Summer Favorites Part I

Dries Van Noten Tribal Wrap Skirt

I'm not a Gold Digger, I'm just Old-Fashioned!

I had an epiphany the other day and I would like to copyright this thought because it's so damn brilliant. My ex-bf used to always call me materialistic and a gold digger. I would rebuttal with, 'If I was a gold digger why would I be with YOU? You're poor as hell.' Which leads to this very important distinction between a gold digger and a girl who's just old-fashioned (ie. a man should take care of his woman): a gold digger would never date a man who's poor; an old-fashioned girl will date a poor man in the hopes that he'll love her enough to make more than enough to make sure they have the life that they always wanted together...and that's a good thing because it means you have faith in their intellect and their abilities for the future.

'Joan' CSM BA Collection 2010

Photographed: Christian Alegria

Art directed: Veronica So

Garments: Heidi Leung

Hair: Yoshi Takamiyazki

Make-up: Kaori Mitsuyasu

90s Pop Video Mania

Paula Abdul's "Cold Hearted Snake"


It'll forever be one of the most memorable videos of my childhood and a partial inspiration to my graduation collection.

Yellow Fever

If I had yellow fever (although technically I can't because I am an asian girl already), it would without a doubt be because of Janet Jackson's "If." Whoever did casting should be applauded for having excellent taste in picking cute asian girls because let's be honest, some people's taste in asian women is, as Bridgette Jones has said, "varnagrotesque!"

Prada by Miuccia Prada

My latest wishlist item: the Prada Book

Sexy Is...

I used to think sexy was about a look until my friend Teddy said, 'Let me give you an example of what sexy is. Look at Jay-Z, he is the ugliest mother****er I've ever seen but he's sexy! He knows how to treat a woman and is confidant in himself. That's why Beyonce is crazy about him.'

Well said, Teddy, well said! For a guy to be sexy doesn't necessarily mean he has to be the most handsome guy in the world (Although from first hand experience, it's possible to be both handsome and sexy). Knowing how to make a girl feel like a princess, doing things that are rare these days like always picking her up from her home and dropping her off, stocking her fridge with yogurt you know she likes, knowing you are wanted and not letting yourself be a doormat while still giving her what she wants...that's sexy! Live and learn boys! That's how you become a man!