Les Secrets De La Veste
Posted by ilyana | Filed under Fashion
A rare photo of me as proof that I’m still alive, though just barely. LK bought the top for me at H&M when he was in Hong Kong last year and it’s something I always keep reaching for in the closet when I feel like I need to wear something vivid as a contrast to this bleak weather we’ve been submitted to. I’ve just completed 2 essay assignments so I’ve got a bit of free time to write a quick entry before I let my study routine feast on my soul again. I actually meant to post this earlier this week but if you follow me on twitter, all my entries were wiped out due to a database glitch. It’s fixed now - thank you LK! <33
I feel really awful for neglecting this baby and I think everyone's just sick of me missing out on their entries (I'm sorry guys!) but I guess you can say my priorities are different now. Life is a lot harder when your family isn't with you NOT because you're left to fend for yourself- being independent I can deal with but because there's noone to help you with the forking LAUNDRY. Laundry has got to be the common enemy for all students living away from home, god I could go on forever about laundry but WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT SOILED CLOTHES WHEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT CHANEL Y/Y??
The local Chanel boutique had a exhibition called “Les Secrets De La Veste” which is French for “Yep we know you’d never be able to afford our jackets but hey that’s not gonna stop us from pulling out our iconic jackets, display them in store for you to touch and look at, and then you can go home crying to your spouses, blaming your lack of Chanel in the closet on their miserable paychecks and ultimately, you end up with a messy divorce”. Chanel ruins lives because you always want something you can’t have and they know it.
Like this blazer/jacket for example. Oh my god it’s beautiful. Price tag? $8,000 and guess what, they don’t make them anymore so stab me in the heart why doncha.
The woman in charge of the exhibition noticed we (we = my roommate and I) were early and gave us our own private tour which was really nice (now if only she handed over the Chanel flats she had on, it would have made my day). She talked about the whole process of making the tweed for the jackets, the individually weighed buttons which usually feature distinct icons of Paris that Coco Chanel was inspired by and the embroidery/beading that’s outsourced to a Parisian embroidering company that has worked with Coco for many years.
We got out of Chanel, feeling slightly suicidal and hungry so somehow we ended up having desserts at Brunetti’s. Eating chocolate is the best way to heal a severe fashion heartache, that’s just the way it is.
I had the Tre Gusti (it means three flavours in Italian according to Google Translate) which is a triple white chocolate, milk chocolate and dark chocolate mousse that’s topped with some squiggly fudge thing and a dainty sugar flower I massacred the minute it was served.
Roomie got this giant vanilla tart topped with a massive chunk of flakey chocolate. The name of the dessert escapes me but it might be “mostro di cioccolato cosa vulcano” which is what Google Translate thinks is Italian for “monster volcano chocolate thing”. I actually like the malay version Google came up with - “rakasa coklat gunung berapi hal” which if directly translated into English means fiery chocolate mountain monster with issues HAHAHAHAHA Don’t take my word for it tho, my malay isn’t as good as my grandmother’s.
Speaking of fiery volcanoes, my dad was in quite a fix last week because my mom’s flight back home was via Frankfurt and it was cancelled due to the volcanic ash in the air. He wasn’t actually worried about my mother being in a foreign country all by herself but letting a woman loose in New York is not exactly a good idea especially when her credit card is linked to your joint account LOL. Anyway, my mom got home safely last week (can’t say the same for the credit card bill though) and she got me a tube of the Chanel Rouge Coco in Mademoiselle and more MAC stuff yay! Sadly, I’m not going to receive them until late May so no swatches or images til then guys!
Oh and here’s one more thing she got for me:
OMFG MIU MIU (sorry about the cellphone photo - my dad shot this for me lol)
CAN I GO HOME NOW PLEASE?
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Tags: fashion: CHANEL, fashion: miu miu, melbourne
27 Responses to “Les Secrets De La Veste”
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dejiki Says:
May 1st, 2010 at 8:24 pmLOL the bag has a bow? Are they usually packaged like this? BTW VERY JEALOUS OF YOUR FAMILY. You got your Miu Miu, your dad got an iPad??! 64GB somemore.
btw i just saw some random girl with a Min Min bag at Universal Studios lolx.
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f a i z Says:
May 1st, 2010 at 8:50 pmLove your new bag! Lucky you!
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rinaz Says:
May 1st, 2010 at 10:14 pmOh you poor thing, fending for yourself over there. But I’m sure that you are doing well so far
The name of the dessert that you had was amusing, regardless of which language it was translated to. Hahaha, probably its related to the Chocolate Mongsta!
The bag is super cute … have patience, end of may will swoop by sooner than you think!
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ashiebee Says:
May 1st, 2010 at 11:20 pmawwww your new bag is so sweet! lucky you
if i were u, i wished i’m back at home now. heheheh**hugs**
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evie Says:
May 2nd, 2010 at 1:09 amhaha yeah i’m oso slacking of my posts alot of things to do!! and exams!! dottss but i miss your posts though! hehe selfish me
AND I LOVE THE BAG!!!!!!!!!!!!
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makeup morsels Says:
May 2nd, 2010 at 5:55 amI love miu miu shoes *so pretty so so pretty* and that bag is gorgeous!! Hope you get a lot of use out of it. Good to hear from you again
life must be very busy for you now and LOL I love your translations. They literally made me laugh out loud. google translator is only good for simple textbook languagemakeup morsels's reply:
May 17th, 2010 at 7:09 amoh and I forgot to mention the dessert! I’m really craving that chocolate volcano right now >.<
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miss wiggle Says:
May 2nd, 2010 at 11:56 amYea, I deleted Twitter! Sorry about that. I don’t go on very often, so it’s somewhat of a waste. I’ll go on when I get a smartphone! xD
You, the desert, and the bag all look fantastically stylish!
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Catherine Says:
May 2nd, 2010 at 12:10 pmAhhhhhh, so much awesome in this post!
1. I love your OOTD! You look AMAZING!
2. PRIVATE TOUR!?!?! I am so jealous!! The exhibit looks incredible!
3. Dessert! I die…
4. EEEEEEEE! Pink Miu Miu!! OMFG! LOL! Now I can’t wait until May when you go home so I can see more pictures & OOTDs with it, etc! LOL! (Oh and the makeup too, of course!)
ilyana's reply:
May 16th, 2010 at 8:32 pm1. Aw shucks thanks lol ;D
2. It’s actually pretty small but I’m not complaining!
3. Oh my god, if you ever come here this is going to be the first place I take you to.
4. I’m not going home in May lol, rather my parents are flying over! Wish I could go home tho, I miss my bed :/ Will post photos soon! -
Lynsey James March Says:
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:47 amOh yum that looks great! Love the bag too!
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nadia Says:
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:57 amyou looked like you lost a lot of weight girl. didnt the choc served you well? hahaha.
i always, always love your posts. by the looks of things, seems like you’re doing pretty well.
(:
ilyana's reply:
May 16th, 2010 at 8:30 pmLOL haven’t lost much weight actually, I’m still the same weight I was before I came here.
I’m pretty stressed actually, exams are coming! I hope you’re good though ;D
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StoryBookDreamer Says:
May 4th, 2010 at 7:59 amLOL, your translation is hilarious, and most definitely (somewhat) true(: But wow, $8000….O.O” That’s THREE zeros…I would faint from seeing that price tag.
Those desserts look super yum. I especially like the one you got, it looks so delicious. Haha, the malay version of the translation is funny. x] I would enjoy a dessert named that. xD
And OMG, your mom is so nice! xD (and spendy…but nice :])ilyana's reply:
May 16th, 2010 at 8:25 pmHello sweetie! Thank you so much for commenting, I took a look at your blog and it’s got such an amazing line-up of japanese sweets lol! The desserts were indeed delicious, particularly mine (I have an affinity for white chocolate ^^)
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zahirah Says:
May 5th, 2010 at 3:34 amyou look amayyyzing babe! :))
ilyana's reply:
May 16th, 2010 at 8:23 pmthank you zah! How have you been? Are you flying off to Perth soon? ;D
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[nadz] Says:
May 6th, 2010 at 1:17 pmEH THE PINK BAG NOT THAT BAD LEH. OMG THEY TIED A RIBBON ON TOP SO CUTE!
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fil Says:
May 9th, 2010 at 6:54 pmwhile everyone is swooning over your miu miu, I LOVE THE BAG IN THE FIRST PICTURE! where’d you get it from?
ilyana's reply:
May 16th, 2010 at 8:29 pmOh my god I’m sorry for the late reply! It’s my pretend Proenza Schouler PS1 bag lol, I got it from Charles & Keith. They have it in black too btw ;D
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heartofpearl Says:
May 17th, 2010 at 10:26 pmyou should post more pics of urself from now~! also gosh yummy cakes and also id love all my coats to hang off a chanel coat hanger, better yet i want some chanel clothing hehehe hope u been well x
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nlngstar Says:
May 20th, 2010 at 5:09 pmthose chanel clothes are soooo tempting. they are really elegant too.
yummy food -
tea noir » Blog Archive » Pâtisserie Monday Says:
June 21st, 2010 at 7:37 pm[...] can think of this as a ‘filler’ entry of sorts lol. You guys prolly realised from my previous Brunetti’s entry that I am completely inept at remembering cake names so I’m going to stop pretending I know [...]
May 1st, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Darling if you can have your LV bag, I can have my miu miu LOL. No they come in a dustbag + the miu miu dusty pink paperbag. Don’t be jealous of my family, you’re part of it too bb.
Omg did you get photos? Can’t wait for our date at universal studios - bring your earplugs tho.
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