Oscar de la Renta

After swooning over Elie Saab (whom I always thought was a lady designer because of the name)'s gown, I proceeded to drool over Oscar's.

Oscar de la Renta is yet another fashion designer well known for his beautiful creations. I am not a fashion expert and neither am I super into fashion but pretty dresses, that I know how to admire.

Oscar is no young man at 81 years old. A Domincan, one of the few couturiers to have had the privileged to dress Jackie O, wife of the famed 35th American President, John F. Kennedy. In current times, he designs gorgeous gowns worn by celebrities on the red carpet and of course, anyone who can afford his elegant, high fashioned gowns.

Now, why can't awesome dresses like the below be more affordable to the general population? More like, people like me?

Imagine me waltzing to office in the many gorgeous gowns below. Hilarious. Ok. Imagine waltzing down one's wedding banquet in such gowns... definitely have everyone gushing about the dress.

Of course, having the right figure makes a difference, too. Dang it!

 

 

love the colour!!

can hardly go wrong with black that oozes with class and elegance

Used to be a silver fan over gold but now, gold's my colour

 

 

 

Simple and yet, beautiful. Imagine black and cream or black and red...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gorgeous Elie Saab dresses

I was on Pintrest last night. For those who are living under the rock and have no idea what Pintrest is about, shame on you. Ok. I kid. Pintrest is a content sharing service that allows members to pin images on their pinboard. There are hoards of awesome pictures on fashion, hairstyles, crafts, wedding related, DIY and so on.

So, last evening saw me clicking picture after picture pinning them onto my board. Not sure about you but when I start, it takes me a loooong while before I successfully tear myself away from Pintrest to do something more concrete. Errr.. like watch series. *hehe*

Seem to lose my mojo for doing craft stuff anyways.

Back to Pintrest. As I was engrossed 'pin'ing pictures, I came across bevy of ladies decked out in breathtaking dresses. Well, my breath was taken. Not sure if yours will be.

Immediately, I knew it was by Elie Saab, the Lebanese fashion designer. I've always had a thing for his dreamy collection from last year and 2011. His 2013 collection seems more 'modern' and edgy, not exactly my style.

He had an impressive start in career launching his Beirut based fashion label at a mere age of 18 with a team of 15 people under him. Wow. You can read more about him here. And gosh, my jaw just dropped looking at the sale price of his dresses, shoes and what not here.

Well, since I can't afford his dresses, I can only swoon and dream of his gorgeous dresses. Really talented man. Love the whimsical feel of his designs with glimmering crystal beads. Princessy royalty look.

Ooooh.. to be able to own such marvelous and beautiful creation. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yup, I pinned them all on my Pintrest board. :)

Divine wedding dresses

Deviating from the whole tiffany blue wedding shebang... let's get all dreamy eye at wedding dresses we usually don't get to wear at our weddings!

One of the main highlights of any wedding is usually the first look at the bride when she first walks down the aisle in her dreamy dress. Lol. Traditionally, that is. 

#1 If you are rich or lucky enough, you will float down the aisle in some dreamy creations by a well known designer such as Vera Wang (a rather popular choice, it seems), Henry Roth etc.

#2 If not, a bride can get her dream dress custom made. Rather popular these days in Malaysia. You have 'Celest Thoi' ,  'That Special Occasion' , 'Valerie Fan' , 'Pretty in White', to name a popular few.

#3 BUT if you are the masses,  the majority that has a budget of sorts, you can still sashay down your big day, however, you will be limited to the designs provided at the bridal houses (the practise in Malaysia).

#4 Or another option would be to buy one off the internet from wholesalers such as DinoDirect. Of course, up close, it won't look as beautiful and divine as those custom made or by designers. After all, you are paying for simple fabrics and materials that has its limitations. But in pictures, you still look pretty. After all, chances are,  you will only be wearing the dress for an hour two. Well, I did! :)

Despite the budget and what nots, it doesn't stopped me from drooling at gorgeous wedding dresses I wished I could have afforded. Some of them are just oh-so-gorgeous!! Of course, often times, stick thin models showcase the dresses even more so than most of us normal humans. 

Drool away!!

 #1 Wedding's the one time you get to carry off a puffy dress!!

#2 Lace and bows are so IN!

#3 Less flesh shown can be more AND classy

#4 aaah... laces are just elegant!

#5 It would be interesting to see a bride bounce her way down the aisle in this...

#6 Gorgeous mermaid dress

#7 oooh... this is SO me!! Similar to the mishap I ordered from ebay but waaay more gorgeous!

#8 love the soft tulle or chiffon look

#9

#10 wowza!

#11 oooh... simply simple and sweet

#12 simple.white.elegant

#13 oooh... i just ooooh and ahhh over puffy wedding dresses

#14 so grace kelly feel.. demure and graceful

#15 if you're not into puffy or too body hugging

#16 Victorian times?

#17 simple yet bridal

#18 elegant and sexy

#19 lols

#20 for the elegant