Toywatch gone Timex
I have couple of minutes on my hands until I party hard tonight, so I decided that I have to post this one this year and leave/save the job of picking up the 2009 highlights for the 2010!
It’s been 5 months since the last time I wore handwatch. Let me tell you, I am highly punctual person who has been wearing handwatch since I was in grade 6. (it must give you a perspective on how hard it was for me to give up on handwatch) But then I met an interesting man in Europe who told me the story of how time worn on hands (his way of saying handwatch) affects people’s natural aura, how people set time on themselves - I found this thought extremely profound and decided to give up on wearing time on my hand. However, I must say that this decision did not bring me any good during those 5 months I was late more times that I was late in my entire life. I felt that I missed something and now I understand that it was my handtime- so I am back to my handwatch with no regrets what so ever. Though, it’s a great opportunity to update my watch collection with one new piece.
For the past month I have been obsessed with this cool yet not over-popularized trend of white plastic/ceramic/men watches. In my search for the prefect watch, I went straight to ToyWatch website where I was pleasantly surprised with their great collections of watches just in right shapes and colors and prices. And of cause there must be a BUT and there was one huge BUT. There did not deliver to Canada – I thought then I’d stay enthusiastic and check out the proposed retailer points. Again, me being slightly naive. When I went to couple of the places where they supposedly have to have ToyWatch, all I got were those idiotic looks saying :”Hmmm ToyWatch? Maybe you should try ToyRus instead?” And then I gave up on ToyWatch… I am rather sad because I am absolutely in love with their purple plasteramics. 
Then I had that eighties fever and started obsessing about Timex digital watches. Timex80 is the last season’s brand’s update which features metal and plastic digital watches in amazing colors! I don’t know how is that I was not aware of that cool collection before. Nevertheless, I found almost perfect (to me) substitution for ToyWatch – Timex80 Indiglo white metal digital watch! And oh boy, they look great! My strategy to get them? Is of cause eshopping. To my huge surprise (detect sarcasm here), Timex80 website does not have shipping policies for Canada, ie no delivery here. I was devastated! In my despair moment my absolute favorite shopping portal came to my survival – net-a-porter.com is the only place where I can find everything I am looking for! There they were Timex80 white metal digital watch for only $60! I was over the moon. As a side note: quick delivery(literary 2 days) got here, in Mtl, my watch right before all the New Year parties!
Now I am back on track with my time on my hand and now my time is my new white Timex80!
image of ToyWatch taked from fashionbloguk.files.wordpress.com and www.frenchtruckers.com
Happy New Year! It’s 2010 after all!
Wish you all the best!
In the next couple of days I will prepare the sum ups of all the best fashion moments of 2009!
Teletype: PHI goodbye…
Sad news, it’s been announced that fashion brand PHI (founded only in 2003) will no longer exist staring this spring. I just started to notice it this fall and thought that it might be worth spending that much money of their structural dresses. Recession is not over and we only start seeing its effects on our industry. Once more, it’s sad.
MY wish list 2010.
Even though I hate shopping, I still enjoy the process of finding the truly great gifts not only for myself but also for all my relative (and believe me I have a lot of them all around the globe). So I decided to put together a list of gifts the I find the best/coolest:
1. Emma Cook’s ankle boots from Topshop
2. Sony camcorder – my personal choice, hopefully I’ll get my hands on it this NY.
3. postal cards kit (my grandma’s favorite)
4. gold bracelet with red fiber by Monica Vinader ($115 on net-a-porter)
5. Yohji Yamamoto’s men’s underwear collection for the loved one.
6. a cuckoo clock – loved this one in white from Zone.
… To be continued. I will now resume my virtual search for the rest on my wish list/ gift list for this season.
Online shopping – wish lists.
It’s not surprise to anyone (except for me – I was out of sync for the last couple of week – why? – final exams period) that the next 2010 year is only 2 weeks from today. What does it mean? It means gifts and resolutions and parties and for some of us – freezing cold outside (hello Canada, Russia, Finland, Iceland!). Oh and I forgot to add stress to the list, but it’s rather pleasant stress (not like the one you get from finals). So there are couple of things during the holiday season that make you feel stressed, and yes, I am talking about holiday shopping. I love fashion and clothes and cool designers but I DO NOT love shopping. I am not the kind of person who finds it’s pleasant to run through all those stores trying to find something special. I’d rather stay inside, at my desk and shop online – no pressure, no stress – only the comfort of my own chair. That’s why I love this great feature which is present in almost all the cool online store this now – wish list option. Not only you can pick everything you like and put it in a list, but you can also email it to the right person (I mean the person who really needs to know what’s on your mind when it comes to gifts). And your wish list comes with the right visual props, now you don’t have to worry that you loved one will get you the wrong thing, or may be just minimize the chances this happens when they have colorful pictures to help them. Or may be they are as smart as you are and will just order so-much-needed gift straight from that online store.
This year I definitely will take advantage of this cool/smart feature. So, my friends, check your emails more often!
The ears.
Topshop
It caused controversy when Madonna wore them to the MET Gala – Luis Vuitton’s “ears”, well I see them as ear-wings actually.
After that there were couple of more people who spotted some sort of earish hair accessories.
What can I say? I like it. IT seems like a new funky trend – why do I say so? Simply because when something is being reproduced by such a mega street fashion mogul as Topshop – it becomes THE trend. Yes, Topshop now offers a headband in form of ears (they call it bunny ears) featuring three different color to match your New Year’s party outfit! I would run and grab their Bunny Ears in all three colors…only if Topshop existed in Canada… (Luckily I have connection in Moscow, so if I need something really badly, I can get it in Moscow)
PS: lately I have a total obsession with Topshop – it’s genius.