
Isabelle Armstrong Spring 2015: Elegance for the Brides and Flower Girls
The bridal couture showcase that is New York Bridal Fashion Week was last week. If you're looking for wedding dresses (or maybe just love browsing bridal styles or beautiful white gowns in general), you may have seen, adored, gasped, and pinned like crazy pictures of...

We Love Sou Sou San Francisco (we hope you do, too!)
Ever since we first learnt about Sou Sou during J-Pop Summit Festival 2011's Sou Sou presentation by Takeshi Wakabayashi, both Chris and I have fallen in love with the brand. We adore the simple design aesthetics wrapped around the colorful jikatabi shoes, the...

Vasily Vein Fashion: Dressed Like Russian Royals
The Mishin Fine Arts Gallery at 445A Sutter St., San Francisco was the perfect set for Vasily Vein Fashion Show on March 28th last week. The fashion show showcased the designer's newest looks that are very luxurious, very Vasily, as well as benefited the Leukemia and...

DIY Bolero to Keep Me Warm when I’m Sewing
I often feel cold when I'm working on my DIY projects, choosing, cutting fabrics, and sewing on my kitchen table. I can wrap a blanket around myself, but it will slip away, crumpled on the floor soon enough. I can turn on the heater, but I don't need it to warm the...

Brave Enough to DIY Dye with Loren Lankford
Dyeing my hair is something I’m very reluctant to do. From time to time, I have that desire to do so, but I never follow up with it. I’m afraid to damage my hair permanently and/or get disappointed with hair color that doesn’t work for me. But I see some purple (or...

DIY Maxi Skirt from Gorgeous Peruvian Striped Textile
When we traveled to Peru last year, we bought this gorgeous Peruvian striped textile. It's very pretty and well-made, not to mention it's pretty warm so I can use it as a blanket. However, I think it's a bit too pretty to just be used inside the house. What if I can...

Sewing Projects: Exercise of Discipline, Motivation, and Skills
A story of how I started using a sewing machine to do chores and ended up doing many sewing projects. It teaches me of not only fabric selections and sewing skills, but also mental exercises of discipline and motivation. Who knew that owning a sewing machine can be so rewarding?

Retail Tech Summit Recap – Fashion Tech Week 2014
This is my third and last entry of the Fashion Tech Week 2014 (FTW14), which was held from Monday, 2/24 to Sunday, 3/2. The two other FTW14 events I went to were the first-ever SF Fashion Pitch competition and the Wearable Tech Demo. On the last day of the FTW14,...

Wearable Tech Demo Recap – Fashion Tech Week 2014
The second Fashion Tech Week 2014 event I went to was WearTechCon: WearableTech Demo Night on Thursday evening 2/27 at General Assembly - Forio, 20 Rausch St., San Francisco. The slightly uneasy feeling I had when walking to the event from 5th and Mission parking...