très occupé

I thought I could cover the NY fashion week and then maybe follow on with London then Paris.. maybe Milan as well but I obviously did not anticipate how much effort it would entail. I went away this week for 4 days to visit my friends in H-city and now uni's starting tomorrow!!! ah, so much to do, so little time.

Anyways, here are some of the highlights of the shows so far:

Missoni - layers, layers and layers. totally wearable separates. people have been gushing about this show everywhere ( on the blogosphere)

Jil Sander - Raf Simon obviously did a brilliant job. Barbara Atkin of Holt review dubbed it a "Dior New Look moment" (as told by Jak & Jil)

Marc Jacobs - not really feeling the 80s (or is it the 70s?) rehash but he did have quite a few excellent pieces.

Anyways a pic by Schuman aka the Sartorialist taken at the Carnival. ZOMG cute!

Image credit: Style.com

Dude!

I was having a fight with my sister. More like me scolding her and her smart mouthing back. I got more exasperated and more exasperated and started:"Dude, you're just totally being..."

She looked at me completely outraged, so I thought I finally got a point across then she loudly proclaimed:" I will not be addressed as a boy! Don't call me dude!" and walked off.

Most anti-climatic end to an argument ever...

Day... whatever

I'm told by Fashionista that it's like Day 4 of the NY Fashion week. Bloody hell, I haven't even started blogging about Day 2 yet. I'm so behind so I'm just going to blog about whatever I catch on Style.com and various fashion blogs.

Karen Walker -
Ah, fellow Kiwi. I'm proud of her for making it to NY for the 6th season in a row now but I've gotta admit that I'm not really into this season's designs (but I do love that long double breasted coat). I really liked her Spring08 collection, full of pretty, light clothes that I'd totally wear.


Jill Stuart
Jill Stuart always design such cute, floaty dresses. Perfect for riche jeune filles. There are handful of looks that are mature but neverthesless still sexy. Apparently the collection was inspired by iconic women of music so there were the leather leggins and quite a few dark, fitted tops and pants. But it still mostly look like something a under 20 year old girl would squeal over (I'm turning 21 this year, so I'll just squeal a bit over Tanya's heels/boots. They're gorgeous!)

I totally recommend Fashionista and Fashionologie if you want first hand and totally current fashion week goss and updates. That's where I get my daily fashion fix from, lol.

Image credits: again Style.com

New York Fashion Week Fall09

It's the time of the year again! Fall09 NY Fashion Week has begun (ok, it started couple of days ago but forgive me, had a busy weekend) and I'm just going to cover it sporadically, whatever I can find on the net and give a few words of my opinion along with some (not my) pictures. Here goes!

Day 1
Jason Wu

the show that everyone's been waiting for and trying to get into. Who liked the dress that he designed for Michelle Obama wore at the Inauguration Ball? I thought it was pretty but somehow didn't quite suit Michelle Obama... Anyways his fall collection had plenty of prim and proper lady-like looks, super pretty gowns and only a handful of coats, jackets and pant suits. (if you want to dress pretty, brace the cold!) I quite like the gauzy grey gress on the right, it's got a very pretty look to it.

Abaeté
had a mostly somber palette of black, white and grey. I liked the collection as a whole, the lines were sleek and the looks were clean and polished. I can imagine myself wearing most of these designs.The last look on the right just looks like what everyone's been wearing the past couple of seasons...

Rag & Bone
I love, love the preppy, tailored look that Rag & Bone has got going! (Sorry, I haven't noticed much of the men's clothes) The looks just remind of some cool European student, dangling a ciggy in their fingers, hanging out with their friends whilst bracing the winter cold looking très chic. I gotta get me one of those blazers.

Scott Schuman, aka The Sartorialist has started doing his street snaps for Style.com since the start of the fashion week. I love this girl's outfit. The colour coordination of the outfit is great. I'm mean, have you ever seen a bright yellow shirt look this nice? (I had bright yellow shirt for my high school uniform. stayed clear from yellow shirts ever since...)
Image credits: Style.com, The Sartorialist

Alfie Patten - 13 year old father

I was absolutely shocked when I came across this (Alfie Patten, age 13, is the father of a baby girl with his 15 year old girlfriend). Now I'm not going into a big social commentary on sexual education of the youths today and where the responsibility of teen pregnancies lie.

When I was 13, I couldn't even look at boys. They scared me (to some degree, they still do...). Even with the boy that I was crushing on, I couldn't talk to him. I stalked him from the safety of 50 meters. I finally told him that I liked him at a party, after downing a bottle of beer at 16. Needless to say, nothing came out of that (I moved to another city and he was obviously way above my league).

So this brings me to my next question, is it even possible for boys to have sex and impregnate girls/women at the age of 13? It just baffles me (me, the nerdy, virginal, loner and bookish girl).

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Did you have a good Valentine's day? It completely went pass me. I went to a hen's night the night before Valentine's Day and then I completely slept through the next day... Oh well, it's not like I have someone to celebrate with anyways...Post Secrets had some Valentine's Day themed secrets that are incredibly sweet.

I actually have the same wish as the secret above. Actually I'm quite afraid that I'd never find that kind of love and companionship and I doubt whether it exists. My parents are still together but they fight all the time and it's incredibly rare to see them share a tender moment or actually do something nice for each other. I keep wondering if I'd end up like that and if that's why I find it hard for myself to commit in a relationship.

But on a happier note, my friend got married today! It was a beautiful outdoor wedding, with an island theme to it. She was simply radiant and the groom was shy but happy. I'm just so thrilled for her :D The fact that she's only 19 and he's 21 doesn't matter at all, because today, it seemed that they belong to each other forever.

Jewellery Box

I'm doing a massive tidying up of my room (seriously, the debris has been collecting since 2007). It's such a hassle and I always seem to get hayfever from the dust. Anyways I really need a jewellery box to put all my jewellery in.

I went to Trademe (a NZ version of EBay) to have a look at some jewellery box and look at what I found!
Doesn't it look just gorgeous? It remindsme of a Fabergé egg, except of course less extravagant and decorative but still be-yoo-ti-ful!! I think I'm going to buy it, it's only starting at $1! Imagine that sitting on my dresser :D