I'm legit now! Finally. All ready for the New Year.
30.12.11
Craving Korean: Pushbutton
My aunts just came back from Seoul from this alternative healing center and were raving about the Korean fashion scene, something I had read of for a long time (most recently in Pop) but never really managed to explore sufficiently. I just discovered this Korean brand called Pushbutton. So. Cool. Austere lines. Long, boxy, tailored wonderfulness in wools, cashmeres, polyester and bright bright red and dalmation faux furs. I am in love. Hopefully this stuff doesn't come in Asian sizes.
Click HERE for their online shop
Mauve For Moza
The colour! The colour! Where is this? It is proving literally impossible for me to find out! And good for her for not warming up the mauve with gold. Keep it metal and cold with that bolero, M.
Flowers Past Their Prime. Obsessing Over: Taghrid
One of my favourite style blogs. Taghrid is an American Apparel model whose mousy hair and soft, rounded features match her pale, withered pastel look. All her shots are very atmospheric. They conjure up a mood and are not just "look at these products", which I love. Her shots are filled with downy mohair, washed mint green and fromage frais, lemon chiffon nighties with large pink woolly blanket coats. The colour schemes (im obsessed with colour, can you tell?) only confirm her impeccable taste.
Follow her HERE
Beats By Oscar
Oscar De La Renta bordeaux fox headphones. I never thought of having just winter headphones. Okay buy them for me thanks.
29.12.11
Ameera Jasmine
She looks so much like Princess Jasmine. And her hair is straight out of a Pantene ad. Got to get them productsss! Mashallah she got that Khaleeji-perfect look down!
from @AmeeraAltaweeL
Sheikha Moza Cuts a Fine Figure At Charity Event
Oh look at that stature, the narrowness, the long billowing robes carelessly swept aside by her larger-than-life presence, look at the cape! The cape! Mashallah. She turned possible-monk look into Mozafab!
from @AmeerahAltaweeL
28.12.11
The Real Oniomaniacs of Kuwait: Sneak Preview
You think I'm crazy? Think again, kids. Take the case of my best friend: let's call her the CatastrophicConsumer (CC for short). Former tomboy, I accidentally unlocked the gates into the abyss of consumerism-gone-rampant that was hidden in the depths of her being. Then OH MY GOD is the only way to describe what happened. A hair (or Russian Mafia wife) away from capturing the title of Netaporter's most loyal customer, she is a certifiable, Louboutin-obsessed NUTCASE. And I will take you into her closet. She is undertaking this massive closet reorganization project which I aim to assist her with and then I will photograph the actual contents. Meanwhile, here is a tiiiny sneakpeak of the insanity within. Enjoy.
This is the beginning of a series on the Real Oniomaniacs of Kuwait, where (in the spirit of a revolutionary drive for greater transparency) I will bravely delve into the closets of my friends and fellow fashion obsessives to Wikileak the graphic details of our abusive relationships with Capitalist culture.
My Week On Instagram: Crystal. Black. Prague
Crystal in the dining room. My black shoes (Chris Kane, Jimmy Choo, YSL, Louboutin, KTZ in order). Folio Society edition of the Golem, a translated novel about a supernatural being in the Prague ghettoes.
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The Power of Digital Media
Remember how I desperately wanted that Chloe snake print skirt a million years ago? Well, I did. And that was before I discovered it was, like, a million KD even on sale. So I ran to TopShop yesterday after seeing Confash's "Just Like Chloe" post about the lookalike skirt and showed the staff Confash's picture on my phone after I couldn't find it and they found it for me. We really underestimate how much blogs and this new generation of Tweeting, Facebooking, Tumblring, forum-participating and Flickring fashion enthusiasts have changed our shopping habits and how we view fashion. They really have. Nowadays, I never buy anything I don't love to bits because I know exactly what my alternatives are and where to get them. Daily Candy tells me when I should do my work in advance and go to New York (Opening Ceremony sample sale) or what restaurants are new in San Franciso, Confashions tells me where I can find a dupe for my favourite Chloe skirt, the Fashion Spot forum tells me what issue Claire Courtin was in Vogue, my own blog puts me in contact with Finsk, one of my favourite shoe brands, Overdressed tells me what she thinks of my new fur dress and asks me what colour Ednas she should get, Tavi seeps into my mood. Fashion today is better than it ever was. It has become so fluid and built on an exchange of ideas across all levels of society. It is no longer projected from above. Student street style in Tokyo can impact a major collection and make some accessories designer an Etsy superstar. Gaga no longer has to respond to the Establishment's taste in fashion when she has that many Twitter fans obsessed with her latest mix of bondage wear and Spanish mantilla. All the lovers (Kylie song) have come forth and are blowing up the internet styleoscape and I LOVE it!!
About the skirt. Not as silky and pretty as the Chloe of course but I still think it is beaaautiful!
Claire Courtin: Working the Pyjama Trend Before It Even Existed
in the July 2011 issue of Vogue.
Also, can you imagine that pyjama is Tommy Hilfiger? They have really turned the brand around in the past few years!
The New Thing: BonkerBox
Whats new whats happening whats up in K? BonkerBox, that's what! You can rent out these really cool high-quality photobooths for your parties or events and have a blast and a half. It comes with props and bucketloads of fun! Contact them at: bonkerbox@gmail.com
phone: 96630803
silver fox pimp coat. vintage
silver fox pimp coat. vintage
dark jeggings. Uniqlo
chinchilla lipstick. Lime Crime
26.12.11
Christmas Dinner: Russian Style
Who's stupid? Who's stupid? ME. I forgot to take pictures of the actual dinner. Seriously. That's probs cause I'm on Lina and Dina meal delivery right now and only savoured a few morsels. Whatevs. My aunt and cousin made us an amazing Christmas dinner like every year. Lamb with mint sauce (there is an actual turkey shortage and one company apparently somehow managed to buy some and resell it for the price of gold!), chicken roulade, lentil salad, goat cheese pastry puffs with roasted bell peppers, grilled endive, caulifower gratin, mashed potatoes, a bunch of stuff I can't recall and desserts which included orange pudding, marron glace biscuit cake, a christmas log and berry coulis. Amazing!! Happy time with a small collection of the fam.
Anyway:
Me, berry clafoutis with custard, my Valentino-obsessed aunt's favourite skintight ankle boots with bows, toots, her funny shoes (she adds straps to all her shoes so they dont fall off! haha), leopard and fire-engine red, gold phones and swampy furs, chin and orchid.
I randomly ended up with this Muzhik-on-the-Nevsky-Prospect look:
extremely heavy oatmealish wool skirt. Acne
wrap cardi over another top. All Saints
shapka hat. my mother got it for me from Sarajevo on a recent trip
wolf collar with silk trim. Gucci
heels. Giuseppe Zanotti for Christopher Kane
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