Zara Taipei Grand Opening, 101, Taipei

During the opening of Zara's first store in Taiwan at 101, Taipei, I managed to get in before the crowds hit and picked up these items:

A stylish black dress with an interesting back ...

A brown teardrop dress ... so chic ...

Lovely lace top ...

Tokyo Buys

During my Tokyo holiday last month, I picked up these items.

First up: Uniqlo long parka ... super light!

Brownish polka dot pleated long skirt fm Ami Premium Outlet Mall ...

A rainbow colored variety of sweaters from Uniqlo, Ralph Lauren Factory Outlet (Gotemba Premium Outlet Mall) and Natural Beauty (also Gotemba Premium Outlet Mall) ...

Closer look at the Ralph Lauren sweaters ...

Printed tanks fm Lowry's Farm (Ami Premium Outlet Mall) ...

Black with white lace cardi fm Earth Music & Ecology (Midtown Roppongi) ...

Supersoft Black Cardi with drapey front (Lowry's Farm, Ami Premium Outlet Mall) ...

Japanese fabrics fm Haneda airport ... so pretty!

Pleats Please, Issey Miyake

Current Obsession: Pleats Please by Issey Miyake.

During my recent trip to Tokyo, I bunked in with my aunt who's been living there. It was during one of our shopping trips that I realised where I had gotten my shopaholic genes from! My aunt had wanted to check out the bags from the "Bao Bao" collection at Pleats Please by Issey Miyake at Midtown, Roppongi, so I went along just for fun :)

I ended up with this ...
While my aunt got these ...


I was also awfully awfully tempted by this ... but it was beyond my budget and I wondered if it was too avant garde for staid ol' me ... It fit beautifully though and made me feel like I was on the cutting edge of fashion ...

I also came across this pic of a blogger and was immediately attracted by the pleats on this beautiful skirt ...

Random Buys fm Taipei

While one of my closest friends was in Taipei, we were shopping at Afternoon Tea which happened to be having a sale. I was eyeing this pair of bedroom slippers (wonderful for winter when my feet encounter cold hardwood floors), and was hemming and hawing about buying them. I eventually put them back, and was surprised when I saw my dear friend purchasing them as a gift for me!

Here are my new beautiful bedroom slippers from Afternoon Tea :)

I had bought this "rose" tank top in pink for myself and a friend a few months ago. As my friend had worn hers and her colleague liked it so much and wanted one, I decided to buy a few for my other friends ...

Jeffrey Campbell Shoes

Jeffrey Campbell is a relatively new brand to Taipei. At least, I hadn't seen it around till a few months ago. I think that as part of their new launch in Taiwan, they specially designed these shoes for the Taiwan market only ...

I'm hoping these will be my new go-to shoes to replace my fav Charles & Keith wedges that recently gave out on me at the HK airport.

DVF Dresses

Lately, I've been rather mad about DVF dresses. It sorta started after I visited the DVF outlet at Citygate Outlet Mall in Hong Kong last month, where I picked this dress up:

DVF Evrin Silk Jersey 3/4 sleeve wrap dress in Large Flower Tile print ...

(I'd initially thought the print would be too large/loud, but I was attracted to the colours and the mosaic-like print, and surprisingly, it looked good on.)

Then, when Hubby asked me if I wanted to order anything fm the States cos he was heading there for business, I started surfing the net, and was sorely tempted by this:

Laney Shirtdress in Twiggs, & ...

Terrazzo Dress ...

(I really like the cheeriness of this print and colour)

However, I wasn't sure what size to order the above in, so off I went to scout for a DVF boutique in Taipei, hoping they would carry the above dresses. Turned out that DVF is still a rather new label to Taiwan. As such, they only had one boutique in Taipei, and they didn't carry any of the dresses above. They were having a sale though, and I managed to snag these dresses at 30%-50% off :)

Deianira Greek Blue Faux-Wrap Dress ...

New Jeanne Wrap Dress in Brambles (Reissued Vintage Print) ...