Summer Lookin'

I'm HOME. That of course, merits some welcome-back-home shopping. So I was sitting in Chanel with my mom and in walks the coolest dressed girl I've seen all day- and she was wearing this dress:

I instantly recognized her dress was Marc by Marc Jacobs because I just bought the hot pink shirt version of this print hours before on sale. And she translated this runway look into streetwear very well. Here is what she wore:

The dress (of course).

And really, the dress is very loose and wasn't meant to be worn by itself like how the model above is. So, she had on Marc by MJ's long skinny sleeved top (in exactly the same shade as shown in this picture) underneath. And yes, although they look very similar here, the two colors do have contrast. Although I think the contrast worked especially well because her complexion was really pale.

In addition to that, she was also carrying this Vuitton Antigua tote and last season's Dior Vintage Flower ballet flats.

I was very impressed that I was able to recognize the brand of everything she was wearing (I bet if I had a close-up I'd also be able to identify her dangling earrings as Dior). But anyway, back to the point, I LOVED the overall look and feel she was emanating. It was effortlessly cool, girly, chic and casual- the perfect street translation of the dress's runway look.

SS06 Accessories Trend: Clipframe Bags

I've been seeing clipframe bags everywhere in shops, and they can be so lady-like and chic, but you've got to be careful to buy one that looks modern and not cheap.

This season's Prada's version of huge clipframe bags -practical and stylish!

Marc Jacobs Quilted Clutch -I love this bag. It looks like a mini version of the oh-so-popular and gorgeous Stam bag.

Miu Miu has this range of "Summer Frames" out. I love them. The red one is perfect for daytime and the gold one for evening. They're so pretty that I'm displaying four colours!

OK let's see what high street shops have:
Lady Luck Handbag and Rose Noir Handbag, both from the ever funky, lady-like Anthropologie. Just picture 50s skirts/ dresses with these clipframe bags!

Luncheon Purse by Anthropologie -The name says it all: Take it to a chic lunch with friends!

By Miss Selfridge -The leather band on the chains makes it more comfortable for the bag to hang from your shoulders, but the colour is not quite appealing.

Chanel look-alike from Top Shop.

Another choice from Top Shop if you like clipframe clutches. But I wonder if this bag looks cheap in real life.

By Miss Selfridge. This clutch is SO adorable! And so so so girly -loves it!

Packing and Going Home

Phew. The last few days have been hectic. After finishing exams, Barneys Girl and I did a bit of express shopping. Then BG packed up her whole room and had movers transfer the boxes to storage while I swept and mopped my flat, (who knew there was so much dust lying around?) And right now? BG is on the plane flying back to Hong Kong and I'm packing. I'm desperately trying to fit 25 novels, a few textbooks, the past few issues of Vogue and Teen Vogue, and all my clothes, beauty products and gadgets into my baggage weight limit (-that's 30kg only!) I'm obviously not going to get much sleep tonight.

Anyways, the point is, there will be no new posts this weekend. So let me point you to our posts in JANE's fashion & beauty blog: The links are on the right hand column right under "About I am Fashion". If you haven't, then go take a look! See you all on Monday!

Summer Celebration

I'm FINALLY officially on summer holiday! The long, slow and painful process of finals are over and I'm finally done packing. Packing is such a pain- especially when you have to move everything out into storage in boxes and you, like me, do not live lightly. I am always amazed at how much thing can be put together in one small space. Anyway, enough of rambling. The point is, I'm DONE. And in celebration, I went online and looked at pretty shoes. . .

Naturally I was first drawn to these gorgeous ballet pumps from Marc by Marc Jacobs. Especially because the criss cross thing in the front is not elastic. The ones with elastic just somehow looks kind of strange.

Then I saw these adorable pumps. Normally I'm not a fan of this orangy coral color, but Paul & Joe really has a way with it!

These by Pedro Garcia are exquisite-or it would be if the edges weren't frayed. . . . . .

Dior heels are always smashingly sexy.

For a more comfortable height, try these by Kovette. They are funky and cool.

Then there were the beeeautiful shiny ones. Loving this one from Marc Jacobs.

These from Giuseppe Zanotti are divine. The design is just so elegant and simple, but it still stands out a lot because of its bronze color.

Let the summer begin!

CFDA Awards 2006 Fashion

CFDA Awards is the fashion world’s Oscar Awards. So thankfully, most people were well-dressed.

Francisco Costa (Calvin Klein) -Womenswear Designer of the Year with Natalia Vodianova in Calvin Klein (in both pictures)

Diddy -Menswear Designer of the Year. I just don't get this. I mean I'm sure he doesn't even actually design his fashion line.

Olivier Theyskens (Rochas) –International Award winner with Anna Wintour. I have been loving Rochas the past few seasons. For those of you who haven’t checked out the Rochas FW06 show, go look it up now! For someone who’s in her 50s, Anna Wintour looks seriously amazing.

Bee Schaffer also looking stylish Narcisco Rodriguez. Random observation: her hair is so shiny!

Proenza Schouler duo: Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough with Chloe Sevigny in a Proenza Schouler FW06 dress.

Paparazzi favourites Karl Lagerfeld and Lindsay Lohan in Lagerfeld Gallery. The dress is really well-cut. Li-Lo looks fab as usual.

The pretties:

Scarlett Johansson in Calvin Klein. The dress is so modern lady-like, unfortunately not very photogenic.

Heidi Klum in Giles Mendel. Heidi looks fantastic as usual but for some odd reason, the dress reminds me of a furry animal.

Erin Wasson and Gemma Ward. I just can’t resist posting Gemma –she looks so pretty and I love the dark blue cardigan and mellow yellow dress combination. I would say I like Erin’s outfit too, except the dress underneath the leather jacket is absolutely horrendous, especially for such an event.

Carmen Marc Valvo and Lydia Hearst in the designer’s dress. Pretty black dress!

Alicia Keys (in Vera Wang), Amanda Bynes and Jamie-Lynn Sigler (in Monique Lhuilier) are my celebrity picks. This just shows white dresses don’t have to be boring and can vary a lot.

Rhiana and Jameie King both wearing Max Azria Atelier dresses. I can’t decide whether I like the sleek dress more or the pretty one.

Jessica Simpson in Michael Kors. The pretty white dress looks somewhat trashy on Jessica. Maybe if the dress was longer…

Frederic Fekkai Summer Hair- Wash and Wear

Being more on the oily side myself, I am very fed up with hair that goes oily after just one day of washing. So I was very excited when my friend told me about this spray on shampoo. It sounded sooo cool. You spray it on, blow dry it and it'll take away oil and other remnants in the hair. Not a drop of water involved. So we really excitedly gave it a try. Imagine how easy life would be!!

Unforunately, some things really are too good to be true. I sprayed it on, I blowed dried it and waited for the miracle to happen- nothing happened. It looked exactly the same as before. And it actually felt dirtier because I've added more products into it! Am very disappointed. And I don't think its because I don't know how to use it or its just my type of hair or something. My friend tried it as well and nothing happened.

Guess we'll be keeping our hair clean the good old fashion way after all- with water!

SS06 Fashion Trend: Dungaree Dresses

I had always associated dungaree dresses (and anything that look like overalls) to the 90s. So I was pretty surprised when this trend is back again so soon. I'm not a big fan of wearing-overalls and the workman look, but the dresses are too cute and fun to play with to resist. Also, if you're the fashion-loving type who notices runway backstage photos, you'll notice a lot of models have been wearing dungaree-clothes, (although models can get away with wearing anything of course.)

Dungaree dresses are not the easiest things to wear, but there are a lot of ways you can make it fun and trendy. From the SS06 runways:

Hermes and Max Mara -The simplest way to wear it, ie. wearing only the dress. While this works on the runway and works with professionally tailored dresses, you might end up looking like you just walked out of a construction site in real life when you wear the high street versions.

Betty Jackson and Chloe -SO cute and fun! Wear eye-popping coloured shirt or polo underneath. It would be best if the shirt underneath has a good cutting or made of silk, so you would look stylishly cute instead of childish cute.

Marc by Marc Jacob -Are there any trends that can't be found on the Marc runway? The right look shows how dungaree dresses can be incorporated into the haute ballerina look by using simple layers.

Shopping around online:

This denim dungaree dress is by Guess. From the photo, it actually looks pretty well made. I did see a similar, lighter-coloured version at H&M and thought that one looked cheap. (I bought it and returned it the next day!)

Lux Washed Rip Apron Dress from Urban Outfitters -I actually just bought this one last week. I tried it on with a sparkly tank top underneath and loved it. It's also got a bit of an empire-cut, so it looked like a dungaree babydoll dress when I tried it. In typical UO fashion, it def looks better in real life than in this website photo.

Top Shop Pinafore Style Dress -From the shape of the dress, I'm guessing it won't suit everyone. It's much easier to wear A-line ones (like the Guess one.) However, I have seen some people pull it off and they look great in it.

Sunner Christie Overall Dress from Shopbop -Here is an example of unflattering shapes. Actually, the problem with this dress is that it doesn't seem to have much of a shape. When shopping, look for the dungaree dresses that tighten at the waist or have an empire-cut.

Do have fun with this trend!