Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
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October 13, 2011
Dont Fall For It! :)
AS PER USUAL, i do not know how to edit the image to make it fit the screen but i think you get the gist of the picture.
this is from Net-a-porter site. more specifically, the issue is on the Fall 2011 Must Haves or trends.
i especially love the lists on 2. A Shirt Story, 12. Fancy Pants 13. Arm Candy 15. Modern Maxi 19. Lace Is More and 21. High Drama.
since we dont have four seasons in Malaysia, i would advise that you follow the trend...with due caution. :)
(i.e. parka, cape, fuzz are not applicable to us)
here's the link for your ease of browsing later.
October 8, 2011
MM 2, albeit belated
I promised to post about my MM on er, last Monday.
but alas, the tug 'o war of the small lappie was not mine to win.
(although i didnt even try to wrestle it from my beloved cutie pies... i'd only use it when the boys have had enough of it, which is rather rare because after one has his turn, the other would want his... the obvious solution is to get another laptop/netbook but that could wait)
anyways, i have had this draft for the last two days. i was thinking of something interesting to add in MM 2, but there was nothing much that caught my eye.
and then i received a mailer from Zara in my inbox (starring two cute kids, made up of a boy and a girl) and i was gob-smacked in love with those two pictures. then it struck me that i'd always love advertisements that feature kids in them.
yes i know it's not much of a Marvel to you but to have kids modelling is something of a marvel to me. to look effortlessly happy and oh-that-cute demeanour, after spending long adult working hours on the set, one has to wonder if it's inherent - as kids are still innocent and could easily be moulded to be awed with all things new - therefore, when we, prospective patrons, who look at their smiling, cheeky faces, we could not help but smile back.
and isn't that pretty much MARVELLOUS?
anyway, the mentioned Zara ads are the first two below.
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| I wonder what he was asked to look at to induce that melting smile. :) and he reminded me of my second son. |
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| effortlessly beautiful that you wonder how she would look like smiling. :) plus... i dig that outfit! |
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| these are GAP Casting Call winners (US) - i read that mixed kids with exotic looks have high chances of winning. so ... do you consider Javanese plus (white) Mamak (Indian Muslim) exotic? :P |
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| i love the boy... he seemed to be having so much fun. i like the other ad which i've seen at the store where he was furiously 'leaning' against three other girls - causing all of them to laugh. |
nevertheless, as much as i love kids in ads, i wouldn't subject my boys to it. an opportunity did crop up, but i declined because i know my son was not ready.
maybe one day i'd change my mind. for now, i just want my kids to be kids. :)
October 3, 2011
Monday Marvel V2
I HAD THIS VISION OF HAVING A MONDAY MARVEL (which will be shortened to MM, from this post on) ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
but then, i knew it would not happen. so i bargained with myself. bi-weekly should be just nice - not too desperately early, not too obviously late. two weeks after the first MM i still did not and could not find the time to do it. which i blamed on the festive season - with it being Hari Raya still.
so Syawal has passed us by and i still don't know what to write.
MM is supposed to be about finding something quirky and/or something so out of this world (like the urm, highly unrealistic Miu Miu shoes/ boots kinda contraption) and share with your my ever silent readers. :P
basically, i haven't gotten the time to browse online to find anything which is worth sharing.
anyhow, i promise to do so today and i will find time to post it... just hope i would not fall asleep before the deed is made. :D
stay tune, lovelies.
September 26, 2011
B.R.O.G.U.E.S.
Fashion Trend : BROGUES
Brogues - Definition :
a durable, comfortable, low-heeled shoe, often having decorative perforations and a wing tip often with ornamental perforations
a coarse, usually untanned shoe once worn in Ireland and Scotland
I especially like the etymology of the word :
type of Celtic accent, 1705, perhaps from the meaning "rough,stout shoe" worn by rural Irish and Scottish highlanders (1580s),via Gaelic or Irish, from O.Ir. broce "shoe," thus originally meaningsomething like "speech of those who call a shoe a brogue." Orperhaps it is from O.Ir. barrog "a hold"
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| off white brogues are just fineeeee with these jeans. * |
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| the perforation on these shoes maketh the brogues. |
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| ASOS black patent brogues - as depicted in next pic. |
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| lady.... you really know how to work those brogues of yours. * |
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| okay, no brogues, but luverly Balenciage bag :) * |
been obsessed about brogues of late.... but then i havent made up my mind on which brogues to get.
i like mine with a bit of lift or height. i dont know why... the older i get, the safer i feel with heels.
the heels are like my personal back straightener. (granted, they also hurt my back, but not when i'm using them).
so these are my current faves. i haven't seen them in the local high street shops yet. but then again, i haven't been actively looking.
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| (Amazon.com), heels are just right to NOT be called a witch's pairs. |
mind you, the trend has also gone to the kids' fashion segment.
because last week, i found these at Ginger Snaps.
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| chic pair of baby brogues in metallic beige that i'd want one! :) |
Photos credits in * are from a fashion blog called wheredidyougetthat, specifically, a post entitled http://www.wheredidugetthat.com/2011/08/high-voltage.html
May 27, 2011
Am I Wearing Pants?
i was browsing through Huffington Post online when i found this. to me, this is very funny since i am not that fond of the leggings culture. why, you may ask. well, firstly, i don't have the legs for it. i maybe hourglass but my curvy legs, thighs and butts are not meant to wear tights or leggings. (that is very SELFISH of me, really... but hear me out on my second and third reasoning *wink* ) secondly, leggings seem under-dressed. it's a good casual look but it seems dated when all your blouses/tops/tunics/kaftans/whatnots are worn with this piece of teensy garment. it's also mortifying when you see women wearing these without the necessary undergarments or the material is so thin that you are actually showing EVERYTHING. what even worse is when there are incidences of a showy 'camel toe'. if you don't know what a camel toe is, it's that front part of your lower body which should remain under wraps. thirdly, women wearing hijabs should not even don any tights or leggings. because it defeats the purpose. that's all i have to say. well, enough ramblings for now, enjoy the process flow. :)  |
| i got this nifty flowchart from here PS: sorry, i don't know how to adjust the chart for it to fit the viewing page. |
May 15, 2011
Alexander 'The Great' McQueen
If you have been following the fashion news, you would have known that the great fashion designer Alexander McQueen passed away last year.
i was never that 'aware' of his creations until recently and by joining Polyvore, i am always updated on the latest trends and news in the fashion world, whether i like it or not.
which in this case, i do LIKE a LOT. :)
some of his creations that i fall in love with are below :
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| Military Fern Jacquard Knit Dress |
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| (Cant Find The Name) open toe stilletto |
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| Floral Iris Skull Clutch Box |
hmmm... when i think of it again, the 3 things, : the dress, the shoes and the clutch make a great outfit.
go check for more of his outlandish and macabre designs which are breathtakingly beautiful at the same time, on his official site, here.
and by the way, the fact that a certain Ms. Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen was commissioned to create the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding gown at the Wedding of The Year, did help in raising its already garnered popularity a few notches of late.
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| picture is from http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/galleries/TMG8481516/Kate-Middletons-wedding-dress-in-pictures.html |
okay, i am too lazy to write anything of consequence, but i think looking at these pictures do give us some sense of 'consequence'.
hopefully, you get what i am trying to mean here. :)
May 11, 2011
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