Back from Dubai

Actually, I've been back for a week now, but life's crazy, so here are the pics.

Traveling starts at the airplane.

Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.

At Sindagha Palace, the original Dubai Emir palace, before all that jazz that made Dubai what it is today. Wearing A.L.E. dress, NIKE Air Max trainers, CARRERA sunglasses, MIGATO bag.

In the old days, wind towers like this provided natural air-conditioning.

Taking a boat ride along the Dubai Creek.

I call this one the magic carpet - it will take you places.

Loved the striking colours.

One of the Twin Towers along the Dubai Creek. The Rolex logo is a great example of how perfectly all brand logos are transcripted in arabic, without losing their font colours and style.

Strolling at Deira. Wearing ASOS polka-dot dress, TOM'S shoes, CARRERA sunglasses, MIGATO bag.

The aquarium inside the The Dubai Mall.

Brunch at Tom & Serg.

The PRADA store in the Mall of the Emirates. That's the one that has a ski slope inside.

This is an architectural model for the new AKOYA Oxygen residential development by DAMAC. Taglined "green is the new black", it sells luxury housing to filthy rich people. In that case, interior design by FENDI kinda adds a little extra something.

Bye bye Dubai, till next time!

MI-RO La Pluie

Last season, I very much admired the MI-RO collection, but in a non-personal way, the way you admire a masterpiece of an art you have no special interest in. 

This time, I actually longed to be inside the clothes.

Fluffy white lace and demure black lace, chunky jumpers, felt hats, bad-ass leather, velvet in dark forest green and rich burgundy red, shiny taffeta - with the exception of that last one, they all I would love love to have on me this season. Of course then, I would be a perfect case of "all dressed up and nowhere to go" but that's a problem of mine not to be discussed in this post.

Felt hat adorned with feather, huge navajo earrings, chunky knit embellished with big black sequins. Even the mustached guy in the background concurs! 

Now, if you want to break this down to the fundamentals, it's actually a chunky knit paired with a girly skirt and heels. Maybe I'll try a version of mine and wishfully it won't be a sad version of this.

It's so fluffy I'm gonna die.

Dark forest green velour pants, I would really want you in my life.

The taffeta part. Visually enchanting, but still a no for me.

Did I say demure? Demure, demure, demure.

And I love this shade of something between olive green and gold.

I can almost see the local celebs fighting over who's gonna wear these embellished black lace numbers.

Now, that's what I'm talking about! I should have done a standing ovation.

Swoon.

At the finale, one of the male models was teasing the girl model (the one from Next Top Model, I don't remember her name) by giving her his hat, which eventually slipped and fell on the floor.

Guys, if you're looking for it, here she is:

Finders keepers Chrissiana, you looked much better in it anyway.

Till next time!