The tailored blazer and a rant about money
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Wow have I been MIA or what *nervous laughter* I have a really bad problem - I am just terrible with money. I think it would be an amusing hobby for you guys to just sit back and watch how I spend my okane (tis the japanese word for money) Let’s break down my shopping addiction in simple point form so you can fully understand how much of a savvy obsessed shopper I can be am.
♥ Every morning when I reach work, I check my emails like a good, responsible employee…but as Gmail loads, I’m busy looking at another tab which has Forever21.com loaded (MY GOD AREN’T TABS THE GREATEST INVENTION AFTER MOZILLA FIREFOX?!) F21 updates their website daily every morning (about 8:20am Singapore time) and as much as I feel that pretty much 60% of their stuff are trashy, the rest are good if you want to get some basics for layering or one-off pieces.
♥ SHOES, duh. I have no qualms spending a maximum of $150 on a pair of shoes I really really like. Whenever I see a pair I die over and while most girls would just take a step back and take some time to think “Hrm, would I wear this?” “Is the heel too high?” “Is it practical?” “Do I have clothes in my closet I can actually pair the shoes with?” “Do I have something similar already?” - well you can shove it, honey because I’m already at the counter paying for the shoes.
♥ Zara and Mango sales are bad for the wallet. Srsly. Most months I can *somewhat* manage my finances and some months I’m just dead broke. Those months I’m short of cash? You can trust that a Mango or Zara sale happened sometime in those months. Anyway, side tracking here - HOW CRAPPY WAS THE MANGO SALE LAST SEASON OMG?! The clothes were uninspired, dull and just gross (well, luckily for my wallet there was nothing much to buy lol).
♥ Ion Orchard. This shopping mall opened less than a month ago and already I am proclaiming it my favourite mall in Singapore. It’s just…beautiful. I love the architecture, the range of shops (from Louis Vuitton, miu miu to high street brands like New Look, Topshop etc) Obviously Topshop isn’t something new here but the clothes in their store in Ion seem to look better and their racks are more organised somehow? It could be just a placebo effect but whatever, I love it.
I actually bought a blazer from Topshop a week ago because one day I woke up and randomly decided to buy one more blazer to add to my teeny tiny collection. Ok no, I lied. I was just walking into Topshop at Ion Orchard and omg they had so many pretty blazers on display! I eventually fell in love with this peachy nude blazer, such an unconventional color I know raitttt - which was tailored pretty well for Topshop standards and it was slightly nipped at the waist so OK MUST HAVE, PEOPLE, MUST HAVE.
Blazers are actually versatile pieces any girl (or guy) should have. Wear the slouchiest outfit you can manage, throw in a beautifully tailored blazer (if you have the money, I would suggest getting one from Yves Saint Laurent but if you’re poor like me - Topshop & Zara aren’t bad) and you have casual chic going on bb.
Nippon Vogue actually had a feature on the tailored blazer in the issue last month which I thought was nicely done, so here they are!
And since the images are huge ass, I’ve magicked up a read more link out of some wool and yarn so your bandwidth won’t die on me ^_^
Tags: Fashion, fashion: topshop, life, nippon vogue
BRB DYING.
Posted by ilyana | Filed under Shoe Porn
This autumn, British accessory brand Jimmy Choo will bring its international glamour and covetable shoes and bags to selected H&M stores. The collection will be available from November 14 in around 200 stores across the world.
“We are privileged to be among the fashion greats who have been affiliated with H&M so far, and to be designing a collection appealing to fashion savvy, street smart women, and to be including some great pieces for men, too. Jimmy Choo will bring to H&M a sophisticated, fashion forward, accessible and glamorous collection - the perfect party pieces to buy now and then wear out that night!” Tamara Mellon, Founder and President, Jimmy Choo.
“We adore Jimmy Choo’s shoes and bags. They are glamorous and sexy, and they add instant style to the simplest of outfits. I like the way we have worked with clothes to accessorize the shoes and bags rather than the other way around. This collaboration is particularly exciting because it’s our first shoe designer collection. It’s a joy to be able to offer top end designer shoes and bags of excellent quality to our customers.” Margareta van den Bosch, creative advisor, H&M.
OH SHOE GODS, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. This collaboration is a shoe whore’s wet dream and it’s almost cruel that I don’t have access to H&M here in my country but it’s alright, I’m already devising a plan on how to get my hands on a pair of Jimmy Choo for H&M heels. I just can’t wait to see the collection of shoes and the prices aren’t bad either; flats are going for $60 while boots are going for $200.
A tiny note: I’ll be going on a short vacation from the 20th of June and I’ll be back by the end of next week so take care while I’m away! Meanwhile you can follow my kooky life adventures on Twitter, I’m so addicted to it, I update it like crazy.
img & article credit: H&M
Tags: Fashion, fashion: h&m, shoes: heels
There’s no better spam than CHANEL spam.
Posted by ilyana | Filed under Fashion
Just some 20 odd screenshots I took of my favourite scenes (which is pretty much er, every scene lol) in the new CHANEL no 5 ad featuring the parisian beauty Audrey Tautou who reunites with her Amélie director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, for this new campaign. A simple storyline made captivating by lovely saturated colors (which is what Jean-Pierre Jeunet is famous for), stunning film locations in Paris and Istanbul and a bit of CHANEL magic. You can watch the entire ad here.
I spent my whole lunch hour painstakingly hitting the pause button to screencap the commercial, if you would like bigger versions of the screenshots or would like to use them in your blog etc, I would really appreciate it if you dropped me a comment. Thank you ;D
Tags: actress: audrey tautou, Fashion, fashion: CHANEL, tv: commercials
My weekend from A-Z
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I’ve been looking through the scans of the new mag publication, LOVE. Too bad it’s not sold here (yet, i hope.)
Naomi was telling me how awesome SKINS was and how much I needed this character named “Sid” on the show in my life; I was bored and watched the pilot episode on a whim. I love how everyone on the show is just crazy, selfish, deluded and everything just seems to be connected somehow. I’ve just about completed season 1 and baby, it’s a wild world out there.
And I’m finally done rewatching season 1 - 6 of Sex and The City & the movie as well. Feels just as fabulous as though I’ve never watched them before! That’s genuine television gold right there. I’m psyched they’re filming another movie for the series!
I did some *major* online shopping on Saturday since ASOS.com was having a 75% sale, got a miu miu inspired brocade skirt and a crazy poofy dress - pictures when they arrive!
Tags: Fashion, fashion: ASOS.com, fashion: miu miu, online shopping, tv: sex and the city, tv: skins
Just CHANEL.
Posted by ilyana | Filed under Fashion
Carine dedicated a whole issue of Vogue Paris to CHANEL and according to my fashion bitch, Aaron, it is an absolute godsend. Argh I hope it’s not sold out at Kinokuniya.
img credit: tfs
Tags: Fashion, fashion inspiration: carine roitfeld, vogue paris
Christian Lacroix the costumier @ The National Museum, Singapore
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In Asia for the very first time, close to 80 spectacular costumes and 60 sketches from the collection of the Centre National du Costume de Scène (National Stage Costume Centre, Moulins, France) and from Lacroix’s personal collection, will take stage at the National Museum of Singapore from March to June 2009. Organized by the Centre National du Costume de Scène, Moulins, France and Artex Art Services.
Venue: Exhibition Gallery 1 & The Canyon Date @ The National Museum of Singapore
20th March 2009 – 7 June 2009 10:00am – 6:00pm
OMFG très excited! Who wants to go with me? Click here for more info of the exhibit.
img credit: foto_decadent & brandingstyles
Tags: Fashion, fashion: christian lacroix, special events
Fresh!
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I hate you arty farty people, including you, Aaron! Aaron sketched out a model from a previous ad campaign, told me to guess who it was and I could have sworn it was Anja Rubik but well I was wrong - it’s Angela Lindvall in a Chloe F/W 2003 campaign. Despite my mistake, I must say Angela looks like Anja in the photo! It’s a lovely drawing, Aaron so shut up, stop bitching and sketch out more!
Yeah tea noir is back with a new layout. I got rid of the old magazine-ish inspired layout because it wasn’t very “me”. Being trained in webdesign has made me appreciate layouts with beautiful grids but I’ve always had this vision (ooh big word) of tea noir being a casual, less-structured site with free-flowing entries. I’ve also made it more personal by adding some of my webdesign trademarks i.e patterns, textures. I’m still figuring out whether the alignment/color of certain elements fit together but whatever, I’m happy with this for now. Changes can always be made periodically anyway ;D
img credit: color pencil sketch by aaron.
Tags: Fashion, models: angela lindvall, models: anja rubik
Perfection.
Posted by ilyana | Filed under Fashion, Shoe Porn
With wind in her hair, an amazing coat, the right accessories - that black ring she has on, her gold bracelets and of course, that brilliant flash of red on her feet.
Credits: The Sartorialist
Tags: Fashion, street style
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