elegant sufficiency

*BURRRRP*



how's everybody's holiday feastings? in our household, we practically eat continuously for three days. every year we always have dinner at the Hyatt before attending Midnight Mass, lunch on Christmas Day (which usually extends to dinner) and high tea on Boxing Day. as per usual, mum overdid it once again. but im not complaining =P here's a couple of snaps from our Christmas Day lunch with the usual suspects:




i love this year's Xmas centrepiece:





and Boxing Day (Dec 26) high tea:




nothing beats fresh scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam *drool*... my mum is a tea fanatic and she had at least 10 different varieties - from English Breakfast to Buddah's Tears - to choose from:




i love coming home for the holdays. i get to indulge in another aspect of "Excess Baggage-ing" hehehe... bring on the New Year's celebrations!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!







i trust that you've been good this year

my idea of heaven

here's a photo from the LV White Party in Beijing:





aren't they cute? thanks to Andri of www.vuittonguy.com

the countdown starts now

YIPEEE!!!!!

snapshots

bullseye?

i was checking out my blog statistics today and found out someone was searching Google with the following terms - suicide+wainwright+dido+blog+balenciaga - and there are no other exact matches besides mine. someone must've stumbled upon my little blog a while back but forgot to bookmark it. ;-)

the ultimate luxury gift for a worthy cause

11/12/07

Louis Vuitton has collaborated with London Times fashion editor Lisa Armstrong in designing this one-of-a-kind travel bag for the CLIC Sargent Foundation







named "The Ultimate Travel Bag", it is a customized Monogram Eole 50 roll aboard luggage trimmed in rich purple patent leather and embellished with the signature Inventeur plaque.







contained within is a set of specially designed pouches and compartments for clothes, shoes, toiletries, and even your laptop. it also includes an evening clutch and a travel blanket:









here's the story behind its creation written by Lisa Armstrong: <click>



the "Ultimate" is up for auction with the funds put towards the care and support of children suffering from cancer and their families.

for more information or if you are interested to place a bid for the silent auction online (reserve is £10,000 by the way) check out the CLIC Sargent website <click here>.



Comments
> (no name)
kalowka the beauty. :-)
11 December 4:49 PM
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blown away

07/12/07


im not really a sneakers-and-tee kinda guy. though i do own a few pairs, i’ve never really gone loco over this type of casual footwear. not until these came out a couple of months ago:




named after the Greek god of the west wind, they are the Zephyr sneakers in calfskin and buffalo leather. my first sighting was when the lovely Chuvaness posted her photos from the LV press launch she attended in Vietnam last May:




the moment i saw this photo, i knew right away that i had to have them. i really love the retro bowling shoe style, but it is the colour combination of cocoa and ultramarine that i like best about them...




...and they will look even better when the vachetta leather "V" on the sides gain that signature caramel patina. plus, they are very comfortable to wear too - a gentle breeze indeed! i must say, LV footwear are the only ones i never have to break-in.

here's a photo of my two newest additions and current faves:




don't they just look good together? i think they're a perfect complement to each other. im absolutely nuts about them.




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> deLuxeDuck
hi Allan. i keep the straps in the bag for most of the time. but i like to have that hands-free option when i need it. i will be featuring my Utah Doctor's bag soon. but i have selected a different one to feature this month. hang in there. for now, you can work out the bag's proportions in from this entry: http://deluxeduck.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BC97BC284A007FF!354.trak
08 December 2:32 PM
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>(no name)
the comment above is from me, Allan (http://ofaj.blogspot.com). Clearly, I need to edit my spaces page so that my name would appear.
08 December 1:21 PM
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>(no name)
ay ang ganda! shet. I want those too!
I hate you! Hahahaha
P.S.
I just learned how to comment. If I knew how to comment before, I would've said something about that Kiowa tote bag. By the way, have you blogged about your Doctor's bag? I want to see how big it really is and what the inside looks like.
P.P.S.
You don't use the straps of the vertical bag, no?
08 December 1:19 PM
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I spy with my little eye.... or maybe not?

24/12/07

the new Kiowa Cabas in Utah leather:


me want! me want! me want


UPDATE (29 Nov): i just saw this photo and it kinda dampened my excitement a bit:

maybe it is the way the model held it that somehow turned me off slightly. plus it appears smaller than i thought. i was hoping it would be larger or oversized. i'll keep an open mind about it until i see it in real life.

recommended viewing

i must admit, im too cheap to pay the additional €44.00 shipping fee to Australia. so i waited until my parents were in Paris to buy it for me. and here it is:




from the jacket:

"The documentary looks at designer Marc Jacobs and his career as creative director at Louis Vuitton. The DVD contains more than an hour of bonus footages from a party in NYC, to a Marc Jacobs press conference in Tokyo. It also provides an insight in to the working process of designing goods for Louis Vuitton."


i highly recommend it to every LV lover out there. i gained further respect and admiration - not to mention understanding - of Marc Jacob's creative process. im so pleased to know out that he's such a nice, down-to-earth, normal guy. you can see it in how he interacts with his design team in New York and Paris and even with the press. not once did i sense any prima donna attitude. i also urge LV "unbelievers" to go watch this documentary too.


available to order online at Colette. go get your copy NOW!