White Hot Pants

I know I've already told you about this being a white hot summer, but when it comes to white, there is always the "correct" and "incorrect" way of wearing it-since it is such a see-through color! More specifically, I would like to talk about the correct way of wearing white pants like these gorgeous ones below:

From Diesel and Trina Turk respectively. These look gorgeous don't they? Think how easy it is to match them with essentially ANYTHING. White pants are practically the denim of summer! Unfortunately its not quite as simple as that. Either people don't care or they're doing it delibrately because they think its sexy, but it is simply NOT chic to wear dark lacy panty lined underwear underneath white pants for the world to see. Whatever they tell you, it is simply NOT done! People do NOT want to know what you have on underneath- fashion wise anyways. So here are a few suggestions:

These are my personal favourites from Triumph. Its not that popular a brand in the States, but we love it in Asia because it caters to the small figures of Asian women. They are a bit high- think they DO have low waisted- but the idea is that it is nearly the same color as your skin AND it has completely NO panty lines. Trust me on this one. Its perfect for wearing white AND incidently for skintight dresses too-I wore these for my prom.

More internationally, we have this string bikini from the second skin satin collection of Victoria's Secret. I think the collection name is pretty self explanatory.

And then there is this bikini from Jockey's. They are moderately priced AND these are from their "No Panty Line Promise" collection, so no worries there! And of course NOT black. I just couldn't find a beige or white picture of it. They white and beige ARE available online go check them out yourselves!

So next time you wear white pants, PLEASE check what you're wearing underneath first!

Graduation Gifts II

Today, it has been officially one year since we graduated from high school. Barneys Girl and I went to an International school, (British system,) so graduation in our school was really no big deal. I mean, we didn't even have a proper graduation ceremony or wear those pretty graduation gowns that teens all get to wear and complain about, (although I'm sure they secretly cannot get over them.) I was so jealous when I saw Mary Kate and Ashley's graduation photos last year. Their hair still looked so perfect in that blue cap! Seriously, look at them:

Obviously my parents didn't think it was a big deal either because they didn't give me any graduation gifts that I know the Americans are so fond of giving and recieving. But luckily, my aunt who lives in San Fransisco thought graduating from high school was a good achievement and offered to buy me a Return to Tiffany necklace. But honestly, like everyone has one and I hate being too typical. And I wanted my first Tiffany's item to be something really classical and something I could actually wear. (Face it, I'm never going to be able to wear a necklace without someone's help.)

So I got the 1837 Collection ring, which I thought was cool and clasical in one. It's absolutely fabulous and it's the only jewelery I actually wear consistently.

My mum makes me have lunch with her friends every holiday. I try to make excuses, but really, I suck at it. But oh boy, at the risk of sounding very superficial *ahem*, I was so glad I went for lunch! One of her friends gave me a suprise gift and it was this Return to Tiffany oval braclet.

Then, I had dinner with my godparents, who thought I had good grades, and they gave me this Elsa Peretti Bean pendant necklace. I personally don't actually like the shape, but a Tiffany is still a Tiffany. See, that is why godparents are so wonderful!

So I thought I was having a strange, (but happy) Tiffany summer, when adults I knew decided to suprise me with Tiffany gifts. Then, one of my mum's friends bought me a Tiffany pen from London. It's not exactly like the one above, mine was pink. Although I do wonder what I need a Tiffany pen for. I'm sure it will be useful... someday.

The last gift: my uncle for me a Mont Blanc pen in a send-off-to-uni dinner. I really don't know what I need another high class pen for, but since Mont Blanc is so famous for its pens, I'm more than happy to own one. It is now sitting at the back of my closet somewhere.