January 12, 2010 – 3:09 pm
Ever since the cold snap settled over England a few weeks ago, I’ve been trying to find my dream fur coat, preferably fur although I am willing to wear vintage fur (for the record I wear leather so I’m not about to get on my hypocritical high horse about wearing fur). Fur Coat Wishlist…. + [...]
By Jeni
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Posted in Fashion & Beauty
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Also tagged alison mosshart, almost famous, facehunter, faux, fur coat, jacket, kate hudson, kate moss, streetpeeper, streetstyle, vintage, wishlist
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November 11, 2009 – 7:13 am
source @ flickr OK, so I did travel over a dozen countries in the past year but I am still keeping my beady eyes on potential getaway spots for the future. There’s nothing wrong with dreaming…. Second in the series is the city of Moscow, in Russia. While researching this place I learnt that either [...]
November 10, 2009 – 7:34 am
There’s a growing number of fashion bloggers who, armed with little more than a camera and a blog, have managed to gain worldwide recognition for their sense of style and personality. What they all have in common is a seemingly endless amount of money to purchase Chloé, Alexander Wang, Marc Jacobs, much to the envy [...]
By Jeni
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Posted in Fashion & Beauty
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Also tagged alexander wang, alix, blog, bloggers, blossom, cherry, chloe, closet, fashion toast, fashiontoast, girl, karla, karlas, lookbook, lookbook.nu, marc jacobs, rumi, style, trend
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October 19, 2009 – 4:49 pm
Here are some of the best places to shop in the world… according to me and my explorations of the globe! Luang Prabang Night Market, Laos KalabirdAs the sun sets over the Mekong river, Luang Prabang’s main road transforms. Pedestrianised and lined with small tentlike structures, the nightmarket overtakes the city. By browsing the stalls [...]
By Jeni
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Posted in Shopping, Travel
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Also tagged agustinas, antiques market, argentina, backpacking, banderas, bangkok, bird cage, bric-a-brac, buddha, buenos aires, chatachak, chatachak weekend market, chile, China, dongtai lu, dresses, flickr, fur, globe, hoi an, laos, luang prabang, night market, nightmarket, nikes, pad thai, rosas, san temo, santiago, shanghai, shipping, Shopping, silk, style, tailor, thailand, Travel, vietnam, vintage, world
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October 18, 2009 – 12:44 pm
How many of you wear leather, or even more daringly, wear real fur? Stella McCartney, one of the world’s most successful designers argues that it is morally wrong to persist in wearing items made from animal by-products.
By Jeni
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Posted in Fashion & Beauty, Musings
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Also tagged animal, by-products, fur, heartless, industry, leather, mccartney, meat, morals, stella mccartney, style, vegan, vegetarian
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October 17, 2009 – 6:13 pm
Do we follow fashion out of an underlying, bitter self-loathing? In response to a German magazine’s decision to cease using professional size-zero models, Karl Lagerfeld commented that “No one wants to see curvy women,” elaborating that it is fat women with low self-esteem who wish to see curvier figures: “you’ve got fat mothers with their [...]
