The world just keeps getting smaller as I'm turning ye olde blog posts into real life in-the-flesh encounters. Elaine, the owner of The Olive Shoppe, the former vintage eBay store once based in California, has been bouncing around the world, from Beijing to Bangkok and now to Shanghai for an indefinite period of time. Their… Continue reading Olive Goods
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Thai-ed Up
>> After extending our stay in Bangkok three more days (we were supposed to leave on Sunday), I'm now pretty much all Thai-ed out. That doesn't mean I'm fatigued in any way of what has been an awesome week (note: awesome week generally means I neglect Typepad for a while) but I've now gotten my… Continue reading Thai-ed Up
Tokyo Redux
I didn't get to go to the A/W 12-3 edition of Tokyo Fashion Week but I did get to relive my experience from last October by way of the S/S 12 collections that are in store right now. I'm not normally a "I see on catwalk, I buy pronto" kinda gal. Well, normally that strategy… Continue reading Tokyo Redux
Turf in Tokyo
"I like what you're wearing because it reminds me of a footie pitch." is exactly the sort of reaction this Lucas Nascimento outfit garners. "Can I touch you?" is a less bloke-orientated reaction. I'm very glad that when I wore this outfit for my final Portable talk in Melbourne, people were very forthcoming with their… Continue reading Turf in Tokyo