yesterday i spent the afternoon helping chelle ( one half of PMS ) , who also happens to write for KL-based fashion blog TongueInChic , out with one of her write-ups . something about picking five items from my wardrobe and remixing them to wear in different ways . she did a GREAT job ; i , on the other hand , wasn't fooling anyone .
i wore -
mesh bodysuit + bra : aa pants : the laden showroom via asos boots : vintage @ camberwell
i wore -
vintage jumpsuit : camberwell pants : the laden showroom via asos lace cape : asos
unfortunately , these were the two best shots and i look positively ( insert negative adjective here ) . . BUT i did have loads of fun and chelle was as interesting as i thought she'd be in real life , so thanks darl !
today i realised i'm not model material . i get awkward posing in front of people and my face goes all wonky and out of sync . i do perfectly fine on my own though . anyway , welcome to week twelve of the f i n a l semester .
i wore -
shoulder cut-out dress : asos taffeta poof skirt : hand made belt : mango
to phonetics this morning .
when i saw this cut out dress on asos i knew i had to have it ( or at least die trying ) . thankfully , i managed to get dpz hooked onto asos too , and voila , my dress is mine . : )
i apologise for the crappy amateur bathroom photos ; the laundry is drying on the balcony . i really need to get a tripod .
in my head : good after time - lykke li + cyndi lauper ( stereogum + team 9 mashup )
i'm on the verge of spontaneously combusting inside my head . we woke up at 615 so that we could be at camberwell before 7 to claim our spot . i don't have much to say except that i actually ( you know how peep-o just say it , but you never believe them - that's so NOT me right now . ) feel my eyelids closing on me .
didn't manage to take many photos because i was too busy trying to make money ( i did , surprising even myself ) . bought kennethzz lunch at grill'd for helping us out with transport and surveillence . i wore my spartans and got so much positive attention and ended up scribbling james' website on scraps of paper and bare palms . i hope he's ready to take on the legging world , one pair of legs at a time .
troopster .
mystery partner + sleepy eyes
nothing much i did post-camberwell except to eat dinner AND CHECK OUT TOM BINNS ( WHO IS MY FAVOURITE JEWELLERY DESIGNER ) . since i'm so not a jewellery person ( sam's the one who has a garden of jewellery ) i can safely say he is my favourite jewellery designer . i was flipping through vogue and saw some tiny feature at the corner of one of the pages and noted on my BB - must google tom binns .
no point inheriting jewellery if it doesn't look this epic .
and then in between deciding whether i should fall asleep on my table because i'm too lazy to shower AND whether i should shower so i can fall asleep on my bed , i got distracted by these dispicable yum-yum things on net-a-porter .
as if that's not enough , i see THIS ON WHITELIGHTNING ! not that i'm superficial or anything , but i think that i'm convinced that i want children ; especially if they turn out like tavi + gavi . i kid , i kid .
just one question - how do you be THIRTEEN and be this cool . at thirteen i was wearing spaghetti strapped tops + board shorts .
serious childhood-envy right there . i now feel old + so completely out of date .
and i treated myself to this ONE thing ( a phoenix knuckle ring ) , which i will take a better picture of , when i have time and am not dying .
xoxoxoxoxo , soho ; wishes she were twelve and NOT twenty-two .
being cooped up at home is not a good thing because i inadvertently end up eating too much . every time i walk out to the kitchen for something as innocent as water , the nutella , so innocently sitting atop my counter , beckons . it's like in the episode of sex and the city , when miranda walks past the human-sized hotdog who's handing out flyers on the street corner , and the hotdog says : EAT ME . my nutella jar IS the human-sized hotdog .
did you know that world nutella day EXISTS ? it's on february 5th !
i must admit that i am a spooner - but only because the nutella jar is common property . if it were mine , i'd be a naturalist .
it was sam's day off and she wanted to go to vic mart . we wandered into a curious looking asian grocer that stocks the most miraculous things .
i tried googling it but still have no idea what it is .
what's left of my naked baked brie
if you haven't tried this , you are so so sooo missing out . i can't really remember how or why i wanted to try this but i'm sooooo glad i did . you pop your brie into the oven ( at 180 degrees celcius ) with the top skin cut off for about 10 - 12 minutes and let it oooooooze . the recipes i googled suggest adding jams and / or honey atop it but i didn't have any of that so i did it naked . naked baked brie . . . doesn't it just sound delish . .
i love my mom to bits but she just takes forever to type out a sentence .
camberwell this sunday should be exciting because sam and i , we've got a stall ! hopefully i'll manage to raise some much needed moolah by selling off my stuff .
only a couple more days till they all descend on me ! I CANNOT WAIT ! :)
xoxoxoxo , soho ; caught with her finger in the nutella jar .
I'M SORRY I GOT IT MIXED UP BUT I'M PICTURE 321 !!!!! if you haven't voted for me , do it now . my current canon ixus almost died today and i almost had a heart attack .
there's been so much going on this past week . in between trying to finish my assignments and the surprising extensions , i'm kind of stuck . i can't seem to pull myself away from the multiple tabs in my firefox window to work on my assignments in microsoft word . all of that combined with my failing / failed pre-family-arrival low carb diet is turning out to be very frustrating . my desk looks like a bomb exploded , my carpet is a mixture of research material + tortilla chip crumbs + papadam fragments + hair + lint , and i'm pretty sure the last time i changed my sheets was two months ago .
another wasted morning / afternoon and i decided that i needed a change of scenery - even if it was to go grocery shopping .
i remember being completely smitten when prada first introduced their lace pieces in the autumn / winter 08 collection .
the fact that the lace was chunkier and tougher ( as opposed to being traditionally delicate and demure ) made me want it so much more . i didn't think i would actually be able to own something like that , but as luck would have it , i snagged the skirt / belt ! i haven't really worn it ( wearing it round the house doesn't count ) because i'm so paranoid i'll damage it , but i needed my spirits lifted today so i pulled out the prada .
tried to get an outfit shot at my usual spot but the sun kind of messed up the ISO ; got a pretty cool effect though .
i wore -
long sleeved top : warehouse roadarte inspired sweater : savers woven belt : camberwell lace skirt/belt : prada skirt : handmade following childhoodflames tutorial leggings : deborah k.
to safeway .
my outfit completely reflects my intense nutella craving .
the extras
with the shredded effect , i bought the sweater because it reminded me so much of the rodarte pieces i want but can never afford . tavi , i would kill to be you .
along little lonsdale
this caught my eye on the way home . you get to take home a free plant and all you have to do is email or text where you brought the plant to !
in my head : love story vs. viva la vida - jon schmidt ( GO LISTEN ON YOUTUBE NOW . )
my stance on children is that as long as they're not mine , i love them . children are cute when they're sleeping , don't have a wet diaper or playing with you for a maximum of two hours . after that they turn into evil shrieking gremlins who make you want to accidentally trip and fall down the stairs so you're temporarily passed out and it's someone else's duty to take over .
everyone tells me that this feeling i have ( of being anti-mother ) will pass when i've eventually " settled down and my biological clock starts to tick " . i tell them it won't happen because if i had to choose between huggies and chanel , i'll definitely pick the overpriced quilted bag anyday . " your priorities will change , " they say .
i think my problem is that i don't want to be a mom if i can't be a cool fashionable mom . you hear about cool godmothers and aunts , but a cool mom is about as rare as chanel on sale . my mom , she's pretty cool ; she let me play pretend while growing up , and now that i'm grown up , we still play pretend - she pretends that i'm not disobeying every single rule she spelled out and i pretend that she respects me as an adult .
i want to be the godmother / aunt that has a walk-in wardrobe filled with all things sparkly and floor length . i want to be the godmother / aunt that first introduces lagerfeld and ghesquiere as the only boys who'll never disappoint you . i want to be the godmother / aunt who the kids run to when " mama just doesn't understand ! " .
i didn't think you can be married and not instantly become dour and stale , but naomi + josh show me that it isn't hard because nothing really changes .
i didn't think that you can be married , have kids and still laugh at yourself , but team boo do it so effortlessly .
. . . and of course you can be married , have kids and still do the job you love ! if you haven't met sam and ashley , it's about time you did .
i didn't think that you can love fashion and still love your kids , but then super kawaii mama manages to run a household and does it dressed to the nines .
i feel so inspired just reading about these peep-os .
most of the time i question the ads that are on this page , but this time round i think it was meant to be . i am going to win myself a new camera and you guys are going to HELP ME DO IT . please ?
just go HERE and under the stylebook contest ( page 7 , picture 321 , VOTE FOR ME . : ) if i win , i promise to capture you guys and upload them all the time !
this isn't a canon plug ( but if canon , you want to contact me and give me a new camera , we can work something out ) , i just really think that i need a new camera and you guys could really help !
in my head : dress looks nice on you - sufjan stevens
i've never been the type to participate actively in school ; i tend to go for classes and scoot on home to watch shows on my computer or trawl the billions of fashion blogs out there . however , this time round , for vinu ( who helped carry me across the dance floor of eve when i passed out ) , i pledged my undying support for the FASHION AND DESIGN CLUB ( even though i'm graduating this semester and this'll probably be my only meeting ) .
F . A . D . - IMAGINE PEEPO , IMAGINE !
krispy kremes and for the diet conscious , coke zero .
CAUGHT YOU !
raspberry filled + chocolate glaze .
and then claire asked me to pose with my arm in my shirt .
and as if his boots weren't epic enough , he had these shades from designer graz ( graeme ) mulcahy , who's resume reads like a dream - am eyewear ( at 19 ) and ksubi eyewear ( at 23 ) . he recently did a collaboration with chronicles of never , but i'm not really feeling those .
they're totally pricey ( $289 !! ) and fortunately ( for me ) completely sold out . but we can all totally plan to rip them off wayne .
other updates :
* i was going to link our club's website on FB but i can't seem to find out how to do it . either that or we don't have a page . hmmm . . if you want to find out more about the club , drop me an email ! apparently you don't have to be from the university to be part of our club . we're like the u.s. , we accept peep-os from all countries . : )
* hester , hester , HESTER VLAMINGS didn't send me shoes like she promised . i think i'll stop waiting now .
* it's six o' clock and already pitch black ?!?! what is this !
* LECTURERS ON STRIKE THURSDAY !
i wore -
mesh bodysuit : american apparel interlock bra : american apparel rose ring : diva skirt : vintage ysl shirt ( worn as skirt ) belt : mango leggings : deborah k. feet : wittner
with wayne .
xoxoxoxo , soho ; is now an active participant in extra curricular activities . ps : SEE WAYNE , I DIDN'T POST UGLY PICTURES OF YOU . :)
i'm really really upset that my hard drive failed . you can't tell by reading these words but if you sat beside me , you would feel the anger radiating from me . i hate technology . i hate that i am a victim of failed technology . i just want my data back .
sarah's farwell dinner at crown with just us girls .
don't ask , don't tell .
ruhua , you ain't got nothing on us .
be a star . no talent required !
house of the dead
on a side : i feel uncomfortable with editing the things i say too ( like i'm compromising on my own integrity as a person ) , especially if whatever i wrote did really happen . but because i respect our friendship , i removed it .
it's about going through life in the most fashionable way possible . " it's absurd to divide people into good or bad ; they're either charming or tedious . " - oscar wilde .
