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Fashion Windows: Shanghai (NanJing West Road) August 2010

Nan Jing West Road 南京西路, is a classic shopping street in Central Shanghai which can be dated back to 30s. Nowadays, it’s filled with flagship stores and department stores. It is a equivalent of a nice mixture of London Oxford Street, Regent Street and Kings Road.

Louis Vuitton flagship store is under construction and it strikes about a 10 story height…

More pictures from Louis Vuitton, Loewe, Miu Miu and Tom Ford after the jump.

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Tags: Loewe, Louise Vuitton, Miu Miu, Tom Ford

Inside Noise Market

In the past 2 days I have been sourcing and researching all sorts in a mahoosive market in Guangzhou, a city 2 hours drive away north from HongKong. There you could find anything from belts to buttons, from fur trims to any type of fabric, from earings to zips etc…You wouldn’t know where to start from and that is just one market in that city. There’re a lot other ones specializing specific product areas.

In the middle of sourcing among all the car horns, human noises, walked pass a man and I loved his back pack so much that I had to run after him to take this shaky photo. His double denim also looks very spot on. Guys who want to try ‘double-denim’ take note here – boxy waistcoat and roll-up above-knee denim shorts is such a good combo by avoid looking too much denim on you !!

Tags: street style

Journey to ‘That Dress’

If I can only have one black maxi dress, it needs to be easily multi-styled, not too flared, it needs to have some texture, be a little bit asymmetric and it needs to have an interesting cut (not be just a long straight tube obviously). Thinking about all these criteria made me chuckle at myself a little - “pfffff, this is just mission impossible!”

On the other side, I often believe shopping is like a fate, for if you are supposed to meet ’something’, then voila !… you meant to belong to each other! In this post I will present to you that one special dress, the one I thought would be impossible to find. To get it, however, I had to go on quite a journey.

asymmetric shoulder with one side like a vest, the other side with a cup sleeve

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Tags: Alexander Wang, Browns, Harvey Nichols, Liberty

Editorialista Perfume!

It is beyond your imagaination that not only movie stars and singers got their own perfumes out, but the editor at large is actually becoming Laaaaarge! Anna Dello Russo, editor at large for Vogue Nippon, is rumored (or possibly even confirmed) to launch her own perfume before Christmas 2010.

With bottle shaped as a golden heel, some critics point out the bottle design is a little tacky and put doubt towards the campaign which is featuring a blurry black and white image of the editor. I think it’s a very fashion insider’s thing.

Anna is a true celebrity within fashion industry and the name of her perfume ’Beyond’ even resembles very well to her own character. Her style is truly beyond, who has the balls to wear a ‘Wowzer’ cocktail dress at 9am in the morning during Fashion Weeks?!

Fashion photographer and blogger Tommy Ton from Jak & Jil has a long-term admiration to Anna and was even invited to her spectacular apartment in Milan.

If you have a look of Anna’s apartment, you would then realize the gold shoe bottle actually is a reflection of her true Italian Renaissance style. Editorialista is BEYOND the fashionistas!

All images are sourced from Style.com, Jak & Jil and The Satorialist.

Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Jak & Jil, street style

“I love you back” 13: Dark Angel continued…

This time the dark angel is blogger Susie Bubble. I’ve spotted her on the bus and was instantly drawn to her long line sheered shirt with long side splits. She played really well with different hem lengths by teaming the shirt with a pair of black cycling shorts. The black and navy colour blocking jacket was in a boxy shape, which is contrasted to the soft sheerness of the shirt. And to finish all a pair of chunky heel boots are essential additions! Gold studs and buckles were highlighted on the boots which gives a little touch of military. I tried very hard to hold myself back for not asking for a front shot.

Tags: street style, Susie Bubble

Come As You Are

Back in May I was thinking what to do with my birthday. It would be really nice to have a sit-down meal however not too formal. It would need to be a joyful atmosphere with no other group of parties interfering. And on top of all it got to be fun and special. All of those sounds quite like a mission to organize but with 2 months in advance I thought it would be  manageable. The only question is where?

Then back from very beginning of 2010 I came across with this blog called Fernandez & Leluu and was instantly drawn to the brilliant idea of home cook and private dinning. I have been willing to attend the event long enough and suddenly I clapped my hands – why not ask them to host my birthday dinner party?!

The result was brilliant! It was a hot July Saturday. With guest slowing filling up the living room,  which the couple turned into a little restaurant, the layout  looked so cosy and welcome. Music was playing on Spotify with my birthday play list I made a week ago. After weeks of emails back and forth with Uyen on discussing the menu, we had finalized with a massive 7 course dinner plan called ‘Upside Down & Inside Out’… love it!

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Model Scene ‘China Doll’ – Emma Pei 裴蓓

It is a great pleasure to see wmore Chinese models breaking into the international model scene. We had some positive feedback from our last model scene on Liu Wen. And recently another dolly face is slowly drawing my attention and her name is Emma Pei, once introduced by John Galliano to the world in a finale as his favourite model of the moment. Here I thank ‘Asian Models’ blog to have gathered so many vibrant editorial. So be ready to be blown away…

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Tags: Emma Pei

是不是有点超低龄？Chanel resort campaign 2011

It was back in May when Chanel launched their Resort 2011 lookbook in Saint-Tropez. I have really been hesitating to post this entry. Does Georgia Jagger look a bit too young there? Feels a bit like a little girl stealing from her mum’s wardrobe and showing off…

Then later in a discussion with a fashion fellow, she shrugged—’isn’t that a Chanel thing?!’

‘What?’ I was confused.

‘Back in the 80s when my boss had to entertain Karl in HongKong, he particularly requested some young boys.’

‘How young?’

‘Like 12, 13.’

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Tags: Chanel, Georgia Jagger

Chloe Resort 2011

I want to keep this one short and sweet, our next summer shopping check list starts from right here… …

Nude, check…black leather, check…white, check…still those same elements, somehow Chloe managed looking new again… …oh and check those missionary sandals…

Tags: Chloe

The African Spirit – Bestow Elan

My recent visit to Pure London was a completely different experience compared to 2 years ago. It has more diversity to the range of selected brands and designers. A group of new young talents emerging through London’s fashion scene and my feeling is, they definitely feel more prepared and matured. One of them is a true born and bred Brixton designer, Erzumah Ackerson, who draws her inspiration from both classic and vintage stimuli, as well as influences from her Ghanaian heritage. I was first drawn to her Moroccan blue head wrap scarf which strongly contrasted to her skin, then my attention stopped on her cleverly cut n’ cross n’ twisted jersey long maxi.

The looped hem detail reminds me the scarf wrapping method I learnt from Morocco. With so many maxis for this summer in flared or in tube, Bestow Elan’s looped hem ‘Toga’ maxi Dress looks fresh and new.

The way she uses African print is also very subtle, a little bit here and there which you can just feel about it, but not overly covered. Like the dress here below, print only peeping out from inside layer of sleeves.

…or like this one, print is contrasted with draped fluid silk on the waist area.

With tribal african print become more and more commercial these days, you probably find it normally in a very safe cut of summer tea dress shape. However, I always wish the vibrant print could be formed in a more modern and unique way instead of a simple tea dress. Bestow Elan is just exactly what I was looking for.

Ackerson use

Tags: African Print, Bestow Elan