pvc tights, sometimes latex (call them liquid leggings if you want to sound less industrial), walked down the runways around this time three years ago and its leather counterpart followed very soon after (in fact, leather pants still made it to some of the current collections). the most purist of stylists claim the pvc tights are so over because leather leggings have taken their place, but for others who are less conscious of hot-off-the-runway pieces, the pvc/latex versions of these skin-tight pants are still in fashion. in fact, since it takes a while for designer pieces to get imitated into mass produced merchandise, i have just been seeing pvc and latex tights in some racks.
pvc (polyvinyl chloride, something i used to only know as the main material in pipes and other construction items) is extremely shiny, so shiny it has that permanent wet look to it. leather, on the other hand, is less glossy, but slick nonetheless, and both have that rock star, vampy vibe to them. it is one thing to slink and slither into the things and another to actually pull them off. and whether you wear the plastic or the animal hide, it seems you have to adhere to the same fundamental rules in wearing it.
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for wimbledon this year, she was inspired by tina turner. you’d think she would look to other athletes for motivation, but she throws us a curveball and picks a celebrity from a completely different industry. hey, she is venus williams, she can and will wear anything she wants. because she can get away with it. and can definitely win with it.
literally “hundreds of designers, thousands of clothes”, the philippine fashion week lived up to its claim with the holiday collections this year.
the second of two fashion weeks annually, the holiday collections feature the ethereal, the outstandingly beautiful, the outfits so luxurious they take your breath away.
what goes best with the softness johnson’s body care helps you achieve? a soft look collection that perfectly complements your smooth and supple skin.
so j&j teamed up with fashion retailer bayo to give you some of the most luxurious, most alluring pieces. the only softer you can get is a birthday suit.
in a launch last month at the hip encore super club in the fort, taguig, we were privileged to get a first look at the soft look collection from j&j and bayo.
all photos and prices from female network:
je ne sais quoi, literally “i don’t know what”. it refers to that abstract quality in a person that makes her attractive or makes her stand out from a crowd. it’s that elusive “it” factor, that certain “something” we often refer to when we know one looks distinctively stylish yet we can’t come up with words to describe why it is such.
in simpler and local terms: may dating. how many times have you encountered a lady who looks so beautifully individual in her manner of dressing and demeanor that you turn your head to look at her in awe but can’t find the adjectives to describe why you like her look? that’s may dating. that’s je ne sais quoi.
and this is where the fun begins. french fashion retailer promod challenged bloggers to come up with five different looks that embody that intangible quality better known as je ne sais quoi. for this rare stylista-for-a-day opportunity, jill of kikay exchange was gracious enough to invite me as her partner.
as jill looked up wedding songs and discussed wedding themes, i can’t help but imagine what songs and what theme i would have selected if my husband and i had a traditional wedding ourselves.
my husband and i both love music. and love it a lot. while we may not entirely agree on many songs, there is one genre and era that brings us together: motown.
one summer essential i’ve never been very brave enough to try before was the maxi dress. until our wedding anniversary this year.
with my 5’2″ frame, i always thought long dresses would completely overwhelm me and make me look even shorter and boxier than i already am. thanks to a few tips i found online and in magazines, i realized maxi dresses can also work very well on petite women. i mean look at rachel zoe who, at about 5 feet tall, wore maxi dresses like a uniform in 2008 and 09!
i have noticed that many of my favorite red carpet dresses are from atelier versace (like demi moore and elizabeth banks in the oscars, drew barrymore in the golden globes, marisa tomei last year, penelope cruz the other year… there’s too many, i have to stop here otherwise i won’t shut up), so seeing their lookbook every season is quite exciting.
atelier versace has posted the spring 2010 lookbook. which of these dresses do you think will translate well on the red carpet? who do you think can wear them?
it’s been a week since my little blog was thrown in as “collateral damage”. after a few days of confusion and frustration, i finally got my own domain. and i finally get to publish the post that’s been waiting patiently in the drafts folder since the academy awards concluded last week.
i am not jinxed after all… after the two american idol male contestants and the cool girl i’ve been rooting for failed to get past top 24 and top 20, i considered the idea that i might have jinxed them. but after my hopes from another entry were realized in this year’s academy awards, i knew superstition doesn’t live here.
congratulations to kathryn bigelow, the first woman to win best director!
avatar didn’t pull another titanic on us. congratulations to the hurt locker for winning best picture!
i haven’t been up-to-date with my posts. i have failed to cover the grammy red carpet (which is my favorite of the year!) and haven’t written anything about the past four cities in the a.i. audition tour. i don’t mean to neglect the blog, it’s just been a very rummage and search and learn week. i didn’t even imagine i’d be up to my armpits with things to contemplate on in a place like this. but hey, them’s the breaks.
fortunately, my husband decided to surprise me with a weekend at an island resort for our anniversary last saturday. fortunately, my mother-in-law slipped and let the surprise out the day before that. because i don’t like surprises. but i do love resort stays very much.
we spent two days and one night in sonaisali island resort. it’s the same resort where our cousin celebrated her wedding.
we were able to score a marvelous deal on the accommodations and an even more incredible deal on the meals. we stayed in a bure with a huge room that included a king size bed and a large wicker sofa set. we also had a terrace and an entry porch overlooking the waters that separate sonaisali island from the mainland. activities like paintball, beach volleyball, billiards and jungle cruise were available apart from the usual water sports and recreation.
i’m not posting this entry to review or write about the experience. i relaxed, loosened up and willed myself to do nothing at all, i didn’t even bother making a mental rate of the resort. all i know is that i like the place a lot and i love the food so much, i’d probably go there another time just to eat.
i just want to share the sundresses i scored from ukay-ukay and wore to the beach.
even the espadrilles i wore were from ukay.
that’s watching the wellington rugby 7s with my husband (which fiji won). he took a few seconds off the game to snap this photo. i think the whole of fiji was at a standstill that night, the way the philippines is during pacquiao fights. i hope i made my thrill palpable enough. i really don’t know how i could appreciate rugby, perhaps i should just stop trying. no use feigning interest, right?
that’s how determined i was not to be bothered by anything.
when we got home, the family surprised us with a cake. we didn’t touch it during the night because we were stuffed from the complimentary meals in the resort. we had it for breakfast the next day though. and since our wedding last year was severely simple (meaning we just gave our oath, signed the docs and ate lunch), we decided to prop the camera on the kitchen rack, grabbed the opportunity to snap a photo of us cutting a cake together. with a kitchen knife.
happy anniversary to us!
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