Favorite 2011 Magazine Cover

This is one of my favorite 2011 magazine covers.

Vogue China February 2011
Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier
Stylist: Nicoletta Santoro
Model: Gisele Bündchen

♥ Khou

Picture: fashionista

Happy Birthday Mom!

Dear Mom,

Thank you for loving and nurturing us.

After everything you have been through,

thank you for staying strong and inspirational.

Thank you for being the best mom.

I love you always and forever.

 ♥ Khou

My Holiday Must-Have Dresses

I love, love the holidays!
I am looking foward to dinners and holiday parties  

with my loved ones - family, friends, and boyfriend. 

This season is for dresses in lace, sequins, or a full skirt! 

Below are a few of my favorite must-have holiday dresses.

I hope you love them as much as I do.

Lace Dresses

  
Sequin Dresses

Full Skirt Dresses

♥ Khou

PICTURES

Lace Dresses: my fav online store; anthropologie
Sequin Dresses: alice + olivia
 Full Skirt Dresses: urbanoutfitters + rebecca taylor

Chanel Métiers d’Art Pre-Fall 2012 Collection

Dream in Chanel.

Karl Lagerfield's Métiers d’Art Pre-Fall 2012 Collection

in a decadent and luxurious banquet runway.

♥ Khou

Info + Pictures: fashionista

Inspired by Vera Wang

Vera Wang tells us her proudest moment
as a designer her inspiration for her latest
collection and advice for aspiring designers.

 

Tell me about the latest Vera Wang Resort collection.

Resort 2012 is all about easy shapes with a definite emphasis on prints. 

Strong brights counterbalanced by gentle geometrics and dots.

 

How would you describe your own style?

Personal style for me is, first and foremost, about comfort. 

If you're not comfortable with who you are, 

I don't think you can really be stylish. 

And I think the women who are the most stylish, 

and the most glamorous, are usually women that are 

extremely honest with themselves, and feel comfortable 

being who they are...who they are in their skin, 

who they are as a human being. 

And I think that's what style is really about.

           
What was your proudest moment as a designer?

I have many proud moments as a designer, but 

one of them was winning the CFDA Womenswear 

Designer of the Year award in 2005... 

The fact that I actually won was such a shock. 

When I was nominated, I felt so honored, because it's your peers...

Winning that award meant becoming part of fashion history.

If you could give advice to aspiring designers, what would it be?

The best advice I can give is to study it... 

School is a great place to start, but if that is not accessible to you 

then try learning it from the ground up: Xeroxing, folding stock in a 

store, selling - at least you will find out if you really love it by 

experiencing it first hand. If you already know your path 

and are fortunate enough to know yourself, the next best thing 

is to work for a designer, publicist, or publication you truly admire. 

That way you can learn how multi-faceted 

the fashion world really is and how each business has 

its own specific DNA and business model.

 

Regardless of your passion, most people only begin 

to truly appreciate their careers, and their lives, as they 

improve, and grow, and achieve their goals on their own! 

That is where true satisfaction and dignity lie for all of us. 

No one can ever take something away from you if you've earned it. 

That is the beauty of achievement!

♥ Khou

Info + Picture: renttherunway

Lady in Red

"You know what?

You look good in red."

-  Love Dove

 

The holiday season is the time to show your true color - red.

Rock your red in a dress, handbag, lipstick, or nail polish.

Rue La La, Native Rose Red Chiffon Halter Dress, $80

 Forever 21, Buckled Leatherette Handbag, $25

NYX Cosmetics, Eros, $4 

 Topshop Make Up, Nails in War Paint, $10

 

 

♥ Khou

Picture: Rue La La; Forever 21; NYX Cosmetics; Topshop Make Up

So Bold Heel

 I love this vibrant faux suede heels! 

The hot pink hue add an irresistible pop of color and style to any outfit.

♥ Khou

Picture: one of my favorite online stores

Write Your Name - Yelawolf featuring Mona Moua

 Dreams do come true.

Congrats to Mona Moua!

Listen to the music and lyrics.

It's a beautiful song.

[Hook]
I'll write your name
Across the sky
And take away the stars
Cos you light up the night
You as high as the moon
When you're here with me
That's why I'm gonna write your name
For the world to see

[Verse 1]
Another old name on the porch with the bottle
Wind blows and the old rocking chair wobbles
He's just the waving, everybody's welcome
All he can say about the youth is lord help 'em
Got a couple grand babies, but they never call though
left 'em in the south.. Verse in the south and they moved to chicago
Wifes in heaven and, he's saying ever since
Vietnam lifes been hard as a veteran
Simple life, just a six pack , yeah ice cold
Across the georgia line for a ticket for the lotto
Probably never see his name in the headlines
But if I had a plane, I'd put it in the sky
Alabama

[Hook]

[Verse 2]
She's in love, yeah, friends call her crazy
Met him at a party, they started dating
Daddy's little angel, momma's little lady
Only 16 now brenda's got a baby
She can't afford to, drop out of high school
Jimmy's not a man and he can't provide you
He doesn't want to, but you keep it anyhow
Nine months down the road, what you gonna do now
Go to the food stamp, ffice and apply til ya find a job
You can find a job, it'll help you get by
And you made it when you didn't know how
Now that's a real star put her name in the clouds
Alabama

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
You may never be on television or be the one
Your boss at work loves giving you employee of the month
May never be the first dream on a champion team
You may be the star the world just hasn't seen
But that don't make you any less of a star to god
Being rich is only realising it's all a facade
You're richer than you think in that old small town
Cos people like you make the world go round
Alabama

[Hook]

♥ Khou

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