Happy (Belated) Valentine's Day!!

(Image: Katie Armour via Her name was Lola)

A New Take On A Valentine's Favourite

Love Is Lame Shit Bitch Bear, $12.99 to $23, available at Love Is Lame.

(image from Love is Lame via Refinery29)

Happy Chinese New Year!

The year of the Tiger has finally come to an end (and hopefully my bad luck as well) and the year of the Rabbit has arrived. Chinese New Year is one of my favourite celebrations because it is basically a non-stop eating marathon. Daikon cakes, fried sweet dumplings, and abalone with chinese mushrooms-its hard to stick to a strict diet with these temptations in your face. My mom tells me not to eat so much (or at least not so frequently) on the regular so I was kind of irked when I saw this decoration (on the left) hanging on my bedroom door a couple of nights ago. I thought that she might have been trying to send me a message implicitly.

With her usual contradictory behaviour, my mom made me realize that the decoration was more appropriate in representing her. I found her eating a bucket of ice cream one night at 10:30pm. Yes, she was not finishing the last two spoons of ice cream. There was enough ice cream for three double scoop waffle cones. And no, she was not crying over her broken heart.

Just a little reminder not to over-indulge. Happy Chinese New Year!

(image from me)

Lunch Hour Quickie: Male Models

Boys of Milan & Paris FW2011 from Justin Wu on Vimeo.

J.Crew Goes to Italy! (About A Shoe)

Three takeaways:

1) J.Crew can do no wrong.

2) J.Crew = Prada

3) I need to get a job at J.Crew.

J.Crew just released the first of three videos that follows creative director and president Jenna Lyons, VP of women's design Marissa Webb and VP of men's design Frank Muytjens as they visit various factories in Italy that produce their products. It is a great behind the scenes look of one of the biggest and most influential retailers in North America. The enthusiasm, passion and dedication to their products is clearly shown by all three executives. I loved the entire video but my favourite scene would have to be when Webb models one of her shoes fresh from the factory in the middle of a restaurant.

I am so happy that J.Crew is finally starting to move into Canada. This recent piece of news may also explain the recent sale of J.Crew to two investment firms. By going private, J.Crew is able to do what they need to do without having to deal with pesky public shareholders.

Great idea for shoe storage at home.

I really wish a pair of these will be on my feet when summer rolls around.

(video and pics from J.Crew)

Transformers, Chanel Version

QOTD: Korean BBQ

For NYE, my friends M, SH, and I went to a neighbourhood korean restaurant to eat. You were responsible for putting yourself on the waitlist and M ordered me to do it. The little devil on my shoulder made me put down "Fat Moo - Table of 3" and waited to watch the scene unfold.

Waiter: "FAT-TO MOO! TABLE FOR 3!"

Waiter: "... Just wait, Fat-to Moo? Is this right?"

M: "Yes."

Waiter: "Oh, so Fat-to Moo? Who is that? Is that you?"

M: "Yes."

Waiter: "Oh, I am so sol-li." (spoken in a very sympathetic tone)

SH and I laughed so hard we just collapsed into the booth.