It's getting pretty late...

...We spoke for just an hour and I don't feel that great.
It's nothing that you said,
It's just these pictures I don't wanna see
Keep running through my head.
I know you never meant to, make me feel the way I do and,
I never will desert you, but I cannot make you stay.

No...
So leave if you wanna leave,
Change if you wanna change,
Go where you wanna go,
I won't follow.
And love if you wanna love,
Run if you wanna run,
Go if you need to go,
I won't follow you.

- Test Your Reflex, I Won't Follow

How do you know when to just go for it, and when to just let things fall into place? It's just so confusing when your instincts are telling you one thing, but something completely different is happening. Are you supposed to act on your instincts when the universe and reality is going in the exact opposite direction?

It's weird that I always start blogs off with an excerpt from a song, then some random pondering. I wonder if I'll ever run out of songs to quote.

Ah, anyways.

I was going to do a bit on a specific trend-of-the-moment, but I found a designer to ramble on about, so I'll save that trend for a later blog.

Our designer for today's blog is the Korean-American designer, Richard Chai. Although he doesn't have an official website that I know of yet, you can check out his latest collections at style.com.

Chai's collection clearly display's the designer's own sense of style and chill personality. His designs are clean, simple, and original. The Spring '07 RTW collection consists of a wide spectrum of outfits for different occasions, but each piece is linked together in some way, be it the clean lines and cuts, the soft blazers, reappearing lapels, or well-placed pockets.


Although I couldn't find a retailer for Richard Chai (he is supposedly sold only in Barney's, Lotte (Korea), and Villa-Moda (Kuwait), these two are definitely my favorites from the entire show.

The silhouettes of everything-- pants, shorts, coats, tops, and dresses-- are a pleasant in this buttcrack-bearing era of ours.

I want to be forgotten,

...and I don't want to be reminded.
You say "Please don't make this harder."
No, I won't yet.

The Strokes, What Ever Happened?


I still wonder how everything spun out of control so quickly. It's there one day, and it's gone the next. Can we blame it on human weakness? Is it our nature to be unable to react, to go after what you want?

I suppose it will all unfold on its own. Although, I'm still confused about whether we're meant to go wherever destiny, if it truly exists, takes us, or whether we're meant to create our own destinies.


Well, anyways. On to the meat of this blog-- clothes! This entry is dedicated to the relatively new designer, 3.1 phillip lim. The spring '07 women's collection is absolutely perfect for the sophisticated and stylish woman. Why, if I had the pockets for it, I'd wear their entire collection. Hehe, we can all dream a little, can't we?

The originality of this label's cuts, colors, combination and of course, overall concept is what really attracted me.

Gray Linen Shirt Dress with embroidery detailing. $547, Aloha Rag (also comes in yellow)

As much as I tried to find something similar to that shirt dress--at a lower price, I just couldn't. The placement of the embroidery, the embroidery itself, and the cut of the dress is a completely unique design. At $547, if you're willing to splurge, it's a worthy investment. However, I did find something with a relatively similar as far as cut and detailing in the dress section of an online vintage shop, American Vintage.

Pink Rayon-Linen Dress with neckline and skirt detailing. $80, American Vintage.

Now, back to Phillip Lim's collection:

Floral Print Silk Front-Pleat Dress. $461, 3.1 phillip lim.

This dress, undeniably vintage-inspired in the print, as well as delivery on the runway, just might be like one of those dresses tucked deep inside some musty closet of yours.

I double-dog dare you to go look now.