Dress Porn

The first time I saw an Elie Saab collection was on TV in 2005, I couldn't take my eyes of the dresses!
I thought I'd go crazy looking at the amount of beauty, detailing and lightness of each piece. Things that distinctly stand out in an ES collection are the sequins and detailing in every single piece.

I could cry for the seamstresses and for the elusive Lebanese designer behind this namesake brand. It almost seems like he captures the most beautiful colors in nature and adds 'air' to them, and finally pins stars all over his dresses. Each dress is an art piece, deserving it's own room!

These are some of my favorite dresses from his Couture Spring Summer 2012 collection. I don' t own any of the pictures.

Enjoy...   Notice those thin leather belts.. Who knew they could make such delicate leather belts in such light shades?

Doesn't the whole collection feel like beautiul macarons made love to tiny diamonds?.. I could eat these dresses... oops , I mean... I'd die to wear one of these. Hey!.. a girl can dream!


Browse the whole collection here: Elie Saab

The Time has come.. for regular blogging!!!

Heyaah!!!

The wonderful thing about my blog is that no one reads it!!!... How isolated and crazy is that?? and how charming is it that I continue to write here... well, I'm just incapable of processing rejection and people ignoring me...That's a wonderful gift to have!

So, like the title says it... I'm going to blog regularly.. Part of the credit for this goes to my dear, kind-hearted 'sweetheart' who from now on I choose to refer as 'Man-Boy' (MB for short)...

My darling MB was kind enough to set me up with what I'd call a 'work-around' for all the sites banned in dragonland :)   XOXO and 'Let the proxy be with you'...

So, let me just say how happy I am by performing cartwheels in my head for a minute to show my love for MB and pay my respect to proxies...

Life in Dragonland

A Lot has happened since my last post, about 8 months ago.

1. I moved to China 8 months ago.. last October
2. I want to stay in China for a while!
3. I'm slowly giving up being a vegetarian, but am still clinging on to the idea of 'Being Vegetarian' with all my heart and will power.
4. I cook at least 4 to 5 times a week now! (partly out of necessity)
5. I'm around 3 months away from financial freedom! Yuppie.. What a relief.
6. I need to update my LinkedIn profile. Please girl, do it!
7. I'm trying to get toned up! Let's see how to goes.
8. I visited Beijing - the largest capital city in the world :)


So far China has been a real roller-coaster ride. There's so much to learn from these people! That topic will be another post.. For today, I welcome myself back into the blogging community at this crazy hour in the middle of the night..

Shopping Detox, Diet Plan and other crazy plans

OK. Here! I said it!... I'm a Closet Shopaholic!.. The irony of it.. a shopaholics ideal hide-out would be her closet ..right?.. Enough of the self-depreciating humor.  First things first..


AM I A SHOPAHOLIC?

Hmm.. difficult question! According to my standards, I definitely have gone over-board a few times. I do realize and kick myself each time I've gone beyond my self-prescribed standards! These standards are no where close to those of a real shopaholic. But, I just hate it that I can't stick to my budget!

It's not like I get tempted all the time! No I don't! I don't run into a store everyday to compensate for my overweight, for a bad-job day, for a bad-hair day, for a bad-relationships day or a plain, ridiculously depressing day. Neither do I over eat!

I'm definitely not a shopaholic. But, I spent a considerable amount in the last 2 months buying clothes, new jeans, new party-wear, new work-wear, new tops. Add to this that I've bought quite a few clothes for dear ones in the last two months

What do we do about it?

I AM NOT BUYING ANY MORE CLOTHES FOR A MONTH... unless I have to travel overseas and need to buy some more work-wear. Apart from that, I'm buying nothing! not even socks! I'm on SHOPPING DETOX! UNTIL SEP 24th. I will keep you all posted how that is coming along.

DIET PLAN:

So, I weighed myself today. Bad!!.. missed my magic number by 2kgs.. of course on the heavier side! There I said it!! n I hate crossing my magic number!!!

Add to that, the fact that I'm the proud owner of this sexy dress now. And.. I hate the tummy bulge when I wear it!!! I hate it!

All perfect when I wear it! Just don't look at the slight bump! I hate it!

So, what's the plan?

I exercise, I control my sweet cravings and  I think, "RED HOT DRESS" every day for the next 2 months. If I don't lose that tiny paunch in 2 months, I WILL DONATE THE DRESS! That will serve me right!

SELL STUFF and DE CLUTTER:

I might move away from my current location in a few weeks. I have a lot books which I will not be carrying to my new place. I'll have to sell them on EBAY/ QUIKR or offline. I'm just soo unmotivated to get rid of all the stuff.

TASK FOR THE WEEK-END: Post all your 'not-carrying' books for sale on eBay or quikr!

DONATE:

There are a ton of clothes I'll have to donate - irrespective of whether I move or not.

TASK FOR THIS FRIDAY: Just segregate all those clothes you are giving away! Please do it! It'll be winter in a month. Think of all the children and women who deserve some better clothes! Do it!