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A Flower Buffet Birthday

Another Birthday Here’s the ultimate time crunch party styling tip: when in doubt, flowers, paper and pattern utensils. That’s all you need, citizens of Pinterest. Here’s how to plan a birthday...

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Michigo

Michigo I have a confession to make. Sandwiched in between all the layers of indie/soundtrack/folk/chill music I occasionally post here, I’m secretly a fan of G-Dragon/K-pop. There, I’ve said it....

May 8, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Tangled: A Personal Struggle on Fashion

Civil Wars: The Ups & Downs of a Skin Deep Industry Lately I’ve been in somewhat of a writer’s block- not that there’s a nothing to write but I’m just not sure how to transition from image heavy to...

Apr 29, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Taiwan for The Haute Hipster

The Obligatory Travel Diary of a Blogger Essentially a mish mash of vacation photos that: A) Aren’t National Geographic level of photo journalism B) Don’t quite meet the standard of a typical...

Apr 18, 2013 Like 8 people like this

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Lunch Pail Picnics

Hong Kong, why so hot (la)? Was hoping to score another cool day for a winter picnic on this rooftop my dad found but suddenly the temperature went up to 27 degrees. Goodbye dreams of pumpkin soup...

Mar 26, 2013 Like 4 people like this

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Milky Day Uniforms

Besides rocking that striped plastic bag: Zara leopard print blazer, H&M marl muscle tee, Uniqlo jeans from Emily, Alexander Wang Brenda, General Idea baseball cap, Aldo lace up boots, HK boutique...

Mar 21, 2013 Like 3 people like this

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The Creative City: Affordable Art Fair

When I first moved to Hong Kong, one of the concerns and criticisms that surfaced was the idea that Hong Kong was not a creative city. But after living here for three years I’ve realized that by...

Mar 15, 2013 Like 3 people like this

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Paris Gourmands: Wit & Butter

“héllo yés í ám spéákíng frénch” Saw this quote on tumblr and had such a laugh that I made a graphic out of it. Packing: Four Day Paris Capsule I can happily say that packing is pretty much...

Mar 11, 2013 Like 3 people like this

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Standard Classics

“Will I like this next year?” In terms of The Conscious Consumption of Clothes is concerned, I only have one goal in mind this year and that is simply by next year, to not hate anything I wore this...

Feb 26, 2013 Like 6 people like this

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Flourless Chocolate Cake

Flourless Chocolate Cake via Epicurious What does one do with pinecones that she coerced her parents in Canada to buy and ship to Hong Kong? Bake a cake and shove it into every photo possible. This...

Feb 21, 2013 Like 8 people like this

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How to (Properly) Wear a Sweater

This entry is in response to how I ‘cheated’ by wearing a sweater on shoulders and waist here Anddd we’re back to regular programming after a friend texted me asking if she was on the wrong blog...

Feb 18, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Fast(ing) Fashion

Giving Up A Passion for Six Months: A Conscious & Honest Look at Consumption in Fashion In the pursuit of creating individual style, I realized that the answer is not buying and experimenting with...

Feb 12, 2013 Like 8 people like this

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Content

According to my blog stats, people are looking for Chinese New Year decor ideas so I just made some yesterday. I’m totally a one trick pony aka reusing-what’s-lying-around-my-home. This is...

Feb 5, 2013 Like 4 people like this

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What’s Up, Doc?

Title of post from the best cartoon ever. Atomic orange sweaters mustn’t be selling well on Topshop when Sybil ordered it and upon delivery, found they gave her two of them instead of one....

Feb 2, 2013 Like 3 people like this

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You Belong with Me

Listening To: You Belong with Me If and ever a Taylor Swift song pops up in the folds of this blog, you will know that I’m pulling out the desperation card. This winter I haven’t found an excuse to...

Jan 24, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Christmas Dumplings

I’m pretty sure my ancestors are rolling in their graves a la Mulan style at my penchant for all things reminiscent of Wong Kar Wai and Shanghai in the 60′s. Sorry, dear relatives, but I love my...

Jan 15, 2013 Like 3 people like this

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Style Nanda & The Spectator Skirt

Listening on Loop: Nils Frahm ‘Felt’ Playlist ( been very inspired by his work lately) Happy New Year! I have no resolution to keep fit, lose weight or do the splits (the latter being my resolution...

Jan 7, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Turning Pages, 2013

If your attention span is long enough and you flip to the last few pages of the January issue of Company magazine, you will find a very stiff looking

Dec 31, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Advent Calendar

Merry Christmas! If I were Martha Stewart this would all be achievable in a mere day. You know, apple pie baking and prepping for parties simultaneously. But nay, the blog took a backseat for a...

Dec 22, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Capped

What do you think of when you think of a baseball cap? 1. Celebrity trying to get groceries without being paparazzi-ed 2. Pedophile 3. Hong Kong girls circa 2007 with puffy trucker hats that sit on...

Dec 11, 2012 Like 3 people like this

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Of Drips & Crumbs

The unstyled look of hipster food magazines An article concerning Hipster Food Styling via The Boston Globe. Hilarious. For all you Clockenflap goers (music festival in HK) this weekend, here is a...

Nov 30, 2012 Like 3 people like this

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Autumn Carpet

I’m an Autumn girl- with the sweaters and meditative mood. Spring flings and summer love aside, autumn is the season of self reflection. In winter we’re tucked in a blanket of snow, In spring we’re...

Nov 20, 2012 Like 4 people like this

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Still Life

Don’t let yourself feel worthless; often through life you will really be at your worst when you seem to think best of yourself. And don’t worry about losing your “personality,” as you persist in...

Nov 8, 2012 Like 4 people like this

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On Elegance and Restraint

“Sprezzatura is not the same as effortless style, which is the worst lie ever propagated by women’s media. It is really the effortful pursuit of the appearance of effortlessness, a dedication to...

Oct 31, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Paris Breakfasts & The Secret of French Dress

How cool is the Airbnb apartment we stayed at? Unlike the ‘Moulin Rouge’, razzle dazzle cliches of Paris that Tumblr perpetuates through sparkly buildings and chic cafes, I found the city rather...

Oct 23, 2012 Like 7 people like this

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How do you Style your Toms?

How do you Style Your Toms? When Lane Crawford asked me to participate in their TOMS One for One project, accompanying some self styled photographs, they also requested for my definition of Giving...

Oct 17, 2012 Like

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One of a Kind

Listening on Loop: G Dragon- One of a Kind Today’s music recommendation forfeits any indie/hipster facade that I may have constructed for myself in the past and out comes the inner 16 year old....

Oct 11, 2012 Like 2 people like this

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Laduree, s’il vous plaît!

I’m back from Europe with: 4 boxes of macaroons from Laduree/Pierre Herme 3 tins of tea from Laduree/Pierre Herme 2 hardcover books on style and the etymology of the word ‘craftsmanship’ 1...

Oct 8, 2012 Like 3 people like this

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Of Feast and Foliage

The Canadian Tuxedo! Chambray on Denim Uniqlo jeans, ASOS men’s chambray shirt, sandals from Korea, DIY jewelry, H&M bag Listening on Loop: The Naked and Famous- Young Blood You’re missing out if...

Oct 1, 2012 Like 2 people like this

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Sam Is Home

A Flower Buffet Birthday

Michigo

Tangled: A Personal Struggle on Fashion

Taiwan for The Haute Hipster

Lunch Pail Picnics

Milky Day Uniforms

The Creative City: Affordable Art Fair

Paris Gourmands: Wit & Butter

Standard Classics

Flourless Chocolate Cake

How to (Properly) Wear a Sweater

Fast(ing) Fashion

Content

What’s Up, Doc?

You Belong with Me

Christmas Dumplings

Style Nanda & The Spectator Skirt

Turning Pages, 2013

Advent Calendar

Capped

Of Drips & Crumbs

Autumn Carpet

Still Life

On Elegance and Restraint

Paris Breakfasts & The Secret of French Dress

How do you Style your Toms?

One of a Kind

Laduree, s’il vous plaît!

Of Feast and Foliage

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