Here Comes Jason Wu for Target

The last time I got this excited for a designer collaboration — it was for Versace for H&M, fall 2011 collection(no cruise collection for us folks in United States, unfortunately, so most of us would probably be running around naked or wearing — ta-da! — Jason Wu for Target ). The clothes are loud, bright and totally fit the aesthetic of Versace and its broad archive, but that's exactly the problem. Look at ADR and you will know that she paid $299 for that leather studded dress(she probably just got it free from the PR team though. I mean, she's Anna fucking Dello Russo) Or that Andy Torres of Style Scrapbook bought the crocodile skirt for $69.99. I swear, I so did not memorize the price list! Same shit for just about every other person on Earth. Not exactly amazing when the whole world knows how much you spend on clothes, although style comes at every price. 

Long-sleeved blouses and short, appropriate dresses. Pair with angle socks and lots of structured purses, obviously. 

Browse around the Internet and you will realize that Jason Wu had recently designed a collection for Target. If you, like me, have not been living under a rock or something, you will definitely remember the disaster of a collection Mission did for Target last September. The 300+ items collection sold out faster than you could say "zig zags," and the next thing you know people who had ordered online were getting shitty gift cards from Target(Target had recently send out the orders, which just proves how reliable mass-market chain stores are) Jason Wu for Target is a lot tamer, both in size and appearance. Unlike most designer collaborations, it is not a cheaper alternation of the label — "Nothing's replicated from the main line — it has its own voice," said Wu in the February issue of American Vogue on his collaboration with Target. 

Stripes don't make you fat if they're designed by Jason Wu ~

Surprisingly, I agree with every one of his words. Look at the recent collections of Jason Wu and you will find lady-like dresses and suits. Comparing to the Target collab, the only thing that is similar are some of the silhouettes, and the similarities end there. Without changing his aesthetic, Wu managed to create a "youthful and flirty"(quotes are being used because the chances of me using "flirty" in real life is less than 0%) collection, and it comes in the form of lightweighted blouses, Peter Pan-collared dresses and mid-length skirts. The offering of accessories doesn't hurt either, with structured floral purses and scarves covered in Milu the cat, the muse behind the collection. My inner cat lady is wiping away tears of happiness and joy. What are the chances of a fashion collection being inspired by a cat, a black cat nevertheless? Or cats not being used as a fetish symbol?

So school girl-like, I just can't comprehend right now ^.^

Chances are you're falling in love with the Jason Wu for Target collection. And so am I. This collab will be available on February 8th and I'm dying due to pure excitement. So, who's in for wearing polka dot blouses and scarves adorned with cats this spring?

At the end, does it even matter?

"There will never be fireworks, but I hope you dream of them. I hope the ashes never damage you, but brush your face. I hope the explosions quiet your mind and the heat clothes your face in honor and when the show ends, I hope the grass continues to grow and all the birds survived. I hope they sing. I hope you awaken. I hope you remember us. I hope you smoke, and when you do, I hope you smoke yourself sick over me. I hope you let the rings of smoke ring all the way to the heavens and breathe in with the clouds, pollute the air with your mind, the world could use it. I hope you rest your hands on me, fold me into my own clenched fists. Trapped in a world suspended, I’ll catch your illness and be sick over you." — Jodi Hitt

Born To Die — Lana Del Rey The Getaway — Athlete Without A Word — Birdy Winter's Calling — Girl Dreams Emmylou — First Aid Kit A Drowning — How To Destroy Angels Hold On To Me — Courtney Love Something Crazy — Stefani Germanotta Band

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Palmer//Harding | White collared shirts

Although a gal can never have enough rainbow dresses or crocheted sandals, it doesn't hurt to go back to the basics once in a while. No matter how strange or trendy your wardrobe is, it should be build on classic and timeless pieces such as white collared shirts and the perfect little black dresses. They are investment pieces! Unlike those giant Peter Pan-collared dresses in neon colours that you just bought! I take back the thought that little black dresses are too classy. As much as we all wish, wearing Levi's cutoffs and eyelet boots forever is not an option. Besides, wearing leopards and harem pants to a job/school interview could be highly risky unless you're the holy moly Man Repeller.

The duo behind Palmer//Harding also agree. Designers Matthew Harding and Levi Palmer are dedicated to recreate this long-neglected white collared shirt instead of designing the typical post-college garb such as party dresses and all. "There seems to be a gap in London to really focus on the garments and the wearer rather than to focus on a show," said the designers in an interview for Dazed Digital. Just because it's a classic piece doesn't mean it can't be innovative either. The designers look to couturiers from the thirties and on for inspiration, because haute couture and collared shirts are very related to each other. I mean, look at the pleating of those shirts! Don't they remind you, just a bit, of the Dior dresses from the early 20th Century?

From Screen to Red-Carpet: Rooney Mara

To say that I love Rooney Mara is like saying Alexander McQueen was a good designer — an understatement, obviously. Ever since the news broke out that she was casted as Lisbeth Salander, the unlikely heroine in Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, people had been thinking about the same thing — how could such a sweet, seemly harmless girl transform into an antisocial hacker? And Rooney did, with the help of costume designer Trish Summerville and David Fincher, also known as the best director known to mankind. I admit I'm being a teensy-bitsy biased because of my love for the Millennium Trilogy, but I can't help it alright it's the best thing that happen to Earth since suspenders.


While filming Dragon Tattoo, Rooney "literally roll out of bed and put on whatever is there. I have really enjoyed being a boy this last year.” It also had a great impact on her personal style, as she leans more toward edgier and more sophisticated clothing rather than the pastels and ruffles she sported in 2009. In a way, Rooney really “absorbed pieces of Lisbeth, but made it into her own style," as Trish Summerville had said. Her style as of right now is not exactly KISS- or Marilyn Manson-inspired, it's just... Rooney adapting into Salander... without even realizing it. Which makes me love her even more if that's possible.

Not all hope is lost

"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings." Anaïs Nin

It became really easy to lose yourself. We live in a world where people are constantly telling you that you can't be who you want to be, no matter how much you tried. In fact, the only way to stay sane is to surround yourself with the people who cares and do the things you want to do, without giving a fuck about what other people think.

Until most recently, life have been a struggle. Closest friends suddenly became strangers on the streets; their thoughts are things that I could not interpret, things that I could not understand. As I tried to grasp onto details of things, they slip out of reach and turns into a blur.

Somehow everything went exactly back to the way it was, as if it was undisturbed and left in peace.

I closed my eyes. Not all hope is lost. 

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