Indonesian Fashion Spot!

I first saw ColorOn EyeEnvy in an e-mail attachment somebody sent me, but thinking that it was perhaps a hoax, I ignored it. Then I saw it again in Sephora website.

I get the idea. It’s an eye-shadow ’shortcut’. Getting the professional look without actually learning the tricks yourself. Time-saving. Fool-proof. One size fits all.

My only question is : where’s the fun in that?

PS : Does anyone really want to wear zebra shadow??

Image from sephora.com

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We can’t deny the tremendous influences of Swedish fashion today (and Scandinavian fashion in general), from the photos of Swedish street look on The Sartorialist, the hip denim labels of ACNE, NUDIE, and Cheap Monday, to the retail giant, H&M, and many more.  Helena Hörstedt is an emerging Swedish designer known for her intricate constructions, pleats, frills, multi-layering material, origami /geometric foldings, lots of volumes, elaborate techniques, and using solely BLACK as her primary color. 

Her collection has caught the eyes of everyone in the industry, from hintmag.com, stylebubble, V magazine, Nylon magazine, WWD, Diane Pernet of ASVF.com, the Fashion Spot forum to every fashion blogs have mentioned her amazing collection since last year. I’m sure some of you have heard about her, a FD member has posted a Helena Hörstedt’s LBD on the forum a while ago, and I think it’s not too late to have her as our designer du jour on FD.. *After all, it’s better late than never  

Helena Hörstedt, courtesy of majsanmaja.blogspot.com 

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I don’t know what got into me but I’ve been seriously hunting for small pieces in animal prints, particularly leopard prints lately..:D. Notice the keyword here is small, and I wouldn’t be wearing them all at the same time. The image on the right is a leopard watch from Michael Kors that I found on eBay. I put the auction on my watch list but then I completely forgot about it the day the auction ended…:(. I also saw a nice leopard skinny belt on the mannequin of H&M but I was in a hurry to go inside the store and look for it. (note to self: must go to H&M asap!)

Lucky me, just the other day I found the last pair of Isaac Mizrahi (for Target of course) peep toe leopard (or is it giraffe? I think it’s giraffe) shoes.. The pattern looks to be just the one I like, sometimes they have different spots and color, too yellow, too many small spots, etc, but this one is just perfect to me. It was on sale too for $18.88 so it was a rare sight since most of the cheap animal prints just look..well, cheap. I can’t wait to finally step out of the house and conquer the world with these babies..:D.

I’ve been thinking on how to incorporate the shoes into my wardrobe. I’m thinking something like I put in the first picture for office or meeting-with-clients ready outfit. It looks professional yet chic with a crisp white button down shirt and a black pencil skirt. The shoes and the bag give the tough look where the ruffles on the shirt and the watch add a touch of femininity. Pencil skirt equals to sexy with class. For a more casual look, I’m thinking of pairing them with dark denim pants. But of course, first thing first: get rid of this pregnancy weight that seems to be hanging on for dear life.

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Jessica, as in Jessica Huwae, as in the author of Soulmate.com. I’ve read the book when it was just released a couple of years ago and I throughly enjoyed it..:)

The Bag: Unknown. I always fall for oversize bag.
The contents:

• Water bottle: Prevents me from dehydration.
• Phone pouch: My mom bought it for me, since I always leave my cells everywhere.
• Scarf: An addition to my blue boring uniform.
• Bangles: I love bangles, and somehow I always have a spare of it in my bag.
• Brown wallet
• Nokia’s charger
• Paper clip: I don’t even know why it’s here.
• Umbrella: Not for a rainy day, I just can’t stand the sun.
• Blue and red markers: An editor’s must have items.
• Starbucks agenda: It costs me 21 stamps to have it, before I know that actually they send it for free to all media people. Blah.
• A book. Brand simple; How the best brands keep it simple and succeed by Allen Adamson: A guy from landor gave me this book.
• Another book.The foundation of screenwriting by Syd Field: My auntie whom recently just got back from Singapore bought it for me.
• Post it (s): I don’t go for the standard yellow anymore.
• A copy of marketing literature: A homework to read from a friend.
• A cd of a press release.
• Cosmetic pouch.
• Almond’s body butter by Body Shop.
•  A nail nutrition coat by faceshop.
• Sunglasses.
• Digital camera Canon ixus (not in picture) : to capture some moments in life.

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The price tag is $30 by the way….

Image from alllacqueredup.com

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 F/W RTW 2008, image courtesy of style.com

YAY or NAY? 

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A couple of months ago, a friend of mine gave me an amazing perfume candle called Magnolia from elizabethW as a present. elizabethW is a niche perfumery started by Albert E Wrightman and was named after his great-grandmother. The collections are clean, simple, sophisticated and elegant. They only have 10 scents on the Eau de Parfum line, each a rich and intricate blend based around a single note : Citrus Vervain, Lavender, Leaves, Lilac, Magnolia, Neroli Chamomile, Rose, Sweet Tea, Tuberose and Vetiver. They also have some bath, body and home products based on these scents.

Magnolia from the perfume candle, smells incredible. It is a sweet and comforting floral scent which I find myself leaning towards as I get..ahem..older. The feeling I get from this scent is similar to whenever I’m wearing L’occitane Eau D’Azur / Mimosa body milk or fragrance. I feel feminine and grownup. Not surprisingly, elizabethW Magnolia has mimosa note in it.

Of course I want more. But sadly, they don’t ship to Indonesia (surprise surprise). So while I am thinking how I would get my hands on these luscious stuff, why don’t you take a look at the website and try to figure out which of those scents that seem to be best representing you and naturally one that you would choose for yourself.

Other than Magnolia, mine would have to be Sweet Tea. I am giddy just thinking about it

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