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Exciting news, fellow beauty chicks. On Makeup Magazine recently did a story on the 52 best beauty bloggers, and The Beauty of Life was among them! I was so excited to be reading along and all of a sudden stop at my blog. (See below for proof!) It wouldn’t be possible without all of you — thanks for being such wonderful readers!

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For Fall 08/09 collection, Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini explored the glamorous world of Bohemia. The collection is a combination of luxury with a bit of rock n’ roll.

Ornate embroidery with gold thread, metal disks, gold tassels and small beading touches everything from the sleeves of floaty silk dresses to the waists of cropped shearling jackets. Glittering metal or jeweled accents cover shoulders and hems, while sphere-like gold studs decorate the surface of bags, shoe booties and cropped leather jackets. The pants for this season is: narrow, low-waisted and with built-in stirrup closures. With grosgrain or passementerie piping, the pants are paired with soft embroidered shirts, heavy wool jackets covered in rich detail, and are tucked in to over-the-knee, fringed boots. Skirts, meanwhile are short, heavily decorated and paired with cropped hip-height jackets.

Check out Gucci’s campaign ads for this collection and agreed with me that it brings out every woman’s bohemian wild side.

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After warming up the catwalk for David Jones Summer 2008 collections campaign last August 6, Miranda Kerr is back as she sizzles in the summer catalog of the “no other store”. Here’s some of the spreads taken in Rio de Janeiro.

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The other weekend, my friends and I had a sudden craving for some good quality burgers and shakes, so we thought- Johnny Rockets! But when we got there having anticipated it for hours, we couldn’t find it! Where did Johnny Rockets go? After much wandering around, we finally realized that it has been replaced with a Penguin store.
Personally I didn’t realize they had enough merchandise to warrant a whole store. I’d always associated Penguin with men’s polo and preppy menswear in general. I didn’t know they had womens wear!
So it appears that they do. And the style very much reminds me of the likes of Ted Baker, which is ironic since this brand stems from Minneapolis.
Looking at the window display (instead of indulging in burgers and shakes), I rather liked the shirt dress (above left) they showed. Admittedly it isn’t a dress that immediately takes the breath away, but I like to think that there is a subtle charm to it- it also played right into my sudden recent obsession with shirt dresses . I also like this blue shirt dress (right), because while the cutting and design is really simple, the mixture of small polka dot prints with the thin floral print (or I think it’s floral) belt is just adorable. My friend just gave me a 20% off coupon for Penguin.. maybe I’ll go check this dress out. I hope they fit better than Ted Baker (Ted has the prettiest clothes, but with the worst fit!).
They also have these pretty standard looking dresses. I reckon the plain red dress would be an awesome dress to wear if you loved to accessorize- think headband, think crazy necklace!
These are not bad either. I think I even have something very similar. But you see what I mean about being very Ted Baker? Browsing through their website, I cannot help but feel like I’ve seen and have been excited about everything before already…. I’d like Johnny Rockets back please!

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