wine divine!

It seems like forever that Vancouver has had this streak of BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL WEATHER!

What better to celebrate then a glass of wine on the patio! Here is my outfit of the day! #OOTD

Sunnies : Gucci
Top: Japan
Jeans: Zara

What's your fav. way to celebrate a fine sunny afternoon?

flower power!

When I go shopping I usually like to be left alone by sales associates because I just haven't had the greatest experiences.....

BUT a couple of days ago I found these rad pair of flower patterned pants and decided to try them on and the sales associate told me to try on a graphic-t with it. At first I was thinking............... a shirt that has writing and a girl would NOT mesh well with the flower patterned pants. 

BUT to my surprise it did! and I bought both! haha who would of thought? From now on it wouldn't hurt to hear out the sales associates opinion!

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

I also tried out Rachel's hair-do that she blogged about the other day.

click here  to check out the blog post!!!

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GEEK CHIC 2.0

If you haven't yet rocked a pair of some thick framed geek glasses, you better do it quick cause a new kind of geek chic have arrived!

Geek glasses became fashionable (again) in the last few years; I think it was Marc Jacobs who started trending them in 07. Next thing you know various celebrities started following the look. Now people even go as to popping out the lenses of the 3D theater glasses and wearing them to strut the geek chic look. 

I love how Anne Hathaway dressed up her geek glasses here!

In Japan people wear geek glasses as fashion accessories so some don't even have lenses. 

standard black no-lens geek glasses worn

I went to Harajuku the other day, the most daring fashion styles are seen here and I was able to try on the NEW GEEK GLASSES of the century, seriously it can't get any more geekier than this.

Pixelated GEEK GLASSES

in leopard!

What do you guys think? YAY or NAY?

chic Graphic - Teeee

I feel like I keep on repeating the same topic about how HOT it is IN JAPAN, but it is THAT HOT.

And as much as I want to wear a nice silk blouse with a flow-y skirt, once I get out of the shower and feel the heat a cute COTTON graphic-tee with some bad ass shorts is all I want to wear!

but not JUST ANY graphic - tee, one that you can dress up or down.

such as a character tee, like the one I bought the other day.

I put together an outfit but sadly the only one that I own is the tee-shirt, (boo) I guess the rest will have to wait for another shopping day!

tee-shirt: disney
bracelet: cartier
ring: YSL
bag: Alexander Wang diego bucket bag
Sandels: Balenciaga
sunnies: ray ban
shorts/hat: unknown

A mickey tee can also be worn on a date like Carrie from Sex and the City!!

What is YOUR all time fav graphic-tee?

got'em boyish swag

It's official, SUMMER IS HERE IN JAPAN

I want to be more excited about this but ASIA summer's aren't pretty. The humidity melting your make-up, sweat trickling down your forehead and sweat patches; YA- them nasty mofo's.
It's been about 27 degrees Celsius for the past few days; not quite high enough to do the stuff I said above but being used to Vancouver weather...it is HOT.


In Japan I've recently fallen in love with this new Magazine called 'GINA'　(buy it here) It is a magazine targeting women in their mid twenties; people my age (smile). 
I always found that magazines really split from teenage fashion to women in their 30's, so it's currently my new found fashion bible. I kinda go nuts reading it, IT INSPIRES ME, like how it inspired this post!

BOYISH SWAG

what is it? well it's a phrase I created (laugh) and I'm not sure it will catch on but hey, doesn't hurt to try rite? 

ANYWAY, we all know that the main colors for summer are gonna be NEONs, CORALs and PASTELs, so it would be BORING if I post about that. 

BUT WHAT IF THE MOOD THE COLORS EMANATE could become an OUTFIT? 

cchyyeeup, cause that's what I did!

NEON makes me think of 

BOLD and ANGULAR

in this case: TRIANGLE

 collared shirt and distressed stud shorts from HONEYS

What caught my eye was the bold triangle, looks even better on, but like most collared shirts they give off a very boyish look! Paired with distressed ripped studded shorts it adds to the look! 

I know the color is leaning a bit over to the autumn hues, but the white shorts bring out the WHITE TRIANGLE, making it more summery looking. 

and to show off my instagram talent

you want my look? Get em at HONEYS

Are you rocking the boyish swag?

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Japan Fashion Haul!

Last week I had the lovely excuse of going to Tokyo/Saitama for work and decided to hop onto an earlier train to go shopping for a couple of hours. I was walking around in my suit and though it was such a pain to try on clothes, I still did it!

I think I even wrinkled my crisp new white blouse in the process BUT it was totally worth it! 

This is my FIRST JAPAN HAUL! (post)

left to right: G.U., e hyphen gallery, Zara, e hyphen gallery

(pardon moi, for the awful layout!)

The highlight of this haul is my recent discovery of this boutique brand called E hyphen world gallery.(link to online store) Little did I know that they have stores in Hong Kong and Singapore too! The prices for their pieces are incredibly reasonable considering how well they are made. 

e hyphen world gallery:

mint green off-the-shoulder knit - perfect slouch (that's always my battle with off-the-should garments). 

coral neon stripped top with the cute small pocket has buttons on the sleeves and it zips up in the back! love the detailing - I will definitely do an outfit post on this one.

NOW for some candy -- ARM CANDY that is!

top to bottom: boutique, H and M, boutique, Forever21, e hyphen world gallery

AND to take me to great places, a pair of comfy shoes!

3 coin

These shoes were only 315 yen! that:s about 4 dollars usd! cute hey?

Let me know what your recent great purchases are!

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studded.

We can't escape it's on everything...tops, jeans, skirts, bags, belts...you name it. I'm talking about STUDS.  I think the obsession actually started with the amazing belt SJP wore in the first Sex in the City movie (do you remember?)

Florals and Studs

I love studs because it adds edginess to any kind of outfit.  My favorite pairing comes from Valentino.  He pairs his 'Little Bloom Lace Dress' with a Platinum studded calfskin belt.  

Little Bloom Lace Dress, Valentino

Call me an old lady but I just love love love this outfit! It's classy, timeless, and sexy all in one. After seeing this outfit in person in Tokyo recently, I just couldn't resist. The dress was a little over my budget ($7,500), ok fine a LOT over my budget so the next closes thing to get my hands on was the belt.  

I have yet to pair this with my outfits but I will post OOTDs on our instagram page @themodduo or my personal page @rach_kim very soon!  Also, please check out my beautiful Mio's instagram @beautiechips. She is truly the 'studded' woman!  

Until next time!

XOXO - R

fashion feed JAPAN!

Change is scary....good or bad it makes your heart skip a beat.

that has been doing a lot these days because I recently quit my job to find new and better opportunities! Mostly to get out of the suburbs to move toward fashion central a.k.a TOKYO! I can't disclose what kind of interview I went to but this was the outfit I wore:

stud shirt/ #Zara
puff skirt/ #club monaco
pumps/ #Christian Louboutin
jewelry/ #H&M

My inspiration? 

Well here is where I'm going to give you the current 

fashion feed in Japan:

studs, studs and more studs!

You find them on t-shirts, ripped-jeans, blouses, shorts, shoes, sandals you name it!!! It's awesome! Why? Because I love that rocker-chic look, if I was to describe my fashion style, that would be the closest word.

If YOU had to describe your fashion style in one word, WHAT WOULD IT BE???

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INSTAGRAMmed an outfit of the day!

blouse/ #Topshop Japan

jeans/ #Zara   Japan

flats/ #Tory Burch

Back to Japan huurrrrr! I must apologize for the sporadic posts, we are still trying to establish a schedule but being in different continents with a full-day time difference, it ain't easy to establish a skype meeting.

But on a better note I recently got an iPhone in Japan, I've had the iPhone series since my Canada days so I was pretty excited after 8 months of agonizing iPhone withdrawal. Yes and to celebrate this joyous reunion with my new and improved iPhone 4S(actually the battery life is awful) I have decided to INSTAGRAM My outfit of the day!

make-up/ #dior

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