ha ha hype

ear candy

2009-11-24T04:27:00.000-08:00

some people might get lots of piercings to look cool, but i really just need to accommodate my earring obsession. though, you might notice that i don't have many hoops or dangly ones, but only because i am really not a hoop person.

i feel like i should jump on dumpster trucks and break into a song about sunshine and dreams when i wear these. nyeh, why not.

safety pins and zips = good alternatives to hoops and dangly stuff. and yes...that is a miniature spoon. i broke the fork :(

so good i had to buy them in two colors.

i have button bracelets and hair ties too. buttons evarrrywhere errybaddyyy.

if i ever wear these earrings with a sailor suit, please, just shoot me. i deserve it. heh.

what? this? oh, it's just a pink robot on my ear.
i only bought one because i figured i wouldn't go that far as to wear TWO of these delicious babies, but now i regret it :( I WOULD GO THAT FAR, WHAT WAS I THINKING

lohan colabs with pascal

2009-11-18T00:33:00.000-08:00

hyuk hyuk, i can't believe it either!

dial m for murder : christian dior spring 2010

2009-11-04T02:10:00.000-08:00

if the john galliano sent his models naked down the runway, chances are most of us would still recognize the whole film noir, 1940's, lauren bacall reference, with the help of an iconic side swept hair, rolling curls and red lips.
point being, i felt like the whole collection was a bit disappointing and a thousand times too obvious and been-there-done-that. it wasn't inspiring, and prompted "of course, trench coat, of course, red lips, of course", rather than "of course!" and "why didn't i think of that?"
and even so, despite what i said, i really adore this collection. perhaps i'm being a little biased, because it is john galliano, and i have much love for the 40's era but it's fashion, so what the hell.

is it just me, or does anyone else get a very versace (what's on sasha) and georgio armani f/w 2009 (the socks, the make up, the short dresses, trench coats) vibe? nevertheless, most of what's here is spot on. i love the combination of a fluid skirt/dress under a structured coat, which makes a really strong silhouette, cinched waists and everything. and i'd kill for glitter socks now.

obviously working parallel from his last couture collection, galliano is the epic guru of mastering the art of underwear as outerwear. no one does it better than he does. it doesn't look pornographic, nor garish, and it most definitely doesn't look skanky. it's so sophisticated, it's glamorous, it's romantic with an underlining (lololololol forgive me) allure and seduction - which is exactly what lingerie should be: tempting, but not giving too much away.

things that are sort of fugly to me:

things that i would give up my hamster for:

(gurlfran karlie kloss wuz fierce)

albeit being straight-forward, galliano has also made the 1940's era of style very wearable and modern, without it being humphrey bogart walking out of casablanca. throughout this spring/summer's fashion week, it's evident that some collections are either too wearable that it's boring, or too "out there" (mario schwab), or just here nor there, but galiano's found a balance between the two.

ps: yeah, i think i'm about 3 weeks late. sorry!

when high fashion became more interesting than high school

2009-10-19T11:16:00.000-07:00

it's a lie when people say school only educates them academically, or at least for me, because when you're in a secondary school with more than 400 people, there's more to look at than what's in your textbook.
take fashion for example. of the many years i've been in an international school, where people can actually afford to buy LV bags and jimmy choos as they please, it's taught me a lot; like, money can buy you friends (but won't guarantee to last) or people sacrifice their preferences to what's popular. or the most important thing i've learnt, is that you can have all the money in the world, and still not - blatantly - good / fashionable / "bananas" (i love rachel zoe, just to put it out there).
money is an entity, and style is a skill. similarly, someone may have a wide range of vocabulary but not know how to write, or someone might be really good at photoshop and not know how to edit, or someone might look model material, but can't actually model (quite like that girl from this antm season, i forgot her name)

"fashion fades, only style remains the same."
- coco chanel

because he'll wear your favorite color just so he can match your eyes

2009-10-16T23:32:00.000-07:00

hay future fiance, i will love you forever only if you propose to me with these babies, capiche?
also, what does everyone think about couple (as in, have yet to be married) rings?

i've got the gift of one liners and you've got

2009-10-14T05:44:00.000-07:00

(dress and hairband: http://www.chickdowntown.com/)

when i start college, i probably won't have time for parties or snooty dinners but GOSHDARNIT if i had this dress i'd wear it anywhere. i'd wear it to school, to sleep, to buy groceries, to swim, to the zoo.
and yeah sure, people will stare and ask me why i've got this miracle of a dress on when it's winter, and tell me my skin is turning blue and that i should go to the doctors, but again, GOSHDARNIT i'd be the most fashionable, sparkly person in the ward.

can't loosen up my buttons (but seriously)

2009-10-13T01:05:00.000-07:00

what's that you say? my buttons don't have a valid reason to be on this dress seeing as they aren't actually buttoning up anything, thus proving useless as opposed to something else less lovely than this?
hmph. WELL.

spot the difference:

2009-10-10T00:54:00.000-07:00

it's okay, estrella. it's okay. the bad lady actress is gone now. you're safe.

smile like you mean it

2009-10-09T07:58:00.000-07:00

girlfriend is not happy.

(miu miu spring 2010, from www.style.com)

confessions of a 23 year old leggings designing, drama and drug addicted d-list paparazzi whore.

2009-10-08T06:19:00.000-07:00

i think i've finally deciphered how lindsay lohan's artistic, perceptive judgments made this fabulous collection possible, a sure respective nod to the fabulousness that is emanuel ungaro. something along the lines of:

i think the reason this collection turned out so well was because i had artistic, youthful input, you know? hearts are very young, happening and trendy, but also very underrated. like, i've never seen hearts ANYWHERE. so i've decided to put them EVERYWHERE...quirky, right? oh, and the patterns were so hard to come up with. but i drew inspiration from a very youthful and happening software called windows media player which shows these pretty spinnygraphics when i play cool, indie music, like. um. the beatles. cool, right?

i know everyone expects me to be easy-to-read, a trainwreck, but nay, i say! i am a profound, stable young, successful woman! that's why i had glitter heart pasties on my models' foreheads! heart, over mind, you see? you see? u c what i did thar? it's a very emotional moment for me, actually.

but really, to be fair, they had about 3 weeks to pull this off, estrella was new to the brand, lindsay is a talentless wreck...so we'll cut them some slack. the above are my "favorites". the first, a half hearted attempt at keeping emanual ungaro alive in the collection, and the third, i thought, was pretty charming, but poorly executed. and the fourth would be delicious without the unnecessary sleeve.

"please stop talking to me."

you do get the best of both worlds, thanks hannah montana!

2009-10-05T23:58:00.000-07:00

m: nice bag.
girl one: thanks, it's chanel, like, from paris.
m: didn't ask.

m: that's a nice bag.
girl two: it's so feshion!

oh, materialism and art, that's what my chinese parents warned me about. oh michelle, why can't you play the piano or be an accountant or a dentist or something?