try and take them away from me

they are still the prettiest shoes i have ever seen and santa really needs to put them in my possession. i vow to always be ever so loyal to them forever and ever.

alexanderwang | maraisusa | lagarconne

she makes me hyperventilate

I AM SO IN LOVE WITH TAYLOR TOMASI.

Her witty style and odd style pairings make me jump for joy.

I mean, a McQueen harness over a knit?

Seriously, come on!

She was such a fricking stunner through fashion month.

And her hair...don't even get me started.

photo credit: garancedore.fr, style notes by tommy ton, and refinery29

resort 2011

1 + 2: Alexander Wang

3: Balenciaga

4: Stella McCartney

5: Jason Wu

6: Thakoon

7 + 8: Rag & Bone

9: Marc by Marc Jacobs

10: Reed Krakoff

11: The Row

12: Proenza Schouler

13 + 14: Erin Fetherston

These are some of my favorites from the 2011 Resort Collections. There were so many brogues and oxfords (please be mine!) throughout all the collections and I'm loving all the sheer! Picture number 2 (A.Wang) brings me back to my childhood when my grandma used to sew play clothes for me with matching tops and bottoms very similar to this look. I knew Popo was always ahead of the times. As for the designers that really killed it this season for me was by far Erin Fetherston and Rag & Bone. I wanted every single piece from their collections. Can't wait for September when I get completely distracted from work to view all of next seasons collections!

Photo Credit: Style.com

you know you colour me life.

Just did some major shopping for the past two weekends, but you know what's funny? Even with a whole bunch of new clothes, when it comes down to the what-do-I-wear-frenzy, I end up going back to things I love most such as this skirt, the belt-that-wear-with-everything, and this cuff. My clutch is actually a vintage cross-body bag that happens to be my most favorite purse in the whole wide world but the strap broke after all the torture I put it through! I'm so sad. Hopefully I can get it fixed, but in the meantime, it will remain my most favorite clutch in the whole wide world.

The only new thing I'm wearing is the one shouldered blouse. I love to paint and I fell in love with the colors. It looks like a watercolor painting on sheer material! Unfortunately I hate working with watercolor because I have no control over which way the color runs...but I think that's the whole point and the whole beauty of it right? Time to let go and run with the colors... wherever they may go.

Frolicking in: blouse|Nordstrom Rack, skirt|The Butik

golf Peruvian cuff, vintage snakeskin clutch, heels|f21

PS - My Rumi x RVCA Machinery dresses came in!!!! Another outfit post coming soon.

spacegirl.

Just bought Rumi's newly released RVCA "Machinery" dress in both black and white (I seriously could NOT decide, so give me a break). The inspiration behind her design is Milla Jovovich's character Leeloo in The Fifth Element (note the white bandaging). That pretty much secured my purchase considering the fact I LOVE Milla. I mean, who doesn't love a model/badass-chick-playing-actress/fashion designer for Jovovich-Hawk/hot mom? I'm hoping some of that will rub off on me. Got the dress here! So get excited.

ph. cred: fashiontoast, imdb

e-nun-ci-ate.

Connie Wang (one of the fab Refinery29 editors) never fails to make me laugh my horrendous laugh out loud with this video as her and her friend teach those born without natural sophistication, such as myself, to properly pronounce important fashion names. And surprise surprise, I didn't properly pronounce half of these names before I saw this. So before you go out and make a fool of yourself, make sure you watch this!

sweltering

I'm not going to lie. It is hot. Like sweat-is-leaking-from-every-gland-on-my-body-hot. Summer started early May and it feels like the peak of Hawaii heat already... and that means wedding season! It's funny how women pick the hottest months of the year to wear the most amount of fabric they'll ever wear in their life. I guess you can't have paradise without some sacrifices. Wore this particular outfit to a wedding recently. The sheerness of it is a little deceiving since I managed to still sweat a ton but it's so pretty (my lame justification)! I also like the fact that something so grandma-looking (yay for grandma clothes!) can come from such a large brand name store.

On another note, I missed being in the blogosphere, so I just wanted to reacquaint myself with all of you again. Thanks for visiting and I apologize for having the see the same update every time. So here's to a fresh start! I'm baaaaaaack!

Disclaimer: Excuse the angry face, it was sunny and I was a-sweatin' from running back and forth to my tripod to set the timer. (Blogging is not just a bunch of mouse clicks!)

dress | Victoria's Secret, shoes | MIA, necklace | f21

fashionmonth

i would love to go to school (in the mainland) dressed like this.

rag&bone FW10

dapper

Just got my first gilt groupe purchase! A super cute pair of Boutique9 oxfords. I love them!!! Oxfords are officially my crazy new obsession. I'm into that Lauren Hutton, Diane Keaton, Katherine Hepburn, bitch-i-can-do-anything look. But more importantly, they can pull off literally any type of men-inspired piece with a feminine attitude. That's my girl.

Trying to nab these Marais oxfords next. I actually love all their shoes, but their oxfords are by far their most classic pieces. Their whole concept really just speaks to my American pride (*Parisians are snickering right now*). I'm sure my closet can use a little patriotism, haha. Check out their shoes and site out here.

Off to join the working class society now.... grumble grumble.

firstfridays

A couple things: I got a kickass new phone (nexus one) and I LOVE it. I've always been stuck with prehistoric phones my whole life and I now realize the power of unlimited texting and web-browsing. It's dangerous.

And this is sort of my first street style post. Some girls and I went out to First Fridays in downtown Honolulu, which is when they open up all the art galleries at night and all of main downtown turns into a zoo of artsy farts (like me) and club-goers.

I got to meet this girl in a great pair of harem pants which looked amazing with all that hair, those sandals, and killer accent. Made some new friends, Kela and Sean, who by the way was wearing a kick ass shiny blazer with puff sleeves (yay for puff sleeves)! I wore my favorite altered-vintage dress with my vintage snake belt and my peruvian gold cuff. In the end, it's all about the shoulders, baby.