The unconventional bride...

Out of all the looks I've created on Looklet, this one is my favourite, although no one has listed it as a fave. As already described, this look was inspired by a Cosmopolitan Indonesia bonus on budget weddings that was out sometime in early 2004. One of their tips on throwing an affordable yet memorable wedding was for the bride to source dresses and hair pieces from non bridal labels that still could pass for bridal outfits. They had amazing shots of models dressed as brides in dresses and hair pieces which obviously weren't released by bridal labels. If only I still had that magazine.

Now my own budget bride, as you can see, follows the rules of "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver sixpence in her shoe." The "something old" is the dress although, being released by Vintage (yes that's a brand), it's actually new. The "something new" is the white wedges. Very modern looking huh. I hope there's a silver sixpence in one of them wedges. "Something blue" is the blue cupcake necklace from Aloha Mi Lajki, which symbolizes the sweet married life newlyweds always hope for. The head band is supposedly borrowed...

Well the idea of being a budget bride is new, especially in Indonesia. Imagine what those ladies would say when they see the bride walk down the altar in something that's not a proper wedding dress! But as long as the dress looks classy, why not? And believe me, I've seen worse budget brides in New Zealand. My friend got married in a simple dress that seemed to belong to her grandma, the white color had yellowed a little and the only hair piece she wore was a bead band that looked like something from Supre or Glassons. The only jewellery she wore was her wedding ring. Another friend said "I do" in a Bo Peep-inspired dress and the first wedding I attended in Auckland, the bride wore a shapeless bustier...

Da new shiznitz...

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My Twitter and my Looklet!

I've been on Twitter since July. I thought I had to keep my Tweets secret (but no purpose of bitching I swear! I know my long time readers are lurking out there...), but now I want more followers! Wouldn't help if I keep it in the dark so it's finally out in the open! Follow me! Or else!

Looklet is sooo damn addictive I can whip out up to three looks per day! You know your inner celebrity stylist is dying to burst out and grab all those designer stuff (albeit just in the virtual world), so do her a favor and sign up on Looklet. Don't forget to follow me when you're done!

Clooney movie's got the kooks...

I just saw Up in the Air on Sunday, and if I were to rate on a scale from 1 to 10 I'd go for 8. Really. Those below the age of, say, 20 might not appreciate the unique storyline and satirizations.

Anyway, one thing kind of bugs me in a way. You know Ryan Bingham, George Clooney's character, has to bring a cardboard cut picture of his baby sister Julie (NZ actress Melanie Lynskey) and her hubby-to-be Jim Miller on his company downsizing trips. Their older sister Cara asks him to help Julie by taking photos of the cardboard picture with tourism spots of the places he visits in the background, giving the impression that the couple are really there.

There's a scene in which Anna Kendrick's character, ambitious new recruit Natalie Keener, takes a picture of the cardboard couple held by Ryan and asks, "Why does your sister want fake photos?" to which Ryan replies, "You know she's kinda kooky." To me, the kookyness comes in the form of the cardboard cut picture. I mean, whatever happens to the wonders of Photoshop?