Ground magazine
Oh my god!
I finally....finished my portfolio.
Although I did not completely satisfy and I know there's still improvement.
But I'm really happy about it.
7/24/2011
5/27/2011
Pixie inspired
Speaking of Pixie...
I just had my hair cut for a while.
Overwhelmingly positive feedback from my friends even my tutors.
I was thinking...
How about just do this subject?
I am not a kinda sexy hot girls.
I am thin and short than others and that makes me always look like a kid who never grow up and old.
By the way, I just received a sign in the book that indicates imitation is suicide.
So I'm gonna fall in the little fairy world.
The late 19th century English poet Nora Chesson summarized pixie mythology fairly well in a poem entitled The Pixies.[19] She gathered all the speculations and myths into verse:
I just had my hair cut for a while.
Overwhelmingly positive feedback from my friends even my tutors.
I was thinking...
How about just do this subject?
I am not a kinda sexy hot girls.
I am thin and short than others and that makes me always look like a kid who never grow up and old.
By the way, I just received a sign in the book that indicates imitation is suicide.
So I'm gonna fall in the little fairy world.
The late 19th century English poet Nora Chesson summarized pixie mythology fairly well in a poem entitled The Pixies.[19] She gathered all the speculations and myths into verse:
- Have e’er you seen the Pixies, the fold not blest or banned?
- They walk upon the waters; they sail upon the land,
- They make the green grass greener where’er their footsteps fall,
- The wildest hind in the forest comes at their call.
- They steal from bolted linneys, they milk the key at grass,
- The maids are kissed a-milking, and no one hears them pass.
- They flit from byre to stable and ride unbroken foals,
- They seek out human lovers to win them souls.
- The Pixies know no sorrow, the Pixies feel no fear,
- They take no care for harvest or seedtime of the year;
- Age lays no finger on them, the reaper time goes by
- The Pixies, they who change not, grow old or die.
- The Pixies though they love us, behold us pass away,
- And are not sad for flowers they gathered yesterday,
- To-day has crimson foxglove.
- If purple hose-in-hose withered last night
- To-morrow will have its rose.
5/26/2011
Identity.
Just couple days ago, I receive my feedback from my tutors.
I got one well done for my research method project and need to identify myself and my work, which I think it's really a tough issue for me I always trying to avoid to touch.
I thought I finally did something right and lived my own life once for deciding studying what I always obsessed with.
I pretend to be strong and independent.
I live the way I like.
I thought I was happy enough that I can say I'm stronger than before.
However, I guess I was wrong.
These things couldn't show how far I went.
When I got my feed back, I eventually understood what I'm seeking for - difference.
-It's fear of being recognised as different, whatever the rhetoric to the contrary, that prevents many from achieving the identity to match what they state is their ambition.- The Art Of Identity
Before I left Taiwan, I met Joyce, a warm mother who is a IHDS lecturer in Taiwan told me I was designed to be different but I was so eager to be like others.
At that time, I felt flattered.
I was told and trained to be humble, girly, sweet and not to stand out the crowd.
But now, it's time to break this rule.
I got one well done for my research method project and need to identify myself and my work, which I think it's really a tough issue for me I always trying to avoid to touch.
I thought I finally did something right and lived my own life once for deciding studying what I always obsessed with.
I pretend to be strong and independent.
I live the way I like.
I thought I was happy enough that I can say I'm stronger than before.
However, I guess I was wrong.
These things couldn't show how far I went.
When I got my feed back, I eventually understood what I'm seeking for - difference.
-It's fear of being recognised as different, whatever the rhetoric to the contrary, that prevents many from achieving the identity to match what they state is their ambition.- The Art Of Identity
Before I left Taiwan, I met Joyce, a warm mother who is a IHDS lecturer in Taiwan told me I was designed to be different but I was so eager to be like others.
At that time, I felt flattered.
I was told and trained to be humble, girly, sweet and not to stand out the crowd.
But now, it's time to break this rule.
5/23/2011
Independent Publish Magazine-
RMM Magazine
Dears.
Please allow me introduce a characteristic independent magazine-.
A totally free magazine as creator's lifestyle bi-monthly.
Based in HK, started their story since 2005.
You can check it online.
Dears.
Please allow me introduce a characteristic independent magazine-
A totally free magazine as creator's lifestyle bi-monthly.
Based in HK, started their story since 2005.
You can check it online.
5/20/2011
Ciao! Italy~2011/05/04~2011/05/12
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| Sunset in Rome. |
Ciao! Ciao!
Just back to Birmingham... with my new Florence perfume and lovely pictures.
To celebrate Tammy and my birthday, we plan to treat ourselves a trip as a birthday gift.
10 days relax and whole new experience, no mobile phone and no laptop.
Quite fun.
I got some stunning pics in Rome, shooting by Rachel, my new girl friend who also studying fashion in London.
I was so impressed by Milan street view, so many good looking and confident girls and guys, polite gentleman and mature woman there.
To me, not the food or cafe attracts me but their attitude towards life and fashion affects me deeply.
What a pity that we only spent one night in Milan.
Thankfully, I took several pic of street stylist!
嗨！
剛回到Birmingham...伴隨著我的戰利品佛羅倫斯的百年老藥店香水以及可愛的相片們。
10天的放鬆以及全新的體驗---沒有手機、沒有筆電的生活。
挺不賴的。
我這次在羅馬拍了幾張很棒的照片，是Rachel拍的。
這次認識的新朋友跟我一樣也在倫敦念時尚科系。
深深被米蘭的街景迷惑.
潮男型女充斥街頭。
永遠可見面容姣好、充滿自信的女孩跟男孩們，有禮紳士及成熟韻味的米蘭女人穿梭於街頭，
讓米蘭出了如此多傑出設計師及品牌。
對米蘭人來說，品牌只是裝飾品，
真正吸引目光的是穿著的品味、對時尚的要求還有與生俱來的自信。
可惜這次只在米蘭短暫停留一晚。
幸好，該拍的街拍照到是不少。 | ||||||||||||
| me@ Colosseo |
I had an idea jump into my head, which is I may add one more column for traveling!
How to wear properly and perfectly in trip is an issue at this age.
How to achieve a goal for getting people's attention and comfort yourself both is a big issue when people are packing.
突然有了新的念頭想增加一個旅遊的單元。
在這個旅遊風潮盛行的年代，
如何穿搭恰當且完美的表現自我的確適一個重要大事！
要如何穿出吸引目光但是又讓自我輕鬆自在大概是打包行李時的一大重點....
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| A hot professional photographer was taking pic for three woman. |
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| Perfect blue sky with perfect original blue maxi-dress. |
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| Simple is great! A shine orange jacket goes with black wonderfully. |
4/18/2011
【Trend】New Chiffon
In this season, girls got new choices of Chiffon.
Not just what you think the chiffon could be, but add more line and clean shape!
By the chiffon's special character "see-through", you can get different sexy chic!
See the magic of Chiffon shirts!
It works with any colour, prints or whatever you are wearing!
Remember: See-through is the keyword to attract eyes!
Not just what you think the chiffon could be, but add more line and clean shape!
By the chiffon's special character "see-through", you can get different sexy chic!
Chiffon shirt!(Bottom pics from ZARA, I guess!? XD)
Tip: Upper Pic uses stripes mix with Chiffon let the shirts interesting and get the sailor fashion as well.
The Bottom Pic impressed me by its classy and elegant clolour.
It works with any colour, prints or whatever you are wearing!
Remember: See-through is the keyword to attract eyes!
Pleated Skirts V.S Silk Maxi-Skirt
Pleated Skirt from ELLE UK
Spring/summer 2011 sees the rise, or rather fall, of hemlines as below-the-knee to floor-skimming skirts enjoy their moment in the sartorial spotlight. Undeniably one of the biggest trends of the season, pleated skirts are the single most desirable item to own with their seemingly endless styling possibilities.
While retro accessories and sepia tones channel a bang on-trend 1970s vibe, luxe leather and sleek layering create a modern, go-anywhere style that oozes elegance. But for an uber-modern look with a twist, swap denim at the weekend and style Converse with a floaty, ballet-inspired number. Cool, understated and on-trend, you simply can’t go wrong. Take a look at how the best dressed have been styling theirs…
When we are all obssessed with the 70s good memories, fashion is always the font line in the war.
Different material of maxi-skirt bring different feeling!
Which one is better?
I can't tell that I already bought one from American Appreal!
Let's fall in love with these flowing skirts!
While retro accessories and sepia tones channel a bang on-trend 1970s vibe, luxe leather and sleek layering create a modern, go-anywhere style that oozes elegance. But for an uber-modern look with a twist, swap denim at the weekend and style Converse with a floaty, ballet-inspired number. Cool, understated and on-trend, you simply can’t go wrong. Take a look at how the best dressed have been styling theirs…
When we are all obssessed with the 70s good memories, fashion is always the font line in the war.
Different material of maxi-skirt bring different feeling!
Which one is better?
I can't tell that I already bought one from American Appreal!
Let's fall in love with these flowing skirts!
3/10/2011
3/05/2011
1/27/2011
1/26/2011
Inside-Out --- The Official Topshop Blog
Inside-Out---The official Topshop blog
Seems every brand has to develop their unique links to customers or potential customers results of more and more websites and feeback system built up.
Recently, Topshop has created their official blog to share their inspiraiton sources.
For many people who eran their lives on fashion business, the most difficult part should be finding something interesting or new ideas which can attract people's eyes came from every little thing in daily life.
An impressive photogragh, a colour printing or even the shape of architecture can be a new concept reflected on next season's collection.
Fashion, not just a shallow surface beauty but also be packed by artists' unlimited ideas, touchable advertisement and interactive social procedure, by which can bring billions business and opportunity.
I aapreciate Topshop is willing to share those resources to tell us what they think hand how they find different view of life.
Recently, Topshop has created their official blog to share their inspiraiton sources.
For many people who eran their lives on fashion business, the most difficult part should be finding something interesting or new ideas which can attract people's eyes came from every little thing in daily life.
An impressive photogragh, a colour printing or even the shape of architecture can be a new concept reflected on next season's collection.
Fashion, not just a shallow surface beauty but also be packed by artists' unlimited ideas, touchable advertisement and interactive social procedure, by which can bring billions business and opportunity.
I aapreciate Topshop is willing to share those resources to tell us what they think hand how they find different view of life.
2011 S/S from Chanel
2011 S/S From Chanel
But light is not only illumination; it's also a lack of heaviness. There was a precise, balletic grace to the shifts, the tops, the fitted jackets, and floating chiffons, all of them built on sequined leggings. And every model walked in a ballet flat. "Just the point of the shoe," Lagerfeld was quick to point out. It was bound to the ankle by transparent straps, and it completely changed the attitude of the show. All those teenage models who look like ball-breaking vixens in their face paint and vertiginous heels when they walk for other designers were suddenly turned back into pretty girls in flat soles and clothes the color of a dawn sky. "I was sick of all those Eiffel Towers, sick of all those violent colors," said Lagerfeld.
He dazzlingly wove his antidote to current fashion orthodoxy into the fabric of the house. Artist Marie Laurencin was his inspiration. In 1923, she designed Les Biches, a ballet commissioned by Diaghilev with a scenario by Cocteau. Chanel was designing Le Train Bleu for the ballet impresario at the same time. She asked Laurencin to paint her. The languor and sweetness of the portrait that came from the sitting weren't pleasing to Chanel, but Lagerfeld seized on those qualities to reinterpret her ethos in a way that was paradoxically provocative and modest. The pink bouclé suit, the drop-waist dress, the sugary, rough-edged tweeds were fragile where Chanel herself was steely.
Lagerfeld himself acknowledged the dichotomy when he paraded Stella Tennant like the Black Queen in a gown of sequined chevrons, but his heart clearly lay with the White Queen Freja, whose coat-dress looked like it had been stitched from ice crystals. Then, at show's end, he massed his models on the steps of a simulacrum of the iconic Rue Cambon salon. He has made Chanel's world his own. See all from Chanel ›
PARIS, January 25, 2011
By
Let there be light. No designer is as primed for that kind of heavenly decree as Karl Lagerfeld, and he heeded the call with a Chanel collection that was positively luminous in its delicacy and sparkle. Dresses that looked spun from gossamer ("morning dew on spiderwebs" was his cohort Amanda Harlech's more lyrical metaphor) weren't fabric; they were pieces of embroidery. Ten million beads were used in all. The result was literally a cloth of light.But light is not only illumination; it's also a lack of heaviness. There was a precise, balletic grace to the shifts, the tops, the fitted jackets, and floating chiffons, all of them built on sequined leggings. And every model walked in a ballet flat. "Just the point of the shoe," Lagerfeld was quick to point out. It was bound to the ankle by transparent straps, and it completely changed the attitude of the show. All those teenage models who look like ball-breaking vixens in their face paint and vertiginous heels when they walk for other designers were suddenly turned back into pretty girls in flat soles and clothes the color of a dawn sky. "I was sick of all those Eiffel Towers, sick of all those violent colors," said Lagerfeld.
He dazzlingly wove his antidote to current fashion orthodoxy into the fabric of the house. Artist Marie Laurencin was his inspiration. In 1923, she designed Les Biches, a ballet commissioned by Diaghilev with a scenario by Cocteau. Chanel was designing Le Train Bleu for the ballet impresario at the same time. She asked Laurencin to paint her. The languor and sweetness of the portrait that came from the sitting weren't pleasing to Chanel, but Lagerfeld seized on those qualities to reinterpret her ethos in a way that was paradoxically provocative and modest. The pink bouclé suit, the drop-waist dress, the sugary, rough-edged tweeds were fragile where Chanel herself was steely.
Lagerfeld himself acknowledged the dichotomy when he paraded Stella Tennant like the Black Queen in a gown of sequined chevrons, but his heart clearly lay with the White Queen Freja, whose coat-dress looked like it had been stitched from ice crystals. Then, at show's end, he massed his models on the steps of a simulacrum of the iconic Rue Cambon salon. He has made Chanel's world his own. See all from Chanel ›
1/19/2011
Articles about magazine
Teen Magazine Favorite Makes a 'Long Story Short'
Anonymous. Wall Street Journal (Online). New York, N.Y.: Oct 11, 2010.
Since releasing a cover of Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" in March, indie crooner Jackson Harris has been featured in every teen magazine and site you could think of. Teen Vogue, Seventeen, J-14 and his personal favorite Tiger Beat, which his mother, the prolific theater producer Dede Harris "used to read all the time when she was a kid," he said.
"It's kind of a trip being on the teen-magazine circuit because I'm older," said the 22-year-old on a jaunt last week to the High Line, which he considers his "spot." "It's OK though, because I still feel 17, and I think I'll feel that age forever."
Mr. Harris's first four-song EP, "Long Story Short" hits iTunes on Tuesday, but he's careful not to appeal to a singular audience.
"I try to make my music young, fun, catchy and hip, but not sugarcoated," he said. With influences like Billy Joel, One Republic and Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Mr. Harris, who had bit parts on Nickelodeon and was in a high school band named The Good Fight, calls his sound "honest pop rock with storytelling."
Asked if he felt nervous about his debut, Mr. Harris looked toward the New Jersey skyline and said, "Everything feels like a movie. All I know is that on Tuesday, I'm going to the Apple store and buying my EP. I don't know which store yet, maybe all of them. I've got to encourage other people to buy. too."
He credits his mother, who worked on "Hairspray" and "The History Boys," with his creative bent. "I had a great role model in her. She was always kicking butt and taking names. I went to Riverdale [Country School] and there were expectations of what you were supposed to do, but when I wanted to leave college and pursue music full time, she didn't lose it."
"My mom was never a stage mother," he added. "In fact she was the antistage mother. She never managed me, and still doesn't. I still remember when we were on our way to some audition when I was 8 or 9. I said very matter of factly, 'Can I go on a play date with Eric instead?' She said, 'OK.' It wasn't like 'Are you sure, are you really sure?' She got it then, and even more so now."
Priya Rao
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