April 2011
25 posts
Global Style: The Kimono as the New Spring Blazer
vogue:
Daria Werbowy Photographed by David Sims for Vogue in May 2009 If a derivative of the blazer has been your go-to winter cover-up, it’s time to make the switch to a warmer-weather alternative. Cue spring’s new essential: the kimono wrap. Gone are the sharp edges, fixed lapels, and heavy fabrics of the boyfriend jacket. This season we’re falling for the kimono’s liquid-silk allure.
Read...
times article on the prevalence of cosmetic... →
My mom has hinted that I could and should get cosmetic surgery in China, the kind that does double eyelids. It’s so prevalent in China I never thought twice of it, but ever since I’ve heard it translated to “cosmetic surgery”, I’ve been turned off by the idea…but it’s practically the same as getting contacts in America, it’s that common and ordinary....
“Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie...”
– Matthew Arnold
I’m definitely drawn to the melodramatic. My non-fiction teacher called my writing too much so. But if youth will not be an adequate excuse for indulgence in grandeur, what could be?
It's embarrassing how much I still like these
“Bucket List”
Directions: Place an X by all the things you’ve done and remove the X from the ones you haven’t done.
Things I have done during my lifetime: ( ) Gone on a blind date (X) Skipped school ( ) Watched someone die (X) Been to Canada ( ) Been to Mexico ( ) Been to Florida ( ) Been to Hawaii (X) Been on a plane ( ) Been on a helicopter (X) Been lost ( ) Gone to Washington, DC...
“The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.”
– Stephen King (via vild)
The 5 Gentlemen Rules of Club Dancing Etiquette... →
party-addicts:
1. If a girl is dancing with another guy do not attempt to steal her. It is a dog eat dog world in the club and at the moment that guy has fought and claimed his territory. Show some respect. The only time it is allowed to break this rule is if you are clubbing with a girl that is a friend and…
arghh i hate my life, of course this would happen...
this ba should write itself
“I met a wonderful new man! He’s fictional, but you can’t have everything.”
– The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Woody Allen (via quote-book)
“I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.”
– Jean-Paul Sartre (via kove) 