Elie Saab S/S 2011 Haute Couture

 

I've just had a long, lusting look at Elie Saab's most recent Haute Couture collection that premiered yesterday at Paris Fashion Week - and my gosh, is it beautiful! Clearly evident are Saab's use of pretty pastels and florals, with a few dips into bolder colors (such as black and crimson), which provide a clear embodiment of spring and summer itself! The dresses are whimsical, delicate and classic, definitely a collection that will be remembered for years to come, I think! A simple, romantic hairdo, sported by all the models, made sure that nothing took our attention away from these beautiful gowns. Moreover, Elie Saab definitely knows how to balance sweet and sexy - with most dresses offering a little decollatage or views of long legs, without overdoing it and heading into scandalous waters.

Overall, I find this collection alluring, beautiful, and extremely well-made. Well done, Elie Saab!

whiteout

Ah, so the winter that the rest of the country has been experiencing has finally hit us.  I'm not particularly rejoicing in this fact, either.  My dad shoveled snow before he left for work, and by the afternoon new snow had fallen and completely erased his hard work! So my sister and I set out to shovel the sidewalk (not an easy task when your sidewalk takes up an entire lots' worth), driveway and entrance.  We bundled up and set to a good hours work! My back and shoulders were annoyingly sore about halfway through, and I was beginning to overheat.  And let me tell you, overheating in the dead of winter is a very strange, paradoxical feeling indeed.  And now our hard work has been completely destroyed by an even stronger storm! Ugh, thanks a lot, Weather, that's a horrible joke you're playing on us.

I had planned to go to a friends' house to bake macarons and watch Låt den rätte komma in ( or Let The Right One In in English! It's one of my favorite films, and the book is great as well), but due to the weather that obviously didn't happen.  Ah, maybe next time!

The Spring Semester at school begins next Monday.  I'm a little bit glad to be going back - I'm getting a minor case of cabin fever from being stuck at home without much to do for the past month!  I'm sure I'll get sick of Uni about two weeks in, but for now I'm happy to return. 

Choices

I'm going to a cousin's wedding this May, (woo, attending my first family wedding!) and I've already begun to look at dresses.  I really like the dresses from Modcloth, and I've found three adorable ones that are all absolutely lovely:

 

So now all that's left is to choose.  I absolutely love the open-backs on the two end-dresses - I think open-backs are really sexy in a non-revealing way.  My only issue would be bras? Do you just skip and wear fashion tape? Or are there special open-back bras? I guess I'll figure that out later.  Of course, the green one in the middle is also very beautiful - the color is very complimentary to my skin tone, and I love the asymmetry of the hem and the bodice area. Yikes, I'm an indecisive person as it is, and now I'm presented with three gorgeous dresses and have to choose! Can't I just have them all, Ma? 

trying my hand at cooking;

It's no secret that I've loved the Korean food, kimbap, since I first tasted it (ugh, it was so good).  And after I moved away from the only source of kimbap I had (which was my two Korean friends' moms, :P), I had no choice but to try and make it on my own! Okay, so maybe it took me a while to finally get the ball rolling on making it, but hey, better late than never, right? So I've been scurrying around trying to find the ingredients (American grocery stores' have horrible international sections), I finally had everything I needed! I made a pretty basic version of kimbap - ham, cucumber, egg, carrot, and pickled radish (odeng).  It actually turned out better than I expected, although the only thing that bothered me is the smell of the seaweed, :/  For a dish with no seafood in it, it smelled horribly fishy.  I'm not sure if it's because of the brand of seaweed I got, or if there's some sort of preparation I missed.  Anyways, with practice, I'm hoping I can fix that little problem, and I'll become a kimbap master! :)

americana

Oh, love of mine

After talking about my old rabbit in the last post, I felt nostalgic and decided to post a couple photos of him! 

So this is BunnBunn, formally known as Snowball! He was my very first pet (and only, as of yet), and was awesome! I got him when I was nine years old, and chose him specifically for the black fur around his eyes (I thought he looked like Cleopatra).  He's a little Dwarf rabbit, so he wasn't very big at all - although, he was a little overweight, mostly because I liked to feed him things he probably should not have been eating! I think his favorite was cereal - he would hop around excitedly when he heard the rustle of the cereal bag.  He had some complications the year before I moved away to Germany, we'd taken him to the animal clinic once because he was acting very strangely, and wasn't eating properly.  The veterinarian didn't think he'd last the weekend, and offered to put him down.  I couldn't bare that, and nursed him back to health everyday, with a special formula from the veterinarian through a syringe.  He lived well for another few months before he died, sadly.  We knew it was coming, he was acting strangely again, so my whole family was there for his death.  I don't think I've ever cried so much.  We buried him in the backyard, overlooking the fields because he always liked the view when he was alive.  I guess it's something of a good thing that everything happened the way it did.  I doubt he could have survived the flight to Germany, and he may have been quarantined there for quite a long time.  And I couldn't handle giving him away to someone else - it would feel too much like abandonment and betrayal, I feel.  Ah, this post has gotten thoroughly depressing, and it shouldn't be! He brought me a lot of happiness as a kid, and he was a great playmate, and always great for cuddling.  I really think the connections people have to their pets - regardless of the animal - is a very important,special thing.  I'm sure many people know exactly what I'm talking about.  Lots of people refer to their pets as members of their family, which they often become.  And it's amazing how profound of an effect they can have on you. 

I'll never forget my little BunnBunn and how wonderful he was.  Rest In Peace, little rabbit of mine, :')

My little darling, 2000-2005, ♥

pick and mix

For your listening pleasure:

The Strokes, Reptilia

Black Swan Soundtrack, Perfection

Arctic Monkeys, Pretty Visitors
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For your viewing pleasure:

I got into Misfits, a British TV show, a few months back.  It's beyond hilarious, and it comes highly recommended.

aaaaaand, have I mentioned that I have the most massive celebrity-crush on Tom Kaulitz, the guitarist of Tokio Hotel (which is also one of my favorite bands)? Because I do. ugh, what a dreamboat.