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Red Dress

Feb 152013

Happy belated Valentine’s Day! To be honest, I’m not the biggest fan of the holiday (as I’ve mentioned in past posts). But my husband and I have a tradition now to go eat at the restaurant where we had our first date every year on February 14th and so we continued it yesterday as well. What I’m really looking forward to is this weekend though, as my husband has promised to take me twice to eat my favorite food in the world – noodles! I’m going to be having beef noodle soup and freshly made pho too. Hoorah!

Red ASOS dress

ASOS dress (similar here)
YSL sandals
Wanderlust + Co clutch (similar and absolutely beautiful here)

This is an old red ASOS dress which I’ve had hanging in my closet forever. I dug it out and I forgot how comfortable it was to wear. I had a coat over it for the night of course but I could still get away with sandals! I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day and wishing you a very happy weekend.

PS: One of my favorite winter purchases, the green coat from this post, is now on sale for 50% off, here (a steal!)

Interview with Justin Ng

Sep 122012

I had such a fun time putting together this week’s interview. Justin is an incredibly talented photographer and illustrator whose work I adore. He is one of those people who you can tell just loves to create beauty, and surround themselves with it. Justin has an incredible eye for craftsmanship as you will soon see, and a deep rooted love of style and fashion. Enjoy meeting him!

Who are you? What do you do, and where do you live?

My name is Justin. I am an illustrator and photographer from Vancouver BC, Canada. I was born and raised in Vancouver, but I spent a great deal of time in Hong Kong as a child. I am currently completing my BFA in Visual Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. I also work part-time as a drawing and piano teacher.

Sleeveless Summer

Jul 162012

Hi there! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I had a nice one and on Saturday saw some friends for afternoon tea who I hadn’t seen in over a year. How come I’m always the only one who orders alcohol with lunch? My husband jokes that it was because I watch too much of the Real Housewives series!

J.Crew shirt (similar here, here)
J.Crew shorts (similar here, less $$ option here)
VCA necklace (similar here)
YSL clutch (in raspberry and black)
YSL shoes (similar from YSL, less $$ option here)

I’ve been using little clutches and crossbody bags during the day more and more lately – I dislike carrying big bags when it’s hot out. I used this clutch from the afternoon through the night Sunday for dinner and it was the perfect size for carrying everything I needed!

New Purchase: YSL Patent Tributes

Mar 022012

During my closet cleaning frenzy last weekend, I donated a few shoes, hopefully to happier homes:

1. Red glitter pumps that were too “Moulin Rouge” for day yet too disco ball looking for night

2. Filthy beige Louboutin espadrilles that Goodwill assured me would still fly out the door

3. Lace up gladiators which made me look even stumpier than I already am and,

4. Wedge J.Crew rubber flip flops (anybody else remember these)? I wore them in high school and bought lots of back up pairs because I thought I would love them forever – ahem, I was wrong.

In the spirit of just buying the one item that I really want and would wear instead of a bunch of substitutes, I picked up these YSL Tribute Sandals in camel patent from Nordstrom. I wear my nude patent pumps all the time and was missing the perfect sandal version:

YSL Tribute sandal (shorter heel version here)

I love my black pair but these have a higher heel and better satisfy my Napoleonic desire to be a wee bit taller. Plus they are still really comfortable. It’s funny because when these came out years ago I thought they looked too high and a little “Betty Boop,” but now I love them and scarily enough the 5+ inch height is totally normal to me now. What happened, have heel heights just been getting higher and higher?

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