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‘Try to Find the Way Out’

Since Diesel purchased the majority of Maison Martin Margiela, they have been digging their brains to present new designs each season. With  the departure of designer himself Diesel is trying to show the world MMM has still got the signature style and as well opening new fields. One of the first of all was the limited perfume ‘Untitled’ released just a short while ago. I couldn’t help but became one of its cosumer. (see article here)

Line 13 has always been a strange collection line of MMM, full of surprise. Theme is always ‘the object’, which could be everything and anything from bottle opener to desk lamp. New object of this Spring Summer 2010 is actually not too strange to all of us as we have often seen and admired  it in MMM boutique—-the fake french door wallpaper.

I bet many of us have been wishing to purchase it in the past years and now it’s dream comes true! Diesel group might be doing a hard job on MMM label without its legendary designer, however, with the massive finance support Diesel is definitely trying to find a way out!

MMM line 13 – new white object
http://www.maisonmartinmargiela.com/en/news/index.html

Tags: Maison Martin Margiela

“I love you back” 4: My trench obsession continues

I often go to Eger, right opposite my office, to get my daily fix of coffee from Steam. Lately this seems to be the best place for people watching. The other day I saw this stylish femme in the queue at the coffee bar:

You can never go wrong with a trench coat. What I really liked about her coat was the ruched sleeve details, and also the fitted, slim silhouette – very Burberry Prorsum. Later on that day, a friend and I popped by Zara and we spotted the same coat there.

They had several other very similar trench coats too in a variety of shades and colours, and the prices weren’t that bad either. The different styles cost somewhere between approximately 77 and 99 GBP, a great bargain in other words.

Tags: street style, Zara

Pre-summer shopping haul

After reading Mark’s shopping posts (here and here) the other day I decided that I need to get some new t-shirts before summer. So the other day I went on a little shopping trip after work. Here’s what I picked up:

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Tags: Cheap Monday, Filippa K, H&M

“I love you back” – 3: Lady in red

So, I decided to follow in Qing’s footsteps and do a “I love you back” post. Earlier today in my lunch break I went to the 7-Eleven across the street from my office where I spotted this stylish femme. I think every woman should own at least one red trench coat, just the way I think every man should have at least one pair of red shoes in his closet. What I liked the most about her coat was how vibrant the red colour was.

I also liked how she was wearing black knee high leather boots and black tights with it. It was all so simple and ‘effortless’, but at the same time so chic!

Tags: street style

OUTFIT – follow Dries & ahead of AW10

I have expressed my love of Dries van Noten’s AW2010 show back in March (here’s the artcle).

By admiring the leopard scarf especially, I just remembered that I’ve bought a similar leopard print in velvet fabric a long time ago from which I was planning to make it into a skirt inspired by Marc by Marc Jacobs, you know, a bit of a grungee leopard dindl with contrast black elasticated waistband. Well, my laziness has saved this material and as well as in the past a few years my taste grew out of the girly grunginess. Now thanks for Dries van Noten’s AW2010 show, I have finally resolved what I’m gonna do with the fabric.

So here is the result, a leopard velvet scarf 50cm in width and 150cm in length. As much as I love Dries’ idea of mixing beige, navy, khaki and leopard together, I’m going to leave the khaki and beige to another autumnal time. Rouched shoulder detail polka dot top in Navy by H&M———Diesel mens jeans———–KG printed peep-tow chunky heel———-H&M electric blue nail varnish———–and of course hand-made Dries van Noten inspired leopard scarf. I hope you like it!

Tags: Dries Van Noten, street style

“Satisfy me one more time…”

No, the title of this post isn’t a request, it’s the name of a Frank Sinatra song which is featured on the record I’m holding on this picture. So yes, I decided to try the whole Sleeveface thing a million years after everyone else discovered it.

Outfit in the picture: Long-sleeve tee from Diesel Black Gold, cardigan from Marc by Marc Jacobs, jeans by Mardou & Dean and lace-ups from Louis Vuitton. And for those who are wondering what that weird thing in the background on the right side of the picture is, it’s a Norwegian troll.

Tags: sleeveface, street style