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Sunday, May 7, 2017
NY Fashion Week SS09 Wrap Up II
NY Fashion Week SS09 Wrap Up II
Proenza Schouler
The designers of all those super pretty and cute dresses last season (and that of the model silhouette of this blogs FW08 banner!) did a 180 this season and went hardcore on us, and maybe a little bit punk.
The one thing that stood out from this collection though was the silhouette. It is definitely unique and edgy. It is not an immediately ew. But it sort of looks like the models are pinned onto a wall with by their sleeves. Or like those flying chipmunks (or whatever they are) we see in cartoons. The model in the cream suit jacket looks like her left arm is disjointed. I highly doubt this unique silhouette will be as well received as the pretty dresses last season (or I hope not!).Cynthia Steffe
The Cynthia Steffe collection on the other hand is very wearable and pretty (as usual). Ive always had a liking for them ever since I picked up something from this brand during Thanksgiving sale at Neiman Marcus.
Two things I love about this collection. First, it is very put together and neat, like this very chic dress here (left). This black/white circular print is is interesting and very versatile (it was used very prominently on the runway). Second, I love how wearable every piece is. Not only is this all white outfit (right) gorgeous in its own right, but individually these pieces are incredibly versatile. 
Besides the neat and the structured, they also offered the flowy and the floral. Ok, I probably wouldnt pair the blue floral outfit (right) as it is, but Id definitely wear those two pieces seperately. And Im simply LOVING those genie capris!Jill Stuart
The Jill Stuart collection is not exactly the most original or fashion forward show on the runway this season. Admittedly certain looks even reminds one of the Marc by Marc Jacobs runway a few years back (remember the long sleeved ribbed thermals layered with a very colorful array of other ballerina-esque items?). But this collection has its charm.
Mostly because I am a sucker for flowy, flirty, girly ballerina-esque looks, which this collection is the epitome of. That simple white dress is gorgeous. And I love those genie pants. They are like the pant version of a pretty flowy skirt. Image Source: Style.com
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Friday, May 5, 2017
NY Fashion Week SS09 Wrap Up I
NY Fashion Week SS09 Wrap Up I
Who knew Victoria Beckham had a dress collection showing at Fashion Week? Where does the women get the time between her reality TV show, pedicures, designing jeans and sunglasses, whipping up a perfume and being a wife and a mom? But anyway, back to the collection. Despite her having graced Blackwells Worst Dressed List many times and indeed having a questionable sense of style on occasions, I am still very much want to like her collection. At the back of my mind, I guess my love for the Spice Girl era still lingers, making me want to love everything about them. And Posh has always been my favourite Spice.
However, despite my best efforts to want to be wow-ed, I was not blown away. It was a small and simple collection, to put it nicely. The entire collection could be summed up by a few looks. It was basically a collection that contained a few versions of the same dresses. They were all slimming pencil skirts of the same slightly longer length (which I think is great for more sophistication and class). It was definitely cohesive!
There was the simple round neck dress in blue. The clean cut strapless dress in black (perhaps a reminiscent of the little black Gucci dress? Turns out it wasnt even by Gucci!). I believe they also showed this dress in white on the runway.
There was the crochet (I think?) topped dress. They also have this in white. Then the dress shirt dress, which weve been seeing in the stores a lot lately. She has this in black with chiffon and silk, and of course, in white and black. 
Finally there was this silhouette, which is my favourite. I think this silhouette is very clever and very flattering to the female body. It curves at all the right places. I can totally see Victoria in it. This was possibly the most inspiring thing about the whole collection and of course she has this silhouette in many different styles. In black, in white, a casual less emphatic version and a more dressed up version. Although personally Im not sure itll look very good on me, since Im shorter (and definitely not as lithe as the models!), so the skirt will probably cut my legs exactly where it shouldnt! All in all, it was not a very inspiring (besides that shape of course) nor wow-ing collection. To give Victoria her credit though, it was indeed a very simple and classic collection. They are definitely not dated, which was her aim. And Im sure they are very well made and tailored given the $1500-$3600 price range. Plus, at 15 looks, she did not try to overdo the collection with more unnecessary looks. It is always quality over quantity after all. Though I think 4 looks wouldve suffice to get the creative message across. But then, that wouldnt be a very good show, would it?
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
OSCON 2008 Wrap Up
OSCON 2008 Wrap Up
So Ive returned from Portland after all of the OSCON activities. The conference was good, but I definitely didnt feel like it was a good as in years past. The keynotes were OK, but there werent any that were spectacular. I hit a few sessions that were bombs, but I didnt get to one that rocked. Many were good, but nothing off the charts.
Hadoop was big on Thursday. Derek Gottfrid of the New York Times talked about how they used Hadoop and Amazon EC2 to process tons of data. Dereks presentation style is great, which mate the talk entertaining. Some folks from Yahoo were also getting into the nitty gritty details of how the whole thing works too.
The MySQL Proxy talk was good. It seems like a pretty handy tool for performance tuning and all sorts of SQL trickery.
The last talk that stood out to me was Selectricity. The project is a both a site to run elections as well as the software you can use to run elections where ever you want. One point that Benjamin Mako Hill made that I thought was interesting is that most election research goes into government elections... and these are the least likely to change. By building a tool to allow folks to conduct elections for simple things (what movie to see, who will lead the coffee club, etc.) using methods different from plurality, its a good way to sneak in alternative voting methods to the masses. That way if people get familar with Condercet when voting for the next American Idol, they may be more likely to push for election reform in government elections.
Im not sure if Ill hit OSCON again next year. I like going because its nice to get an overview of a lot of different techologies, as opposed to something like Rails Conf. But things did feel pretty shallow this year.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Outfit Lace up!
Outfit Lace up!
Buenos días chicos! Feliz lunes! ¿Cómo fue el fin de semana? Hoy os traigo uno de los looks de la pasada semana, con mi nuevo vestido de Asos. En cuánto lo vi en la web, con el detalle acordonado, no me lo pensé! Lo estrené en la fiesta de Seven Days pero quería enseñároslo también aquí. Ese día lo llevé con botas altas, también queda genial! pero la tem-
peratura en Sevilla ha vuelto a subir, sí que me permití ponérmelo sin medias :) Espero que os guste y nos vemos el
miércoles con otro outfit!
Good morning guys! Today I show you a look with my new dress from Asos. As soon as I saw on the web, with lacing
detail, I did not think! I premiered it with high boots at the Seven Days party, also it looks great! I hope you enjoy
and see you on Wednesday with another outfit!
all credits:
Vestido/Dress: Asos HERE
Bolso/Bag: Mango (au/w15-16)
Botines/Booties: Zara (old)
Calcetines/Socks: Calzedonia (old)
Anillo/Ring: Six (au/w15-16)
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
OOTD Suited Up
OOTD Suited Up
Remember way back when when I promised Id look into buying more vintage looking pieces for my corporate wardrobe. Well, equally long ago I ended up buying these gorgeous high-waisted trousers from Forever21 and Ive been loving them as the weather gets cooler. Wide-legged trousers are one of my favorite things right now.
Outfit details:
Top, trousers, wrist cuff: Forever21
Blazer, Shoes: Thrifted
Bracelets and watch: Various
I think I like the idea of this blouse more than the reality because my waist really gets lost in all that fluff. It looks better with a fitted jacket, and I might look into getting a vest/waistcoat to wear it with.
This boxy jacket though is kind of cute in a comfy grandma way, although it being short sleeved means I have to pull out the magical tattoo-covering, dresscode-appeasing wristcuff.
What have you all been up to lately? Has autumn been treating you well (or spring, in the southern hemisphere)?
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