Top: Banana Repulic
Shorts: Joe's Jeans
Sandals: Steve Madden
Shades: Betsey Johnson
Sometimes glam and casual make the best combination. And it helps when your best friend leaves her supercool sunglasses behind for you to borrow. :)
TIMELESS.
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what's old is what's new. what's vintage is what's cool. what parents tell you now is what they experienced. what parents teach you is what timeless. because you will tell their story someday, to your child. and the same pattern will start to play again..
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you may want to look away; you always can turn your ears deaf to their scolds; you might hate them for reasons..
but your heart will always realize that they love you. and your deepest mind will miss the way they complain how you behave when they're not by your side anymore..then every memories passed with love&hatred seems like dreams..and you always wanna be living in your past, even you definitely know the reality. but the truth, hurts.
Mango top; Yellow Line hotpants; unbranded stockings; boots from hongkong; LV sling bag; mom's random accessories
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anyway thanks so much for makeupandbeauty[dot]com that has added me on their featuring directory! Feel free to contact me on LiaWP@live.com ;)
for Moslems, I wish you all the best on your fasting :)
anyway thanks so much for makeupandbeauty[dot]com that has added me on their featuring directory! Feel free to contact me on LiaWP@live.com ;)
for Moslems, I wish you all the best on your fasting :)
Une Vie Yves Saint Laurent
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So...Paris!
Oh, how I wish I had been there longer, but I did manage to sneak in a few real treats during my visit. The best one, in my opinion?
The Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective at the Petit Palais. I hadn't any idea it was there, but my mom and I were walking around and spotted signs for it, and we just had to go check it out. If you are as big a fan of fashion as I am and you're in Paris while the exhibit is still on display, I highly recommend it.
There were fifteen different rooms, each filled with the late designer's most impeccable pieces from every period of his career. I swear, there were probably around four-hundred different looks altogether. And the way everything was arranged- oh, it was beautiful.
Just a few highlights, but really, each and every outfit is magical on its own. It is just amazing to see the amount of detail and work that goes into every individual outfit. I mean, I get frustrated when I have to hand sew buttons on. Just think sewing on every last sequin on a ballgown! Fantastic.
So if you get the chance, try to stop by the show. You will not be disappointed, I promise.
Oh, how I wish I had been there longer, but I did manage to sneak in a few real treats during my visit. The best one, in my opinion?
The Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective at the Petit Palais. I hadn't any idea it was there, but my mom and I were walking around and spotted signs for it, and we just had to go check it out. If you are as big a fan of fashion as I am and you're in Paris while the exhibit is still on display, I highly recommend it.
There were fifteen different rooms, each filled with the late designer's most impeccable pieces from every period of his career. I swear, there were probably around four-hundred different looks altogether. And the way everything was arranged- oh, it was beautiful.
Just a few highlights, but really, each and every outfit is magical on its own. It is just amazing to see the amount of detail and work that goes into every individual outfit. I mean, I get frustrated when I have to hand sew buttons on. Just think sewing on every last sequin on a ballgown! Fantastic.
So if you get the chance, try to stop by the show. You will not be disappointed, I promise.
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Dreams for the new year (2)
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more ideas for back-to-school shopping!
(from left: calderbrook blouse; In-the-lines cardigan; swan song skirt; mullany dress; dog trot cardigan. all from Anthropologie)
As always, I'll be making the rounds at Anthropologie, perhaps my favorite store around. Here are some pieces that I would really love to add to my wardrobe. The tank top especially I think could work for just about everything. With jeans, shorts, tucked into a high-waisted skirt, or with black leggings and my chunky Juicy Couture wedges. Both sweaters are super cute, and I just really like the color of the swan skirt. I don't think I have much purple in my closet.
(Miu Miu Fall 2010 campaign)
Like the majority of the fashion world, I am head-over-heels in love with Miu Miu's fall collection. It is just such a great example of how to create interesting shapes and details with fabric. As a collection, it shines, but each individual piece stands out as a masterpiece too. I mean, honestly, can you find one bad look from that show?
(from left: Jenny rocking the kilt on Gossip Girl: Poppy Moore (Emma Roberts) spicing up her uniform in Wild Child; the ever-chic Clueless crowd)
In elementary school I had to wear a uniform, so it's weird to think that I would ever want to be back in plaid and Peter Pan collars. But now that I'm in the world of whatever-I-want-to-wear, I wouldn't mind the prep school look every once in a while.
I have no idea what I'll end up buying when I finally do go shopping, but I will certainly keep these inspirations in mind.
Dreams for the new year (1)
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I am back from my European adventures, and I have a lifetime of stories to tell, but unfortunately, I have not a single moment to rest. School begins in two weeks, volleyball tryouts are next week, and, most importantly, I have to pick out the most necessary pieces of my back-to-school wardrobe. Now, other than a dress and sweater combo I picked up in Paris, I have no idea what I'm going to get. But as always, I have ideas...
PARISIENNE UNDERGROUND.
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"Disco is when you feel each other without words" - BarbieJunk
Im living in a roller-coaster life nowadays, or maybe a disco night life? Everything turns into a mess in a dramatically fun way, and it rocks! I love my high school routines, everyone I meet in class, and so does every teacher with their subjects to teach.. I was always expecting for a new challenge in my flat life and this is it!
It came with a well-packaged packet with the original F21 mini plastic bag and the necklace was put in the cute little red tulle pocket.. And take a look on how it really matches my Eiffel earrings! ^______^
oh, and I just found out that a glasses can change someone's eyes..yeah. haha I purchase this glasses for $2 :p I'm uber happy!
sorry!
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I feel like I haven't posted anything in forever (okay, so it's been like a week, but still). I've hardly been on my computer lately, I've been so busy with work and preparing for my trip to PARIS AND DENMARK!!! Which I'm leaving for today!
So I'm so sorry that I haven't posted in a while, but just wait two weeks and I'll have so much exciting stuff to share from my trip that you'll have wished I had never gone. =)
So I'm so sorry that I haven't posted in a while, but just wait two weeks and I'll have so much exciting stuff to share from my trip that you'll have wished I had never gone. =)
sooooo 2009...
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Almost one year ago I was attending a pasta dinner with my JV volleyball team (we usually have one the night before home games) and we decided to all wear coordinating outfits for school the next day- you know, a team spirit thing. Now, mind you, I admit that I am thought to be a bit stuck up and shallow at my school because of my fondness for clothing (I see it as an excuse for all the other girls to wear gym shorts and other sloppy ensembles to school, not an insult to me) and thus, I am a peacock surrounded by seagulls (or some other equally annoying, tragically dull bird). I don't mind it, I really don't. In fact, I like being the only girl who knows who Karl Lagerfeld is. I may feel lonely sometimes in the fact that I'd rather talk about my love for the new Rodarte collection instead of last night's episode of The Hills, but it's totally worth it, I promise.
But back to the story.
So when the girls say "coordinating, cute outfits," I think of us all wearing silk scarves or polka dot prints. You know, something cute and fun that shows that we are a team without us looking like total goofballs. But apparently, looking cute and like a team is not an option. No, one girl suggests that we wear our warm-up jerseys with denim shorts and tennis shoes -with our volleyball knee-high socks. Um...ew? I really don't mean to sound stuck up and unwilling to make compromises with the team -really, I don't!- but can't we think of something a little more...oh, I don't know...attractive? Seriously, there's got to be something better than that.
But the girls continue to blabber on and on about jean shorts or jean mini skirts when I simply tell them that jean mini skirts "are totally tacky."
It's a personal opinion is all, I'm not telling anyone to stop wearing jean minis this instant, but personally, the last time I wore one of those skirts was in middle school. I'm over them. Now I think they're ugly. That's all. Apparently, this made the girls on my team really angry -especially because the one girl making all the suggestions wears jean mini skirts practically every day that she doesn't wear gym shorts- and suddenly I was the enemy. I cannot stand jean mini skirts, so I am also evil. (Besides, what would I know about fashion, anyways? It's not like I dress well or read Vogue religiously or check about twenty fashion blogs daily, or anything.) Honestly.
A week later when a friend of mine mentioned, oh, I don't know, something pertaining to daisy duke shorts, I was like, "Oh, yeah, I used to have this pair of jean shorts and they were so short, eventually I couldn't even wear them without feeling like Jessica a la Dukes of Hazzard," and the same girl that was so upset over my comment the other night was all, "But Lindsey! I thought that jean shorts were tacky!?" like she thought that would make me upset or something. Ugh. So I just told her, "Um...no, I was talking about jean skirts, not shorts, and B-T-dubs, my opinion can totally change. I had those shorts, like, forever ago. Get over it." And that was pretty much that.
That incident was last October, but it has haunted me ever since. It's not like I give a crap about what the girls on my JV volleyball team really think of me, but still, I don't want to be a hypocrite. And yet, ever since May, all these light-wash, rolled-up denim shorts have been practically everywhere, and slowly but surely I've started to fall in love with them. It's been a long few months of internal struggle, but finally, on Saturday (at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale) I caved when I saw this pair of perfect Joe's Jeans shorts, and I've never felt better about a purchase in my life.
I'm tired of taking crap from girls who think hoop earrings and Ugg boots are still cute, and I've decided to just trust my fashion conscience. And next time we wear coordinating outfits, I'm suggesting we all wear silk scarves.
But back to the story.
So when the girls say "coordinating, cute outfits," I think of us all wearing silk scarves or polka dot prints. You know, something cute and fun that shows that we are a team without us looking like total goofballs. But apparently, looking cute and like a team is not an option. No, one girl suggests that we wear our warm-up jerseys with denim shorts and tennis shoes -with our volleyball knee-high socks. Um...ew? I really don't mean to sound stuck up and unwilling to make compromises with the team -really, I don't!- but can't we think of something a little more...oh, I don't know...attractive? Seriously, there's got to be something better than that.
But the girls continue to blabber on and on about jean shorts or jean mini skirts when I simply tell them that jean mini skirts "are totally tacky."
It's a personal opinion is all, I'm not telling anyone to stop wearing jean minis this instant, but personally, the last time I wore one of those skirts was in middle school. I'm over them. Now I think they're ugly. That's all. Apparently, this made the girls on my team really angry -especially because the one girl making all the suggestions wears jean mini skirts practically every day that she doesn't wear gym shorts- and suddenly I was the enemy. I cannot stand jean mini skirts, so I am also evil. (Besides, what would I know about fashion, anyways? It's not like I dress well or read Vogue religiously or check about twenty fashion blogs daily, or anything.) Honestly.
A week later when a friend of mine mentioned, oh, I don't know, something pertaining to daisy duke shorts, I was like, "Oh, yeah, I used to have this pair of jean shorts and they were so short, eventually I couldn't even wear them without feeling like Jessica a la Dukes of Hazzard," and the same girl that was so upset over my comment the other night was all, "But Lindsey! I thought that jean shorts were tacky!?" like she thought that would make me upset or something. Ugh. So I just told her, "Um...no, I was talking about jean skirts, not shorts, and B-T-dubs, my opinion can totally change. I had those shorts, like, forever ago. Get over it." And that was pretty much that.
That incident was last October, but it has haunted me ever since. It's not like I give a crap about what the girls on my JV volleyball team really think of me, but still, I don't want to be a hypocrite. And yet, ever since May, all these light-wash, rolled-up denim shorts have been practically everywhere, and slowly but surely I've started to fall in love with them. It's been a long few months of internal struggle, but finally, on Saturday (at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale) I caved when I saw this pair of perfect Joe's Jeans shorts, and I've never felt better about a purchase in my life.
I'm tired of taking crap from girls who think hoop earrings and Ugg boots are still cute, and I've decided to just trust my fashion conscience. And next time we wear coordinating outfits, I'm suggesting we all wear silk scarves.
First Impressions
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I am so excited to visit Paris next week! One of the many things I am looking forward to is visiting the Musee D'Orsay, which is well known for its collection of French Impressionist works, my favorite style of artwork. So, in preparation for such a wonderful museum, I was glancing through my giant coffee table book, The Great Book of French Impressionism and picking out my favorite pieces. I love all of the paintings, really- impressionism is so inspiring to me because of the bold strokes and bright colors. It's so lively and exciting. Here are some of my all-time favorite pieces.
Eduard Manet Lola de Valence, 1862
Claude Monet Regatta at Argenteuil, 1872
Georges Seurat The Circus, 1891
Claude Monet Bordighera, 1884
Vincent van Gogh Irises
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Alfred la Guigne, 1894
Edgar Degas Four Dancers
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec In the Circus Fernando: The Ringmaster, 1888
Aren't these pieces phenomenal? I apologize because some of the colors are distorted (I didn't even put up a few more pictures because the vibrancy and pop of the colors was so ruined by the pictures) but hopefully you can see why I adore these pieces. Everything about impressionism- the strokes, the subject matter, the tone- is fascinating (to me, at least), and they really do serve as wonderful inspiration for designing and creating clothes.
talkin' about my generation
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First it was the 80s that made a comeback, then this spring was all about the 70s, and now, finally, my favorite fashion decade is making a huge splash this fall. That's right, this fall, it's all about the glamorous, ultra-mod, and Mad Men-esque look of the 60s!
I'm talking about beehives, peter pan collars, tweed coats, and mod dresses. Here are some magazine shoots already featuring the look of the 60s-
I'm talking about beehives, peter pan collars, tweed coats, and mod dresses. Here are some magazine shoots already featuring the look of the 60s-
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