Monday, June 29, 2009

Summer Blue

Summer Blue in La Jolla.

La Jolla is a seaside area, seven miles along the Pacific Ocean in Southern California. It is about twelve miles north of Downtown San Diego. La Jolla is probably best known for its beautiful weather year round with a average daily temperture 70F and around 60F at night, making this place a tourist hotspot. It is an area of great natural beauty with mixture of geology-sandy beaches and rocky shorelines, excellent for a variety of outdoor activities. In addition, La Jolla is well known for its elite shopping and dining, with upscale boutiques, import shop and gourmet restaurants lining Prospect street.

We walked along the Prospect street of La Jolla. This is my first time showing my husband's picture as many of you requested. He usually doesn't like to be in the picture or reveal his face because he is so shy.
The water is generally cold in the beaches of California. It's way too cold for us but it seems not cold for local people here.
Summer Blue in Dallas.

Summer in Dallas is way too hot. I wore silk Marciano dress with Fendi shoes.
Thank you everyone for your great support of my last post. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I also thank you lovely blog Fashion Titbits, Fashion Moment and Sin of My mind for giving me the blog AWARD.
Wishing you all have a wonderful day!!!! Big hugs....from Hanh ;-)

Saturday, June 27, 2009

FAQ

I would love to say thank you to everyone for your continuing support and sweet comments. If you are a blogger, you would understand it 's not easy to frequently update the blog with your life and family activities. I try my best to update my blog and hope you all enjoy it. So please, when you visit my blog try your best to leave a kind comment to encourage me to keep up my work. Thank you very much for your time!!.... You know I read every single comment and I try my best to visit your blog as well. If you have a question, I'll try to reply by email, through your blog or on my comment page. Many of you had a few questions, requested me to post them and also want to know me little more. This is it.

Skin care product and routine?
I use L'Oreal cleaner for cleaning my skin in the morning and at bed time. After cleaning is L'Oreal toner. I use SISLEY face moisturiser for day and night. Sisley is an expensive product, $400 per jar, but it's worth it for your skin investment. One jar lasts about 9 months. So, if you divide $400 into 9, it doesn't cost much per month. I also use eyes cream from Sisley, one jar last me over a year. When it comes to skin care, I won't be cheap because it's important to protect and keep your skin looking young and healthy rather than getting a face lift later on. It's unnatural to me. I also get a facial 4 times a year when the seasons change.
What product line do you use for your makeup?
I use Bare Naturale L'Oreal for foundation. I love this foundation much more than Serge Lutens which I tried once before and it's expensive, it's not worth it. Shimmer blush from Bobbi Brown, eye shadow also Bobbi Brown. Lip gloss is whatever line, I don't stick with one.

How do you keep clothing clean when you're with your kid? Do you look nice and fashionista 24/7?
When I stay home with my kids or run errands with them, taking them to gymnastics, ballet or ice-skating, etc., I wear normal clothing from Gap, Hollisters or Madewell and have no makeup or maybe just a little. It' s ok to be dirty. When I'm dining out with them, having a date with my husband, going out with my friends or going shopping...I become fashionista. Every week, we have family dining out and I have a dinner date twice with my husband (we have babysitter come twice a week for us to go out). That's when I dress up. My husband and I enjoy going out just 2 of us because it's good for us having time together to keep our marriage hot. We also like to enjoy different cuisines and it's a good chance for me to play with my fashion clothing.
This is how I look when I do activities at my kids's school. So, I don't think other moms think I'm into fashion. I wore F21 dress and legging.
Taking my kids to gymnastics. I wore Hollisters Co pants, Madewell tee. Do you remember Nastia Luikin who won an Olympic gold metal in Bejing? That's her. Well, my kids do gymnastics at a small local gym. We went to WOGA for one hour training with her. This is a cool thing to do for my kids. When they grow up and look back and say "Thanks mom and dad. That's cool".

How long does it take to make your shoe collection? Will you collect the same volume each season and in the future?

It took years to collect my shoe collection. I started slowly at first. But the last year and this year, it has been speed up. My husband said "I deserve to expand my collection after nine years of being a good wife, good mother" and he supports me. I earned the credit, you know. I will probably slow down next season and in the future. But who knows, sometimes they are like vanilla ice-cream with chocolate chip and Oreo cookies. Most of them I waited for on sale. I did not have shoes collection when I was in high school or college. I love fashion whole my life but back then my parents are very conservative about education. All I did to show them I was good student with A+ and I attended two universities. I had no time for anything else except studying. When I moved here, I attended college again, and had a full time job. It was hard because I had to begin everything from zero. I remember the time I visited a high-end fashion store when I received my tax refund. My husband is a wonderful man who understands my passion for fashion and support me.

The secret to keep you slim since you have two kids?

This question was answered in the entry title " Girls plays dress up". Please, check that out.

These pictures took last night. The family went out for Italian Food. My kids refused to have pictures taking, they weren't in good move for picture. I wore Fallon necklace, Alexander Wang tank (I wear this tank and Helmut Lang tank a lot, love their versatile), Marni skirt that I bought sometime long ago for $100 from original price over $1000 at 4510 store, Marni shoes also bought long time ago from last call at Neiman Marcus for about $250.

Wish everyone have a wonderful weekend!!!!xoxo...Hanh.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Old Gate

When you travel around Europe, you occasionally see old gates for protecting their villages in the old days. Here is one of those gates in Riquwihr, near Strasbourg, France. Look at this how cool it is and is centuries old...We don't see this in America.




My Alexander Wang blazer.

I love my Alexander Wang blazer, it is versatile piece. To me, we just need two or three good blazer and we can pair it with many different clothing for different looks. The pictures below show five different looks of Wang blazer and I could pair it over a slim, full or long dress.

Pairing with my old nude body suit, Givenchy legging, Valentino belt, Prada shoes.


Pairing with F21 skirt, YsL shoes.
Pairing with Helmut Lang tank, F21 short, Balmain shoes.
Pairing with Helmut Lang tank, F21 legging, Rick Owens shoes.
Pairing with Current/Elliott jeans, Ysl shoes, F21 sunglasses.
Wishing you all have a fabulous weekend!!!!hugs...from Hanh ;-)
Hi guys, after I posted this post and knew that Lucrecia-Fashion is Poison has my interview on her blog. Please, check it out for fun!!!!Love...Hanh.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Yohji Yamamoto

Look at this Yohji Yamamoto belt/corset/waist band...25% off on top reduced price 40% off and tax free. Love this excellent sale! I could wear it with everything as harem pants, pants, legging, dress or skirt. I also could adjust it to low or height waist. Love this piece!!!
Wearing it with Sacai harem pants.

Fallon necklace. This necklace could be worn like in this picture or could wrap around the neck for a different look.
Side trim of the pants.
Giuseppe cage boots.
Wearing with F21 skirt and Abercrombie & Fitch shirt.
Balenciaga shoes.
Wishing you all have a wonderful day!!!Thank you very much for your time!!xoxo..Hanh,

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Great Design

JEAN-MICHEL OTHONEIL.
The sculpture in this photo was taken on my Paris trip at Palais Royal, near the Rick Owens store. I took this because it 's unusual and beautiful. When I got back home, my husband looked through the Architectural Digest Magazine's May 2008 issue and saw this sculpture in there. We were both in awe... and that's when we learned it is the work of artist Jean-Michel Othoniel. He is a contemporary French artist born in 1964 in Saint Etienne (France).
This is photo in the Architectural Digest magazine. There are two sets to this sculpture, one represents day and the other is for night. It is made of glass beads, coloured and threaded on an aluminum structure. His work has unusual, sensual beauties and subversive sweetness. This sculpture is a entrance for the Palais Royal Metro station in Paris.

Jean-Michel Othoneil.

COMME de GARCONS.
Don't you think this Comme de Garcons t-shirt has an interesting print? The print is like a contemporary painting and reminded me of Picasso. I asked my kids what it looked like; they said "It looks like crazy city with crazy people, has odd flowers and a hot sun". What do you think? This season, I'm very much into Comme de Garcons. Each piece is art, has its own character and unusual design. This great design asks for time to grow in love with it. You may not like it at first, but admiration grows and eventually it turns into love.

Comme de Garcons sheer skirt. I love it because its sheer material, and has mysteries look. I can see me wearing it with back top, Rick Owens jacket, The Row leather legging for fall/winter season. It's a versatile piece.


Rick Owens shoes.
Wishing you all a beautiful day!!!!xoxo...Hanh.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Isabel Marant

Necklace from local Paris store.
Burberry shoes.
I bought these silk ruffle jacket and silver metallic skirt at Isabel Marant boutique in Paris. The model wearing the boots in the picture below are my number one on my list. Too bad, they completely sold out :-( . And I luckily found 3 pieces that I love ( the third piece 'll be posted in the future). It 's surprise that their price is fair, inexpensive for great designer brand which I love. I got 40% off, tax free, I'm happy to own Isabel Marant pieces for the first time.

The two black leather bracelets are from local Paris store. The skull one is from 4510 store in Dallas. The silver one is Forever 21.
Thank you again to you all for your continuing support and kind comments. Many of you have a few questions for me and request me to doing post about it. I'll try to manage my time and hopefully have a post about it in near future.
Wishing you all have a fabulous weekday! Hugs...from Hanh.