Indonesian Fashion Spot!

i am not trying to comment on baby phat s/s 07 collection here..i mean..it’s baby phat..what do you expect??..hehehe..the most laughable thing was the fact that some of the models were wearing grills!!..heheheh….

in kimora lee case, it’s either you love her or you hate her. i know it’s easy to dislike her as she can be too ‘in your face’ sometimes and likes to flaunt her wealth. style wise, i’m not a fan of her style either because she’s more of a miss roberto cavalli and versace while i’m more of miss bottega veneta and celine H&M. but hey i like to give people the benefit of the doubt and that’s why i still picked up a copy of her ‘fabulousity’ book and read it cover to cover. and let me tell you, the book is very impressive..i’d recommend it to anyone. it totally changes my image about her as she is actually smart, talented and witty. i heard she is actually pretty humble in person too. the book is filled with instruction manual on how to empowering yourself, being strong and confident, managing money and relationship with others, it’s written with good insight and great humor. definetely no nonsense stuff. the spirit she spreads in the book can be quite infectious and really just what i needed..although it still didn’t change me to like babyphat…:p

btw, kimora lee is from where i live (st. louis)..she used to be a runway model back in her highschool days before she married her husband (or is it her soon to be ex husband?), the hip hop mogul, russell simmons. the pictures above are her closet..it’s been known that she has the largest collection of louis vuitton bags in north america.

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you still have today and tomorrow for this one guys..

why oh why there’s so many bazaar back home and none over here??..
btw, thank you alice for the info..:-)

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..and she is beautiful indeed..:-)

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everything is cheap cheap cheap..=)

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i have lots of indonesian magazines that i just received recently, there’s more in the car, in the bathroom and in my bedroom that i didn’t bother to take pictures…well i am afterall a self proclaimed magazine whore for as long as i remember, hehe…i remember my first GADIS subscription when i was in my elementary school, it was the new year edition, the cover was susan bachtiar, the color was black and she was carrying a yellow umbrella, hehe, i remember all of the osella t-shirt and Hani & Roberts ads, i still remember all of the gadis sampul too, waktu itu jamannya siti rakhmayanti, ersa mayori, clara nelly, etc..ahh i’m sure my mom has thrown those magazines away. I used to read majalah Mode too. when i read magazine, i don’t just glance through the pages, i study them, i always look at the editor list, check who the models are, the photographer, the agency, the stylist, the location and everything else. i know i’m obsessed, and i spend lots of money on magazines whenever i go back home. here, the subscription is cheap, only $12 a year, that’s $1 per issue..much cheaper than the $4 per issue if you buy it from the newstands.

my favorite US magazine is Lucky, it’s a shopping magazine so don’t expect to find articles there but there’s so much stuff to drool over in that magazines, stuff that are more real and wearable, i like the fashion spread that shows you how to dress better and i like the editor picks too and how they put the pieces together.

i like W magazine too, it has exceptional fashion photography that are printed on an oversized format and interesting articles and interview. the magazine shows you the lifestyle of the riches, the artistic and luxury pieces.

right now, i’m contemplating to subscribe to WWD (womens wear daily) publication, it’s more like a tabloid/newspaper and it’s not cheap, it’s $200 a year, but it comes everyday. here’s a description from the website “WWD is dedicated to providing a balance of timely, credible business news and key women’s fashion trends to a dedicated readership. This readership includes retailers, designers, manufacturers, marketers, financiers, Wall Street analysts, international moguls, media executives, ad agencies, socialites and trend makers.“. Bottom line, it’s everything that i’m looking for. i’ve never read the paper since it’s subscription only, but i do buy the magazines that is issued every few months. in fact, i just won these on ebay, one is ‘one hundred years of fashion’ and the other one is WWD ninety, a special issue for its 91st anniversary.

some people keep their magazines and stack them nicely on the bookshelves, but if i do that then my house will be filled with magazines from wall to wall, so what i do is, i ripped the pages i like, throw out the rest and insert the pages into the transparent pocket and put them in the binder i got when i worked at GAP inc. It saves a lot of storage space and it also saves time when you want to look for something particular but forgot which magazine was that, or when you just want to look for inspiration. i absolutely love just flipping through the pages.

so what’s your favorite magazine?

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nichole richie looks eerily similar to her stylist, rachel zoe, in this picture that i believe it was taken last week. just look at the picture below next to rachel zoe herself to see the then and now picture of her. just add a few wrinkles on richie’s forehead to create a perfect spitting image. rachel is what, 37 year old? nichole is 25, if i were her i sure don’t want to look like someone who is much much older than me. i think nichole is much prettier without the hair extention and she needs to get rid of that honey blonde color that only makes her skin looks dull as well as the overdone tan.

oh by the way, rachel zoe is the one who creates the boho chic look that’s been so popular. her client includes lindsay lohan and mischa barton as well as salma hayek and kate hudson. but i believe the latest two are only for red carpet event because they look much more sophisticated than the zoe’s girls. interested to hire her for your stylist? rachel charges $6000 a day..:o)

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- jessica simpson and nick lachey ‘newlyweds’ —-> check
- carmen electra and dave navarro, ’till death do us part’ —-> check
- travis and shanna, ‘meet the barkers’ —-> check

notice the pattern here? all of them had a reality show with mtv as a couple and now one by one is going through the divorce. so much for showing your love life for the whole world to see.

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