remixing fashion and luxury for reality

This taking photos of myself at the office is tricker than I thought. I’m sitting here trying to play it cool and take the shot when no one’s looking… Do you want your co-workers seeing you snap photos of yourself (full-length body shots)? There’s no good way to pose in front of my laptop and get my full body in the picture, without raising a few eyebrows. Don’t worry though I will find a way. If you have any ideas pleez do send them my way

Anyhow, here’s the best I could do today. Really all I wanted to show you today anyway was my new AX cropped denim jacket! I bought it a few weeks ago at Valley Fair Mall in San Jose, along with 2 pairs of jeans and a pair of jeans for my husband too.

I love the cropped sleeves on this jacket and the way the front crosses over. It’s shown buttoned up on the AX website but really I don’t recommend it that way. I wore mine over a grey loose shirt, white pants and my white and beige python Jimmy Choos.

AX Cropped Denim Volume Jacket

As you may be able to tell from my previous post I’m into short jackets these days.. actually for the past couple years. Especially after I realized long coats only helped to reveal how short I really am. If you’re a shortie then stick to cropped and more snug fitting jackets. It elongates the torso (I feel). I indulged myself a little tonight after totally neglecting myself from any online browsing the past few weeks due to a rough work schedule and I’m reminded that I’m just too good at finding stuff I want

Here are a few Luxe for Less Options I found. If some of you go out and buy one jacket each then I’ll feel better about buying one for myself — so do it puleez! Some of these jackets cost less than a mani/pedi combo!!

Starting upper left, working clockwise
Sashimi Retro Jacket — $42.00
WESC Olive Jacket — $143.00
LS Cotton Jacket — $24.80
3Q Bomber Jacket — $27.80
Pleated SS Jacket — $27.80

I’m trying something new today. Per Mayor’s request I’m going to post a photo of me! It’s kind of a funny concept but I’m going to give it a try and see how this goes. I’m playing around with Apple’s PhotoBooth Application (which is what I used to take this photo of myself). I’ve been struggling for a long time trying to figure out how to take a photo of myself and it finally dawned on me just now — DUH I can use PhotoBooth! Photobooth uses the embedded camera on the Macbook Pro to take photos, but the nice thing is is that it will delay the capture a few seconds so it gives you time to set up for the picture.

This is me ladies! It’s Friday in the office so I went for a semi-casual look.. nothing too ratty. Lately, I’ve been letting myself slip a bit and wearing jeans and oversized sweaters to work. I thought to myself this morning I should dress in such a way that matches how I feel about my work. I don’t want to appear too laid back or sloppy!

I started with a white tank and threw on my over-sized white button up that I got in Korea the last time I was there from a store called Supermarket in Apgujongdong. The one thing about this shirt is it’s a little too thin and flimsy so it’s riding up and poofing out a little more than I’d like. I also added a belt I got the last time I was in Vegas at the Elie Tahari outlet. This helped pull in the poof and make me look a little less pregnant. You can’t really see the pin stripe pants but they were from… MY FAVORITE GUILTLESS PLEASURE (forever 21 I was struggling with which jacket to wear. I tried on a cardigan but it just didn’t feel right, then tried a jean jacket but that was too casual. This cropped beige jacket I have on was the final and last thing I was going to try and it ended up looking the best (at least i think). I can’t recall the name of the boutique I got it from but it’s in Burlingame. That reminds me I’m going to have to drop by there soon!

Well let me know what you guys think of my semi-casual-Friday-look! And have a great weekend!

I’m trying something new today. Per Mayor’s request I’m going to post a photo of me! It’s kind of a funny concept but I’m going to give it a try and see how this goes. I’m playing around with Apple’s PhotoBooth Application (which is what I used to take this photo of myself). I’ve been struggling for a long time trying to figure out how to take a photo of myself and it finally dawned on me just now — DUH I can use PhotoBooth! Photobooth uses the embedded camera on the Macbook Pro to take photos, but the nice thing is is that it will delay the capture a few seconds so it gives you time to set up for the picture.

This is me ladies! It’s Friday in the office so I went for a semi-casual look.. nothing too ratty. Lately, I’ve been letting myself slip a bit and wearing jeans and oversized sweaters to work. I thought to myself this morning I should dress in such a way that matches how I feel about my work. I don’t want to appear too laid back or sloppy!

I started with a white tank and threw on my over-sized white button up that I got in Korea the last time I was there from a store called Supermarket in Apgujongdong. The one thing about this shirt is it’s a little too thin and flimsy so it’s riding up and poofing out a little more than I’d like. I also added a belt I got the last time I was in Vegas at the Elie Tahari outlet. This helped pull in the poof and make me look a little less pregnant. You can’t really see the pin stripe pants but they were from… MY FAVORITE GUILTLESS PLEASURE (forever 21 I was struggling with which jacket to wear. I tried on a cardigan but it just didn’t feel right, then tried a jean jacket but that was too casual. This cropped beige jacket I have on was the final and last thing I was going to try and it ended up looking the best (at least i think). I can’t recall the name of the boutique I got it from but it’s in Burlingame. That reminds me I’m going to have to drop by there soon!

Well let me know what you guys think of my semi-casual-Friday-look! And have a great weekend!

Can blogs have a mid life crisis? Well I believe I’m in the middle of one.. so bear with me guys! I’m having a harder time deciding what to write about.. sometimes I question whether I should even be blogging at all. Other times I ask myself whether I should blog about something else.. like my whacked out theories about people, love and relationships, or even stuff more related to my work. OMG please don’t Jenni. For those of you who blog you know how time consuming this can all be. I’m sure several of you struggle with this love/hate relationship with your internet addiction and blogging. Right??

Blogging can be lonely at times. Actually most the time.. it’s like talking to yourself. The closest I get to interaction with anyone here is when I check my stats. Yeah!! But really, I just want to get to know you guys a little better. I want to know what is on your minds too, especially when it comes to fashion trends, style advice, Forever21 guilty pleasures, YSL bags!! And seriously everything else would be nice too.. what kind of music you like, what you guys do for a living, where you all live, who pissed you off today and why, what you want to make of yourselves one day. What’s ironic about the fact that I even have a blog is that I actually thrive off of learning more about other people. Maybe that’s the root of this blog crisis.

Well.. I’m going to have to do a couple things here so if you want just try and hang in there with me. I’m prob. have more irregular posts and also do more polls and quizzes in order to get a dialog going. I hope that we’ll all learn more about each other through this and I’ll find my answer at the end of the road.

I’ll leave you with a random photo of the day. This is my favorite drink in the world. Literally. An iced double shot vanilla espresso from Korea. See! I AM having a crisis.

EMO POSTER
by

JoJy45

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I can’t recall the last time I browsed through $5 posters at Poster Prints in the mall. It was the thing to do back in high school "when I was a kid". It seems since the good old days the poster business has moved online and I’m not sure it’s ever coming back. I can’t say that seems to be the best thing for business though because out of sight out of mind. When’s the last time you thought about buying a poster?

It wasn’t until an interesting late night visit I made to Zazzle’s corporate building with LL and T-mon that I realized there’s some wall-worthy art out there. There were eclectic posters strewn about the building, all prints from Zazzle.com. If you’ve never heard of Zazzle it’s a website that sells things like hats, tees, mugs, and posters that are designed with either liscened designs (Disney, Star Wars, etc) or designs submitted by individuals artists. Even you can submit a design to zazzle and print your own tee.

After my visit to Zazzle I couldn’t help myself but get lost in the endless pages of products across the site. At last I came upon this EMO poster (above) created by a user named JoJy45. Not knowing what emo was I looked it up. and learned it’s a kind of "emotional" punk expression or music. In any case I think this poster captures some emotions I identify with and I’d just love! to have this in my house somewhere. It’s kind of crude, raw, yet innocent.. and speaks to the inner emotional child I can’t seem to leave behind.