Haunting of fashion's past.

beats:: pretty woman - roy orbison
outfit of the day:: same ol'...
fave fashion accessory of the day/moment::

So last wednesday was the 20th anniversary of the movie, pretty woman =)

I love love love that movie...I thought that Richard Gere was pretty hot back then lol and the story was just too cute.

Anways, I was just thinking about the styles that were in the movie back then...Aren't some of them sort of in fashion?  lol.  I remember Julia Robert's character in the fitted mini skirt and over-the-knee boots.  Ha! good inspiration eh?!? Who wouldve known that a hooker outfit in the 90s would be all the rage for the season.  Mini skirts and even micro mini tunic dresses are the hit of spring!  Even the pastel pink coloured shorts and blazer combo she had (memory is abit fuzzy forgive me if i misquote a scene outfit lol) when she was writing him a letter before leaving the hotel room...Another hit trend this spring!

Speaking of fashion's past revisiting, I was watching felicity the other day and I noticed that in a few episodes, the title character was wearing a plaid shirt which was i guess the hit NYU student fashion thing (must have been the same time as the emo/grunge seattle trend) at the time...It's funny how it's rolled over into the fall/winter '09 and spring '10 trends.

There's also the platform shoes that's come back in style! *thank goodness!* ...For a shortie like me, I need all the height I can get...Also, higher heels tend to elongate the legs =)

and the list goes on...

I guess fashion really does come around eventually to the older inspired trends.  I should keep some of my trendy stuff just in case another trend comes back in fashion!

Channeling my inner lumberjack-ness!~*

beats:: carryout- timbaland ft justin timberlake
outfit of the day:: fair isle cardigan, grey leggings & over-the-knee boots
fave fashion accessory of the day/moment:: over-the-knee boots

Bonjour Lovelies!

As I'm writing this blog, I can hear the song Carry-out by Timbaland & JT faintly playing on replay in my head...

It's not the greatest song, mind you they wrote it about what seems to be a metaphor related to girls and fast-food (i don't know if I like being compared to fast-food take out lol), but its quite catchy....

Anyways, lately I've clearly been all about flannel/plaid lately, as I have chosen to purchase more of them for my 'casual wear' collection lol...I must admit, this trend took awhile to have its effect on me, but it's finally gotten me..Frankly, I've always associated flannel with lumberjacks and outdoorsy wear, and while I have nothing against both, I've always had a more crisp, solid clean-cut look to me, and I just saw this giving the appearance of a somewhat dishevelled person...I decided to try it anyways!

I've looked around quite abit before settling on where to buy my plaid shirt.  I went everywhere from Aritzia (which seems to have picked flannel/plaid made out of gold for the price they're shelling it out for!) to Sirens and even Guess...All the stores dished out their own take on the trend, all with drawstrings, roll-up with the button and even rouching!? Ever so creative as they were, it still lacked the cool, casual style I longed for...Afterall, I was trying to look effortlessly casual and comfy, and embelishments screamed the opposite!

My first actual purchase came from Bluenotes cause it seems to be the least crazy of colours, comblination of grey, blue red and white.  It was subdued enough for me to be comfortable about pulling it off.  More recently I came out of the store with two more purchases from Bluenotes, both being more flannel.  This one is the Plaid Boyfriend Rollup shirt that retails for $24.50.  I would've just gotten only one if it weren't for their sales...damn their BOGO sales! lol...Sometimes you can't help but buy more than one!  I ended up buying one in Navy and Jade.  I am contemplating on buying the Rust colour, since it's more reddish than I'd care to wear on a daily basis, but hey, flannel wasn't an instant luvv for me either...but now we're a match made in casual heaven!

I finally found my shirt, somewhere between abercrombie OC cool and the crisp colour combinations =)

Thank you bluenotes, for helping with my search for the perfect plaid shirt for spring!