Motorcyle Diaries

I just moved out of my apartment and I'll be "homeless" for a month because I am waiting to move in with a friend end of May. Before that I'll be heading to Moscow but for now, let's just say life is more fun on a 600cc Yamaha bike. Enjoy the bank holiday weekend.

SnowBlack Giveaway : UNSEEN VOGUE

" For every picture that has been published in Vogue, there are many that never make it - not because of poor composition or execution, but because the fashion styling may have been too inventive, the camera technique too pioneering, or, frequently, because the magazine ran out of space."

I am very grateful for each new reader or follower of my blog I get, that I decided it was time for my first official giveaway. It has also been a year since I came to London from Vancouver and I have been looking back at what I have done and have yet to do in this wonderful city. We all give each other advice on where to shop when we travel and some of us here in London have seen each other around town, having recognized each other from our blogs. So I went to Selfridges today and headed to one of my favorite sections on fashion photography in order to give one lucky reader / follower this book on images that never made the final cut into the fashion bible but were still amazing.

So here are the competition rules:

1. Leave a comment on this post, with your name and email address. If you have a blog link you can add that too.

2. And follow this blog under Google Friend Connect on the top left side bar if you are not already a follower

3. Competition ends April 30, 2010 at midnight London Time Zone.

4. The winner will be contacted via email and announced in May's first post.

On to the next one

sunglasses. RayBan. jacket. Topshop Boutique. Dress. Rick Owens. bag. Louis Vuitton. shoes. Primark

You cannot imagine how disappointed I am feeling. Thursday, my friend are I were supposed to be off to Copenhagen and Malmo but a volcano just HAD to erupt in Iceland. I was so excited to see what Scandinavian brands I would find and share with you guys on my blog. So now we have canceled and got our refund from BA and are spending a sunny weekend at Hyde Park. I'm off with friends to do a spot of retail therapy to cure our blues. I hope this clears soon because it's no longer about my own vacation but I know friends and family who can't travel as well, so I am at least grateful I have the luxury of being in my own apartment and city when this is happening. So all I can say is have a good weekend.

I never had Acne in my teens until now

Dress. Acne

I can finally start wearing my Acne dress now that the weather is getting warmer. This is the second coral-colored item I have ever purchased, right next to a DKNY summer dress I bought a year back. You can wear it loose or tight, though I prefer the latter. I am thinking of taking it with me Thursday as I will be heading to Copenhagen and Malmo for a few days, which by the way, if anyone knows of amazing Scandinavian brands (besides Acne) please let me know! Also, I would like to thank MARIAN KIHOGO for featuring me in her blogger style series. You can read the interview HERE.

VOGUE Russia. April 2010

Naomi Campbell shot by Steven Meisel

Chouette Silhouette

dress. Rick Owens. shoes. Reiss

So this is my Rick Owens tank dress that I absolutely adore. The silhouette it creates of a woman's body is, in my opinion, sexier than any type of dress I have worn or seen. You don't need a slit to show a mile-high thigh or a low cleavage to display your "twins" because this dress has a type of pseudo see-through effect thanks to what is called cheesecloth fabric. So in other words on a very sunny day if you stand at just the right angle to the sun, you should cause a car pile up, bicycle pile up and deer-caught-in-headlights with their mouths open stares from baby boys in their strollers to the trio of World War II veterans clocking in their last tan before leaving this Earth.

À bout de souffle

earrings. Othello. jacket. Dior. stockings. House of Holland

Bonjour from Paris. Today has turned out to be a lovely day (so far) despite last night's rain. I have been catching up with friends, including some who are too lazy to hop on the train to London, though I do love any excuse to come to Paris. Saturday was a great day to catch up with my best friend Amelie and have lunch at the famous cafe Les Deux Magots, and do a spot of shopping, which for me included buying more jewelry to add to my collection. I bought these lovely earrings at a jewelry store called Othello on 21 rue des Saints-Peres, 75006. Metro: Saint-Germain-des-Pres.

And seeing as I am currently living at my photographer friend's place, I am abusing every privilege to do test shoots and little videos with him and drooling all over his photo equipment and his iMacs that he uses for retouching. Ugh, he has a photographer's apartment to DIE for ! As well as his Dior jacket which shall somehow accidentally find its way into my luggage.

Ling Ling, you forgot your bling bling

vintage bracelet. This n' That (New York)
rings (from left to right):P.Love, Topshop, YSL, Rings Eclectic, Pema, Accessorize, William Mansell
bra. Agent Provocatuer
bag. Prada



bracelet. Pema

So my ring collection is growing ever so slowly. I love vintage jewelry the most and I love the new YSL rings in circulation right now. I just have to decide whether to pay my gas and water bills or show my landlord the finger .... with a ring on it. Yep, I think that's what I'll do; the Single Ladies dance in front of my landlord to show him where some of that rent money went and then pray he has a shoe fetish so that I can sacrifice one of my Louboutins as compensation.

But with the weather getting warmer, and with people showing more skin, it's time for me to go jewelry shopping again. I love the jewelry section at Liberty of London. It has the best variety in my opinion. Of course Bond Street has some sweet treats but the KGB -looking bodyguards all over the street make it impossible to even look at the window for more than 2 seconds. God forbid you might whip out a hammer from your Prada and smash the window! LOL. For those of you who didn't get that last part, in London we have a current trend of gangs on motorbikes smashing jewelry stores with hammers, whilst us locals and tourists watch and film it to post later on Youtube.

William Mansell (click here) - London
This n That (click here) - New York City
Pema (click here) - New York City

Leather lover

leather jacket. All Saints. belt. Reiss. pants. Zara

I should be wearing nothing but this leather jacket. Just kidding! Although I am sure I would go through airport security quicker. But I must say this All Saints leather jacket feels like the lovechild of velvet and butter, if any of that makes sense? This is my second leather jacket from All Saints, seeing as I have worn my previous one to death over the last two years. (The previous one being the one below). And with these silk Zara pants billowing in the wind, all I need is a Hattori Hanzo samurai sword weapon to give me that anime look.

leather jacket. All Saints. sunglasses. Vintage

Shawshank Redemption

glasses. American Apparel. shirt. Chloe. jeans. Topshop. shoes. Valentino

So denim on denim is one of this summer's trends and I am rather nervous about taking it on and getting it right. I see the GAP ads where everyone looks really, really, ridiculously good looking and try to imagine my friends and I head-to-toe in denim and popping out of the London underground without the risk of looking like prison cell mates out on a day trip. Though, speaking of prisoners, this denim trend reminds me a lot of one of my favourite movies, and one I would highly recommend: The Shawshank Redemption