Strangely, I like these

Martin Margiela windshield sunglasses.

Via Highsnobiety.

Overwhelmed

I think these two dresses are amazingly gorgeous. I've been spending time at work going through the collections on style.com (heh, I love doing that legitimately) and I stared at these two for quite a while before clicking on.

This is by Alexander Wang. Aunty has been looking out for a laidback dressy dress for a sometime-in-future wedding dinner and when I saw this, I thought it was perfect. Oh my god, I stare at it now and I'm repeating to myself, I really love it.

And this, this is by Christopher Kane. It's all over the fashion blogs but I still have to mention it because it's orange clouds and I love clouds.

According to style.com, the prints are "images of nuclear test explosions from the fifties to the seventies" and are "sourced from free public-access photos on the U.K. Ministry of Defense Web site". Kane described them as sinister but beautiful. Knowing that makes the dress even more fascinating.

I love that the dress is named after Cecilia Lisbon.

From Vain and Vapid via soon lee.

Matthew Williamson for H&M

The collection launches today 23 April, give and take the time difference, I suppose. Not very taken by it but I was a little curious about the dress above. Because it makes me think of mould, but in a good way. Erm, well, more or less good anyway.

Oh Karen!

Love that the strand of pearls is broken. Also that touch of mustard.

More Karen Walker goodness here on style.com.

Quick GG debrief

GG hasn't gotten me excited for a while now. I like episode 19.

Plus, Blair looked stunning in the Herve Leger dress. Not the best picture but if you've watched the scene where she leaned against Chuck to seduce him, you'd have seen how amazing the dress was on her.

Jil Sander in Tampines

So Jil Sander and Uniqlo have hooked up. (More here and here.)

Think of it this way. The first Uniqlo in this part of the world will soon throw its doors open at the new mall in Tampines. And Jil Sander will be hard at work spinning out more things to love. A few months down the road you'll be able to buy a little piece of Jil Sander in a suburban mall.

"My passion has always been quality and pureness. Now I'm looking forward to establishing a new value in a new world."

Globalisation is marvellous.

Spring 2005 - Jil Sander's last complete collection for her namesake label.





Fall 2005 - the collection that began with Jil Sander and wrapped up with just the design team

March is the time to...

1. Start filing income tax.

2. Check out the Christian Lacroix exhibition that will take place at the National Museum 20 March onwards.

3. Buy tickets for the Singapore International Film Festival. A shortage of Japanese and Taiwanese films disappoints me. I think it was the same last year but I don't remember that well. I didn't catch a single film last year. It was a combination of film fatigue and the fact that nothing from the selection jumped at me. It's not quite jumpy for me this year as well but I think I'll be going to a few that caught my eye.


Still Walking / Aruitemo Aruitemo
From Kore-eda Hirokazu, the director of Nobody Knows (which was heartbreaking).




Wendy and Lucy




The Black Balloon
Model Gemma Ward's film debut.




How to Be
Pre-Edward Cullen.




Fireflies in the Garden

Girl Inside
Couldn't find a trailer but it sounds intriguing. I get tired of drag queen movies that I don't even watch.

i like haco.

it's actually a shopping catalogue (you can also find it online). but it doubles as a very pretty magazine with lots of wardrobe ideas.

it comes with gorgeous photos.



sweet section openers.



and is brimming with pretty clothes i want to own.

some cute shoes.



and recipes.



and even the q&a section is very attractive.

Will induce hunger and wild desire to own lengths and lengths of gorgeous robes

Was about to watch Hyakumanen to Nigamushi Onna (1,000,000 Yen Girl), which stars Aoi Yu, when I thought about Osen again. Osen is one of the best Japanese dramas I've watched and it's not just because of the story. There is so much gorgeous, delectable food in there. Actually I hesitate to call them food. They look so amazing it feels like no one should bear to eat them but really, don't you just want to ravish all these fine, fine dishes?

(All following images from here.)

Not just that. As the young proprietress, Aoi Yu has an amazing wardrobe. Lots of quirky details in her wearing of the traditional kimono.

What I like most are the stuff she wears to rough it out.

Makes me feel like watching the show again. But life is too short and I can't seem to afford much time to rewatch or reread things anymore.