Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic: Happy Happy 2009!

Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic

The daily chronicle of a fashion-and-beauty obsessed, style-writing, pseudo-Angeleno who made her way from the Great White North to La-La Land -- otherwise known as Los Angeles, California -- and back again. Till the next big city calls out her name, that is.

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I'm a Vancouverite who moonlighted as an Angeleno. My momma is the best in the entire world, and I'll argue you hoarse on that one. I've been in love only once in my life. The East Coast calls me but the West Coast is in my blood. Social butterflies -- and party animals -- are a great species. Fashion and writing will be the death of me, but what a way to go. Carine Roitfeld is fabulous. I would die a painful death if art, design, photography, fashion, music and dancing did not exist. Always kind of wondered why Smurfette was the only girl in town. I can't draw. Absolutely believe everything happens for a reason. I feel so lucky to have the girlfriends that I do. I'm a total sun baby. Think I might be a workaholic. I may have slight road rage. Ice cream and hockey are religions. I buy too many glossy magazines. Nothing beats someone with a killer sense of humor. Chivalry is really not dead. I'm a victim of minor vertigo and a serious lead foot. Always up for meeting people from paths different than mine and crossing paths with old friends. At the very end of it all, I want to be able to look back and say: Yeah, I sure lived a damn good life.

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Friday, January 02, 2009

Happy Happy 2009!

Happy, happy New Year, dearest readers. It's 2009!

The thought of 2008 flying by the way it did is a lot scary, I'm not going to lie.

Yet with each year that passes comes a little more experience, wisdom and memories than the year before, which only means life just keeps on getting better.

Love and happiness abound around the holiday season, which is the time people really take stock of their lives, I think. Many around the world are nervous for what the new year will bring, especially with the economic downturn, but Chanel and Fendi designer, Karl Lagerfeld, said something I couldn't agree more with during a BBC interview the other day:

Said the Kaiser about the recession and state of the world, "I see it like a cleaning up — it was too rotten anyway — so it had to be cleaned up … I see it like a healthy thing — horrible but healthy, like some miracle treatment of the world."

The world's getting a master cleanse, and you know what? We'll be all the much better for it.

It's a return to simplicity and the things that truly make us happy.

On that note, I'm starting '09 with a smile and good time memories of '08.

May you all have an abundance of love, happiness and laughs this year!

Oh, and maybe I'd also like to start 2009 with this vintage 1980s Thierry Mugler plaid shirt for me...

I'm Lovin' it: How adorable are these Mimobot USB flash drive sticks! I'm down with the Mimoco Pirate Nero -- it's designed by tokidoki, too. And at least when I'm transferring music from laptop to laptop, my tunes will make the trip in kawaii (translation: cute) style.

I'm Over it: Phone troubles.

Track of the Day: "Morris Day" by Mur and Slug (yep, latter being of Atmosphere), off the Felt 2: A Tribute To Lisa Bonet album. Heard it off Khaleel's iPod. Loved it instantaneously.