Videos Of The Day!

Artist: Kara (Korean Female Group)
Artist 2: 2PM (Korean Male Group)

International Street Fashion

so many different cultural and foreign street fashions! From Tokyo to Korea to London to France to Bohemia to Russia to New York. Unlike America, cities within those cultures take fashion and trends to a whole new level always coming up with a new and outrageous trend for us to discover.  The clothes we wear and way we look must originate from some place right? Some trends that never die are ones that walk the city of Seoul, South Korea and Paris, France. We must really look into the history of their fashion and traditional wear to understand how  fashion of different cultures evolute over the decades. As boring as it may sounds, what you can learn is actually pretty fascinating! Take for example, the traditional dress of Korea "Hanbok" which originated from as far as 3 Kingdom Periods, has been recreated into many different trends for modern day wear & so has the Japanese Kimono traditional dress. Except that's not my point. In modern day, we've recreated traditional clothing from all over the world to create many new different trends. That is art, my friend. ;)

( Traditional Hanbok )

( Modern Hanbok )

( Modern Look )

( Traditional Kimono )

( Modern Look )

( Modern Lingerie Look )

( Modern Lingerie Look )

Very, Very High Fashion ;)

Model 1: Dennie Pasion
Source: Link 1

Model 2: Zinta
Melissa Rodwell Photography
Source: http://www.asianfashionblog.com/

Model 3: Angela Michelle Perez
Source: www.angelamichelleperez.com

Artists Of The Week

So the past few weeks I've been ranting only about painters/sketchers for my 'AOTW' posts which is why this time, I will only post some of my favorite Photographer's work. Yes, not just just one artist plus I'm not even going to rant. To know more about the Artists check out the links below my sources.

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Zhang Jingna: Link 1

Quentin Shih: Link 2

CLARK LITTLE: Link 3

Dressing Down W/ Denim

I can't get enough of denim, this summer it's all about denims and there are so many ways to pair them up and make em' hot! Giorgio Armani said so himself in August's Glamour Issue, "Jeans represent freedom; they signify democracy in fashion." A couple of tips from himself, always have a pair of five- pocket straight leg jeans, a classic that flatters any body type, it's true. Never wear them to a wedding or any black-tie events. Stick to the formal dress code! Of course, you make them look good, you must also feel the same confidence. A great smile is the perfect accessory to any outfit! So many people are wondering how to wear their jeans and denim in the summer when the heat is out, it's no secret! Really, don't sweat it. It's all about that confidence remember? Get out those summer mid-calf boots you've been stuffing somewhere in the back of your closet and pair them up with your hottest jeans. Roll them up for a modern spicy look ;) If you like the denim on denim idea but never had the guts to try it (don't worry, we all have the same issue), don't get upset about it, here are some tips. What you can always do is mismatch your denim color/wash to avoid the Canadian tuxedo look. If you how to pair your denim shirts, just tuck em' under a puffy skirt, ruffle skirt, anything flirty! I believe we don't have too much trouble with the cropped denim jacket look. You can always pair it with a flowy maxi dress, floral dress, anything above-the-knee dress/skirt (unless it's a maxi dress, of course). There are endless ways to wear our jeans/denim and still look chic at the same time! My all time favorite is the "French girl channeler t-skirts with skinnies. It's a beautiful classic look and you don't have to put so much effort, isn't that relief.

Left to right: Lee Hyori, ChungLim, & Han HyoJoo, are all South Korean Actors/Singers; Guess photoshoot.

 

 Ralph Lauren, Gap and Banana Republic

Sailor shirt, Calypso, $135, calypso.com

 

Gold button striped tee, Topshop, $36,  Top Shop

Art Of The Week

Gianni Penati, 1965;

 

Dominique Nabakov;Jazz, New York, 1985;

 

Paul Almasy;Rock 'n' Roll sur les Quais de Paris

 Robert Doisneau; Muscisian In The Rain;

Need I say more? All these photographs captures some sort of it's beauty, a one of a kind! Dominique captured the beauty of New York with a Jazz musician, after all New York is known for being the city of BIG DREAMS. As for Muscisian In The Rain by Robert Doisneau, I instantly fell in love with the piece! A picture is worth a thousand words but this photograph is LOVE, endless.  These photographs can be bought and viewed off of condenaststore.com

Informational Update!

Alright so some of you may or may not know, I've been interning to be a nails specialist after, I finish my almost-a-year-or-so course and take the exam to get my nail's license. I've been interning for about 4 weeks or so and should I say it's more complicated then just cutting, filing and polishing! My first 2 weeks were frustrating trying to figure out how spa chairs work (it's not as easy as it looks when you're just relaxing on the thing while the employee does your feet.) Fortunately, I got that down by the 3rd week, also I intern on weekends only just in case you are wondering what the heck took me so long to learn how to use a spa chair! Anyways, on Saturday I started getting to the real stuff, doing our own nails is a piece of cake isn't it? Wish I could say the same when doing a customer's! Who knew there were "procedures"? But I'm learning. I noticed I'm doing a lot better then I did yesterday, isn't that a relief. I'm probably going to get everything down by the next 2 weeks so hopefully I can do some tutorials such as: how to care for your nails, DIY at home nails, nail art & more. It's important to know some of this post, boys, you need to know this stuff too, anyone can get nail infection and that can get ugly. If you follow my blog, you might already know that I post twice or so every week (which I need to work on) however later on I will update more than weekly. Chau mi amores!

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Artist Of The Week

Another artist did not fail to surprise me and I'm falling more and more in love with these incredible people! This time it's Andrea Kett, whose work is somewhat similar to my earlier 'AOTW' post. I guess I've been looking too much and only into surrealism, anywho, her work consists of glamor with a touch grunge. Some of her work is pretty exciting and captivating. I just can't over how much similarity there is in comparison to Mark Ryden! I love beautiful things that comes with a surprise and Andrea Kett's paintings gave me hell of a surprise! Her most recent collection is umm, wicked, LITERALLY. Ladies, you have to check it out!

Andrea Kett Portfolio