I bought some Surface to Air silk shorts from ASOS, and they arrived this week!

I’m totally in love with them :)

I love the tailoring, the cut, the fit, the lush silk, and I dig the print of palm trees, flamingos and speckles!!

They were $324, but I got them on sale for $81.

Surface to Air are a Paris-based creative group producing award-winning collaborations (with musicians, artists, filmmakers) and acclaimed for their ready to wear collections. I’ve been loving their edgy designs, I’ve kept an eye on their recent collections, and I was stoked when ASOS was having a sale.

I also discovered that ASOS stocks brands like:

~ Sonia Rykiel – super cute, bold, colourful designs with a French flavour
~ Wheels and Dollbaby – a cult Australian rock-luxe label – I interviewed the designer, she’s from my hometown!
~ Spanx - haha everyone needs a bit of body shaping!
~ Elle Macpherson Intimates – so much cheaper and more range than the department stores
~ There’s always a great range of swimwear that is always well priced.
~ And you have to love the OUTLET 70% off section!

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Oh oh oh! ASOS have some special deals!

1) I have something SUPER-SPECIAL for my Singapore readers!
Go to the ASOS Singapore Site and get 20% off your shopping cart by using this code – KAREN20

(Limit to one use per customer, maximum spend of £500, excludes sale items, Singapore deliveries only.)
Valid from 7 Feb to 12 Feb 2012.

2) For my Australian readers
Click here to access Womenswear: Sale now on. Up to 70% off

3) And for my readers in the rest of the world
Click here for Final clearance! 50% – 70% off womenswear

Happy Shopping!!

Outfit Details
Shorts – Surface to Air via ASOS
Button down – Witchery
Knit – Sportgirl
Bag – Alldressedup via ShopTheMag
Booties – Habbot Studios

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Some might call it a strange habit, but hey, it’s still counts as shopping therapy.

Anyway I went home and took a look at my shopping cart at Endless.com, and ooooh maybe I shouldn’t have gone back because it was full of very yummy and very buy-able items (under $100 too!).

Sam Edelman Leopard Pumps – $74.99

Steve Madden Red Suede Pumps – $64.99

La Mer Leopard Gold Triple Wrap Watch – $78.20

Anne Klein Swarovski Rosegold Watch – $75.00

Anne Klein Swarovski Blue Marbleized Watch – $75.00

BCBG MaxAzria Mesh Clutch – $59.99

Marc By Marc Jacobs Tablet Case – $48.00

Heidi Klum for New Balance Sneaker – $45.00

DKNY Women’s Fashion Sneaker – $48.52

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The other night, I went out to dinner with good friends. We ate at a restaurant overlooking the beach. I watched the sky turn pink and the sun set over the Indian Ocean, while eating marron (local freshwater crayfish/lobster) and slow cook pork belly. It was bliss!

I sat opposite a huge mirror and just had to take a photo!

I wore my black and lime, patterned tulip dress from Birdsnest, fuchsia heels, and a swag of arm candy.

The next night, I went out to dinner with some girlfriends and again, I had such a fantastic time. Great friends, great food and great conversations – a magical combination indeed.

I wore my Sass and Bide singlet top, mustard skirt from Mersh (YesStyle) and again my fuchsia heels and arm party gear.

OK so here are the fuchsia suede heels that I’ve been wearing all week, from GlamRockChic :)

Gorgeous, striking, bold and super comfy!

And here’s my very Chinese New Year looking Marc Jacobs clutch in RED AND GOLD!!

I’m going to a huge Chinese New Year gala ball tomorrow, so I’ll post photos next week! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

xxx

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Marni is an Italian label that always seems to catch my eye at fashion shows around the world. I love her (Consuelo Castiglioni) bold, colourful, quirky, off-beat style.

While I wouldn’t actually wear most of the quirky-bold pieces in her collections, there are always some sleek designs that I drool after, and her accessories are just gorgeous.

Top by Marni, denim shorts by Acne, shoes by Habbot Studios.

Anyway, I was looking for some casual tops, that still looked a bit dressy. Something that I could wear to a summer time dinner and drinks, and to a nice afternoon event.

I bought this simple, cotton camisole top by Marni – with flowers, mainly because I already have a good stock of plain tops and thought I’d try something different.

It arrived in 5 days, and it’s absolutely lovely! Light, simple, feminine, and very sweet, without being too sweet.

I also threw on some coloured cropped pants and a dressy skirt, just to play with the versatility of the top.

It’d go great with lots of other bottoms – maxi skirts, pencil skirts, wide leg pants, work pieces, and of course, your favourite pair of jeans :)

The next top is a Polka Dot Tank by Sonia by Sonia Rykiel.

Sonia Rykiel is an uber iconic French designer, first popular in the 70s. The label’s style is gorgeous, flirty, French, chic, ultra-feminine – full of bold colours, pink, stripes, and polka dots. It has a very unique and timeless style, but it’s very playful and cheeky too.

The top is a very simple tank, made from deliciously soft jersey, but not see-through.

While I think I will actually be wearing it more with casual shorts and skirts… I paired it with a leather skirt and pony hair heels, and it looked fab! Very French glamour!!

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Patterned tank, by Sass and Bide.

Light denim shorts in a casual boyfriend style, by Acne.

I LOVE!

Silver crinkle tee, from Topshop.com.

(I actually bought this 2 months ago and wore it here)

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I recently found a classic, biker styled, leather jacket by Nabi, courtesy of YesStyle.

I have been looking for one for the looongest time.

Here’s a bit of fashion pop-culture history for you.

Leather jackets were worn in the early 1900s by people in aviation and the military.

The black motorcycle leather jacket was first made popular by Marlon Brando in The Wild One (1953). His jacket style was called the “Perfecto motorcycle jacket”, which was actually first designed in 1928, and cost $5.50.

Since then, the Perfecto has made it onto the big screen again and again, worn by John Travolta in Grease (1978), Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987), Johnny Depp in Cry-Baby (1990), and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2 (1991).

And not to mention, rock stars like Blondie, The Ramones, and The Sex Pistols, wore their jackets all the time.

Of course, the one I have has been evolved a little – slight shoulder pads, epaulettes on the shoulders, no waist-band belt.

It’s buttery soft, faux leather, with lining. It has a lovely heavy feel, and just the right amount of embellishments and garment detail to my liking (and it is affordable). It’ll slip into my wardrobe *perfectly* and ooze understated badass-ness :)

Jacket: Nabi

Top: Marc Jacobs

Jeans: Vivienne Westwood

Heels: Nude

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There were 24 designers showcasing around 6 pieces each, so it was a long show. But I was not bored once, the whole event was fun and exciting to watch. What’s great about student grad shows is that the grad are going all out to catch people’s attention with their creations.

I snapped this ethereal, pink feathery piece from behind, by Tobi Stanley.

An interesting investigation into the concept of body binding and wrapping, by Ahmad Srolestz. I loved the bronze metallic accents, dark ruffles and layers within his work. It looked sexy and dark, but modern.

And this gorgeous show stopper by Jeromy Lim, who took out a top student award. He has already launched his debut menswear collection at his Jeromy Lim Facebook Page and is currently interning with Akira Isogawa!

I turned up in this outfit – that was a bit dark glam/gothic with a touch of trend.

I’m wearing a black asymmetrical dress from ASOS (that I wore last year) with a long skirt that blew around behind me in the wind… in a dramatic, ghostly way!

For accessories, I wore bright blue suede shoes (which everyone was looking at, maybe because the front of my skirt was a bit short :P), a leather studded belt, a Prada-inspired, dark maroon velvet clutch (a bit hard to see) and a House of Harlow necklace.

I love dressing up!

I received a whopping 1400+ entrants for this giveaway! I want thank you all for entering (and for supporting my giveaways), but I’m so sorry there can only be one winner…

By random selection, a BIG congratulations to Veronica T from Singapore! She is over the moon!!

Veronica chose these two items she would love to own:

TIBI V Neck Layer Dress

Love Moschino Black Ribbon Laced Dress

Alas, for the rest of us, we can only dream. Or check out the current up to 70% off sale at my-wardrobe? :)

Thank you again everyone!

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Last week I mentioned that I hit the shops to explore some of the post new year sales.

I spotted this aqua knit top from Sportsgirl and I fell in love with the quirky, bold colour! I feel like a happy peppermint.

I’ve already worn it a couple of times. Once with leopard skirt, then with a black leather skirt, and then with black skinny jeans.

I think I might pair it with white shorts, or some maroon cropped pants (worn here), or maybe my bright blue jeans (worn here)?

Leopard print skirt from Miss Selfridge, I bought a few seasons ago.

Blush patent leather heel are from Dorothy Perkins, also a few seasons old.

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These are currently 30-50% OFF on the my-wardrobe site – which is pretty amazing!

They feel so comfortable, soft and stretchy. And they look gorgeous!

With these outfits, I styled them with simple blacks, whites and greys…. because I figured everyone has those neutral colours in their wardrobe.

I thought that maybe the orange or green wouldn’t look good with my skin tone, but I reckon they look great. If I had to choose a favourite…

I’d say that the bright blue was my favourite! (But the pink was so cool. And the orange looked great too. Tough call.)

I’m wearing size 26s here… and usually when I buy 26s, I have to cut 5cms off the bottom and sew them up to make them fit on my legs – because I’m short. But for these… they are at a perfect leg length. When wearing heels, I can wear them as is. When I’m wearing flats, I can just scrunch them up a bit at the knees, or turn them up once.

Oh and please don’t forget to enter my AMAZING EXCLUSIVE GIVEAWAY – a voucher worth AUD$1000 to spend at my-wardrobe!!

Head on over to my giveaway post and enter.

All the best! xxx

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