He's like a Japanese version of a young John Lone!

Who was the handsome Asian gentleman sitting near Prince William at the Olympic men's gymnastics finals yesterday?


Pic via Hello!

Hair week continues at The Pad!

Vera Wang's long black hair is her trademark, much like Donatella's tan or Karl Lagerfeld's sunglasses. Moving beyond the Japanese ghost look, if I could suggest a 'do for the fashion dynamo it'd be an blunt angled bob starting below the chin going shorter behind her neck.  Or maybe Vera should chop off two feet and cut a long bang layer, ala French actress Linh Dan Pham.  Yes, this is me, a middle-aged Midwestern lady who buys the majority of my wardrobe at the mall giving advice to an iconic fashion designer.

Pic via Jobs & Hire

WTF hairstyle: Rat tails

What the heck is going on among Asian American men in Orange County? I've been away six months and see several of them sporting fatty rat tails. I'm scared. Do dragon dancers now require members to adopt such a hideous hairstyle? I had a serious desire to lean out my car window to let these otherwise handsome guys know how bad their hair looks. They won't attract the opposite sex that way. Rat tails and skin tight emo pants are no-nos for getting girls.*


*Unless you are Mick Jagger


Pic via Amazing Data

The gloriousness of this purse cannot be captured in a photo

I almost bought a Dots purse at the airport yesterday.  I REALLY wanted it, but as an adult I just couldn't rationalize the $17 purchase.

Photo via Candy Sugar Shoppe

Makeup by Chiali Meng

I am addicted to makeup artist Chiali Meng's website.  It's chock full of lush wedding photos, real brides, and remarkable Before and Afters by Ms. Meng.  Most interesting to me is seeing the wedding trends among Asian American brides in Southern California.  Journalistic photography and vintage gowns and accessories seem to rule the roost in LA and OC.

Harmon and Brewster (that sounds like a cop show)

Angie Harmon (39) of Law and Order fame and Jordana Brewster (32) from The Fast and the Furious franchise may not qualify as Clones, but...

They look an awful lot alike.

Summertime cupcake

Even though I swore off cupcakes two weeks ago, I indulged in this homemade cupcake at my local farmer's market today.  It was a white cake with light, delicate frosting. Delicious!

Depissed

I'm absolutely depressed by the baby chimp death in Los Angeles this week.  The more I read about it the more horrible I feel for the baby and her mom.  And I feel terrible for the zoo animals that drowned recently during flash floods in my home state of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the Olsen twins continue to intensely disgust me for creating a horrid fur bag in the name of fashion.  These girls wouldn't know beauty if it punched them in their puckered faces.

My friend Jeff coined the term "depissed" which is a combo of depressed and pissed.  That's pretty much what I'm feeling these days.


Pic via Mother Nono

Emma Stone on New York Magazine

I am not completely sold on Emma Stone, but I like her cover of New York Magazine on stands now.