Happy RedPoppy New Year!

I thought it fitting to take us into a brand New Year with a new redhead fashion face, so here's lovely Canadian redhead model Claire Olsen, all 5'7 of gorgeous flaming frizzy redhead waves. Wishing you all a very healthy and happy New Year and stay tuned for much more new and fab RedPoppying!!!







Photos courtesy of ubdb.net, thefashionspot.com

Happy 2010!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

Best wishes from Bangkok! Just a few hours away to the next decade...

May all your wishes come true with lots of good luck, health, shopping budgets and love for 2010:-P

Happy New Year!

Get Thee to A Tannery

Tall, Tan, and Italian. No I'm not talking about your dream boyfriend. Here are two of Louboutin's latest towering and strapping offerings in gorgeous shades of Tan (a redhead favorite).

Christian Louboutin Bobo Leather Ankle Booties Saks.com

Christian Louboutin Strappy Platform Bootie NeimanMarcus.com

My Shopping Conquest #99: Bangkok Mall 'Loot'!

Below: 1st Bangkok shopping conquest... Balenciaga!


Below: Peekaboo...it's another women's Balenciaga Stretch Cotton Skinny Denim since they fit so well and the cut is great!

Below: In a khaki olive colour that is perfect for Spring Summer 2010's military chic!

Below: As sold on www.matchesfashion.com, also at 50% off!

Below: Fits great! Not too skinny to look ridiculous!

Below: Shopping loot #2...from Thai label, 27 Friday!

Below: A unique grey cotton blazer with interesting 'dotty' patchwork details! very unique with limited pieces made:-P

Below: The back also feature the 'tone on tone' patchwork dots.. I love it! Kinda Comme Des Garcons... but with it's own flavour:-P

Below: A unique grey cotton blazer with interesting 'dotty' patchwork details! Limited pieces are made:-P

Below: Shopping find #3...from Greyhound's End of Season sale:-P The headlines on the sale shopping bag is cute:-)

Below: Will you seriously do this?!?!?

Below: It's a drapy looking asymmetric v-neck t-shirt in deep green. Looks fabulous under a black blazer, the draping effect creates a design of it's own:-)

Bangkok Mall Finds! (Balenciaga Cotton Stretch Skinny Denim + 27 Friday Grey Patchwork Blazer + Greyhound Asymmetric V-Neck T-shirt)

A wonderful and eventful past 2 days, meeting up old friends, checking into my favourite Bangkok hotel, Le Meridien Bangkok, wine and dine at Bamboo Chic, lounging by the hotel pool with a cute new friend and last of all a education and yet fun thai cooking class at Blue Elephant.. WOW... I think I did more than I would have in Singapore. Talk about restful vacation, it's non existent in a city like Bangkok. But I am happy. Especially with my very memorable morning with my cute new friend:-) If you are reading this, you know how much I enjoy the short time we spend:-P

So after much delay, I finally had time to compile my pictures for my shopping finds on Monday! Shopping excitement to get unique and interesting pieces:-)

First up, another Balenciaga pants from the fairer gender to add to my wardrobe. The fit is great, the fabric is comfortable and lightweight while price is at 50% off ...how can I resist. Welcome my new pair of Balenciaga Cotton Stretch Skinny Denim. I love the Khaki Olive colour which is military chic for the coming Spring Summer season!

Another most surprising find is this wonderfully quirky and special '27 Friday' Grey Blazer with Patchwork Details. Quite understated while being eye catching, the blazer has a fitted cut, gorgeous to touch lightweight fabrication and interesting tone on tone fabric patches all over the blazer! Definitely not something you can track down anywhere in shops easily! So I had to buy this very limited release piece since I am a blazer fan:-)

Lastly, the draping look is getting my interest these days. Something along the lines of Rick Owens, Damir Doma or Julius. So when I saw this Greyhound Asymmetric V-neck T-shirt with unusual displaced seams, it was love at first sight. The soft fabric drapes beautifully on the body, creating a design by itself and the green colour adds a punch of visual impact to any outfit.

Tommorrow is new year's eve...so wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR! Le Meridien Bangkok is having wonderful new year's celebration menus from THB 5500 for 2 inclusive of a bottle of Moët and Chandon. I think it's such great value for new year's eve celebration at such a cool hotel! So if you are in Thailand.. this is excellent to spend new year's eve!:-)

Retail price:
1) Balenciaga Stretch Cotton Skinny Denim - THB 13500 (50% off now!)
2) 27 Friday Grey Patchwork Blazer - THB 4950
3) Greyhound Deep Green Asymmetric V-neck T-shirt - THB 1095 (40% off now!)

Where to buy:
1) Balenciaga Boutique at Siam Paragon, Bangkok
2) 27 Friday and Greyhound Boutique at Siam Center, Bangkok

W Magazine's Spring Preview

I love this Spring 2010 fashion lineup 'Run of Show' editorial in W Magazine's January issue.

Chic Crossbody Bags

Long and lanky over the shoulder-boulder-holder handbags were an iconic style of the 1980's, so it's taken some adjustment to seeing fashionistas and celebrities toting these bags around like it's in fashion or something. In the meantime I've found a couple of chic ones which I wouldn't mind carrying either over my shoulder or around my waist...
Vanessa Bruno Two Sac suede shoulder bag $775 net-a-porter.com

MICHAEL Michael Kors Braided Grommet Crossbody Bag $168.00 Macys.com

Cynthia Rowley Precy Leather Crossbody Hobo $298 Now 40% off Bloomingdales.com

Alchemy

I love the sleek and slinky design of these 'Gold' Knot pierced earrings, as seen in Marie Claire UK. Perfect for any night out! Was £35.00- Now on SALE for £17.50. Available through TheEarringBoutique.com. (All prices are in British Pound Sterling).

Genelia Dsouza latest images

Genelia is now again getting ready to entertain her fans in Kollywood. Her Telugu runaway hit Ready, is being remade in Tamil and will star Dhanush. My south Indian projects have never taken a backseat even.......more images after a break...

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The Great Buddha of Kamakura

The Great Buddha from Kamakura (Daibutsu) represents the Amida Buddha (in Japanese Amida Nyorai), the Buddha of the Infinite Light, the main Deity of the Buddhist Sect Jodo (Pure Land).

Actually, Buddha is not a name, but a honorific term, like the Christian Mesia. Buddha comes from Sanskrit and it is the past participle of the verb Buddh, meaning “to awaken” or “to know", translated in English as “one who has awakened to the truth".

In Japanese it is also referred as Butsu, hence Daibutsu (written ?? or ??), from ? Dai, meaning Great and ? or ? Butsu (the On reading), meaning Buddha. More images after a break...

 

In the Mahayana tradition there are many Buddha. The Historical Buddha (the Prince Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism) is one of them and the statues of the various Buddha share common attributes. The Amida Buddha is not Siddhartha Gautama, it is a monk named Dharmakara, who become a Buddha and lived in very old times (or in another realm…). Amida Buddha is usually represented wearing simple monk clothes and the Kamakura Daibutsu is no exception.

The hair is represented in small spiral curls (Rahotsu in Japanese). This is an allusion to a legend about Prince Siddhartha, who at one moment pulled his hair together into a top knot and cut it. After the cut, the hair spiraled into fine curls and he never needed to cut its hair again.

The statue of Amida Buddha must always have 656 curls.

On the top of the head we can see Ushnisha (Nikkei in Japanese), a bump on top of the head symbolizing the fact that Buddha is all-knowing and also symbolizing a fully developed top chakra.

At the front base of the Nikkei we can see a circular object, the Nikkeishu (Nikkei Jewel), which “radiates the light of wisdom":

Also, on the forehead, we can see Urna (Byakugo in Japanese), symbolic the representation of the third eye, emitting rays of light and symbolizing that Buddha is all-seeing. Usually, on Buddha statues the third eye is represented from a crystal or a gem. On the Kamakura Great Buddha, Byakugo is made of pure silver, weighing 13.5 kilograms.

 

The elongated ears symbolize that Buddha is all-hearing…

The hands are represented in the position of Mida no Join (Meditation Mudra), a Japanese specific position, used exclusively for Amida Buddha.

I will return tomorrow with a more down-to-earth look at this statue…

 

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Miss Fat And Beautiful

Meet Moran Barannes, the winner of the Israeli beauty contest "Fat and Beautiful." More than 40 women from across the country were fighting for the prestigious title of a beauty in the weight category from 80 to 120 kilograms. Every year in.......

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Tree man

Dede Koswara dubbed the Tree Man is back after nine months of operations to remove the woody growth from his body. He was once sacked from his job, deserted by his wife and shunned by his neighbors - treated like a freak becaused of his gnarled growths sprouting from his hands and feet. The warts on Dede’s body was the cause of a severe Human Papilloma Virus infection. The 37 year old man’s life quality has improved where he now can use his hand write and use the cell phone. Dede still has to go through more surgery in October after the fasting month to trim more warts and was given strong course of medicine including vitamin A in an attempt to prevent the return of the growth. 3 more images of Dede Koswara the tree man getting better after a break....

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Amber Rose Candid

Even with a Shaved Head Amber Rose Is Still Pretty

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Ad Campaigns And Catalogues #70

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Givenchy Spring Summer 2010 Ad Campaign

This is LOVE. Givenchy has done it yet again with a visually compelling ad campaign for Spring Summer 2010. No wonder the brand is definitive of what the season's most powerful statement is, and what fashion editors are all clamouring about.

The graphic prints on the clothing makes for such a strong visual language photographed, I forsee many editorials featuring these pieces. The ad speaks volumes of their editorial potential.

The other more subdued pieces have their own character as evident in the other series of the campaign. I am impressed! Way to go, Riccardo Tisci!

BTW, I brought my Givenchy Pandora Bag to Bangkok and it sure gained quite a few looks when I shop!:-P

Source: WWD