I’m obsessed with my new diamond necklace.  It’s so versatile!  I can dress it up by wearing it to a dressy event alone or I can layer it with more casual pieces and wear it to work!

dress:  Saks Fifth Avenue, cowl neck cashmere sweater BCBG, purse Chanel, shoes Alberta Feretti, jade colored chain necklace Express.

dress Shoshanna, ballet flats Forever 21, purse Chanel, red bead necklace vintage

dress Shoshanna, purple necklace thrifted, leopard tote Adrianna Vittatani, purple heels H&M

I was never into red.  In fact I used to be baffled at how my mom could wear such a bold, brazen color.  But now that bold pop colors are so in, I’ve grown to like it when paired with a more temperate color like navy.

Blazer Zara, trench coat Sinclaire, pants NY & Co., studded red shoes, Zara.  polka dot shirt NY & Co.

Same NY & Co shirt, Calvin Klein skirt, Cynthia Steffe purse from Marshalls, Vintage earrings.

Calvin Klein skirt, mom’s vintage belt, thrifted cherry blouse, shoes from Shanghai

Now I’m yearning for a pair of cute red shorts!

I’ve fallen in love.  Check out these young fashionistas.  Are they fab or what?

Ok so I’m truly a fashion slave.  I’ve got a 6 day work week this week, and I just finished 2 back to back 12-hour days.  Here is what a fashion slave wears to work.

The trench is Sinclaire, the dress Calvin Klein, the shoes 9West with Aldo shoe clips and the purse and watch are Chanel.  TGIF tomorrow!

As a continuation to my last post on my love for NY, I thought it would be great to include today’s outfit shots from the heart of NYC, Times Square.

It had been a while since I had been in the middle of Times Square so it was thrilling to be back. Here, I’m wearing a suit from Calvin Klein, which I’ve taken apart and worn the skirt here.

The purse is Cynthia Steffe and the shoes are Miss Sixty.

I wore this outfit today to the Pan – Asian Chamber of Commerce’s awards ceremony.  What is dubbed as the Asian Business Oscars, has become a special event to me given I was awarded the corporate leadership, “Trailblazer” award last year.  This year, I was asked to present the award to the 2012 recipient.  I felt like I was giving up my pageant crown and in a weird way was a little sad to have finished up my term.  Here I am looking very corporate while I contemplate my last few minutes of fame

Pictured above is the President of the organization, Savio who has no idea that he is now in a fashion blog, so let’s not tell him   The purse was on sale from $400 to $150 at Marshalls, the suit was on sale at Macy’s for about $70 and the shoes were on sale for about $70 at a NY boutique. What can I say, I’m a discount diva!

I am just in love with this photo.  It serves as a little fantasy escapism for me.  While I’m burnt from a long day of open houses, church and walking miles in my high heeled sneakers (yes I said high-heeled sneakers)..Kate Moss looks as if she’s burnt from a day of luxurious shopping, doesn’t she?  I want to come back to this room!  I’m loving all the baroque detailing, Victorian gold molding, chandelier, and boudoir feel.  And gees, can you imagine coming home with this much Chanel?!  Biotch.

I’ve always liked the flirty, feminine peplum detailing on fashion.  Now that it’s so trendy, of course, I love it even more!  Here are a couple recent outfits, both featuring peplum skirts. The sunny yellow outfit below was styled for Glamour.com.  I can’t remember the dress brand but the shoes are Pour La Victoire.

The below, grey dress is by H&M, a store that depresses me because it requires me to go up in a size.  Does anyone else feel this way?  The shoes are Pour La Victoire and the ponyhair, leopard tote is Emanuel Ungaro (a tote I bought at a consignment store).   I’ve featured the bag in other outfit posts here.

The black peplum dress featured below is Sinclaire 10 from Saks, spiked heels are Sam Edelman, and the purse is Chanel.

I wore the dress in Thailand at the hotel where Hangover II was filmed (Le Bua Hotel).

If you ever get the chance to visit Bangkok, Thailand, you must check it out!  It’s the most amazing rooftop I’ve ever seen.

Every time I wear this blazer, I get compliments.  And each time, I can’t help but think how $30 at H&M goes such a long way.

Forever 21 lacy tank, Express bracelets, necklace from Jasmine (boutique in MA), and I don’t remember the skirt, shoes / purse brands

Here’s another outfit with the same blazer, this time with a Zara black blouse, Victoria’s Secret pants & Rebecca Minkoff purse – I wore this to work.

Below is another work outfit.  This time, I wore it with a polka Dot Lord & Taylor bow-tie blouse, a Bebe pencil skirt that has leather strips down the sides that you can’t see, Jcrew heels and bracelets and a pair of Chanel sunglasses.

Here is another fellow fashion blogger who wore it with glitter and lace and then again with military cargo pants. Isn’t she cute?

And here is yet another blogger wearing MY blazer    boy, is it popular!

I don’t remember who coined the term Greige (an inbetween color between beige and grey) but it has stuck with me ever since.

Here is my greige outfit that I wore to work.

It’s a one-piece that I found at  a NJ Korean boutique a few years ago.  I loved the puff shoulders and velvety bottom.  It had a quiet femininity and luxe factor to it that I just couldn’t resist.  Here I styled it with some textured tights and silver accessories.  I will wear it without the tights now that it has become warmer.  What do you think?

Below are some other greige dresses that I came across online. How would you style these?

Here is a similar dress from Burberry London.

I’m also loving this greige colored peplum blouse.

And here is the perfect setting to wear all these pieces!

If you love this color palette, click here for a greige inspiration board.

If you haven’t already, don’t forget to enter to win a Van Cleef and Arpels inspired necklace and matching earring set here.

I love my job.  And it’s days like today that remind me of why.  Yes, I put in another long, 10-hour day.  Yes I had to keep my energy high while skipping lunch and multi-tasking my way through all the chaos.  But I also stepped into a fun strategy meeting about launching a new cosmetics brand at our store and ended up painting my nails during the meeting.  Yes, I painted my nails during a work meeting and in fact was encouraged to do so in order to try on the product.  So I walked into the meeting with embarrassingly ugly, undone nails and walked out with hot pink, freshly manicured ones! Who would have thought that I could get away with this stuff?  It all started when my boss tried the nail polish and fell in love with it.  Watching her paint her nails inspired me to do the same and quickly, I had a fresh new manicure!  The best part was when my gay best friend/co-worker picked up the light pink bottle and proceeded to polish his hands…hilarious

Here are some of my favorite nail fashions, images all collected from my Pinterest account where you can follow me for all my latest inspirations!

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