Every Oscar Dress...

Despite the Academy Awards shutting down all the streets around my block this weekend, I love the event, and always have. This info graphic reminds me of when I used to watch the show with a sketchbook in front of me frantically scribbling gestures of the dresses that appeared on screen for all of 2 minutes.

Source: Jezebel

Graffiti in Parisian Style...

I could not resist all the colors and style in this photo of Alix, the cherry blossom girl.

paperfahsion x penelope+coco...

Saturday was girls' night out in Little Tokyo. I RSVPed to a launch party early, then roped my cousinish and my sister into coming with me. I also made my cousinish wear fake eyelashes. Simmichiko would be proud.

Penelope+Coco had their Spring 2011 preview party at Hold Up gallery. In conjunction, Katie of Paperfashion did watercolors of the boot collection.

She also created signage for the party and even details like the little RSVP reply.

Such a great night out with family, food and fashion.

PS. The food from The Gorbals was delicious. Especially the lobster and squash soup!

Renior to runway...

Saturday, I had a fabulous LA day. I began the day running errands in Manhattan Beach. Afterward I drove to West LA to have lunch with friends at the Santa Monica Marmalade Cafe. I had the Maramalade Omelette, and the toast was perfect.We walked to Menchies for some yogurt. It was perfect weather for dessert and a short walk.
Tammy and I walked a lot more when we went to the "Renoir in the Twentieth Century" exhibit at LACMA. It was an amazing collection with a much larger compilation of works than I anticipated. I'm inspired even more by Renoir now that I've learned a bit more about his work. I rushed off to a family dinner with my visiting cousins. After playing with the kids and dodging model airplanes, I picked up Connie and her boyfriend to go to Gallery Nucleus for Line of Style: Fashion Illustration Spanning the Globe show. We made it to the gallery at 10:30pm, we missed the runway fashion show and I totally missed my friend, Kathria. Congratulations to her for winning the raffle though!One of our favorite pieces was definitely this large watercolor on handmade paper by Naja Conrad-Hansen. I also liked this little piece by Ohgushi (above) and Connie liked the series by Stina Persson...
Of course, to finish off the night we had some drinks and dessert at Phoenix Inn on Valley. It was an exhausting and visually satisfying day.

thank you paperfashion & coach!

i won the Coach Holiday Blog-a-Day contest on Paperfashion.
i can't wait to frame Paperfashion's Coach holiday print, and see the Coach Claire Chain bag!

click on the image to go to her etsy shop and buy prints. a print of any illustration on her blog is for sale too. have i mentioned that Katie is an amazing illustrator yet?

Thank you Katie! Thank you Coach!

see other Paperfashion posts here.

alteration by grag lauren...

i've been raving about paper fashion, well this is a whole other kind of paper fashion. this is an exhibition by Greg Lauren of literal paper fashion in dark colors and worn appearance...image and info from trendland.

paper fashion sale...

a little while ago i bought a print of brushes from paper fashion. this week she's having a sale!
click here or on the images to go to the paper fashion etsy store.

key bag...

João Sabino of Portugal made bags with keyboard keys!
i think i found the images on gadgettastic. the second image is linked to the site where you can buy these too.

karl lagerfeld is a tokidoki character...

tokidoki turned fashion icon, karl lagerfeld into a collectible toy! how fun.
find more info and image from WWD fashion.

hermes bluetooth...

this is the luxury bluetooth, designed by Emmanuel Laffon de Mazieres Hermes Paris. just, wow.