Shiny Thoughts

I ended up finding Lucy of Shiny Thoughts after searching around for the London street style post. Lucy is a blogger that has adopted London has her home town!

With her blog, not only can you keep up with her quirky (but WONDERFUL) London style, but she also post about great places to visit in London! Eek! How perfect for us.

Also, I would like you guys to notice how very "suite-like" this outfit is! See! All the rage in London, I'm telling you! I don't think I've seen anyone in America make suites look this trendy! Man, sometimes I just really wish I could live in a different culture for at least a year! I wonder how drasticly my closet would change? 

Paris Passion

Ok, so, maybe right after I posted my London street style post my mouse creeped over to see what the leaders of fashion were doing in Paris... This darling lady that is pictured above immediately caught my eye! I mean, that turban with that beautiful red satin dress with the coral coat and mint clutch?! (what a mouth full) But seriously, I would have never thought to put all of that together... much less would I have thought that it would look that stinkin' classy! But that's Paris for you, always and inspiration.

After I stopped oooing and ahhhing over her, I noticed a trend that is going on in Paris.......

Shin length red dresses! (and skirts) I really hope this trend catches on in America... I'm so tired of seeing dresses and skirts that are wayyyyy to short.

Right on, Paris! Keep leading they way!

The Suits of London

After doing the post about Japan's street style, I really started getting into looking at "street style" from all over! Naturally one of my next stops was to London. 

The first thing that I noticed was that there were a lot of suits popping up. And as you see in the picture above, they weren't just the ordinary black "business woman" suits! I love that the chiffon shirt she used to break up the floral still has a pop of bling on the collar! 

So are colorful, unique suits the next trend in America? 

Tiny Owl Knits

I'm so excited this post! It's a little different from my previous posts because it's not necessarily about fashion, but it's about my other love... knitting!

Above is a picture of the lovely and inspiring Stephanie Dosen of Tiny Owl Knits. Stephanie is American but it's not cheating because she lives/lived in England! I am so envious! I can't wait to one day explore/live in a foreign land.

Isn't her work AMAZING? For those of you who knit, you can check out all her amazing patterns here! 

Anyways, I know that this one was a little different and it might be cheating to blog about her because she's technically American, BUT I was just SO excited about this find that I couldn't wait to blog about it! So, I hope that you all find her to be just as inspiring as I do!

The Cherry Blossom Girl : Take Two

As promised, here is another look at a favorite post from The Cherry Blossom Girl! 

I want to think the reason that this post is a favorite of mine is quite obvious... I mean look at that skirt! 

Yes, I am in love with the skirt. I'm pretty sure I love everything she wears more than usual because she's French.... Is that weird? 

Also, can we talk about these boots?! They are by the French designer Vanessa Bruno and they are pretty much the most gorgeous things that I've ever laid eyes on... That might be an exaggeration... Maybe.  Sigh. 

I don't think that I can even begin to explain how much wanderlust The Cherry Blossom Girl's blog gives me! If you are a lover of travel and want to learn more about the world (but might be broke like me) I encourage you to go on a blog hunt! Search for people that are a different race or culture than you are. Learn the similarities and the differences. You can start broadening your horizons (and culture) with a click of a mouse! 

Fashion Japan

I briefly mentioned in my last post about Japanese street fashion. I thought that I would dive into that topic a little bit more this week because I feel like I might could have an endless conversation about it. 

First off, a little bit about the website Japanese Streets:

"Inspired by the stunningly creative street fashion that exploded on the streets of Tokyo and Osaka in the late 1990’s, photo-journalist Kjeld Duits launched JAPANESE STREETS in 2002. This makes JS one of the first fashion blogs on the net, and the very first to cover Japanese street fashion."

While browsing this site, I came across a current trend that blew me away (I still can't figure out if it was in a good way or not). This Decora trend can be spotted everywhere in Japan! 

This trend focuses on making the wearer look as young and "cute" as possible. I guess they do look like real-life baby dolls..... that have been played with a lot. I really feel like there isn't much I can say about the trend other than it really speaks for itself. 

This also goes to show you that haute couture fashion designers really don't run the show when it comes to fashion trends. A trend can be set in the streets. 

I just thought I'd throw in this last picture so you won't think EVERYONE in Japan dresses crazy! 

NYLON : Japan

One of my favorite *American* magazines, Nylon, now has a a Japanese magazine! 

I'm probably way too excited about this. I wish there was a way I could get my hands on one.

If any of you out there have figured out a way to purchase one of these, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! Leave instructions in the comments, email me, use a carrier pigeon, I don't care! But I am dying to know what lies behind the cover of these magazines. 

 I feel like Japanese fashion has always intrigued me because it's normally so different from American fashion. It's normally filled with all sorts of color combinations and always seems to be inspired from "school girl" uniforms? Just take a look at some of these pictures of Japanese street fashion to see what I'm talking about!

Are they just weirdos or (like technology) are they just years ahead of us? That question makes me what to befriend someone who can read Japanese and dive into these Nylon : Japan pages. *sigh*