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Wristlets are the best arm candy

My favorite grey Alexander Wang camera bag got sabotaged on a freak cruise boat accident, which means I'm without a practical and small bag for special occasions and for hopping across the street...

Aug 28, 2012 Like

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Au revoir, acne!

I don't remember a time when I had clear skin. On the first day of fourth grade, I came to class with a giant red oozing zit on my nose."Do you, like, not wash your face? Is it not in your...

Aug 18, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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I am resurrecting this blog. Be warned -- you should have zero expectations. I don't. I am about to start my senior year of college in two weeks, and I still haven't finalized my class schedule. Or...

Aug 18, 2012 Like

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Music Obsession: Tara Priya

Every year of high school, on the last day of the academic year, we sat through an excruciatingly long awards ceremony. My freshman year, at the awards ceremony, I found myself sitting next to a...

Jul 23, 2011 Like

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Refinery29 remembers us college students!

While many of my friends are jetting off to tropical islands, European countries, or back home for spring break, Im staying in the city, where I intend to eat good food, visit museums, shop, catch...

Mar 10, 2011 Like 1 person likes this

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Happy Valentines Day!

So, while Im spending my Valentines Day having intimate relations with my laptop, you may have more exciting raunchy plans (but statistically not likely if you also go to Columbia).Refinery29.com...

Feb 15, 2011 Like

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Are you Pretty Amazing?

If youve always wanted to be on the cover of a magazine (and youre between ages 15 - 22 in the United States), you should definitely enter Seventeens Pretty Amazing Real-Girl Cover Contest,...

Feb 5, 2011 Like

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How bad do you want it?

Today, I was the last one to leave the office at my internship because I was frantically doing some work to lighten the load for my boss. My eyes were slightly bloodshot, Im quite sure that my...

Feb 5, 2011 Like

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Shop my wardrobe and save babies

I am somewhat of a pack rat and a hoarder, so throughout the years, I have accumulated more clothes than I can fit into my pocket-sized dorm room closet.Luckily, I-ELLA, an invitation-only...

Jan 30, 2011 Like 1 person likes this

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Uniformity, not conformity

I attended the press preview of the Gilt Groupe Warehouse Sale tonight, and in between eating e.e. cookies and convincing myself not to purchase a pair of Rick Owens shoes in my size (college...

Jan 29, 2011 Like

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When we all need that pick-me-up

I sometimes wonder what fashion editors were like back in college. For the most part, I like to imagine that they were always stylish, coiffed, articulate, and experts at walking in five-inch...

Jan 27, 2011 Like

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Barter system: votes for bad haiku

Sometime in my insomniac state last night -- between finishing up a philosophy write-up, convincing myself not to buy a pair of Proenza Schouler boots (verdict: still debating with myself), ranting...

Jan 24, 2011 Like

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Monsieur Vuitton never designed clothes

(Photo Credit -- LuxeMont)Yesterday, someone asked me what my pet peeve is. I thought about how I dont like peeing in public bathrooms or how I dont like when people reply to emails without reading...

Jan 24, 2011 Like

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An Education in sartorial transformation

Im obsessed with the British film, An Education, and starring the ever-so-coquettishly-ethereal Carey Mulligan playing smart schoolgirl Jenny -- shes playing Daisy Buchanan in the 2012 adaptation...

Jan 22, 2011 Like

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Guess whos back?

(Photo Credit -- Sharon Wu)Six months later, I am making a spontaneous return to misscouturable.com -- while maintaining my personal blog at noelduan.com. I didnt even think of returning back here...

Jan 16, 2011 Like 1 person likes this

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Good-bye misscouturable.com, hello noelduan.com

It was last October when I accidentally renewed the domain, misscouturable.com, for two more years. "Well, I guess Ill be obligated to blog until then," I said to myself.But thats not right....

Jul 17, 2010 Like

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Not really in North Korea

I spent the past six weeks in China, where Blogger, Foursquare, Twitter, Tumblr, and Google Documents are blocked. Nonetheless, while my social media life was waning, I was busy experiencing real...

Jul 12, 2010 Like

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Woohoo(t)

Ever since I was a high school student, I had been a fervent admirer of BARE, UC Berkeleys award-winning student fashion magazine. Putting together any magazine, after all, is no easy feat -- from...

May 21, 2010 Like

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"Remember Now" by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel

As final examinations come to an end for most of you (I finished yesterday), Karl Lagerfelds new short film, "Remember Now," should be the perfect launch into summer.May you have a few...

May 11, 2010 Like

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Happy Mothers Day!

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his. - Oscar WildeMy mother is not a glamazon with a walk-in closet full of Manolo Blahnik pumps and Givenchy gowns....

May 10, 2010 Like

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I never left high school

A couple weeks ago, after a Sunday brunch with high school friends at Riingo in Midtown East, I wandered into the mass pandemonium that was Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue. I really should have...

May 8, 2010 Like

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Being Asian in the fashion industry

(Photo Credit -- Sharon Shum)Thats right. Thats me with some of my heroes in fashion, art, publishing, business, and entertainment: Joe Zee (Creative Director of ELLE), Carol Lim (CEO and...

Apr 26, 2010 Like

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Invitation to Asian Americans in the Fashion Industry

I do not usually get this excited over campus fashion events -- and I may be biased because Im organizing the event. Nevertheless, I have been working day and night for weeks on this event, and I...

Apr 18, 2010 Like

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Change of plans

Everyone and their mother (literally) has read the recent article from the New York Times, "Growth of Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal, Officials Say," by Steven Greenhouse. My fellow schoolmates,...

Apr 7, 2010 Like

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Panel Discussion: Voices of American Fashion

(Photo Credit -- guestofaguest.com)As you may know, I love Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion journalist and Washington Post Style Editor, Robin Givhan.So it grieves me deeply that I have an important...

Apr 1, 2010 Like

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A/W 2010: Betsey Johnson & Long Live McQueen

I refrained from writing anything about my feelings toward Alexander McQueen's death because everyone else has said everything that I want to say.I found out about his death on Twitter, before Anna...

Feb 21, 2010 Like

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Failure of imagination

I was so overwhelmed with Fashion Week this past weekend that academics were the last thing on my mind -- not exactly the model Columbia University student, I admit. I reluctantly decided to skip...

Feb 16, 2010 Like

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A/W 2010: Lela Rose

Lela Rose originally designed bridesmaid dresses, so I expected nothing more than variations of cocktail dresses and other pretty numbers that one could wear to Sunday brunch. I half-expected a...

Feb 15, 2010 Like

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My early end to Fashion Week

(Photo Credit -- ELLE Germany)I passed out this morning in the bathroom, prompting me to make the ultimate decision of skipping all shows from the day, from Tracy Reese to Carlos Miele to Alexa...

Feb 15, 2010 Like

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Wristlets are the best arm candy

Au revoir, acne!

Lazarus 2012

Music Obsession: Tara Priya

Refinery29 remembers us college students!

Happy Valentines Day!

Are you Pretty Amazing?

How bad do you want it?

Shop my wardrobe and save babies

Uniformity, not conformity

When we all need that pick-me-up

Barter system: votes for bad haiku

Monsieur Vuitton never designed clothes

An Education in sartorial transformation

Guess whos back?

Good-bye misscouturable.co­m, hello noelduan.com

Not really in North Korea

Woohoo(t)

"Remember Now" by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel

Happy Mothers Day!

I never left high school

Being Asian in the fashion industry

Invitation to Asian Americans in the Fashion Industry

Change of plans

Panel Discussion: Voices of American Fashion

A/W 2010: Betsey Johnson & Long Live McQueen

Failure of imagination

A/W 2010: Lela Rose

My early end to Fashion Week

A/W 2010: Twinkle by Wenlan

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