Sweet sweet hearts

You gotta have hearts for V-day.



C&C California Broken Heart Print Tank
$49. I love it that the model's looking at the camera and pulling on the tank seductively.


Yochi Design Multi Heart Charm Bracelet
$66. Such a gorgeous bracelet with understated elegance! I love it that they styled it against a piece of green garment. A romantic picnic in the park in the spring comes to mind.


Yochi Design Green Heart Double Chain Necklace
$72. At first, I didn't notice the rose cutout in the middle. Then I was like, oh wow a rose in the heart! What girl doesn't want that? And I'm crazy about the thick chain.

*Psst* You can show this to your boyfriends too :D

Fashion Week's favorites and not so favorite

Just saw pics from Marc Jacobs Fall 2007 show (source: New York Times).

I can't say I'm loving them. They have too many 80's elements, a little too busy and boring at the same time. And they look so rigid. What's with the stiff hat? What do you think?

I love Bestey Johnson Fall 2007! (source: Style.com).

She keeps everything cute and whimsical in her true Bestey style. The colors are rich. There are some "grownup" shades, but she keeps the cut fun and youthful. The shapes are so flattering. Any girl would look great in that plaid coat.

Derek Lam is also one of my favorites. (source: Style.com).

The key colors are white, grey, black, and midnight blue. They work so fabulously together. The cuts are unbelievable, so mondern and edgy, but not hardcore. You'd look so cool in that white shirt, belted grey vest, grey jacket and black leather pants!

She's the queen

New York Times has the best Fashion and Style section in my opinion. I've been getting my Fashion Week feed from there. They have tons of reviews, pictures, and videos. I came across this interesting article on Anna Wintour, Citizen Anna. She is quite fascinating.

'...

“No one says no to her,” Mr. Roberts said. “And, in a weird way, it’s not her fault.”

Lacking mortal patience, Ms. Wintour is unlikely to help people who feel intimated by her, but at least by her efforts she can show them worlds that might have been unavailable to them, and maybe, in the process, allow them to see her as Shelley plain. “I don’t understand what people are scared of,” Ms. Price said. “That they’re going to have a lesser relationship with Anna? I think they want to be closer, but they don’t know how.”'

Juice Couture for Valentine's Day

I'm so in love with Juice Couture's love charms. I wish I could get them all! Well, a girl can dream, can't she? They'd make perfects gifts (unless you're expecting diamonds, lol).

Juice Couture Heart Charm Bracelet $128.00. The charms look good enough to eat!

Lovestruck Cluster Charm Bracelet $98.00. The little angel and the pink heart with the arrow are so darling.

Lip Gloss Bracelet $75.00. I love lip gloss charms! The two shades of gloss are light pink and dark pink, which are just gorgeous. And I love the tiny crowns at ends of toggle bar.

I'd squeel in delight if I received these gifts. Girls, show this to your boyfriends *wink wink*.

Romantic dresses for Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Do you ladies know what special plans your beau is making? I hope you have a very romantic day. It definitely helps to dress up for it. I've always loved to put on something pretty and romantic even if we don't go out. I definitely makes a girl feel special :) All these beautiful dresses are from Rampage. You can get free shipping on all DRESS purchases right now at Rampage.com


Nothing says love and passion like a red dress. I don't have a red dress yet. I always thought it would be a little too bold for me, especially long dresses. This one has a hint of cuteness that I think any girl would look great in it. It'd be perfect for a candle-lit dinner. Sheer Matte Jersey Empire Ruched Cross Back Dress, $64.


Gosh how adorable is this dress. If you plan on going to a party, you will for sure look hot on the dance floor. Shiny Lamour Two Tone Strapless Dress $86.








If you are going to the opera, ballet or the symphony, you definitely want to look classy and elegant. A pretty black dress is perfect for it. I love this one. The length is just right. Anything longer you'd look too stuffy. And it has just the right amount of details, not flashy or boring. Lace Halter Dress with Bow Detail $104.


My, I love this dress! I'd be channeling Grace Kelly in it. Your babe had better take you out and show you off if you wear this fabulous dress.
Lace Sleeveless Party Dress with Sash Detail $68, on sale for $29.99!! Can't beat that fabulous price either.

Is Spring here yet?

February blahs are real. On both days of the weekend, we had friends over, and we were lounging around and eating sweet potato pie and lamenting that the weather is too brutal for us to go anywhere. So we resorted to online shopping.

As soon as I saw this top, I said "it makes me miss spring. I really wish the winter would be over soon." It looks so air-light in the soft silk and the faint mint color. I imagine myself wearing this walking around Kensington Market in Toronto on a sunny day. Going to outdoor markets in the summer is what I miss right now. Silk empire-waist tunic $68 at Banana Republic.

So tell me what piece(s) of clothing or accessory do you miss wearing in spring and summer? For me, it's my soft chiffon tops and dresses that I can wear as they are (without layering). They are flowy and pretty and always put me in a good mood.

Anna Sui

I'm a big fan of Anna Sui. Her design is so feminine with exquisite details, especially her accessories and beauty products. I was happy to find some great Anna Sui stuff on sale on this online store YesStyle. These would make great Valentine's Day gifts ;)

Face Powder $40 on sale for $32. It has such Victorian glamour. It's too pretty to be used! I love the case and I love the pink puff.

Butterfly Face Mirror $38 on sale for $25. A friend of mine bought it on her trip to Hong Kong during the holidays. It looks exquisite in person. I was pretty jealous when she showed it to me.

Butterfly Chain with "Sui Love" charm $52 on sale for $35. I love all her butterfly accessories. The pink alabaster swarovski crystals are so pretty.

Clutch on sale for $30!! What a great deal for such a gorgeous bag. I love the light mint color, the sparkly rhinestones and the silver chain strap. This is perfect for spring.

Good e.l.f.

e.l.f.'s having a 30% off Pucker Up sale these 3 days only (expiring on Feb 4th). Just enter the code pucker.

I ordered from e.l.f a couple of weeks ago. It finally arrived today! I'm happy to report that I am impressed with the Supper Glossy Lip Shine SPF 15. I pratically ordered all the shades. I love the non-greasy non-sticky moisturizing texture, and the grape vanilla scent smells great. Not overwhelming, just a light fruity scent, and it doesn't have any weird taste like many other lipglosses. The color is very sheer and shiny, but not overly shiny like our lips are going to drip oil. My favorite shades are Watermelon, Goddess, and Malt Shake. I think they suit all any skin tones. And the fact that they have SPF 15 is an extra bonus. I'm obsessed with sun protection, on my face and on my lips. I usually put on a chapstick with SPF first, then put on lip color over it. Now I only need to carry one lipgloss for two jobs. Excellent!

I also got the All Over Color Stick in Persimmon. It's a very light nude color. I put it on my cheeks and my cheeks are instantly glowing. The color is very faint, which is good for me 'cause I always worry about putting too much blush on my face, and with some blushes that have intense pigmentation, that is very easy to do. No danger with this stick. I also put a little bit o my eyelids for shimmery eyes.

I'm also impressed with Eye Shadow Brush. I really didn't have high expectations for the brush, I just needed a new eye shadow brush, so I thought what the heck. I'm glad I did. The hair is so soft. It picks up shadow well, and sweeps on the color evenly. I just hope the hair doesn't fall out after a few days.

The Shielding Hydro Tint SPF 15 - Tone 1 has a very light silky texture. The color is pretty natural, but the coverage isn't that great, like any other tinted moisturizer, but I'm fine with it since I don't need much coverage anyway.

I haven't tried on the fake eyelashes yet. They look really pretty. I'll try them this weekend for going out.

Overall, I'm pleased with e.l.f's products, and they are only $1. Try them out if you haven't :)

Can you be more Kawaii?

As you'd know by now that I have a strong propensity towards cute things. Being an Asian girl, I'm naturally drawn to pretty, cute, girly stuff (perhaps it's a cultural thing). When I found this online store AsiaJam.com, I was pretty excited. The stuff is too cute for words. I want everything, seriously, I don't even know how to pick and choose. And nothing is pricy, which makes it even harder to curb the urge to buy, buy, buy. My guy looks over and says "this is so you! I could almost see you buying the entire store." Yep, I'm on cuteness overload. These are only first 4 things I saw and there are more that I like.
Classy 60's Mod Cape Jacket $26.00. How lady-like is this jacket! It's also available in black and red. But I think the green is the best, uncommon.
Velvet Royal Baby Doll Dress $28.00. I love the rich blue velet on this dress. I don't have a velvet dress. It's sort of an "old" material, if not done properly, it can make a dress look old-lady-ish. It's perfect for this baby doll dress. And I love the big buttons, very retro chic.
Checkered Dolly Bow Flat Shoes $24.00. Possibily the cutest flats I've seen. Most of the shoes are vintage inspired. Gotta love it.
Mickey Mouse Earmuffs $13.90. I love earmuffs. This one has all my favorite elements, Mickey Mouse, baby blue, fuzzy balls.

Check out this fab store by clicking on this

AsiaJam

ALDO end of season sale!

ALDO is having an end of season sale. There's an extra 50% off on all the reduced boots. There are some great deals! And I love it that they charge a flat $7 shipping rate. Don't you just hate the escalating shipping fees based on the total price?

I especially like these boots. When I get end-of-season items, I usually go for the classic style, so even if I can't wear them for very long this year, I can still pull them out next year.

Emela, $149.99, on sale for $34.99.

Domenga, $109.99, on sale for $52.47.

Deseri, $129.99, on sale for $29.97.

I'm very critical about ankle boots. But I gotta say that this one is pretty. I like the knot a lot. Nadda, $169.99, on sale for $79.97.

Bold print

This is the dress I bought on gojane.com for $5.99 a while back (funny how the shipping was more than the dress itself, but it was still an incredible deal). I never got around to wearing it. It turned out better than I thought. I was a little afraid of the print. I tend to go with solid colors as opposed to big prints. But we all should try something new once in a while, right? I really like the belt that came with too. I can keep the rest of the outfit simple, black tights, black pumps. I'm going shopping with a girlfriend tonight, which I'm excited about. Besides the online shopping that I do constantly, I haven't physically gone shopping in a long time.

Will women's clothing sizes be standardized one day?

Read this article, Spain to standardize women's clothing sizes in Toronto Star today. Spain is really setting a good example for the rest of world. I hope someday we will all have a standardized sizing sytem. Some stores' sizes are on the small side, and some stores' sizes are on the big side. There's just too much confusion over sizes. It can really freak a girl out when one minute she's a 6 and the next she's a 10.

"MADRID, Spain–Spain's government has reached an agreement with major fashion designers, including the owner of the Zara chain, to standardize women's clothing sizes with the aim of promoting a healthier image.
...
The program, designed by the health ministry, will also prevent those companies from using window displays featuring clothes smaller than a European size 38 (10 in Britain, 8 in the United States). They will have five years to phase in the change.

The health ministry's program aims to end a situation in which a woman who buys a size 40 dress from one designer may not fit a size 40 garment from another designer. The ministry said the differences sometimes lead women to feel compelled to lose weight.

Designers should be encouraged to "promote a healthy physical image that conforms with the reality of the Spanish population,'' the ministry said.

The agreement also stipulates that European size 46 no longer be specifically labelled as a larger size.

..."

List of my favorite shoe sellers on eBay

Seeing as how much time I spend on eBay, especially looking for shoes, and how many great deals I've gotten (I've had disappointments of course. A couple of pairs didn't fit well, so I sold them on eBay, which worked out in the end). I thought I should compose a list of my favorite shoe sellers to share with all my fashionista friends. They all have a big selection of styles, boots, pumps, wedges, peep-toes, stacked-heels, etc, and most of them start at low prices, $9.99 - $19.99. And their shipping charges are reasonable too. Unlike other sellers who charge like $30 for one pair, which is just ridiculous.

AMI Store

NYC House of Style

Cool Shoes MD

Ensemble Fashions New York Online

Glamour Girl Shoes

Gotham City Online

E Shoe Warehouse

Orangemika

shoehouse1

Sexy leopard print

I love this leopard print peep-toe pump, even if my guy says leopard print kinda reminds him of Peg Bundy, but I ignore him (although if this shoe had a long pointy toe and a skinny heel also covered in leopard print minus the sexy plantform, and if a pair of leopard print leggings came with the shoe, I would be reminded of Peg Bundy too).

If you like this shoe too, get it on eBay. They are only $18.99, and they are in various sizes too.

Guy's perspective - silly shirt

This one needs no introduction. I bring you a new installment of "Guy's perspective".

Wow there are so many possible methods of attack for this horrible
horrible shirt. Well first off it makes me think of crappy drapes from a rumpus room in the 60s. It's really got that "Tacky Furniture" feel to it. It even trumps the classic gawdy button-down the "Hawaiian shirt", staple of drunken co-eds everywhere.

Also I think this type of shirt speaks of a certain type of personality. Like an overly brash used-car salesman or mayhaps your irratating uncle Larry, with the bad toupee. Once again I'm not on the cusp of fashion, but if this thing is what's considered fashionable I'm glad to be on the outside of the fashion world.

Wow, my wife just informed me this thing is 150 bucks! Holy crap! What guy wants to buy a nice belt or a good pair of shoes when they could just as easily blow that much on a shirt that looks like it was cut from a futon? Not this guy!

Hey I never made a jab about homosexuality this whole post! *cough* ghey *cough* sorry.

Free shipping at e.l.f.

Geez...just after I placed an order on e.l.f's website last week, they decided to offer free shipping this week. I still don't know if this offer is also for the Canadian customers. They charged me a flat $7 last week when I ordered. To make the shipping charge worthwhile, of course I bought a bunch of stuff.

Any of you tried e.l.f's products? I'm not expecting much since they are only 1 buck. I was too curious, I gave into the hype. I bought their SPF lipgloss in most of the shades, fake eyelashes, a tinted moisturizer, and couple of brushes. Let me now if you've tried them.

Fedoras on guys

Speaking of hats in my previous post, I think guys should wear hats more often too, but not the baseball cap or trucker hat variety, but the fedora. I think it is HOT. It has an old-world gentlemanly feel, but on a young guy, it's just so funky and stylish, exemplified by Justin Timberlake. An article in New York Times, Old Hat? Not on a Young Head, talks about this trend. My guy and I were shopping the other day, I made him try on a few just for shits and giggles. They looked pretty good on him. However I'd have a hard convincing him to actually wear one. Like he says, we're suburbnites, it'd look over the top here, unless we go shopping on Queen Street West in Toronto.

5 things you didn't know about me

I've been reading other people's interesting "5 things you didn't know about me" posts. Then the hilarious Daddy Likey tagged me. I gotta say it's much easier to read others than to come up with my own. Here we go:

1). I'm a big fan of horror books and movies. I have a near complete collection of Richard Laymon's (one of the most underrated horror writers) books. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago. I was pretty sad. But I've discovered more excellent horror writers since then. And I only go to movie theaters to see horror or action movies, as a result very few of my girlfriends would ever go with me. The only time I can remember that they went with me was to see "Dreamcatcher" (which is not a horror movie by my standard, more of a sci-fi), they all had to get up and walk out of the theater in the middle of it, including a guy friend.

2). I loved LOVED "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (and "Angel"). I still watch it sometimes for old time's sake. One thing I miss about the show, besides the witty banters, is Buffy's outfits. I always thought she had the cutest clothes in the world.

3). Did I mention that I wish I had a corporate job like an executive assistant to a CEO so I could wear sexy secretary outfits, like a body-skimming silk blouse with a tight pencil skirt and 4" Prada heels sauntering down the hallway? Yep I envy those girls. Now I'm sure they'd tell me how much work it is to get gussied up every morning. But since I don't have such a job, I like to think that it must be so much fun getting dressed up to go to work. And you'd have a great excuse to go shopping for new clothes all the time.

4). I love rollercoasters. I love Canada's Wonderland. I go there every summer. Sometime years I even get a season pass. And ever since they built a huge outlet mall beside the park, I go there even more often. We would spend half a day at the park, when we couldn't stand the heat anymore, we'd go to the mall to shop, it has all my favorite stores.

5). I live such a simple and boring life. One of my favorite pasttimes on the weekend is that we go to Costco, walk around eating all the free samples and leave without actually buying anything. We don't find shopping at Costco a good deal for us 'cause there are only 2 people to feed. If we bought food in big packages, they'd go bad for sure. Once in a while I pick up a book or two there, but it's all about the free samples ;)

Speaking of Costco, I think we're due for a trip there. Before I go, I tag Blooming Lily, Diamond Crowns, Fashion Asia, The Fashionable, Pretty Eastern. I don't know if any of you have been tagged already. If so, I guess you can ignore me :).