To Fendi, or Not to Fendi?

Almost 2 months ago I blogged about a little white Fendi that I saw in a magazine, but never quite brought myself up to calling or inquiring about it in the store. General lack of coverage of it on their website told me it might have just been an Asian exclusive, but now, I think it might not, and I don't know what to do!!!

I was traveling a lot last week for work (hence my very sporadic posts), when I was in the San Francisco Airport, sitting in the American Airlines terminal when I saw a woman carrying this exact bag. It was even cuter in person! Surprisingly, the bag is not simply patent leather, but little clear sequins cover the entire body of the bag. It was very small...so it doesn't carry a whole lot except for the key essentials. The unique color combinations look very cool even from afar.

I've been very good all year, not thinking about buying another bag (I simply have too many!), but now I'm seriously considering it, as I just loved it from day one, and also, I don't actually own a Fendi, so what a fun bag to start with. What do you think? Should I give it a shot? On this website, it is going for $899, but I would rather see if the stores have it themselves before I consider these third-party companies.


Please let me know what you think!

From Runway to Red Carpet of Hong Kong Film Awards

I was impressed this year with the volume of big name designers sponsoring the red carpet at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Just a few years ago actresses were dressed by local designers, but now they are all decked out in the most current trends, which really says a lot about how far Asia has come in terms of being in the spotlight for both film and fashion in the international realm.

Charlene Choi 蔡卓妍 in Gucci

Shu Qi 舒淇 in Valentino

Zhang Jing Chu 張靜初 in Valentino

Kate Tsui 徐子珊 in Fendi

The trend here, although in a multitude of colors, seems to fall into the princess category, with a fitted busts and full, billowy bottoms.

My favorite of the bunch was worn by Charlie Yeung 楊采妮, in a beautiful green halter dress with a delicate cut-out in the front.


I know I've seen this design before, but I can't remember who the designer is, so if you do, please let me know! I think what struck me most about this dress is that it's actually very simple, but the lines look great on her body. It also reminds me a lot of the infamous green dress worn by Keira Knightley in "Atonement," which I obsessed over for months even before I ever saw the film. Just the lovely draping, and the showing of the back, makes this the ultimate modern dress in my book, and much more intriguing than all of those fairytale gowns.


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Congrats to Kate Tsui!

Congrats to Kate Tsui for winning the Best Newcomer Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards yesterday. The HK Film Awards are their version of the Oscars, so to win this so early on in her career is quite exemplary. Kate is a former Miss Hong Kong, and one of my faves on TVB. She is beautiful, but has portrayed everything from being a punk to a tomboy, and normally doesn't play the sweet gorgeous girl that would be easy to cast her in. (My brother always maintained that she was hot, even when they made her dress like a boy with no make-up on, and he had no idea she was in pageants. Guess he has an "eye?")


I have not seen this movie, Eye in the Sky, but it's supposed to be a dark cop thriller (can there be any other genre coming out of HK?). I have skimmed enough reviews to want to check it out, if only to see what led to Kate winning such a prestigious award.

Kate posed in front of her own movie poster - how funny!

Does anyone know what's going on with her dress? The weird embroidered coils of white on top of the textured black are like a strange, crocheted version of couture. Luckily, she is definitely beautiful enough to carry it off!

UPDATE: Dress is by Fendi. See the runway version here. It seems like Fendi had a case of the circles in their entire spring line...


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in search of the cutest bag...

Speaking of Myolie, I was flipping through my batch of TVB Weeklies when I saw the cutest little white bag. I've been searching through the entire WWW and can't find any info. on it, so maybe this is a Hong Kong exclusive, but I love the fun and whimsical colors on this bag! The whole look is so mod and vibrant.


I've never been much of a Fendi girl, even at its height of Baguette frenzy during the Sex and the City days, but I like this youthful take on the normally dowdy Fendi logo. The white body is enhanced with an aqua handle, trimmed in red and fuschia, and hanging off the rolled handles, a blue key bell. The bag appears to be fully patent-leather.

This "Fendi Forever Boston" bag lists for $5,680HKD (roughly $730USD), while a quick search on eLuxury lists a similar style for $650USD (although the body of the eLuxury bag is just fabric).


Does anyone know anything about this bag with the fun colors? I really love it and want to find out if I can buy in the USA!!! Please help!

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