweater from highschool...all the sudden I got an idea for an outfit...so here it is.
Wow...so back to French, back to hats and gloves, back to covering the knee hemline, back to "long, long, long" silhouette...is this all tributes to the early YSL? oh my...
what I have to say to this though => fabulous stage design, beautiful color schemes, very polish which is more to my liking, but not sure if it would look good on a petite person.
Continuing with the Euro-vibe, these are some Luella stuff I like - the long coats, leather flock, the combination of big bow, velvet jacket, poker dots mini.
Was over on the west coast this past weekend - really happy that I avoided the dreadful cold at least for a few days, as well as not really touching a computer for a change. Will follow up with my little SF boutique shopping and vintage shopping on the next posts, here I will be sharing some of my fav on the runway so far.
Alexander Wang - I think it is also because I am currently reading "The Beautiful Fall - Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris", I am really mesmerized by Yves Saint Laurent, the genius, whom was described as "le nouvel enfant trist"(meaing the "new sad child", that peculiarly French perception of 1950s youth), his early reign (at age 21!) in the house of Dior, and his depression and electrical treatment during war, and then the glorious year designing under his own name and being the last French classic couturier closing his couture house, thus ending an era of the history of fashion. Anyways, what I perceived is that Wang is also quite inspired by the sensibility of YSL's work this time, there is an old euro-youth vibes here. Not just have clean lines and a fitted silhouette, there is the gold sparkling trims on the short sleeves, the tight leather pants, the classic "bra and coat" and then the obvious one is the makeup.
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Pure Hotness...I am really feeling the T-straps, so solid, so strong, gives the full on sexiness a bit of an edge. They are good to wear with stockings or go bare.
Top to Bottom: Giuseppe Zanotti, Nine West, Nine West, BCBG Girls, Givenchy, Steven.
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| Please excuse my language...but gosh...these Hinfray Guillaume has converted me to a "flats" person! The patent leather front and trims, golden buckles, and velvety body with graphic prints made these flats so elegant and dressed up. And in my lovely shopping heaven HK...I managed to get these half priced at Harvey Nichols. |
I like garments with hand crafted details in them, I am definitely not from the nyc minimalist cult (Phillip Lim, Alexander Wang, Doo.Ri...etc.), not to say they are not absolutely talented designers, just not the style that I go for.
Being neither too minimalist nor crazily ornamental, Ingwa;Melero caught my eyes for awhile. This design team from small town Germany has definitely brought some handcrafted design over. I never thought crochet could be so chic and sexy. And to pump up the sexiness even more, the cutout leather is used as the accent for the soft, feminine jersey dresses.
I wish there is a good sample sale with some of the following Ingwa;Melero stuff (especially the second pic on the bottom and the one in the big picture on top!)...I am usually super lazy about going to sample sales, but if they could assure me with these beautiful garments in my size I will not hesitate to go all out for it.
Happy holiday! :) It has been such a blessed year for me, and somehow this year's holiday decor in stores seem to look prettier~ I still have a long list of friends and family I need to get/make gift for...going to be two weeks of long sewing hours~~
Plus, I just started to take another class for making "the holiday skirt", it will be done by next weekend so stay tuned! :)
My recent project is to make some cute makeup bags. I have a few makeup bags in different sizes, I use one to carry my daily makeup and the rest I would use when I travel around, they are great because I like to pack things in little compartments, like I would stuff one with socks, one with panties, one with some toiletries and a one with pads and tampons.
So the first bag I made was very basic. I used the fabric that I made my tote bag, one long invisible zipper and started sewing away. I wasn't too experience with handling the zipper, so on the right corner you can see the little defect. Also the fabric frays so doesn't look finished on the edge (see I have another reason to get a serger!), and the big problem is that the bag has no body so if I don't put anything inside it will look very saggy. Not the most attractive bag shape although I do like the pattern of the fabric a lot!
Anyway, tonight I made my second attempt to make an improved version of the bag. I figured that I need: fusible fleece interfacing to give the bag body, lining to hide all the edges of the fabric to look more finished. I also improved my skills in dealing with the zippers so this time it's not poking out on one corner like the first time.
This will make a perfect holiday gifts as well! :)
After my shopping spree at the outlet, Susie Bubble got me into these cool looking pieces from All Saints, a British street wear label which hasn't really been advertising in the States at all (not like TopShop).
The red dress is simply stunning, it will definitely be a magnificant dress for xmas party! And this time I actually like the leggings although I am never too fond of leggings - I am a tights and stockings lover, but these has the tattoo like pattern on the legging which is really chic and toned down the whole outfit instantly. And I also really love the day outfit on the right, the jacket seems soft and comfortable but the big collar, the straps on the cuffs and the waist belt gives the jacket a lot more structure.
Very tempting...but I am still going to stick to my plan and save up some money until I go home!
It must have been the longest food coma ever on the blogging planet. It was a very very full, sleepy and satisfying weekend with some crazy shopping at the outlet! ;) yes, of course there has to be some retail therapy involved in the process of holiday celebration. Although I am saving up most of my money for x'mas and new year shopping when I go back to my beloved homeland - Hong Kong, but I can't possibly pass on those devilishly deep discounts in the Woodbury Outlet...can I?
So I spent most of my money at the Off 5th Saks Fifth store and Max Studio.com. They are both great bargins, and not like Dolce & Gabbana, YSL, Celine, Prada and Miu Miu, where prices are still too high for my budget, style are either straight off the funkway or the dullway and size small or petite are rarely in sight. Well I almost gave in to this white trousers from Dolce & Gabbana (they are just the right looseness and make my legs looks like miles long!)but they are quite high maintenance to wear and cost almost 200 bucks...humm ok...I need to just tell myself I don't regret not buying it!
Back to what I got:
-Leopard print v-neck top from Laundry by Shelli Segal (~$45, org. ~$180)
-Green silk top with jewel embellishment on the halter neckline by YA-YA ($46, org. $268)
-Black silk skirt with unique flowery pattern stitch work by Cynthia Steffe ( $31, org. $305)
-Khaki knit tan top from Max Studio.com ($25, org. $78)
-Nylon tunic with velvet trimmings on neckline, sleeves finishing and waistline from Max Studio.com ($35, org. $98)
-Lace tunic from Max Studio.com-my fav. piece! ($35, org. $98)
Even though stores close at 10pm at the outlet, I was unable to finish going through all the stores. I quickly went in Diane Von Furstenburg, Juicy, Miss Sixty, Barney's, Theory, but maybe I just didn't have enough time to flip through everything and try on anything, I came out empty handed in those places. But then again, I am really saving for the big and crazy shopping time in HK which is 2 and a half weeks away!
P.S. Can someone guess where I was in the picture? This very very very delicious chocolate place...heehee...if you have heard of this place then you should know by now. :p
The talented Ms Backlund strikes again (see my earlier coverage on Sandra Backlund, When art is fashion...)
She has once again used knit to create art forms on the body, this time they are bloodly red. This picture is from a famous blog "Diane, a shaded view on fashion" - Sandra Backlund and her Don't Walk Collection (you can view more pictures from this collection through her blog). I don't like stealing posts from people, but I exceptionally love this designer and I would like to introduce you to this fashion forward blog as well.
The reason I love grey might have something to do with the fact that I am a libra, and I love a median, something in between black and white, something that is moderate and gentle but yet beautiful. Grey also reminds me of the school days, when I was in boarding school in Hong Kong. Back then, I used to wear uniforms to school, and now I realized that a lot of girls were using their sweater to make their own fashion statement. It was interesting that I remember how I used to think how come the same old uniform sweater look so much cooler on one girl than the other? And I also remember seeing some über skinny girl wearing this XL sweater to school - which I didn't realize it actually is cool.
Anyways, I suspect this might be one of the inspiration for Stella McCartney's 2006 fall collection. I love the navy grey she is using to match with different shades of grey - or simply different shades of grey together.
I recently found this grey sweater at Charlotte Russe (yes, I do shop at budget girlie store like this!) I was attracted by the puffed bat shaped sleeves on the upper arm and fitted on the lower arm, and the big v neck and loose fit on the body. I couldn't find a small or even a medium, but to my surprise I loved the fit in a size large! And on top of that it was half priced and cost a lovely 11 bucks...11 bucks!!! I couldn't even take the train to get home for $11! So there it is, I was wearing this with a demin mini skirt, black tights and boots from Target by Isaac Mizrahi. (see Shoes Shoes Shoes...)
