My Prince Charming better come soon because I lost my Gucci shoe and my other foot is freezing!

Disney movies always hits the heart strings. This better be my dance when I get married. FUCK!

I DIE DIE DIE DIE!! INSPIRED!

A fashion house should know they are great when an adrodgynous princess like me enjoys both womenswear and menswear! I still can't believe I have yet to invest one of Riccardo Tisci's Givenchy pieces. The menswear is AMAZING! The print is outlandish and at the same time wearable for any type of man. Mariacarla Boscono and Natalia Vodianova looks perfect with the men. I need to save up. Givenchy, you are my pick for Spring's inspiration!

P.S. and those studded footwear! DIE!

IT ALL STARTED WITH A "WTF?"

So I took a power nap and woke up with a debate about a picture of me that a friend posted on Facebook. ENTICING! This pretty much sums up how people view me.

OHH HERE COMES MY SPEECH! EVA PERON, WHO?!

One last note: I know I can be gaudy but I never try to put myself in any danger where I can be emotionally and physically harmed. To me, the worse thing I can do to myself is to make my family worried about me when I go out. Even at work, I never walk alone...day or night. If it so happens that I do, I have my Swarovski Crystal Chanel-logo pepper spray with me in handy. Boo Yah.

The Greatest Thing About American Fashion Is We Believe In Young Sportswear Designers.

During the Spring 2010 season, Loic Prigent, director of documentaries Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton, Signe Chanel, and The Day Before, and French TV personality Mademoiselle Agnes teamed up to film Habillees, chronicling the search for the next French design talent. The Sundance Channel uploaded the six Habillees webisodes this week, and the hour's worth of content features everyone from John Galliano taking his runway bow to Karl Lagerfeld waltzing to Nicholas Ghesquiere saying of his work: "Wearing Balenciaga is a choice. These clothes aren't easy to wear. They're not meant to be easy to wear."

When Pierre Berge, former partner of Yves Saint Laurent and president of ANDAM, which annually bestows 160,000 euros to designers under 40 seeking to expand their businesses in France — most recently awarded were Giles Deacon for 2009 and Gareth Pugh for 2008 — was asked by Mademoiselle Agnes who the next big French talent is, he replied: "No one."

But perhaps best of all are the scenes with Anna Wintour, who is shown exiting the Rochas show flanked by two bodyguards, one who brusquely nudges a woman out of the way. Just after, as Anna descends a set of stairs, the other bodyguard turns a flashlight on her feet so she can walk without fear of tripping in her heels. Later, Agnes catches up with Anna before the Balmain show to ask her how important she thinks it is to support young designers. Notice the subtle dig at Carine Roitfeld in Anna's response:

"I think it's totally important for all of us in the American fashion industry to support the young designers, and I think that's why New York's become such a vibrant fashion center, because people go there not only to see the Donna Karans of the world but a whole new generation. I'm just so sorry that there isn't something like that in Paris that's similar. I think that they should look for the younger generation here [in Paris] as well. Not only New York but London really supports their young talent; Franca Sozzani at Italian Vogue supports the young Italian designers, and I think when France is so known for its fashion industry — for them not to be reaching out to help younger people today is really a shame. [Agnes: "And there's space in your pages for them."] There's space in everybody's pages.

Life Shattering Moment With A Hint Of Hope

This pretty much sums up my life. It's an excerpt from the great classic movie, "The Devil Wears Prada":

Andrea: My personal life is falling apart.

Nigel: That's what happens when you start doing well at work. Let me know when your entire life goes up in smoke: then it's time for a promotion.

Problem is: both my personal and work life is falling apart. Does that mean I will find a $1million bill on the floor? Doubt it. It's all a connective thread. You're miserable at work, yo come home miserable. You don't feel like doing anything so you don't go out and socialize, so you eat. You eat and watch cheap novelas, you get fat. You get fat, you're out of the GAY SOCIAL LOOP! It's a trickle down effect. I'm afraid I'm a Chanel who evolved into a Bargain Bin Buyout!

I've heard it before: I'm non-confrontational and I run away from my problems. Not at all. The thing is, I don't feel the need to explain or use my energy on anger and frustrations. I would like to use that energy on something positive...like a dance floor. Or Sunday outdoor shopping!

One problem is that I always go back to bad addictions: food, bumming it, past relationships. And when those come back, I find my temporary happiness which fuels the bad part in my life. I have to say, in a whole, my personal life was a tragic roller coaster of events. Sadly, lot's of "shouldas". I mean, since I'm down and out right now, it can only get better right? I'm doing my best to patch it up: I got a new hair doo, I weeded out the "acquaintances" and kept my positive friends and friends who can make me laugh, and I started to eat less again! HURRAH! Okay about the weight, I understand...people say that I'm already skinny but today, a friend of mine put it in a way that I totally agree: "I know you're skinyn but I understand you need to be in a certain level of being skinny so I totally support you." It's true. I just need to tone up. NO MORE SUBWAY TUNA SUBS!

I suppose this venting is actually an affirmation that next year will be better.


...yeah....!!!

GENIUS

I can't keep up with RiRi's hair. I don't like this one. But the video is awesome...

Happy Thanksgiving

This is the first Thanksgiving where I will lose weight rather than gain it. Yes, I'm sick with the flu. No, not the Swine. But that won't stop me from eating a little bit. What else would a bitch like me eat than some...

Diversity.

What Chanel and Iman talks about in the end is true. We need some tropical sistahs in CAMPAIGNS!



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RIP DAUL KIM. 1989-2009

It's very upsetting to know a model (especially a model of color) has passed away before her prime. She was totally fierce. I hope Saint Gianni and Coco takes care of you in fashion heaven.

I Pray To The Fashion Gods.

A few days ago, I told my friend that I will kneel, put on my Balmain and pray to fashion heaven and to the saints like Gianni and Poiret so he may be successful in his trip.

I believe heaven will be a place you want it to be. If that's the case, I will die in Dior Haute Couture (meaning I will have a long ass fashion life) and I will be welcomed into the gates, which will look like a VH1 Divas special. Riri, Gaga, Mimi and all the Divas will be there...yes including WhitWhit. And of course, Beyonce will sing Halo while she puts on my....you guessed it....halo. And Tyra comes out and puts my huge Victoria's Secret angel wings on and I strut my shit into the pearly gates, hanging out with Gianni, Yves, and Coco.

Anyways, a glimpse of a fashion angel can be seen in the Alexander McQueen F/W '07 show. I guess that's how I want to float into the sky. P.S. McQueen will never fail to make me cry and appreciate fashion not as materialistic but wearable art and self-expression.

Say No To The Multi-Tasking Model. Just Pose And Look Sexy.

Remember MTV's "House of Style"? Remember how monotonous Cindy Crawford was? When I was younger, the only person who had able was my uncle and my grandma who lived across the street. I was knew fashion from the younger days having a beauty queen grandma who lived with my gay uncle. Lots of blowed-out bangs, Gianni Versace, and wine-colored turtlenecks. I wouls always stay with my grandma and watch "House of Style" while she tended to her garden. That sounds like every gay boy's life in the 90's.




My favorite segment of the show was Mike Campbell (a D&G favorite around the '96-'96 era) and his quirky interviews with male supermodels like Mark Van Der Loo, Alex Lundqvist, Gelati, and Jason Lewis (you may know him as Smith Jerrod from "Sex & The City"). Remember fashion's peak?! STYLE! Oh, how I miss it...

LOVE LOVE LOVE I WANT YOUR LOVE!

If you have not yet seen Lady Gaga's video for "Bad Romance", then you live under a rock! It's one of the best videos I've seen ever because it incorporates fashion which heightens the song's popularity. This has not been accomplished since George Michael's collaboration with 1990's SUPERMODELS and Thierry Mugler and Madonna's "Vogue". Watch the video while I show you a play by play on it's fashion! LOL!

P.S. Her sylist, (who is fashionably credible) Nicola Formichetti, is amazing.




1. ALEXANDER MCQUEEN DRESS AND HEELS, HAUS OF GAGA SUNGLASSES (look closely...they're razorblades!)






2. HAUS OF GAGA OUTFIT






3. RACHEL BARRETT DRESSES, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN HEELS






4. ALEXANDER MCQUEEN DRESS AND HEELS, HAUS OF GAGA CROWN






5. SHINJI KONISHI BAT HAIR HAT (comes in other animal shapes)






6. VAVA DUDU TRENCH COAT, FRANC FERNANDEZ DIAMOND CROWN OUTFIT








7. KEKO HAINSWHEELER MASK, BENJAMIN CHO CRYSTAL ROSARIES, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN HEELS, JAIDEN RVA JAMES MASKS ON MEN






8. NASIR MAZHAR ORB, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN HEELS, VINTAGE GIANNI VERSACE SUNGLASSES






9. ALEXANDER MCQUEEN OUTFIT (from "Plato's Atlantis")








10. BENJAMIN CHO POLAR BEAR FAUX COAT, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN HEELS, CARRERA SUNGLASSES






11. ALEX NOBLE RED OUTFIT






12. HAUS OF GAGA METAL BRA, RP ENCORE RAT HEADPIECE, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN HEELS

I Need To Lay Off The Mimosas.

I was at work a few days ago and I see an issue of Paper Magazine in our breakroom. I am very fond of the magazine and Mickey Boardman's pieces. I was reading his column "Ask Mr. Mickey" where he puts his input on questions gay men like me would ask. I came up on this question...


DEAR MR. MICKEY,
I'm not the wildest of sorts, but that's not to say I can't throw back a couple of wu wu's and a Jägerbomb every hour on the hour. I currently hold a job with reasonable hours and on average go out, let's say...four nights a week? Truth is, I'm bordering on what the kids might refer to as being "burnt out". I'm tired of running on low energy but don't really have the time for total relaxation and revitalization. I was wondering if you had any suggestions (i.e. diet or beverage changes, disco naps, etc.) about how to stay energized while at the same time seizing the night and all of her ambrosial offerings. --Frankly Fagged


Dear Frankly F'd
You're like the club whore equivalent of a working mother juggling responsibilities, and sometimes you just can't have it all. Yes, it's fun to run the streets and pull your dress up over your head in every dive bar in town, but there's only so much of that a girl can take and still show up fresh-faced at her desk at 9 a.m. It's important that you do a good job and make you boss love you, regardless of how often you go out, because if you get shit-canned who's going to pay for your drinks and recreational pharmaceuticals? The best plan is a preventative attack. Pick and choose the parties you go to. Don't be the girl who'll go to any party or any dumpy dive and stay till closing time. Pop out for one little drink but save the big blowouts for the fabulous parties. Or pop out for a soda pop, because if you don't guzzle booze, you'll feel better in the morning. MM isn't saying you should drink Ovaltine while you're partying backstage with the Stones, but if you're just hanging around your local bar with your friends, there's no need to get blitzed. That way you'll be fresh and rested when the real wild nights happen. Although from the sounds of your question, you're a serious alcoholic and you might want to check yourself into rehab immediately.



Holy shit. I think I wrote that question when I was drunk because that sounded like me! Oh sad. And I'm writing this after coming home from an afternoon mimosa session with a good friend. That did put some perspective in my life. I really do need to choose my battles. Lay off the hard liquor for the good events. Sadly, there's a real good event tonight. Oh well....

Yummy Yummy Screw: Joseph Altuzarra Edition

I haven't dont this in a while. Let's say hello to Joseph Altuzarra. French born and Asian, he is the up and coming fashion superstar that captured the hearts of Editor-In-Chief Carine Roitfeld and even my Princess RiRi. He had cut his teeth at Marc Jacobs and now he has his own line. You can hate me for saying this but I rarely find Asian guys attractive (maybe because they aren't into to me either...we'll talk about that for my next post) but DAMN he is CUTE. He's a total Yummy Yummy Screw.

Living The Life One Shoulder Pad At A Time.

So it took two wasted weeks to receive my biggest splurge of a lifetime. Yes people, I got a new Balmain jacket. "Wasted" because our postal system is totally idiotic. I checked the tracking number saying that it was already in the country from France and when I called, they said they actually left a notice in my mailbox that I needed to pick it up. I wasted my days off waiting for my package to arrive. I feel so bad because I called the warehouse company screaming my ass off that I wanted my money back.

But alas, I picked it up last Friday and this bitch couldn't be any happier. It's sad that I have been wearing the jacket for the past 4 or 5 days but if you bought an item that costed you an arm and a leg, you'd want MILK it too. This is the first time I wore the jacket. I went out to brunch with one of my best girlfriends, chatting it up....eating chocolate souflee, drinking copious amounts of mimosas and wine. Class at its finest.



I know. I look like a total L.A. wreck. Gross.


OTHER UPDATES!

I have yet to mention that I went to the Sartorialist book signing about 3 weeks ago. I ended up being the first person to wait in line and it so happens that the Sartorialist himself, Scott Schuman was so enamoured with my hair calling it "reminicent to Grace Jones". LOL! Thanks Scott. Meeting one of my fashion heros was amazing. What's more amazing was walking past the 300+ people waiting in line while I strut my shit in last season's Balmain. Ok, I reall need to stop with this fashion house. I don't want to be labeled as someone who has the "Balmainia fever". Sadly, I kind of do. Next season, I'll change it up and maybe wear some cute Joseph Altuzarra....if only he made menswear. Who am I kidding?! I'll wear his clothes. Give it an androdgynous twist to it. It's how I do!


YET ANOTHER UPDATE!

My godson is looking super cute everytime I see him! He is such a calm baby. Barely cries. TOO CUTE!




FASHION UPDATE!

I am so lacking some footwear. Thankfully there is SOOO many great shoes right now. I am thinknig of either getting some Dior Homme hightops from this summer's collection. In black of course. Maybe some Comme Des Garcon biker boots. But the shoe that I am drooling over is actually a woman's shoe. No, no...they are not high heels...they're the "Frankie"'s and they would look AMAZING with my outfits for this season! NEED TO GET IT! I DIE!