New Blog?

I decided to give Wordpress blogging a go (not without a twinge of guilt) and at this point i'm not really sure where i'm going with it. China il mashroo3 fashil cause its a bit complicated. Maybe i'll just do odd posts on that one but i'll stick to this one as my main. Anyway, check out my one post! theoniomaniac.wordpress.com

Her Style: NASH

With some people, its just a fact of life that they look good. Perfectly put together, with a perma-sunkissed complexion, long flowing hair and the marvellous ability to make the most mundane routines like getting out of a car or going to buy fatayer (which she will NOT eat, how dare you) look the height of chic. Glamour is a given, elegance is inborn and shopping is her nutrition. I present to you NASH, homegrown, Paris-fed Alaia-footwear-freakatronic! And dont you love the long flowing hair + stripy green clutch + nineties faded pink jean jacket and bracelet combination? Its not groundbreaking Gaga stuff but it's just NASH's talent to play with color and shape a manner so relaxed that she makes it all delightfully fresh.

Pretty People Love Missoni

I got these pictures from Bazaar Arabia's FaceGroup. Old stuff. This is the opening of the Missoni hotel at Symphony. Waving-the-flag warning: I really am so grateful that despite what I will say in my next post, Kuwaiti girls remain the most toned-down of the "Khaleeji Glamoristas". The look is always, alllways (3yooni mbagiga at this point) done, buffed and polished but more recently, we have observed a move away from the stuffed-in, puckered-up, teased-to-high-heaven, please-marry-me look to a more chilled out, relaxed look which is more casual in its use of color and just much less formally elegant generally. Anyway, the point. The girls on top are really pretty mashallah and that picture with Rosita is so filled with color it made me happy!

Boss Stylin: Ex-PM of Japan Yukio Hatoyama

What a man! Retrospective of the fabulous sartorial confidence of the forever-fly PM Hatoyama with occasional appearances from his alien-abducted wife. Happy, reckless and completely nuts. The world's most firecracking couple.

Big Sky Blue Ocean Soul Magic

These are shots from last year's vacation to Socotra, the UN-preserved island south of Yemen. It was un-be-lievable. Hiking up to caves and exploring, running down sand dunes and swimming in the purest water i have ever had the honour to see in my life made it one of the best vacations of my life! Sharing the love.

Typical Kuwaiti Guys: Profile 1

This Should Have Been the Official Song for Miu Miu Cruise

Introducing my new faaaaavoorite song "Be My Man" by Nigerian singer Asa. So happy, so bright! You would think that every variation has been squeezed out of the over-done "be my man" genre but NO! Here she comes at you with her strangely endearing facial expressions, open, souly voice (with a bit of flour thrown in- smoother than husk) and playfully sings her way into any depression and makes you start dancing with happiness in front of your laptop. Ooooooohhhhh be ma man, and i will be your woman eve-ry-day! And it soo should have been the official song for Miu Cruise cause this song is bursting with cartoon hearts and apples!

Score Giovanna! At Cannes in 90s Versace While Everyone Else Wore Sparkly Frou Frou

She looks amaaaazing!

New Girl To Watch: Claire Courtin-Clarins

Genetically gifted. And with perfect taste. The Clarins girls (especially Claire- much admired by yours truly for being 1) perfect skinny 2)pure and angelic in face and limb 3) going BAM with clothes. but a restrained bam that doesn't speak of styling but just perfect taste. With her looks, the clothes she wears reeeeaaally pop and girl works it.) are making a splash in fashion circles. More pics to come.

Wow Mashallah!

Jennifer Hudson. Lost a MILLION kilos.

Bite Me Bambi

So that sums it up. Chloe's last McGibbons coll broke the ballet mould (or should i say barre?) with that WILD green snake skirt. It's not short and sexy Versace, no sir! It is acid, silky, reptilian and long as heck so DEAL with it! And with that Equipment-ish toothpaste shirt and awkballs buckety hobo? Perfection. PerFACtion. PerFASHion. Stop me please. Beautiful. Soft. Strange. SNAKECANDY.

Nuclear Waste

I love this after-the-apocalypse bag from Chanel A/W

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahah

Jordan and Morocco to join the GCC (GULF Cooperation Council)?????? Look at them monarch's trying to stick together! Poor things! I had no IDEA that Morocco or 70% Palestinian Jordan was a part of the Gulf. Thanks for the geography lesson guys!

WHAT?

Hannah McGibbons out at Chloe and Claire Waight Keller instead. Dude, midahom?? These past two collections were dynamite! Perfect cuts, gorgeous drape. Whats wrong with these brands? They hire and fire designers like waiters!

Washout

H&M badly cut light blue denim onesie, Mother's v old pearl choker with broken clasp, Brass choker from South African flea market.

Want To Censor My Face? Want to Censor My Face? Take That!

Hahahah. Just kidding. Goodness knows what kind of pictures end up on your camera at 4 in the morning. And plus, i thought it was cool how the wall ended up matching my polish with the flash.

Chanel Riva

I Am So Bloody Angry

Not only did they cut out two GORGEOUS pictures of Lara in the 2 month old Vogue they were selling at Markaz Sultan but also this ENTIRE EDITORIAL featuring Lara in swimwear!! I HATE CENSORS. Why do I waste my money on this crap?