Dior Summer Princess Cosmetic

Dior really has the eye in the market for girls. I'm talking about the girly girls, and the rich party-type girls. Following last winter's success with the cosmetic compact keychain, this season Dior launches the "Dior Summer Princess" collection. The main features are the cosmetic rings -one ring with eye shadow, and another ring with lip colors.

This ring is filled with two shades of eye shadow. So if it's a long night out and we all know that girly clutches are riduculously impractical, your can still have access to touch up your eye makeup with this chic-looking ring.

This is the ring filled with two shades of lip colors. OK, so maybe the rings are cute, and maybe the mirrors on both rings are perfect for the vain people who can't resist checking out themselves out every oppurtunity that they've got. But like, eww, doesn't makeup like lip glosses melt? Wouldn't the heat from your fingers melt the makeup inside the ring? I guess that's why it comes with a little chain for you to hook it onto your bag. But then again, what would the point of it being a ring?

Whistles Spring 2005

We all know and love the fashion by Anthropologie. Their style is always trendy, yet still manages to retain elegance. Unfortunately, Anthropologie is only available in the US. So I present you the UK answer's to Anthropologie: Whistles! Whistles' clothes are just as elegant and stylish as Anthropologie's clothes. Even Whistles' prices are similar!

Whistles' Spring 2005 collection features two themes: the Roman Holiday and the LA Style. The key to the Roman Holiday look is sophistication, whereas the LA Style offers a more laid-back and casual look.

Here are some of my favourite items:

My absolute favourite item by Whistles this season. So pretty and flowy. Unfortunately for me, it costs 95 pounds.

Purple cardigan that can be worn for a polite, sophisticated look, and for the boho look.

A pair of fun boho looking wedges. This style is very commonly seen in UK shops this season.

Can be worn with long pants for a more mature look, or worn with shorts for a more casual take. Are Whistles' clothes versatile or what?

Whistles denim that is obviously taken out from the LA Style collection.

One thing that is very unfortunate about UK brands is that their sites are usually not as complete as US brands' sites. But it's always worth going to the Whistles site to have a look because it is well designed and oh so pretty!

Bag Trends Spring / Summer 2005: Straw Bags

Yes, it always seems like so many styles are 'in style' at the same time. Well, that's the great (and bad) thing about the fashion industry now, you get more choice! With this season's earthy theme, straw bags are obviously 'in'. Fashion editors have approved it, and think it's perfect for a summer chic look.

Personally I suggest that straw bags will look better with shorts, capris or skirts, instead of long pants. I also think they will look best with wedges rather than flats. But it's really up to your personal style and body shape.

Here is some of the best offers this season:

Look elegant and posh with this Kate Spade Monoco Wicker Roll Bag.

Super kawaii (cute) pick: Coach Lady Bug Applique Boxy Tote.

I LOVE this Kate Spade clutch (Rivera Straw Nikki Clutch). It's perfect for shopping around in your neighbourhood, esp if you live in rich places like Knightsbridge and Beverly Hills.

Another one of my favourite and a cheaper alternative. This Straw Doctor Bag from Urban Outfitters is very spring pretty and looks like its actually practical.

Yes, I know it's made of crochet and not straw, but its so rare to see one that is so bright and colorful. It looks like a straw bag anyways. Large Crochet Stripe Shopper by Accessorize.

Irregular Choice

I am sure you have all walked into the shoe department and encountered these odd looking shoes that are very funky but somehow not quite right, going by the very befitting brand of Irregular Choice. I am sure you have all wondered about where they came from and who would think up such irregular shoes. .

The where is no other then good ol' London, the land of funky clothes. And the who is 32-year-old Danny Sullivan, who having witnessed too much normality in this world, was moved to launch the Irregular choice shoe label. He wanted to ". . do something mad and adventurous, something based on an irregular concept," and Irregular choice is surely all that. And we love it. Since 1999, it has grown from a small little known brand in Europe, to a highly respected international brand, always pushing fashion to new limits.

Here are some of this season's hottest. .

The floral wedges with a slimmed down heel
I am loving these mary-janes with its unusual color, pattern and if you see it in real life, pointy tips.

The typical floral pointy flat with a twist. I tried these on as well, and they are real cute!

Christian Roth Sunglasses

While flipping though Tattler, (which is an excellent magazine on the British high society btw,) I noticed that the Fashion editorial featured this gorgeous pair of sunglasses, and even though they were 300 pounds for a pair, I simply cannot resist checking them out online. Most of the sunglasses were designed with the hip, trendy and rich girl or guy in mind. They are highly fashionable and have a large variety for you to choose from. Here are a few favourites:

For those who are stylish, trendy and celeb-like.

Perfect for the funky look.

For those who are too cool and sleek for anything else.

Check out more Christian Roth sunglasses here.

Speaking of sunglasses, I can't resist showing you another one of my favourite pair of sunglasses this season. This pair is the one worn in the new Dior ads.

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Dries Van Noten

A few years ago, while randomly cruising the shops at Landmark (a very good shopping mall in hk) with my mom we came across Dries Van Noten, and I was instantly intrigued. Inside the gloomy and minimal exterior of the shop was an array of distinctively unique and feminine pieces. The voluminous skirts, the subtle floral embroideries and patterns, as vogue.co.uk puts it, it was as if "you were rummaging through your grandmother's trunk in the attic."

Dries Van Noten is a Belgium fashion designer who comes from three generations of tailors. Fashion was clearly in the blood. Although his designs appear to be very "of the moment" right now, with all his floral patterns and poofy skirts, he has in fact been doing this for the longest time. Having carved himself a niche in the fashion world, Dries Van Noten is not one to bend to the rigid rules and is instead commited to creating individual and intimate unique pieces. Here are some more photos from his Spring/Summer 2005 runway:

Don't you just LOVE those voluminous skirts and that very romantic long floral skirt? Also note how the guests are sitting and the runway. The runway is actually the table where the guests had sat for dinner at a cavernous factory on the outskirts of Paris. To celebrate his 50th collection, the guests also recieved a signed scrapbook of his last 50 collections with a polaroid image of the chandelier the guest was sitting under. Talk about being unique and intimate!

Sigh. . what I wouldn't give to have been there. . .

Vanity Fair's Tribeca Film Festival Party 2005 Fashion

That's right, we don't really care about the actual Tribeca Film Festival because celebrities don't bother too much about it anyways. Apart from the premire of The Interpreter, (which looks like an excellent movie btw -I esp like Nicole's hair,) it wasn't a greatly publicized event. However, the Vanity Fair party for the Tribeca Film Festival got plenty of attention -and how could it not?

Vanity Fair (the magazine) is famous for holding beautiful parties for the beautiful people. This year's party was held at the Centre Street Courthouse, it tempted in stars and supermodels. So we will be looking at these beautiful people wearing their glitz and glamour. I picked the ones that deserved my fashion ooos and ahhs.

First off, I have of course picked the star of the night, Nicole Kidman. Her black dress by Azzaro is oh so simple and classical, yet still makes Nicole look glamorous with that diamond-studded straps around her collar bones. The fabric looks like velvet, which is a major fabric in the coming fall/winter season.

The back of the dress is even more glitzy and sleek than the front. What does Nicole think of her dress? 'It's so tight I can hardly breathe,' she whispered to one journalist.

One cannot help but admire how Nicole manages to still look beautiful in such a simple dress. And seriously, even the pony tail looks shiny, sleek and glamourous on her. How unfair is that?

Right, moving on from Nicole. Vanity Fair editor, and the evening's host, Graydon Carter with his wife-to-be Anna Scott. Her dress is very pretty and this season. It follows the whole ethnic trend, (African/Moroccan/random ethnic inspired prints.)

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer looking very glitzy. It's always the supermodels who look so effortlessly gorgeous.

Another model, Lauren Bush looking pretty in a simple black dress, complimented with one of the favourite accessories this season -a sequined cardigan. Sequined cardigans are great for mix and match for nights out and the LA style. I advice all readers to go get one themselves!