'Yee Chou Chic..'

Happy Eiddd.. A week late I know but better late than never I always say. I've been quite busy with Aysha (PrettyFashionForward), Pino, Tala (Marking Beirut) and so many others in town for the holidays, and from the weddings I've attended this weekend (notice the 's' in weddingS), that I'm having a hard time going back to a routine life. I believe it HAS to be movies and dinners ONLY this week. Because if my liver and feet decide to form an alliance against me I am pretty much screwed. But (cue sarcastic tone) enough about the ever-so-fascinating life of yours truly, and let's get down to business. 

Two very dear friends of mine just launched their own fashion related company and website CHOUCHIC (meaning oh so very chic in Arabic) (I told you I have talented friends). If you're not already a member, or haven't even heard of it, you are definitely missing out. So, what's CHOUCHIC you ask? Simple! 

CHOUCHIC is a cutting edge invitation only fashion destination. We present you, our CHIC members, with private daily sales of luxury & upcoming top fashion labels, running for a limited period of time. We feature the most sought after brands across the realm of clothing, shoes, accessories, beauty, and lifestyle products. 

These items are carefully chosen by our style savvy exports, with the aim to fulfill the CHIC in you -elegance by virtue of being fashionable inside out. CHOUCHIC members are offered generous fashion insider discounts, which all style conscious men & women know not to miss out on. Your precious pickings are hand delivered to your doorstep at the speed of light, and if  it doesn't work out, returns are always welcomed back, with your money back guaranteed, no tricks!

Awesomeness no? And they've got great stuff and deals. The best part? FREE SHIPPING! Become a member now and don't miss out on these amazing deals. If you need an invitation drop me a line.

And finally.. for today's song choice.. if you don't know her or this song, prepare to fall.. fall.. fall in love with awesomeness and amazingness that is Lykke Li. Enjoy.



Refreshed, 

Bambi

Sex Sells; Money Talks!

Good morning bloggers, readers, random passer-byers (I don't even know what that means, but it had to follow the previous 'ers'). Hope your Monday morning started off better than mine. Not looking forward to this week at all, even though wedding season is almost over (keyword being 'almost') but I had a good weekend, my two and a half weddings were fun and I danced till my feet disowned me. Not complaining, I promise!

I was getting a mani/pedi while watching MTV, when Kylie's All the Lovers came on, and I think this could be Kylie's sexiest video yet, and as much as I like her and her music, I just can't help but wonder.. an orgy mountain?? Really? for some reason this eery comparison came to mind; if you've seen True Blood you'll understand.. I hope.. In Season 2, Maryann kind of puts everyone under this 'sex spell' so they just strip and umm.. mate, similarly in All My Lovers, Kylie is Maryann, and that's not really a good thing. You see it?? no? Really?!? Crap that I'm the one who's twisted. YIKES!

So anyway, a few songs later, Katy Perry's California Girls came on, not much to say, she's this cutie pie who shot to fame because of I Kissed a Girl and well from the title of the song, we kinda know why. Anyway the video included: Lots of candy, whipped cream (that scene just triggers Kelis's My Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and by the way, love her new look and 4th of July song, check out PFF's post on that), half/totally naked bodies, cupcake bras.. need I say more? Oh and the whole whipped creamed bra.. or whatever they are on her humps.. or lumps.. which very much resembles the idea of Gaga's -gunned bra (don't judge my wordings on the description, don't think they found words to describe them yet, and yes there were lots of BRAS).

And finally, Xtina's Not Myself Tonight, that's when I noticed, MTV should be R rated. I'd be ashamed to watch these racy videos with my father. AND I'M FRICKIN' 26! It oozes sex and fetishes. Fine, sex sells, I agree! But this is a video? (I miss BSB videos) The bondage video will definitely get most men's (and definitely some women's) heart racing, and we all know what that leads to. It's very S&M Madonna (Justify My Love) meets S&M Lady Gaga (Bad Romance).

And of course when watching all these videos, only one person comes to mind LADY GAGA, and how everyone (well, almost everyone) is trying to.. what's the word? Imitate? no.. that's not it.. Copy? Nope still not the correct terminology I'm looking for. Ah crap, it's not coming to me right now, but you get what I'm trying to say, right? But anyway, even the great Gaga has been labelled as a Copycat in her latest video, Alejandro (hated the song by the way). And no, not in one particular clip, it's like an homage to the even greater Madonna. I doubt that's what the director was going for, and even though Gaga has always been compared to Madonna, there's a big fat line between paraphrasing and plagiarism, as Hugo once said, Don't imitate. Innovate!, and Gaga my dear, your latest video wreaks Madonna wannabe (with a Janet Jackson touch). I won't even get into the whole religious controversy it stirred. But then again, who am I to judge, I will still listen to her music, watch her videos and look forward to what she does next.

Conclusion? Anyway you turn it, if it's not a Madonna clip, it's definitely an imitation or an imitation of an imitation of a Madonna clip! Makes sense? I just felt like sharing!

Bambi

Gone Oscar Wild!

So I didn't watch the Oscars. (the time diffence is mad) but I did raid the internet for red carpet photos. And Saw the best and worst dressed photos. I think I'd be on the worst dressed list because honestly, I disagree with most of these rankings. And wow, Avatar didn't win best picture.. What a shocker! (no sarcasm I really am surprised, I would've bet money on that movie winning the award, but then again, I believe almost everyone thought the same thing) So anyway, my lovely Candy Floss had her own list (click here) and boy do we have different opinions. This is why fashion is so diverse and so open. So we'll start off with

My Worst Dressed List

Zoe Saldana in Givenchy The bodice is beautiful but it just doesn't go with the rest of the dress.. And how many poodles had to die to make that ugly thing? Honestly.. But kudos for being gutsy. Even though you've gotta be pretty drunk high on something and to wear that in public.


Charlize Theron in Christian Dior The back is pretty, but the front? What a disappointment. It killed any chance the dress had of being wearable.


Virginia Madsen in.. I don't even know what she's in, but what was she thinking?
There's so much going on, with the royal blue and black, and the see-through chiffon on top of the lace bodice, then lace on top of the chiffon and you have a belt and there's a floral attempt going on at the back. And don'tget me started on the hair!


Mariah Carey in Valentino I don't know if it's the dress that I don't like, or if it's her in it. The dress is simple and pretty but she looks like a buffalo. It's not for her figure at all. What a shame! She murdered the dress!


Sandra Bullock in Marchesa She looks so bla in this dress. It's not sexy, or fab. A lot of detailing but it just didn't do it for me.

My Best Dressed List

Carey Mulligan in Prada That was in almsot everyone's Worst Dressed list, but I loved it. What's not to like? Beads? (not really beads, more like mini forks and scissors but it worked anyway so..) Check! Sweetheart Neckline? Check! Different? Check! Fabulous shoes? Double check! I think it works. Loved the look. Loved the dress. Just beautiful!


Amanda Seyfried and Jennifer Lopez in Armani Privee I don't understand how these 2 dresses were on the worst dressed list. Everything about them oozes glamour and Red Carpet Chic. Of course I loved J Lo's dress more than Amanda's but I think they're gorgeous and I would so wear them.


Penelope Cruz in Donna Karan You can say it's so 'deja-vu', and you can say nothing new.. But these dresses are lassics. You can never go wrong. They're so elegant and fabulous that everytime anyone wears a dress like that, I will stop and admire. Beautiful!


Vera Farmiga in Marchesa Now that is one hot tamaleeeeeeee... The colour, the cute, the detailing.. I lvoe everythign about the dress. It is faaaabbbb! Two thumbs up for Vera! Well done!


Cameron Diaz in Oscar De Le Renta I'm not being biased because he's my favorite designer, but honestly, how stunning is that dress? I think it made almost all the Best Dressed lists. You know why? Because it's Oscar! So glam. I love that it's worn on pale white skin and love the bright red lips with the retro hair! Perfection!



Rachel McAdams in Elie Saab Again, I;m not being biased because he's from my home country, but I loved the dress before I realized he was the designer. It's a typical Elie Saab cut, and the colours are so pretty. Very butterfly-ish no?


Miley Cyrus in Jenny Packham Now that was truly shocking. I would have never thought Miley Cyrus would be my ultimate face on the red carpet. Despite the fact that her head is as big (if not bigger) than her torso. The dress is stunning. The champagne coloured gown, in my opinion, would've looked better on even whiter skin, but I'm going to give it to Miley anyway. She looked feminin, sexy, elegant and just fabulous.


Now there were other who worse beautiful dresses but I can't fit them all like Demi Moore in Versace, Sarah Jessica Parker in Chanel, Zoe Kravitz in whatever it was she was in, Samantha Harris wore a beautiful Elie Saab gown as well. Definitely something I would pick out for myself. Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep were so elegant and their dresses were so age appropriate. Katherine Bigelow's dress was too boring! Samantha Harris and Deborah Ann woll were clueless when it came to gown choosing, and I still don't know what to make of Maggie Gyllenhaal's Dires Van Noten number or Diane Krugers Chanel dress. Hillary Swank and Vanessa Hudgens were too 'out there' with their extremely revealing dresses. Nothing left for the imagination.

The Pink Sheep is dead..

Yes the tragic news took the fashion world by surprise yesterday, when Fashion Designer and guru, Lee Alexander Mcqueen, was announced dead yesterday at the age of 40. Seems like he commited suicide. So selfish on his end don't you think? Yes he was devestated his mom had passed away a few days earlier, but where does that leave us? The fans? The students? The followers??? What would the skull lovers and fans do? (i.e. Candy floss and myself included). What would Lady Gaga do? This is tragic .. Really tragic.

The dramatic, theatrical and eccentric designers are 3 in this world (I'm referring to the great ones only, and Christian Lacroix, with all his greatness, unfortunately was a victim of the financial crisis) John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier and Alexander McQueen. Now that he's gone, there are only 2 left. The two Jean/John are quite old-ish, and yes they are Gods in their field, but really, Alex McQ was more wearable and appealed to women more, no? He was able to introduce a skull, something that's dead and ugly, something that implies danger and death, into the fashion world, as an aesthetic embellishment to any piece. Everyone else followed. And even today, no skulls can compare to McQueen's skulls, or his signature scarves that automatically became a must-have accessory. Before him, skulls were considered sort of a taboo. It used to put others off, and well, living in the Arab World, wearing skulls was a big no-no, accusations of being devil worshippers and such, is never fun(no I was never accused of being one and yes there have been those who were accused because of what they wore and such) But thanks to Mr. McQueen, that is a thing of the past. Now, skulls are merely a fashion statement.. A must.. Eye candy.. worn to adorn! Ooh I'm rhyming. I'm patenting that. Worn to Adorn! :)

Anyway, I know I was planning on doing the fashion collage post once a week, and I did it yesterday, but considering the circumstances, I decided to dedicate this to Mr. McQueen, entitled Skulls, Lips and London Hearts.

It's a "wrap"

I woke up feeling very bla today, and as I was getting dressed I noticed how bla my outfit looks. Now a bla outfit matching my bla mood, is not a great combination because that would just bring me down even more. I needed to add a little oomph to what I was wearing, opened my closet, and voila. The perfect scarf, designed by my good friend Aysha (yes the girl who inspired me start a blog and has her amazing blog called PrettyFashionForward. She's bubbly and fashionable and you can actually see her personality in her work. The brand is called Melmas (touch/texture in arabic), and they are just funky. They just pop. I've never worn a Melmas scarf and not received tons of compliments. She sews on a small bell (to cast away evil), a pair of miniature scissors (to cut away the old and bad in your life), a coin (prosperity) and a blue bead (eq. to evil eye). She designs one-off pieces by the way and they're wrapped in the cutest way with a personalized message for each buyer. I love Melmas and you should really check her stuff out and I even got complimented on my scarf from a Saudi princess just now! Anyway, check out the images below.

This is.... Bambi.

This is my first official blog! I was inspired by a good friend of mine, Aysha, who has a fabulous blog called PrettyFashionForward that I read religiously, and so I decided what the hell. I've got nothing to lose. It's like a diary that sometimes replies.

So here goes, I recently did, what a lot of girls dread doing... I chopped my hair off. And it's not that very blah hair cut that every other girl has (almost kinda carre, long from the front, short from the back). No no.. It's more liek a short bob, Rihanna meets the ex WAG queen! And as much as I love it, it is kind of high maintenance, and why is it that no one knows how to blow dry short hair? I've been to a few, and I ended up looking like a mushroom. *sigh*

But girls, 2010, is a year for change. Do something drastic, Change your hair colour.. chop it off.. make a fashion statement (if you have sense of style otherwise, stick to the new hair do) and if you don't want to change something physical, by all means, change something in your life.. cut out bad habits.. break your routine.. be bolder.. be confident.. meet more people.. Enjoy life and don't settle for second best in anything..

And those were a few of my new year's resolutions...