Style and trends

A Peace for Valentines.

Pants: Flea Market, Seoul SK//Black bandeau: H&M//Sweater: handmade in SK//flats:vintage Ferragamos

A lot has happened over this past week. North Korea starts yet another fire, President Obama gave his SOTU Address, the Pope resigns on Ash Wednesday and today is Valentines Day ::insert forever alone meem:: (for proper juxtaposition).

While I often like to daydream of what kind of hippie I would've been in the 70s, here is me grooving to all the love in lieu of the problems we face in the 21st Century.

These pants are what I've dubbed my free floral pantalones. Largely due to the fact that the fabric is so  liberating  that I could virtually do any yoga pose in 'em. I bought them at a flea market that raised money to fund education for low income students living near the streets of Seoul, where I used to live. The proceeds were donated to an after school program so that they can have an opportunity to receive a proper English education. This sweater is my butterfly sweater because sometimes it makes me want to cuddle into a cocoon in fetal position because of its warmth, and sometimes it makes me feel like I have wings and want to (cue jenny from forest gump voice) fly far, far away.

Complete with my accessories include: my new DSLR that I sleep with, my john lennon circle sunglasses, and this urban Gucci purse. Well, there you have it.

Until next time, folks! Peace and love. 

xoxo

Dom

I can have my dress, and my bada$$, too.

Dress-street vendor in the streets of Seoul. Leather Jacket- Dongdaeumun, Seoul. Shoes-H&M.


I bought this dress from a lady who haggled me everyday at Sinchon Exit 3 Subway. I suppose darting my curious eyes at the collection of dresses and sweaters is largely to blame. She told me that it is how she made a living and to "take it home, try it on, and if you don't like it..return it" (in Korean of course). Well, I did frequent the vendor, but to her satisfaction and my gratification, never returned the dress.


This outfit is perhaps the epitome of Korean style. A feminine dress with asymmetrical cut, combination of fabric: sheer and cotton, and statement leather jacket. This is my simple look for a “hi I want to twirl in my dress but yo look at my jacket, don’t mess with me” style.

-D

J'adore.

Plaid Shirt: street shop in Edae, Seoul// Sweatshirt: street shop in Edae, Seoul// Fleather leggings: Arden B// Shoes: Guess by Marciano//

Adore a city I’ve never met.

Although I have never been to Paris, France..I won’t be the first one to tell you about my utter infatuation with it..ask my friends (yes, I’m a pseudo-Parisian/Francophile and I love it). I guess it probably began with my love for coffee and cafes, then my adoration for french films and music or namely: Edit Piaf and La Vie en Rose. Then French literature, and finally, my attempt at learning the language through Pimsluer, and the list goes on. I always said I wanted to live there for a year, after I went to Korea--which didn’t happen.