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Travel: Vietnam bound? Try the tailors of Hoi An

November 17, 2009

Alix trying on her new creation.

The ultimate shopping guide for custom clothing in Hội An, Vietnam

Alix and Colin are almost midway through their trip around the world.

Their global backpacking adventure to all points exotic took a very chic turn when they stopped off to sample the custom clothing and shoes from the tailors and cobblers in Hội An, a city located in the South Central Coast of Vietnam.

According to Wikipedia, in 1999, the old town of Hoi An was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, with buildings that display a unique blend of local and foreign influences.

Here, Alix and Colin share their Vietnam shopping diary with you, and they were certainly roused by the trading of local and foreign influences!

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It or Miss: Jessica Simpson piles it on at the airport

October 30, 2009

No sweatpants and sneakers for Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson's travel style, is it an it or a miss?

Sometimes living out of a suitcase isn't easy.

There are those who, sadly, opt for the schelpper look when traveling with saggy sweats and clunky sneakers.

Then there are the travelers who get their basics all together. So chic, so jealous.

Some are pack rats who wear whatever doesn't fit in their suitcase.

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The Perfect Gift to Bring Back from Paris

October 20, 2009

Serge Lutens - Manderine fragrance

Look no further for some gift ideas that brim with Paris chic. Richard Nahem who designs custom walking tours of Paris helps a reader receive the perfect gift from Paris!

Question: I have a fairly wealthy male friend who lives in Paris and Deauville, as well as Andorra. He is coming to visit in three weeks and wants to know what I want him to bring me from France.

I don't want him to choose clothes for me, for obvious reasons-- what does he know and will it fit?

What would be something totally cool that I could ask him to bring that not your typical girl from Kentucky would have? Scarf? Handbag?

I just wanted to know what the Paris trends were and something a man can just go and buy, and not use his own intuition.
I don't want anything I can get here, say, at Macy's. (Louisville, KY)

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Paris Fashion Week: A History of French Vogue Magazine Covers Line the Champs Elysees

October 09, 2009

A History of French Vogue Magazine Covers Line the Champs Elysees

I see your picture everywhere

work, turn to the left

work, now turn to the right

work, sashay shante

A parade of Paris Vogue covers, on the Champs Elysees!

Oui, oui, oui, we know.

You wish you were in Paris to walk alongside the "catwalk" of glamour, but you don't have to be. We have the photo gallery of some of the best French Vogue covers that line the Champs Elysees right now.

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On the Road: Authentic western looks are more romance than reality...

September 03, 2009

My favorite find for the campiness of its marques alone was Redneck Chic, a consignment emporium in Kalispell, Montana. Amazing jewelry and the right sense of irony sets this shop apart from the rest.

Road trip shopping in Montana and Wyoming for iconic western fashion

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam…

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, except when it comes to the fashion that’s cloudy all day!

City slicker fashion peeps have a romantic and idolized view of Western clothing. We assume that the fabulous fringe, perfectly worn in cowboy boots, dusty dark jeans, and delicately beaded belts are an easy find in any shop in a town where lodgepole pine outweighs cement or old time shoot ‘em up references still apply.

>> Check out our trendy western boots shopping guide

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Tourist Don'ts: Gym Shorts and Fanny Packs Please Go Away

July 15, 2009

How to look like like a lousy tourist!

Here we have it, another example of what not to wear when traveling about a big city…

The fugly fashion continues with these most likely lovely but inappropriately dressed tourists in Venice, Italy.

If for some wild and crazy reason you simply just don’t get it, it’s a fashion no-no to wear gym shorts, fanny packs, and muscle tanks (on a guy?!) in a cosmopolitan city– please try to have some respect for your environment.

In an effort to continue spreading the word of what you should and, more important, should not pack in your vacation luggage, we have some suggested reading:

 

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travel sweater
Q:

Souvenir Chic: Bought on vacation in France and want to find more...

Souvenir Chic: Tips to replace a favorite sweater bought while on vacation in France

Hula Hoop Mania: Hooping gets its sexy on

March 23, 2009

Alix hoops it out

Travel Hoop by Hoopnotica, fun and portable fitness that is pretty sexy too!

When Marisa Tomei said the best thing to achieve her super-hot stripper body for her role in “The Wrestler” was partly due to hula hooping, it was time to spill the beans as the resident hula hoop fanatic!

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Antik Batik Kassi Cross Body Bag

Antik Batik - Kassi Cross Body Bag

Amazing cross-body bag with braided strap, tiered fringe and distressed sequins, beads, and paillettes at front flap. Instantly glams up the most simple outfit!

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Silence & Noise - Motorcycle Jacket

WE love, love, love the brilliant splash of electric blue of this fashion take on a sweatshirt / motorcycle jacket!

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