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How to Be a Budget Fashionista: The Ultimate Guide to Looking Fabulous for Less
This delightful little guide to the fashion good life is perfect for money-conscious shopaholics who "love purses because they can instantly identify your personality and be used to 'fake' your income level." After teasing out the all-important personality and style differences between Sex and the City and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman women, Finney rates everything from discount designer web sites to outlet malls so that readers will be assured of their catch.
The author also proves herself to be more than mere fashion tourguide as she takes time out to explain the Value Added Tax, the surprising ways to spot a designer fake and how to safely purchase high-end goods on eBay.
While this fun-to-read frippery won't reveal too many new secrets for die-hard Vogue and W fans, some of the author's more practical advice ("Take Care of Your Clothes Like a Stylist") make the upbeat guide well worth the price of admission. Finney's personal quest for the sartorial best on a budget, combined with her knack for sniffing out the best designer deals, will win her legions of fans.

Definition of fashionista:
Pronunciation: "fa-sh&-'nEs-t&
Function: noun
Etymology: fashion + ista (as in Sandinista)
: a designer, promoter, or follower of the latest fashions

Cool links:
Be a fashionista
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I-Spy Fashion - in the movies

Forget trying so hard to look pretty... the key is to look cool.. and self-confidence.. Men are doing it... so why cant we? One word comes to mind : Metro.

My A-list are:

Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) of P.O.T.C... looks yummy in eye-liner.. wears blings on his teeth & gets away with dread-locks with a rag on top of his head.. metro meets pirate grrrr... savvy?
No kidding i really googled and googled for this waterproof eye-liner and mascara and found it!

From MAC Cosmetics the colour is "Buried Treasure" but of course! It has the perfect black with a subtle gold/green cast. You can never go wrong with it.

Next is Esqueleto (Hector Jimenez) of Nacho Libre...

I can't find a better picture of him but you hafta hafta look at his clothes in the movie... soooo groovy, which some people might find tasteless, in his polyester clothes... there was a scene when he wore floral denim pants and a jacket which seemed to be sewn from a bedspread... but it was too just too pretty... and those chequered pants and funky tops he was wearing... where did he get those?

He aint much in the looks category.. but hey he attempted a smile or two so I have to give him extra credits on that. But the guy has good fashion sense.. I'm telling you the groovy 70s is making a come-back and his style is the subtle kind meet desperate fashion-victim...and he wears em nice with flip-flops too.

I like I like!

Metrosexual: New Cultural Trend?
Is metrosexual really a hot new cultural trend or just a way for marketers to get men to realise they need to spend more on beauty products and clothes? The term applies to men who are in tune with their sensitive side and are very interested in looking good: nice clothes, fashion, beauty products etc.
David Beckham, a British footie star, is considered a great example of a metrosexual but Beckham himself says the word is strange. Howevever, perhaps his sensitivity to the word just makes him that much more of a metrosexual..... gay?

Source: SOVO

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHADON

Many Happy Returns of the day... we love you the mosttt...

When Shopping Fever Hits

BEST WISHES

to

RIAZ 'ANDY'

on his birthday - 27th June

&

NAZREE 'ED' and NATALIE

on their engagement - 1st July 2006

From:

The ladies of DHS4Iski

CHOCOLATES & AGE - You do the math

Basically I found this from a forwarded email.. I don't know which genius started this chain e-mail, (most probably unemployed with lots of time in his hands). Nevertheless, its pretty interesting.. (pls ignore the ones in pink italics)

DO NOT GO STRAIGHT TO THE END ...
It will only take a minute.. it took me two.. I'm just slower..

Do the maths as you read the instructions. Don’t read the end until you have done all the calculations. I promise it is not a waste of time - or so the creator claimed!, you will find this amusing... hey it convinced me hehehe bimbo alert..

1. How many times a week do you fancy eating chocolate? (Choose between 1 and 9).. if only there was a 10
2. Multiply that number by 2.
3. Add 5.
4. Multiply by 50 – go on, get that calculator out!
5. If you have had your birthday in 2006, add 1756. If your birthday is still to come, add 1755.
6. Now take away the year you were born.

..tadaaa


You should have a three digit number. The first is the number of time you fancy eating chocolate in a week. The other two digits are ... YOUR AGE!!!
2006 IS THE ONLY YEAR IN ALL ETERNITY WHEN THIS WORKS.


Photos of Chocolates courtesy of Dean & Deluca

Wie (is) the champion.. my friendsss

Now give us a good reason why we shouldn't love Michelle Wie... and if you don't know her by now..her story unfolds: *deep breaths*

(Story courtesy of http://www.missmichellewie.com, the ones in pink and bold are my thoughts and sentiments *winks*)

Michelle Wie started golfing at a little over four years old in her home state of Hawaii. Her father, B.J. Wie, started teaching her. By the time she was 11, which is the exact right age for a girl to start falling in love.. in Wie's case - golf, Michelle was regularly winning most of the amateur tournaments she played in and was even playing better than most men. I believe she can outwit all the men in Brunei in a single swing...

She decide she wanted to become a pro-golfer after watching Tiger Woods play. Wie has pictures of Tiger all over her bedroom and also hopes to go to Stanford University, just like Tiger did. Even I wanted to become a pro-golfer after watching Tiger Woods.. no other good-looking golfers come close... Lucky me, I don't have pictures of Tiger posted in my bedroom, unlucky enough, at that age it was NKOTB..blaghhh.

Michelle Wie loves playing against the guys, so do I... hihihi, on the PGA tour but that's where her fascination for boys ends - for now. "I don't like boys," she says. "They're kind of annoying." ..my dear Wie, I was once like you but all that changed... I met my son... oh ya hahaha I met my husband first.. *ahaks* the men in my life..

On March 1, 2002, Wie, who is six-feet tall, no-kidding.. this lass can be the next top-model if she wants to, played in her first LPGA tour event. She failed to make the cut at the Takefuji Classic in Hawaii but still managed to turn some heads with her 280-yard drives and her understanding of the game. "I'm not disapppointed. I'm just happy to be here. There's free food and free drinks and nobody bothers you on the practice greens," said Michelle after shooting six strokes over par in the first two rounds. Thats it woman! Always always appeciate food.. see see I told you readers.. aint she the coolest!

In June, 2003, Michelle Wie became the youngest winner in the history of the Women's Amateur Public Links, with a 1-up victory over Virada Nirapathpongporn at Ocean Hammock. Hoorayy hooraayy

Michelle Wie became the youngest person, and just the fourth female, to play in a PGA tour event, when she teed off at the Sony Open on January 15, 2004. Wie missed the 36-hole cut by just one stroke, but finished with a higher score than 47 grown men! Hoorrayy again..

Michelle Wie didn't look at all out of place at the event, with her average drive being a whopping 271 yards. However, Wie was still a bit disappointed at not making the cut. "Just one more shot, and I would have made it," she said after finishing with birdies on two of the last three holes. "It's killing me now." Michelle Wie came close to making her first cut at a PGA event at the 2005 John Deere Classic - but had a late collapse in the second round to miss the cut by two strokes. Hang in there Wie.. I once said to myself.. "Just one more shop and I would have made it.. its killing me that I didn't buy that Shoe in Bangkok now" ..ohh we're so alike!

Would it be wrong If I say she's almost perfect? She looks good in her Nikes as well as those evening gowns.. she's tall, athletic and smart.. oh we sooo envy you Miss Wie.. all in all.. you are the epitome of the new-aged woman.. and to our distinguished men *ehem golfers* of DHS4skins .. here's to you (especially ED).. see we have our say on golf too... it has fashion, pretty ladies (& some pretty men), vibrant colours and publicity.. We love this game!

NEXT UPDATE: What's in Azian's and Marlena's bag?

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Unforgettable Football Quotes

"Worlddd Cupp Feverrr. "
-- Overused

"Well, Clive, it's all about the two M's - movement and positioning. "
-- Ron Atkinson

...and now it's Keane with Butt spread wide...
-- Anonymous

WHATS HOT 'n' NOT

Trust me... you'd rather have your money's worth on a pair of Blahniks or the latest Chloe or even that pricey Verragio blingg.. pain ain't worth it... so say it say it... I'd rather look PRETTY!!

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