Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Kim Kardashian is Engaged ! Black and White Valentino Look for Less!

O.M.G. X 3! It's finally happened!  Kimye (Kim Kardashian and Kanye West) are going to get married soon, and he gave her a 15 carat diamond (or some large sized stone on a ring) to prove that he's for real!  I'm not so interested in the engagement, but if you are, E! News did a special on the engagement last night so you can watch the repeat for more details on that. What I like is Kim's Valentino boutique Mikado embroidered dress that retails for $9,900 (according to an E! article).
Kim Kardashian, Valentino
Kim's Valentino Dress
 Here's a YouTube video of Kim in the dress.

The black and white floral/kaleidoscope type print looks cute, so I wanted to find similar looks at a price that normal people can afford.

Image 2 of River Island Mono Print Column Dress

River Island Mono Print Column Dress $44.50

Image 1 of River Island Tie Dye Mirror Print Column Dress

River Island Tie Dye Mirror Print Column Dress $17.80



These two dresses are from Asos, and are very close to Kim's in both style and pattern.  Asos actually has a lot of these fitted type of dresses that are really cute.  There were a lot of clearance dresses too similar to Kim's but you know clearance, they sell out fast so I didn't want to include too many and have people get mad at them being sold out.

QUIZ Flower Print T-Shirt £9.99


Designer black faux leather panelled skirt


Designer black faux leather panelled skirt
STAR by Julien MacDonald Faux Leather Panelled Skirt £40
£40.00
£40.00

I found the above top and skirt at a store I've never known about, Debenhams, probably because it's a British Department Store.  So the prices are in British pounds, but they do ship worldwide.  Tuck the T-shirt into the pencil skirt for the extremely fitted look that Kim always goes for.

These are seriously affordable options I found at Forever21.  They also have a ton of fitted Kim K style dresses. Or you can wear the pattern on the bottom with these leggings, I picked a black floral lace dress as the top.

*Tip*  If you don't want to wear full form fitted dresses (because you feel to exposed) throw on a top and only have the bottom part showing (like a skirt) or even put a flared skirt over the dress and have only the top showing (like a shirt).

Daisy Fuentes Floral Tee $13.99


This shirt from Kohls can be styled anyway you feel like wearing it, and is similar to Kim's dress.


Iron Flower Jumpsuit $54.60


If you're daring, you can wear this cute tube top jumpsuit I found at Nasty Gal website. If you get cold easily, a blazer would be a cute layer to add.
http://www.artizara.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/220x248/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/l/black-and-white-print-jersey-stretch-maxi-long-skirt-3.jpg
Artizara long skirt $34

For those interested in other cultures (like me) I found this cute maxi skirt (excuse the blurry picture) at a cool Eastern fashions store Artizara.  The store also has Islamic traditional Hijabs, formal dresses (bright and colorful) and cool jewelry.

Leave a comment if you find other items that are similar to Kim's Valentino dress!

Sunday, October 6, 2013

A Korean Moment: The Man From Nowhere, Won Bin and Keanu Reeves

Let me confess (or profess) my love for Korean movies at this moment.  I've loved them for a while, in particular Korean Horror.  It started because I had run out of American horror movies to watch, so I went looking abroad (via the interweb) and kept loving every Korean movies the best (out of all of the foreign movies I watch).  

That love has since spread out to many different areas of Korean entertainment (kdramas, kpop, k movies of all genres).  I'm now at the point where I pretty much watch just as much Korean entertainment as I do American (if not more).  I just watched a random library pick, The Man From Nowhere (mfn), not expecting much, since I didn't remember seeing it on any of the best Korean horror/action/thriller movies lists that I've read, like:
Which shows how horrible my memory is because I just looked again and the movie is on all 3 lists (smham - shaking my head at myself).

Nonetheless, this movie was AMAZING!  Definitely getting added to my favorites list.  I advise anyone interested in a good thriller to watch it (similar genre to Blind and I Saw the Devil).  But reviewing this movie is not why I wanted to post this entry, the main actor is.

Won Bin is so good!  I immediately recognized him, even with his shaggy hair covering most of his face, as the main character (the son) in Mother (another random library movie pick that was really good, great twist at the end).  I admire his acting skills, his ability to play such different roles is real talent imo.  In mfn, I really get to see the actor's handsomeness though (once he finally cuts his hair) which is why he qualifies as a cute thing (fashiony whatnots and cute stuff).  I could tell that he was attractive in Mother, but it was hard to take his hotness too seriously in that movie (it just felt WRONG).  However in mfn, he is all types of hot as he bravely goes after the bad guys to save a little girl.  But this post isn't simply about Won Bin's hotness either.

In between my automatic outbursts of "oh, he looks really cute here", I found myself saying "wow, you know who he looks like?" aloud to myself (no I'm not crazy...well maybe a little bit...but the good kind), "he looks just like Keanu Reeves!"  

It's been a while since I've seen pictures of Keanu, so after the movie I searched Google for pics of him, and yes, Won Bin could totally be Keanu Reeves' younger Korean brother!  See for yourself...



See, double the cute!  Who's who?  Who's who?
Here are more pics for further ogling um, I mean, comparison...












Anyways...You're Welcome!

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