Fueled

This post is fueled by my recent coffee date (which included me typing mostly and my friend on her phone due to circumstances....). We have already set another lunch date in two days since the two hours or so of us meeting for coffee included maybe around 150 words in exchange (which sums up to a long paragraph). That's it. But don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed her company.

But yeah.

I was typing and she was saying stuff basically on the lines of "you should blog more" and then I also thought of this other coffee date with another girlfriend where she was saying stuff like "you should blog more." I know, I know, it's just that Tumblr is SO MUCH easier to keep up with and golly, my Facebook timeline is TOTALLY MY NEW BLOG now, hah- I love the HIGHLIGHT FEATURE !!!!!!!!

So here I am at the coffee shop - still - after my girlfriend left for her class.

I added the second pic to show off my new square ring from Oak + Fort the other day, hehehe. #impulebuys #FTW

Other than that, I'm always coveting stuff.. Check out these killer tightzzzz from Japan !!!!! 

WHEN AM I GOING TO GO TO TOKYO !?!?!?! Sigh.

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This is the link where you can buy these and look TOO COOL for the STREETZZZZ of NORTH AMERICA: SISTER ORIGINALS @ FAKE TOKYO

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This one's my personal favourite

LOOK AT THE PACKAGING !!!! 

LOOK AT HOW THE PRINT IS BOTH FRONT & BACK !!!!!!!!! 

IT'S RIDICULOUS WHY THESE ARE NOT IN MY CLOSET AS WE SPEAK !!!!!!!!

And because I'm on this rant about RAD TIGHTS FROM JAPAN, let me continue on.... Because I can totally shuffle through my favourites tab and find MORE MORE MOAARRRRRR- These don't come too cheap -- all the tights -- but for what you get, it's worth it. I'll grab a pair and see how much it costs and takes to come over to Vancouver and let you know. :D

NICE HOME PAGE HUH !? This is MAM AVANTGARDE, the house of killer and more affordable tights. They got Disney collaborations and funky & cheeky tattoo prints that make it look like you're inked everywhere on your legs cuz the texture is different. Sounds tacky ? Well if you come across a street style pic of a girl wearing 'em, you'll be going GAGA over these like I am. Check out their ONLINE STORE and see through all their variations.. there are too many wonderful ones for me to post and I also want YOU to have a riot looking through them !!

You may have already seen them though.. since they are ALL OVER Japanese fashion magazines. Okay, I'd like to show you more, but I really have to go pee. Maybe it was the quad shot 12 oz americano I had earlier... I was having a terrible migraine. Please understand-

Peace, and I'll be around more often !!!! <3 <3 

Thanks for caring xx 

@rachelchungg

Japan Keepsakes

I learned some new outfit things to think about whilst browsing Dropsnap the last few days.

EXHIBIT A
From these girls, we learn that we MUST INVEST IN A PAIR OF COLOURFUL WILD PRINTED TIGHTS. Prints to GO FOR: butterflies, dull pastels, VERTICAL lines. Prints to AVOID: florals (they are so... OVER) and neon brights (just no).

They also teach us that for ladies, spring make up is KEY to becoming cute. Whether you have cheekbones or not, BLUSH IT OUUUUTTTTTT.

EXHIBIT B
From this random girl from the streets of Tokyo, we learn that WHITE PLATFORMS are SOOOO FRESH. I want a pair for the sun life..... Please. Black platforms are so... DONE AND OVER WITH. I HAVE SO MANY PAIRS ANYWAYS. I want white platforms. Do I just spray paint my black ones white !??!!!?!?!? Also, natural colored hair is USELESS. Hahahaha.

Now this band is far from Japanese... t.A.T.u. was a Russian girl group... I hear they were a lesbian girl groiup ?? Sth like that.. But interesting how I found out about them was through the Swedes. The Swedes, you would think would only listen to Swedish music since there's SO MUCH GOOD SWEDISH music out there ! Think Lykke Li, Peter, Bjorn, and John, and Husky Rescue. But anyways, t.A.T.u. keeps singing GOMENASAI throughout the song, befitting since that word is the song title... it means SORRY in Japanese. LOL.

EXHIBIT C
Again, check out the blush action. I will go home tonight and blush my cheeks out to get the similar effects. If it works, I'll take a picture. If it doesn't (which is most likely... Sadly...) then I will just get depressed and write a poem, yeah ?
Also from this girl, we learn that BLUE HAIR RULES. Must get my hands on that Manic Panic... but also the belt. Her outfit is pretty hideous in my opinion, but the belt just makes it look real nice and put together. Can all belts do this ? NO !! ONLY GET BELTS WITH A MIDDLE BUCKLE PIECE. Get a black and gold one for simple VINTAGE look that you can carry out all four seasons. Get a COLOURED or TEXTURIZED one for the winter (hint: Burberry Prorsum fw 2013, photo below !)

Image source: http://alefashion.wordpress.com/


Okay, yeah, I found more new music that I'm absolutely in love with. I will post about that later. I need to go work on Korean radio now. My show, KOREA WEST (K-WEST) LAUNCHES THIS COMING MONDAY..... THREE DAYS !!!!!!!!!!!! Lots to do.. Pretty stoked though !! Oh and I was just at ZULU RECORDS on 4th Avenue.. it's their ANNUAL RECORD STORE DAY !!! CH-CH-CH-CHECK IT OUTTT for they are open til 930PM TONIGHT (WITH SHOWS IN THE EVENING !!!) !! Killer salezzzz.

xxxxx Much loves xxxxx You likey my new toque ?? xxxxx

@rachelchungg

$$$$ I NEED CASH $$$$ FOR THESE $$$$

FOUND A NEW SITE..... WWW.FAKETOKYO.COM
I WENT GAGA ON AN ONLINE SHOP WHERE LANGUAGE (AND CURRENCY WAS TOTALLY A BARRIER).
WWW.FAKETOKYO.COM

---------remember that I have a huge soft spot for hideous things.....

This ain't too hideous. It's actually really nice. Especially the super cropped back !! AND GUESS WHAT !? It's unisex, too !!!!!!!!! *__*v

I don't know if I like his hair more than his skirt, or the actual jacket, or.. Yeah you get my gist. THIS IS SO EPIC MY EYES ARE HAVING A FIT. You know what also gives you a fit !? TRY CHANGING THESE PRICES to a currency you understand. You'd be falling off your chair by now. Chiching, bye-bye ~

Yes, I just can't get enough of the Olsen twins. They provide me with the thrill of unaffordablehandbags, affordable (so tempting) shades, and the cheap (OMG HOW AND WHY DO I NOT HAVE A TEE ALREADY !??!) StyleMint shirts. Here is the selection of shades from their luxury line, The Row, that I like from Net-A-Porter: (probably forever)

* M A I S O N M A R T I N M A R G I E L A *

.SWAG DOESN'T COME CHEAP.
.SWAG DOESN'T COME CHEAP.
.SWAG DOESN'T COME CHEAP.
.SWAG DOESN'T COME CHEAP.
.SWAG DOESN'T COME CHEAP.


So please shop now and max out your credit card at the following e-business sites:
WWW.FAKETOKYO.COM
WWW.SSENSE.COM
WWW.NET-A-PORTER.COM

And because I'm on a picture uploading roll, here are two girls you can analyze. Their ensembles are so much fun and edgy while playing on the high fashion (ish) grounds. Those Prada shoes.... to KILL SOMEONE for. Droooooooooooooooooool-

SWASH bucklin'

Recently going over a few files, I came across Swash's spring summer 2010 lookbook. Swash is a small thing not really well known over here in North America. Based in London, it is a fashion partnership between Sarah Swash and Toshio Yamanaka who both studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Every collection that they come out with is a brilliant mix of patterns and prints and quite heavily Japanese-inspired, though it pulls off the total British vibe. That's what makes Swash breathtaking, in my opinion anyways.

Swash's Spring Summer 2010 Lookbook

Yamanaka had also completed various courses in technical fashion design and trained as a pattern cutter at Kingston University and the London College of Fashion. His technicality totally shows through and maybe this is why they can also construct successful menswear accessories. I personally love their BIG bags that seem to be so big that you can probs fit your whole life in it. Hehe.

Swash grew in Japan then won lots of awards in Europe. What we want is for them to branch out into North America, and for that to happen... North Americans should start opening up to a stronger silhouette, funkier architecture, and anything goes prints. Let's have more fun with our clothes, shall we ?

Swash's scarf designs Spring Summer 2011

All about animals, dogs, zebras, slinkys, giraffes, basically anything goes. Not just the animal prints, but also the animal HEADS. These are scarf designs, but they design beautiful clothes that include turbans, wide-legged jumpsuits, maxis, draperies, leggings, and even to simple tees. Such an eclectic mix of character and vitality !!! LOVE !!!!!!

click click VISIT SWASH'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE click click
click click VISIT SWASH'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE click click
click click VISIT SWASH'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE click click

VIVE VAGINA

Yeah, I'm not joking. Long live the vagina !!!!!!!
..Okay. So basically I tumbled upon this girl through DropSnap. Uffufufu. My daily bread of street style snaps:

And then flipped junk at her tights !? Tattoos !??!?! Of fancy looking hot dogs !? HAHAHHAHA. But no, they were tights from this brand, VIVE VAGINA !! So they obvs weren't hot dogs either.... Uhh. Awkward. I liked how she paired them with her cheap-looking spikey heels - that aren't actually cheap. So yeah. Thought to share- :)

VISIT VIVE-VAGINA.COM NOW
VISIT VIVE-VAGINA.COM NOW
VISIT VIVE-VAGINA.COM NOW

Except it seems that they are all SOLD OUT of everything....... Sigh.

But since we are on the topic of Dropsnap.. Here's a few that I've liked over the recent days. I think y'all know I like sheer, long dresses and sometimes I even wear longer, cotton dresses under them, but this is nice, too !!!!! So I'm thinking of investing into a pair of AA boxer-ish shorts like the two below !?