Merry Christmas! XOXO

Kurisumasu Omedeto! Sung Tan Chuk Ha! Feliz Navidad! Merry Christmas!

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Hope you are all done with your christmas spending (yeah! better spend those hard earn money or why work lol) But better think about on what you give and buy. Just dont be an impulsive buyer like myself (no matter how wonderful that laser cut print prints of Balenciaga and that patchwork of Comme de Garcons... think about it first... which i hope i did lol. Someone should stop me from going back to that wonderful Dries van Noten top!!!!) everything should mean something or or or OR just to appease splurging here is a great suggestion by

WhoWhatWear by Hillarry Kerr and Katherine Power

(I highly suggest this book! i teach this to my Fashion Styling students in FIP)

PRICE PER WEAR

The Cost of an ITEM divided by how many times you wear it.

Example:

If you spend $400 on a pair of designer shoes, you love, but you end up wearing them 4 times a week. They have a price per wear of $1.92

[4 times a week X 52 weeks in a year = 208]

[$400 divided by 208]

[total of price per wear is $1.98]

get it? great advice right? love it :)

So anyway since its christmas tomorrow, here is the video 1:43 with their first digital single Merry Christmas Na! i styled them here. Since i love anything thats remotely kpop/jpop/and anything in between you'll just have to love them cute guys.

Plus! Kim kinda-almost-sorta looks like Shun Oguri ((forgive me i just finished watching Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (Hana Kimi) Live Action Japanese Drama 2007))

Give me more time and ill find the other 3 lookalikes lol

xoxo

EXCESS-ORIES

I especially love Accessories. It is one of the best ways to update a look, make an ensemble from boring to vavoom! The equation of Cycle + Celebrity = TREND (as according to WhoWhatWear by Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power. Who i adore! i recommend everyone to grab a copy of their book! i even made it compulsory for my fashion styling students in FIP to buy a copy. Ill discuss that in another blog entry) paved way to a fast revolving trend cycle powered by celebrities. Whatever they wear (the trendsetters/the living fashion icons/the fashionphiles ofcourse) instantly becomes a norm on what the mass (thats us) will wear. ''IT'' status on Bags, Shoes and Excessories are a by-product of this phenomenon. Best examples of this are the following:

The Balenciaga Motorcycle Bag (launched in Spring 2001 together with the Le Dix and the Lariat) now in many varieties

and

The CHANEL Maxi XL Jumbo 2.55 (I especially love the RED)

Both bags were pictured in the arms of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Sienna Miller, Kate Moss, Kelly Osbourne, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow and ofcourse Nicole Ritchie (among others)

The paparazzi or the unlikely on/off bestfriend of the celebrities are at fault of this cult following on what celebrities wear. TMZ, Us Weekly, et. al. made available the images of off-duty celebrities. This made the designers create even more outstanding pieces and stylist scour for new groundbreaking/ heartstoping/ breathetaking accessories to feature.

And now comes the fun part. Finding amazing designer shoes. My friend photographer Rxandy Capinpin showed me the website of Footwear Designer Kobi Levi. I was amazed how visual and conceptual the shoes were! Here are some of the pieces i loved!

XXX Pumps (2010)

Blow Pumps (2010)

Banana Slip Ons

The Chewing Gum

Market Platforms (1998)

Kobi Levi graduated from Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem in 2001. Specializing in footwear design and development/making. He is a freelance designer. He is designing his own Men Shoe line named Tel-Aviv, Israel. He also designs industrial footwear in both Italy, China and Brazil and Presented his designs in various exhibitions in Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Tokyo, Verona, St.Etienne, Berlin et.al.

He said in his profile: " In my artistic footwear design the shoe is my canvas. The trigger to create a new piece comes when an idea, a concept and/or an image comes to mind. The combination of the image and footwear creates a new hybrid and the design/concept comes to life. The piece is a wearable sculpture. It is "alive" with/out the foot/body. Most of the inspirations are out of the "shoe-world", and give the footwear an extreme transformation. The result is usually humoristic with a unique point of view about footwear. Another aspect of the creation is the realization. All the pieces are hand-made in my studio. The challenging technical development is the key to bring the design to life in the best way."

For more check out his website

Kobi Levi Design

xoxo