November 2007

Risk Tee, Being Transparent can be too Risky [The Daily Tee]

Little details are nice, but print them on transparent tee and that’s a flop. I don’t know, what do you think about this tee?

Other than this tee, Star76 has some good loking tees — check them out.

Source: Risk Tee, Being Transparent can be too Risky [The Daily Tee]

Paul Smith Scarf [Metro Style Men]

So, coming fall, a scarf can be handy; to add a bit of colors into your wardrobe. Love this College Striped Scarf by Paul Smith! It has a few colors without going overboard; just right about of stripes without being too boring. Apart from that, it is 100% wool!

Source: Paul Smith Scarf [Metro Style Men]

Her Accessories early Christmas shopping wish list [Her Accessories]

I’ve been going through the archives and pulled some of my favorites accessories for the year (and have added some new goodies) to create the Her Accessories early Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa or Diwali or Solstice - insert your winter holiday of choice) gift guide.
In no particular order, here are my top 10 accessory picks for gifts (for the person you’d like to dazzle this year):

1: Diamond solitaire earrings

2: Steel & washi paper pendant from Blend Creations

3: Earrings from Twisted Silver

4: Cocktail ring from Jules Smith

5: Sterling silver heart tag charm necklace from Tiffany

6: A subscription to Tilting Swiftly’s earring of the month club

7: Butterfly wing pendant from Simone Walsh

8: Eco-Drive watch from Citizen

9: Charm bracelet from Betsey Johnson

10: A pair of pumps from Christian Louboutin

So there’s the first Her Accessories gift guide - I suspect there may be more to come…

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Source: Her Accessories early Christmas shopping wish list [Her Accessories]

Plus Patent Leather Blazer [Dapper Diva]

Are you someone who chooses not to wear leather? Trying to find leather alternatives in fashionable shapes isn’t always easy, but there is an exciting piece I found yesterday at Fashion to Figure. If you don’t wear leather but you like the look, this is a very cool option for you. It’s patent leather, available in 1 and 2X, and is a friendly $34 at FTF.

Source: Plus Patent Leather Blazer [Dapper Diva]

Quick Home Pedicure: How To [Spa Beautifully]

As the weather gets colder and colder, I am going to want to go out of the house less and less. Now my toes might require a little love and attention but there is no way that I will be venturing outside and taking the subway downtown to a spa. I think I’ll do a quick and simple pedi right at home as I watch my fantastic Thursday shows - CSI Las Vegas, Greys Anatomy and Shark.

If you think that this winter you too won’t be heading to the spa, take 20 minutes to refresh your feet.  Here is what you’ll need:
Large bowl with warm water
Foot or Body Scrub
Body Lotion
Nail Polish
Towel

Step #1: Start by letting your feet soak in the water for a few minutes.

Step #2: Apply a foot scrub to polish away rough skin . Apply in a circular motion onto the feet, beginning at the heel and moving down toward the toes. Rinse. Dry Feet.

Step #3: Massage moisturiser onto feet using a circular motion, until fully absorbed to soothe tired, dry feet.

Step #4: Apply favorite polish.

Step #5: Finally, relax and enjoy your new nails!

Product suggestions: Zia Ultimate Foot Scrub, Zia Ultimate Foot Moisture, a polish from the new O.P.I. Russian Collection.

Food Scrub, Nail Polish, OPI, Pedicure, Russian Collection, Zia

Source: Quick Home Pedicure: How To [Spa Beautifully]

A Weak Dollar Means More Expensive Imports [Import Pricing]

The price of cocaine has shot up 44 percent nationwide since January, spurred by increased (effective) enforcement. The average price increase in New York is 50 percent, though, because everything is always more expensive in New York. East Coast cops agree that the short supply is the major culprit of the rise in prices and that your friendly neighborhood crack dealer is probably mixing even more weird shit than usual into your rock. This is why I stick to alcohol. [Washington Post]

Source: A Weak Dollar Means More Expensive Imports [Import Pricing]

Thursday’s Blog Hop of Everything Stylish [Shopaholics Daily]

It’s Thursday again… time to go blog hopping. Enjoy!

Face Candy is talking about Philosophy Kiss sets and you are going to love the holiday flavors. Top on my list just has to be Cinnamon Buns and Chocolate.

15 Minute Beauty Fanatic has brought to our attention… Bond No. 9’s Andy Warhol’s Silver Factory and I think that I have something new to add to my Christmas list. This sounds like my kind of scent!!

Temptalia Asks You - What was in your last beauty haul/purchase?

Canadian Beauty is letting us in one the latest holiday collection from Lancome.

Cinnomon Kitten is sharing her favorite hand wash for all of you Canadian lovelies out there.

Technorati Tags: Blog Hopping, Shopaholics Daily

Source: Thursday’s Blog Hop of Everything Stylish [Shopaholics Daily]

Lucky Magazine Wants To Make You Very Happy [Shopaholics Daily]

Now how is that for making your holiday shopping easy for you?? Sounds like quite the deal to me. The hard part is deciding who to give the free subscription to for Christmas??

Lucky Magazine Details

Technorati Tags: accessories, Books and Magazines, Christmas, cosmetics, fashion, fun stuff, gift giving, holidays, Link of the day, Lucky magazine, subscriptions

Source: Lucky Magazine Wants To Make You Very Happy [Shopaholics Daily]

8 T-shirts from Justice D.a.n.c.e, Found! [The Daily Tee]

When I firstly posted Justice’s video Dance (on Tshirt island) that featured some top notch tee shirts, we got people asked where to find those tees. Well, that’s really tough question because I’ve no clue at all. But after searching the web, I’ve discovered some of them (or at least some that have very identical look). Here they go:

his one is quite famous and already featured on many websites as one tee shirt found on D.A.N.C.E clip, someone uploaded it to Bountee — pretty identical. Good one!

Possibly the imitation of lips tee found on Cafepress (but look very similar!)

Apparently, DAS MONK also has similar tee to Lips tee… it’s the green version (but without lipstick) can named as Monster (huh!?)

DANCE T-shirt by (username) swrobel at Zazzle. again, someone made the imitation of it — unfortunately, black color is currently sold out (there’s one in white if you want)

This is one is my favorite, cover up-like tee found at Kid America Club. Is it the original version?

MILKCRATE x ED BANGER WHITE TEE (40.00 €) from We Sold Out. It says “last restock” and I don’t know what happen with the purchase cart, not sure how you can buy this tee.

SIXPACK x SO ME - CHARLOTTE TEE (45.00 €) from We Sold Out same with previous tee, some problem with the cart.

Last one… And again, the fake version of “a p.y.t” tee on different color found at Cafepress

Source: 8 T-shirts from Justice D.a.n.c.e, Found! [The Daily Tee]

Are you a Fashion Victim?!

Hadley Freeman’s overly tongue-in-cheek articles in Guardian which seem to discourage people from ‘having fun’ with fashion used to grate me quite a bit but her writing for 10 magazine for which she is a regular contributor brings me joy everytime I buy an issue and as I cosy up on my bed to take in her writing.  In the latest issue, she presents her own handy guide as to how you can tell if you’re a fashion victim.  This has nothing to do with what you’re wearing but rather, what sort of a lifestyle you lead and thankfully, a lot of the boxes are left unticked yet frightfully, a lot of them I grudgingly admit is partially true…

1) You refer to Italy as "Milan" and France as "Paris" and are genuinely taken aback when someone suggests visiting other cities in that country. SB: Of course I visit other cities in France and Italy!  Duh! Hyeres in the South of France (for the fashion competition) and Trieste (for the Diesel ITS competition). 

2) You buy a newspaper and turn first to the fashion section.  Double points if during the shows yuou buy the Heral Tribune, read Suzy’s review and then chuck the rest of the paper away. SB: I’ll admit that my daily misery on the tube journey home is reduced slightly when I flick to the London rags’ fashion pages.  Yes, I do so love tearing away at that annoying plastic wrapper on ES magazine on Friday and also Style from the Sunday Times.  I must confess, I’ve never bought IHT but prefer the comfort of clicking away at it online.   

3) When someone asks you, "What’s new?" the only thing you can think of is "Well, I managed to swag those limited edition jeans in the Kate Moss range for Topshop." SB: If I was going to answer with something fashion related, I’m 100% sure that my reply isn’t going to involve ‘Kate Moss for Topshop’.  More than likely, I’ll be ranting and raving about why Orange has charged me extortionate amounts of money for my mobile phone bill (my current rage attack subject…).

4) You go to the shows and are genuinely upset if the Japanese don’t take your photo outside. SB: Going to shows and getting photographed actually bewilders me to no end.  I look bedraggled by public transport and a streetstyle photographer wants to photograph this bedraggledness?  By all means, take a picture of my sweaty pored face, scuffed shoes and broken bag, with half my outfit obscured by a huge canvas bag carrying press releases/lookbooks. 

5) The Japanese all know your name and you are not a nobody. SB: Haven’t a clue how many Japanese people know my name.  Haven’t a clue at all…

6) It has never occurred to you to buy a magazine that wasn’t primarily about fashion. SB:Seeing as my initial obsession with magazines started with the Animals of Farthing Wood monthly guide and also the NSPB members mag (I had a thing for peregrine falcons…), I can’t say this question really applies.

7) You are reading Vogue and are suffused with vindication, gratification and smugness when the magazine says that green dresses are in and you are wearing, yes, a green dress. SB: I’m reading Vogue and wondering why they insist on ??statements?? like ‘Pussybow blouses are back!’.  Were they ever gone?! 

You notice a male Fashion Editor wearing leg warmers over his black Superfines and you don’t fall off her seat and laugh as hard that you break your coccyx. SB: I don’t think I could laugh that hard at anything but I will be wondering where said male Fashion Editor got loose enough legwarmers to pull over his jeans so that they don’t look too stretched and then I’ll automatically put it down to his natural uber-skinniness.   

9) You would never buy a fake, even if it was the very spit of the original, because you would "just know". SB: If something is so ubiquitous as to have a fake, then I doubt I’m going to be that much the real thing to even contemplate getting a fake.

10) The only time you go to museum exhibitions is if a designer has taken homage from one and you think you should hone up on it, or a designer is holding a party at one. SB: Time Out is my bible and you’ll find circled exhibitions all over the joint. 

11) Ditto movies.  And plays.  And reading a book. SB: I have a lot of time to waste and movies and books are my cheap thrills.   

12) You make the effort to "work a look" - possible Balenciaga sci-fi, say - to your (non-fashion) best mate’s 36th down the pub. SB: I must confess to ‘working a look’ and I’m all for inappropriate dresscodes seeing as I dress by silly whimsies.  Balenciaga sci-fi at the pub is all very well if on the day you felt like being a Ghesquiere robo-girl. 

13) You know the names of all the major Fashion Editors and they don’t know yours. SB: The names I know, the faces can elude me sometimes and whether they know my name…. again, haven’t the fogiest idea. 

14) The best party you ever attended in your life was a fashion party. SB: 5th birthday party at Wimpy was pretty much awesome. 

15) You’re in a shop and all the shop assistans know your name, size, life story and guess (correctly) what you’re going to buy. SB: I don’t think my boyfriend knows that much information about me. 

16) You’re in a shop.  Again. SB: There is no shame in meandering around the shops to pass time. 

17) You’re in a shop and you find yourself trying on a dress that you realise only after it’s actually on that you’ve tried it before. SB: Too much Pro-Plus and Coke Zero may have made me this enthusiastic about one dress but other than that…no. 

18) You’re in a shop and you’re trying on a dress that you remember (accurately) exactly where it was in the show running, which model was wearing it, how it was accessoried and who did the styling. SB: It’s doubtful that I’ll be trying on dresses that have had that memorable a show but admittedly, those catwalk images do pop up from time to time. 

19) You’re in a shop and you’re trying on a dress that does, OK, look a little weird but, you reason to yourself you would wear it during the shows and the Japanese would TOTALLY go for it.  SB: Again, doubtful that I’ll be trying on a ‘Japanese eye-candy’ dress and even more unlikely that I’d be buying it.   

20) When someone says "shopping" you automatically assume they’re referring to clothes. SB: I’m rather partial to grocery shopping.  I select my fruits and vegetables with joy. 

21) Only clothes shopping counts as financial expenditure.  Everything else - home repairs, travel, drugs - is just unavoidable essentials.  SB: Gah…it’s all money coming out from the same bloody account.

22) The only way you can think of to kill time is to go shopping.  SB: See 16).  No shame whatsoever…

23) The majority of the songs on your iPod are ones you heard at the last round of shows/at BoomBloodyBox / at a designer’s studio / in your fashion week driver’s car / at a fashion party / at a gay club with the gagys (and you’re