Friday, 21 August 2009
completely backwards
"remember, ginger rogers did everything fred astaire did but backwards, and in high heels."
- bob thaves
lanvin pre-fall 2009
charlize theron
jenna elfman
please, please, please, if you are going to choose a runway look, do not wear it back to front.
Thursday, 20 August 2009
let's get cooking
"if you accidently add too much salt to a stew or something, put in a whole potato, peeled, and remove once the stew is done cooking. this will absorb most of the salt."
- nigella lawson on rectifying kitchen boo-boos
nigella's crispy lamb chops
i credit nigella with getting me into the kitchen almost a decade ago. her nonchalant demonstrations are encouraging even for the least domesticated of us plus it helps that she is a food writer so all her directions are very wittily-worded. best of all and most useful of all, however, her practical recipes on proper knife-and-fork dinners prepared in all of 10 minutes. pictured above are her crispy lamb chops - which i really, really want right now!! maybe i'll make my own tonight? oh, how julie and julia!
something's gotta give
- dietrich bonhoeffer
rodarte motorcycle jacket
usd3,795 @ bergdorf goodman nyc
biker jackets never went out but with rodarte's version just in, an update may just be in order. something's going to have to give. what will it be - the european holiday, the laser hair removal package or next month's rent? hmm. tough.
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
paper bag ladies
"i think most women have their own personal paper bag hierarchy. the really good ones are for holding personal belongings, the ordinary ones are for holding groceries, the cute ones for using as gift wrappings, etc.”
- akiho mizuta, a part-time tokyo waitress in her late 20's
calfskin bags inspired by chanel boutique's gift bag
in tokyo, it is no longer cool use a backpack, shopper or even an eco-friendly bag. creative consumerism has driven the women there to employing high-end boutique paper bags for carrying everything from gym clothes to soya milk. case in point: ayaka nogami, 17, carries her sports uniform, lunchbox and plastic drink canister in a crumply prada bag that her older sister sold her for yen300. a cecil mcbee bag she has at home is for use only on weekend dates with her boyfriend and is ironed (inside-out so as not to burn the gold foil logo) after each outing. the trend has gone so far as to spawn an online market for such bags ranging from yen800 for the said cecil mcbee to yen2,000 for a large size louis vuitton. the key seems to be to separate your valuables (which go into a proper handbag) and everything else such as cigarettes, makeup case and a paperback (which go in the paper bag). so, ladies - save your bags. if you can't afford to shop right now, at least you can cherish the memory of the experience and, failing that, imagine it.
three's company
"my mother has never been involved in my professional life. i am very close to my mother but we keep it on a mother-daughter basis and not a work-related basis."
- sheena easton
mamie gummer, meryl streep and grace gummer
meryl streep and her two daughters, mamie and grace gummer, looked positively radiant at the gilt groupe and quintessentially sponsor taking woodstock screening. not only that, they also appeared to be genuinely enjoying each other's company. luv it.
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
pop it like it's hot
"i read fashion magazines, but i'm not all up in the mix. i'm not from this world. i haven't spent years in fashion making friends and making enemies. i barely know who half the people are. obviously, i know that katie grand started pop, and that it's a product that's so associated with her in this world. but in my world, it's just pop."
- dasha zhukova
dasha zhukova has put 13-year-old fashion blogger tavi in artwork by damien hirst on the first cover of her new magazine, POP, affirming her desire to meld the fashion and art worlds with this new venture. featured inside are a 25-year retrospective on naomi campbell, stem cell research with rodarte and a lady margaret thatcher profile but nothing of whether or not the the rumors that the editor in chief is pregnant by her billionaire boyfriend are true. on news stands 1 september.
louboutins for grabs!!
"i wanted to do shoes which are really just shoes for seduction. for pleasure. for sex. that's it. a shoe, you cannot run, you cannot even walk. you want to run in your shoes? buy sneakers."
- christian louboutin
the new blouse
"i won't take my clothes off because i can't believe it's necessary. you can be sexy with your clothes on just as well as you can by taking off your blouse."
- heather thomas
jason wu fw09
chloe asymmetric silk blouse
gbp530.43
matthew williamson sequin-embellished silk t-shirt
gbp1,373.91
marc jacobs perforated silk blouse
gbp756.52
derek lam oversized hessian t-shirt
gbp543.48
alexander mcqueen silk crepe pleated blouse
gbp460.87
ladylike chic has returned this fall. try pairing your staple pencil skirts with the new t-shirt blouse for a chic workwear option. netaporter has some great examples (above).
Monday, 17 August 2009
miuccia prada
"i liked it. it made the show more interesting."
- miuccia prada on the two models who fell strutting her ss09 catwalk
on leaving her outfit choices for high-profile events to the last minute: "it’s important that you feel right, so i use an instinct at the last moment. what i think is unbearable is to wear something that we don’t feel comfortable in. it’s completely, totally psychological. one dress you felt so happy in for that day and that occasion, you put it on in another moment and all the magic is completely disappeared. there is a very tricky relationship between the occasion and your mind at that moment."
girly burgers
"there are only two things our customers have, time and money - and they don't like spending either one of them, so we better sell them their hamburgers quickly."
- james mclamore, founder of burger king
french burger
hkd270
biotta berrie smoothie
hkd90
the intercontinental hotel lobby lounge is hard to beat if you're looking for high ceilings and hong kong-side harbour views. try the french burger which comes with a garden salad and truffle fries then wash it all down with an ice-cold biotta juice mocktail. for the perfect portion size go with a girlfriend and split it - the kitchen will happily dish it out pre-halved.
extra, extra!! get your free magazines!!
"it strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements and then attack it editorially - like inviting a man to dinner then spitting in his eye."
- david ogilvy
Friday, 14 August 2009
rodarte for tar-jeh
"apparently the rodarte girls watched midnight cowboy this afternoon to calm their nerves...."
- the moment shares how kate and laura mulleavy prepped themselves for the cfda awards, which saw them win womenswear designer of the year 2009
emma watson in rodarte
kate bosworth in rodarte
kiera knightly in rodarte
sisters kate and laura mulleavy are bringing their ethereal sensibility to the shelves of target this fall as part of go international's series of limited collections. the 55 piece rodarte line will go on sale 20 december and be in store for 45 days with price points ranging from usd9.99 for a pair of knee-highs to usd79.99 for a leopard print jacket and will include "a variety of great holiday dresses," said joshua thomas, a target spokesman. "it’s very feminine, yet very modern. the collection incorporates a rich mix of patterns and fabrications and everything from sequins and bows to faux fur. the key with rodarte is layering." images to be released in november. a high street version blessed by the original designer!! we can't wait. all photographs care of instyle.
baby-friendly malls
"getting a burp out of your little thing is probably the greatest satisfaction i've come across. it's truly one of life's most satisfying moments."
- brad pitt
my little niece, lucia, likes to chew on prada handbag tags - my sister is starting her early!! they are coming to hong kong next week and i am struggling to plan an itinerary. aside from ifc, pacific place, ocean terminal and festival walk, does anyone have suggestions for baby-friendly malls? i want to take her to horizon plaza (for cupcakes, of course) but the bathrooms are really, really bad. prince's building has tonnes of baby stuff on 4/f but i don't recall there being a baby changeroom..?
Thursday, 13 August 2009
taken to the cleaners
"the moon's an arrant thief, and her pale fire she snatches from the sun."
- william shakespeare
two men took 43 items from the graff store on new bond street in london last week including a yellow oval diamond ring containing 179 diamonds, an oval-shaped white diamond single line necklace encrusted with 78 diamonds and a multi-coloured diamond flower necklace consisting of 272 pink and yellow diamonds. they left with a female hostage although she was released upon their getaway in a blue bmw after firing the first of two warning shots into the air. this car crashed into the back of a black cab on dover street at which point the men fired a second shot, also into the air, and then switched to a silver mercedes. det supt stuart cundy, of scotland yard's flying squad, said that he was keeping an "open mind" about the robbery and had not ruled out that the diamonds were stolen to order for a "mr big" or that the criminals were helped by an insider.
not exactly the look we were going for....
"success is dangerous. one begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. it leads to sterility."
- pablo picasso
alice + olivia shrunken military jacket
alice + olivia beaded collar zebra stripe blazer
usd495 at nordstrom
dear, oh dear....
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