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BBC Season 8

happybellies — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:20:24 +0000

HK is great!! tummies for both of us – Amanda digs the cuts of some of the dresses she has got; Philip digs the fake Rick Owenzz at I.T.

this is why shoes cost so much

happybellies — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:40:27 +0000

martin margiela hi-tops FW09

happybellies — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:18:37 +0000

they have this in a great patent grey too..

achilles low white

happybellies — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:20:19 +0000

Lanvin FW09

happybellies — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:36:11 +0000

This makes me feel like I can’t wait for December sales to come!. Staff were right to say that the fall colours would probably suit me more, just waiting for the shoe catalogue to turn up soon. I like the polished captoes as something that seems to capture the mood more than past seasons of patent and satin/nylon – the idea is probably to convey a nice worn in mood that is at the same time with that feeling of something well kept and cared for. Most likely these will look even better with wear. The blue seems too similar to my high tops but it is still my favourite colour palette – goes with everything in my wardrobe; the purple ones are bold, brilliant and young (found alot of white hair) – set things off. Yum yum! Maya blue boxes! Maybe we should stop by Luisaviaroma while we are in Florence this week…

it took me a while…

happybellies — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:43:05 +0000

and about 5 tries before i figured out the password to this site. SORRY AMANDA. hur.

i’ve just been lazy sitting on my plump arse with my distended belly becoming ever so…distended. yes..the niceties of civilized life.

I don’t really like New York. its too..ugh. BIG. Transport is defective and the accent irks. But one thing fo sho is that the food is bloody brilliant.

pictures courtesy of wikipedia.

The website isn’t kidding when it advertised that Katz Deli at 205 East Houston Street is the best delicatessen in town. For the hefty price of $15 a sandwich it better as hell taste heavenly. and OH BOY. a bite of the densely packed sandwich jammed full of pastrami with melted cheese invoked happiness and joy and loveliness and goodness and more joy. The pastrami literally melted in my mouth it was so beautiful. One sandwich coupled with a can of cherry soda is the perfect combination to go for when you hit this joint. The atmosphere is true to the picture forever bustling with ordinary new yorkers who don’t give a rat’s arse about you and who only care about enjoying their food.

and if you consider trekking all the way there just for a sandwich might not be worth it…just a few doors down from Katz deli is Russ and Daughters , ‘the louvre of lox’, that sells smoked fish of every kind, caviar etc. The smoked salmon bagel was ridiculously expensive BUT, yes BUT, there’s a whole array of cream cheese you may choose from (scallion, original, caviar, horseradish and much more) which they generously slather onto the bagel plus an equitable amount of hand slice smoked fish (salmon from many regions, sable , trout, etc) when combined produce a SERIOUSLY awesome and scrumptious smoked salmon and cheese bagel. no kidding.

picture courtesy of the russ and daughters blog

spring sprang sprung

happybellies — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:37:25 +0000

so… spring is supposed to be round the corner, although judging by the current weather its kinda hard to believe. anyhoo, since this blog is kinda dead and chaiyee has yet to update since… new york, i shall fill it with pretty spring-y, happiness-inducing pictures of inspiration and wallow in self-pity until the exams are over in 8 weeks’ time.. until then, here’s what i look forward to this spring/summer…

i really like this last one.. makes me miss my sister

all hail topshop!

happybellies — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:48:21 +0000

i’m not shy to say, i am unbearably in love with topshop, as i am with american apparel. they – topshop- have fantastic collaborations (other than the increasingly intolerable one with kate moss) and i think they’re really so called ‘pushing the envelope’ with high st fashion. just looking at the structural design of the following heels and how aggressive they’ve been in moving high st AWAY from the usual river island, aldo, blah blah trash i’m actually pretty proud to have somewhat ‘grown up’ with the whole concept of topshop since i was maybe 15?? anyway, ok im just going to shut up now and let the shoes do the talking

here’s an upclose of my favourite version

just as i was deploring the state of high st today (and the lack of nothing to buy in this period of so called recession chic) topshop comes along and plonks all of the above shoes, of all days, on a miserable snowy thursday evening. there are so many fashion bloggers out there going positively mental at the moment at the sheer amount of choices they’ve been saddled with??! oh well, as am i, i suppose haha. i was rather tempted to get the studded booties in black but then they are pretty faddish and hipster-ish and will probably prove to be too popular for me to wear them in a couple of months.. but anyway, i got 2 others eventually. btw if anyone’s reading this, you better get clicking quick, some of the above have already completely sold out online and i’m sure it’s worse in store.

p.s. – i’m really secretly loving the 80s vibe on the blue and lilac heels!!!

minimarket

happybellies — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:04:15 +0000

in all honesty, i really didn’t want to generate more publicity for the wedge boot from minimarket but here are some lovely photos of them and i think my hopes of getting my paws in size 38 are shot. so if anyone’s actually reading this and wants the boots, you and i are now both severely incomplete individuals because the only place that stocks them online is closed for a revamp.

credits: fashionsquad

hideous.

happybellies — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:18:42 +0000

Balmain rip-offs. From Zara. Apparently Aldo and Bebe also have copies.

I actually saw these in the window display today on my way to uni and stopped for a moment. Once I got over the false sense of euphoria from seeing all those shiny bling bling studs, the cheapo quality jolted me back to earth. Ughh.

What’s worse, this lady has on sheer tights and red nail polish under that. I mean, seriously??! Hooker much??