Packing Light (clothes for now) ~~ to Taipei!!

So, couple days ago, I pondered what kind of "theme" of my outfits I'd pack in my luggage to Taipei and Indonesia!! Then I read MadsAboutYou's comment on my last post: what's not to wear when she travels to Philippine? 


That's quite a good way of eliminating USELESS clothes and keeps packing tidy! If you must looking fab. for some reasons, or some parties, .... there is always a place to SHOP, isn't it!!


Then I thought about my way.... "the theme"-- Ah, ~ PRINTS.... all kinds of prints. They do best when mix and match together. Digital or ink-jet, animal, floral, abstract,......doesn't matter!!! ^^


Other than Marni's vivid color combination, I love the conventional ways of doing prints of Dries Van Norton's collection.  I waited for sales to embrace myself in some busiest but also the pretties prints of his collection. (His prints is not digital print and thus takes a lot of work a.k.a expensive for those intricate prints to complete layers by layers.) 

An art!

Dries Van Norton 08/09 A/W n' 09/10 S/S!

Love it!

Definitely want to challenge it!! :P

Wow,...

Pretty!!



... some accessories, maybe? 





Not an official debut of my Dries Van Norton.... lol


Those should be enough for a month traveling.
I pack those samples from masks, eye gels, moisturizer, and lots of cleanser.

There are 3 categories in my packing. 

2 Jean shorts in different lengths (Helmut Lang and Genetic Jeans), Helmut Lang purple suede legging/trousers and J brand twill jeans.

These are my "theme"... prints! (Dries Van Norton and Michael Angel)

Here and there are some shirts, tanks, and maxi dress in case I needed them to do mix n' match!! (From Erin Kleinberg, Vince, Kain Label and American Vintage)

2 LBD, they are easy to do a proper dress-up w/ accessories for any event. (Burberry and Stella McCartney quilted fitted dress)

I will get down to SHOES soon........ ^O^

 Later!

xoxo Rachel

Simply Want to Share~~ The Cropped, the Prints, and the Wi-Fi!!

My friends flocked back to Taiwan one by one and sooner we will all be flying back as well. 


When they are around, we spent so much time together from Monday to Friday, that I don't have time to be on FB and do not even have time to do online shopping...... :P However, w/ their absent, I finally can chat more on FB and doing more online-shopping except I really miss the fun of trying things on first!!! lol.

I want my daughter (Abby) to quit doing finger-sucking so I encourage her to chew gum or sing songs instead.....then I start chewing the gum w/ her...haha.... 

My two after face-lift pieces: "cropped" jacket from Pierre Balmain  and "cropped" Max Mara Weekend pants. 

Shoes: Alexander McQueen square toe heels

Bag: Proenza Shouler yellow PS1 clutch

w/ alpaca Marc Jacob coat.

 This jump-suit (the charcoal color) looks really like lingerie-wear to me now..... :P 






1. Top: 

• silk/polyester jumper
• Rubbish pink tank
• Stella McCartney nude degrading sequence tank 09'
• asymmetrical cardigan w/ union jacket patten at back

2. Bottom Accessory:

• Vivian Westwood floral patterned leggings
• Givenchy Tinhan deep V hobo w/ studs
• invisible orange socks w/ sequence elastic band
• Shoes: YSL runway elastic heels 09'
  

The digital print dresses abound on the runway since Alexander McQueen's digital print dress from spring collection.

My ODJ. 


I started my shopping for going back to Taipei next month....

1. Top:

• Michael Angel digital print shirt dress 2010
• Trina Turk vest
• Max n' Co. navy/purple velet shirt

2. Bottom: Hudson wide leg jeans

3. Accessory:

• Givenchy Tinhan hobo 
• Christian Louboutin purple velvet Mary-jane heels 
• Silver/crystal necklace

No matter how tired I am, dishes and house-cleaning is an inevitable thing to do!! ......there, when we arrived home, it was already 9:30 PM, and I am doing the dishes while DH takes kids for bath!! 

We are trying this new Wi-Fi wireless memory disk and that's why Dh took a picture of me doing the dishes........ (funny) lol..

This is such a cool invention that the moment I got home w/ tons of picture I took a day, it already automatically uploads pictures to my computer.  It saves me the time of pulling out the card, and then looking for the memory disk which I forgot where did I put it (oh, I need gingo bioloba), and the time I wait for the uploading!!! 
So far, we love its performance.  



Great product,...not so cheap neither. $149.99 but I think it is worth the price. (I am not doing any advertisement here. ^O^)


Have a time-efficient day on Wednesday!!

xoxo Rachel

The Rave of Digital Print .... in High Fashion!!

I bought Digital printed modal short sleeve oversized T-Shirt dress from Michael Angel. All of his design is so wearable!! 

This is the T-shirt dress I bought. Emily print 18. 

MODTV Michael Angel Spring 2010

You know what Digital Print is?? 

Ans: Digital printing is very similar to the laser printer that we all use at home.  But it is faster n' cheaper than screen print which use patterns to do layer by layer printing. Digital printing also gives the designers more freedom.  They are able to come up with a lot more patterns and designs because it is so cheap and easy to do. 

Digital printing is one of Roberto Cavalli's new invention. There are a lot of designers who uses digital print technique the past couple years such as Stella McCartney, Basso and Brooke..just to name a few here.


The result look on clothes: The colors, even on a single dress, were so varied as to defy description. The more closely one looked, the more gradations one saw. The contrasting patterns and colors gave each piece a unique feel, and the patterns seemed to undulate as the models walked...(complete article: The Independent:Fashion)


Today, I wore that gifted tank from Michael Angel!!! ^O^
SIDE NOTE: I had a difficulty placing my order online couple weeks ago but their customer service did an awesome job.  They surprises me by sending me another digital print t-shirt as a gift along with my original order!!! Happy...happy... me... happy as a cow ~~  hee....

My ODJ.

1. Top: 

• white tank underneath
• Michael Angel digital print tank 
• Helmut Lang cropped asymmetrical leather jacket

2. Bottom:

BCBG leather skirt

3. Accessory:

Diesel white w/ mesh suspender

Chanel two tone tights

A. Wang rococo duffel bag

Hermes white CDC, nomad watch w/ orange belt

4. Shoes: Givenchy wedge booties w/ chain 09'

Thanks to Cathy who took pictures for me at her house....where the only un-cluttered spot is "the front entrance"...hahahahahaha... Sorry, Cathy!! :P

You can tell the color is so saturated...so vibrant!!

Then I play w/ that t-shirt dress I bought....as a scarf... I think it is very pretty!! ^O^

Ah..hope it is sunny n' clear tomorrow so we can go up to SF city!! keep finger crossed!!

Have a nice Day...xoxo Rachel