six months have passed us by, let's take stock of some of the highlights and low points on here. starting with shoes: in 2009, i acquired a rather obscene amount of shoes, 23 pairs in total. i tell myself to really cut down, and cut down i did for 2010. for the first six months, i bought eight pairs, still a lot but a marked improvement from last year:
in january: louis vuitton "uptown richelieu" in brown suede epi and calf leather
i am surprised at my will power, as the next pair pass january was in april: the missoni x converse all stars sneakers.
in may, after obsessing with christian louboutin's shoes for the longest time on here, i bought my first pair: the "rantus" sneakers.
on that very same day where i bought the christian louboutin sneakers, i also bought the suede hand made desert boots from zara.
there was something about the water in may, as i bought my third pair of shoes in that month: the pierre hardy blue suede shoes.
besides the sneakers, it was suede shoes that i bought. so it was no surprise that in june, i bought the pair that i've been lusting for the longest time: mr hare "capote".
continuing may's streak of three pairs of shoes, the trend followed into june, with the addition of another two pairs of hermes shoes. first, the hermes "quoique" made from lambs leather.
and the hermes "quart" made from kangaroo leather.
besides a full time non fashion related job and part time shoes acquisitions, i also found time to visit milan in january for the fall winter 2010 shows. and write i did, i wrote a few blog posts which i still hold dearly:
- "what is luxury": a piece i penned in january after being bombarded with images, campaigns and releases about luxury products. questions i have yet been able to answer.
- "today, was a momentous day in my life": this is a blog, so i should diary significant events in my life. on that faithful day in february, i did the leap and put money where the mouth is. i did my first ever investment in retail companies. four months on, my small portfolio made an unrealised gain of 30%.
- in march, i wrote what could be considered a "suicide piece" for the blog. if there's a difference between blogs and webzines/magazines, it's honesty. and i think my honesty ruffled some feathers in a bad way.
- in may, i did the first ever interview series with barnabe hardy, the stylist and designer who co-founded balenciaga menswear with nicolas ghesquiere. it is one blog post which i spent the most time prepping, but also the most enjoyable.
- "an ode to versace": my heartfelt semi-letter to the house of versace, my disappointment at their dismay financial results, my undying support for the versace dynasty.
- in june, it was a priviledge to preview the goyard book, which suzy menkes from the IHT called "the bible of luxury". i was very lucky to also meet an artisan from paris who demonstrated how the pieces were painted/customised.
it has been an amazing six months. thank you for the journey, and here's to another six more.
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- "what is luxury": a piece i penned in january after being bombarded with images, campaigns and releases about luxury products. questions i have yet been able to answer.
- "today, was a momentous day in my life": this is a blog, so i should diary significant events in my life. on that faithful day in february, i did the leap and put money where the mouth is. i did my first ever investment in retail companies. four months on, my small portfolio made an unrealised gain of 30%.
- in march, i wrote what could be considered a "suicide piece" for the blog. if there's a difference between blogs and webzines/magazines, it's honesty. and i think my honesty ruffled some feathers in a bad way.
- in may, i did the first ever interview series with barnabe hardy, the stylist and designer who co-founded balenciaga menswear with nicolas ghesquiere. it is one blog post which i spent the most time prepping, but also the most enjoyable.
- "an ode to versace": my heartfelt semi-letter to the house of versace, my disappointment at their dismay financial results, my undying support for the versace dynasty.
- in june, it was a priviledge to preview the goyard book, which suzy menkes from the IHT called "the bible of luxury". i was very lucky to also meet an artisan from paris who demonstrated how the pieces were painted/customised.
it has been an amazing six months. thank you for the journey, and here's to another six more.
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