Blacks and grey, structured.

Spring's just round the corner(I hope!), and there's much temptation to bring out my muted jewel tone prints and jade green spring colors. But sunny days don't mean spring temperature. So I rounded up more seasonably sensible coats and jackets in blacks, greys and whites. Love Dries van Noten drapey jacket, Chanel structured jacket and others pretties from streets.

Prints, wrangled.

Some prints can be tamed to behave and play nice with others, or not. Here are some of my favorites.

The Housemaid, Korean arthouse movie.

I recently watched two movies, both titled "The Housemaid". The original movie was made in 1960, and the remake was made just last year. The remake is playing in theaters in New York.

It's a psychological thriller, suspense and horror movie with heavy dose of melodrama. I won't attempt to review it here, but the 60s version is pretty spectacular. One of the best Asian movies I have seen. Unfortunately some of the reels were lost, narrative may not be as smooth as the director originally intended. Nonetheless, it's a great movie. I also watched the 2010 version. It's gotten great reviews, notably from Roger Ebert. Although it's a respectable movie, I enjoyed the original version much more.

You can watch 1960's version, go to http://www.mubi.com/ for free and legal download.

I highly recommend it, but only if you have a strong stomach.

Follow below link for more in-depth and excellent review of the movie:

http://armchairc.blogspot.com/2011/01/housemaid-1960.html

Paper Dolls

So cute! I'm always amazed by the ingenuity of people on etsy. This morning I got a sweet surprise from Catrin in Berlin. She put together this paper doll page on Germany Etsy blog page with the denim shorts in my shop & she emailed me to let me know. It made remember how I LOVED to play with my paper dolls. Maybe that's where my passion for dressing up started? Thank you Catrin for such a great looking page. You can see more here:

http://www.etsy.de/blog/etsy-finds-zieh-mich-an

Pretty ideas for Spring

I recently got appreciation pic from a fashion blogger who bought some item from my etsy shop. I love how she put the outfit together. So here are the pics. Nude colored dress with lace details and the olive green/mustard cutout jackets were from Seesongshop.

PARTY!

My very first appreciation pic from etsy shop!

Dress looks perfect on her. Thank you for sharing this photo.

Fashions from Heathers, the movie

Fox hunting anyone? Country club preppiness meets 80s power blazer.

Annie Hall-esque suit vest paired with lacy top for feminine/masculine look.

Veronica's oversize vest and legging look is so fetching.

Being popular in high school was a career for these girls...and they dressed for the parts




"Heathers" one of my all time fav dark comedies, has casts with iconic late 80s early 90s fashion.
Veronica(Wynona Rider), of course, looked faboulous in every out fit(no matter how torn and burnt it got at the end of the movie).
Style from that era had a kind of (almost obnoxious) unflappable bounciness, with paded shoulder jackets, bright florals,
primary solids, and jewel tones mixed in with greys and blacks. Classic suits for women were starting to show up, even in high school.
Sophia Coppla(a teen at the time) was sighted in her vintage Chanel suit walking down hall of her high school...sigh..wish I was so fashionable when I was sixteen. Precocious put-togethered-ness of Heathers is worth revisiting...