2015年4月29日 星期三

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[Women Fashion] 戀戀卡其 Love Khaki ♥








不知道為什麼從去年秋冬開始沉迷卡其色系的裙子

也許是秋天來臨的心境轉換,亦或者是不捨換上死氣沉沉的黑色系冬衣

其實去年已經買了一件Zara的卡其過膝裙

但她是"Wrap skirt",而這件是"pencil skirt"

對女人來說,這兩件裙子就是完全不一樣的......(永遠有理由買下一件裙子)

儘管鉛筆裙會給人比較成熟的感覺,但我還是不顧一切的栽進去了

成熟與老氣不能畫上等號

成熟美之所以美,是在於它無法取代的優雅和恬靜

這件裙子左邊開衩的設計,又帶進了點性感

所以你說這過膝鉛筆裙老氣嗎? 

我覺得這裙子的設計把優雅,成熟,性感的比例拿捏得非常好.

帽子和裙子的卡其色相互呼應

鞋子和上衣的黑讓整個畫面看起來更沉穩

在此,我與冬天道別








最近愛上大手錶和大項鍊

是個數大便是美的概念?

項鍊也是最近新敗的   嘿嘿

看到古董或復古的飾品理智線總會斷掉

更別提是珍珠的了!!!!

不過不是真的珍珠,畢竟真的珍珠很貴,難照顧,不小心傷到就毀了...(珍珠很容易刮傷...)

這我就不挑戰了!!!

珍珠戒指和項鍊是不同地方,不同時間買的

但今天就默默的把他們配在一起了

購物狂+強迫症的組合就是...

喜歡蒐集很多風格類似的飾品,再來硬是要配成一套


♥ Mucho amor 


Outfit:

帽子: 朋友送的生日禮物
上衣: Zara
裙子: Cameo from MyPompette
鞋子: Zara
手錶: Michael Kors
珍珠項鍊: Cordate
珍珠戒指: AZT Vintage & Modern 




2015年4月27日 星期一

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A childhood fantasy turns into high fashion 當英雄遇見時尚......shopping at Mrs. bowtie / Mrs. bowtie購物秘訣

Don't let fighting for justice tie you up.

Who didn't want to be a superhero as a child, right? For me it was always Spider-man or Captain America and the likes (obviously the Avengers movies are crazy cool to me!).

誰小時候不想當英雄?我最想當的就是蜘蛛人或美國隊長!(復仇者聯盟的英雄都超酷的!)

Although wearing Spider-man, Cap, Iron Man or Superman t-shirts might be fun and comfortable, it will unfortunately never be high fashion, or the mark of a gentleman. So how then do you achieve both goals: the expression of a childhood idolization in a gentlemanly fashion?

穿上蜘蛛人,美國隊長,鋼鐵人或超人的T shirt蠻好玩也蠻舒服的,但畢竟是T shirt, 很難有時尚感,也不紳士.那到底要如何把英雄人物穿出時尚感呢?

I'm all over that pose. 
The style I went with its a light green short-sleeved shirt, bright blue double-breasted waistcoat and pants, with a blue tweed bakerboy cap and A CAPTAIN AMERICA bow tie.

今天選擇淡青色短襯衫(短襯衫才不會過分正式),藍色雙排扣背心,藍色長褲.和粗毛呢報童帽.
最重要的是...美國隊長的領結!!!!!!!!
Thinking deeply about style. 
The waistcoat is from Noose & Monkey and a really good buy. The shirt goes well with the blue and does a good job of revealing just enough of my tattoo (work in progress). 

背心是Noose & Monkey的,是件非常好的投資.短襯衫和背心搭起來的效果剛剛好
順便露出一部分新的刺青(還沒刺完)

Haters? Just walk away from them. 
Space... The final place to stare off into. 
Evening, just chilling! 
About time to wrap this up... 
Pretty good architecture around here. 
So, with a little creativity and control, you can even work your hero worship into your style and still outshine everyone else. As long as you remember to put looking good first. 

所以,只要能適當的發揮創意,向英雄致敬的裝扮一點也不愚蠢,甚至穿的還比很多人好!
切記一定要以好看的搭配為原則!

Nobody worry, I'll hold this thing up.
Time to get rid of the cartoon t-shirts (or save them for the beach and gym) and add some color and panache to your wardrobe when you step out. 

是時候把愚蠢的卡通T shirt扔掉了(要不就運動和去海邊再拿出來穿就好)
東加一點色彩,西加一點裝飾,讓你每次出門都有煥然一新的感覺!

Outfit:

bowtie/領結: Mrs. bowtie 

領結是在一個英國網站Mr.s bowtie買的

滿100英鎊免運,網站是用fedex寄,約3天就到了

請注意,需要自行付關稅!!!

***請仔細看完網站上的規範再決定是否下單***

貨送到的時候,fedex的送貨員會給你一張稅單,付完就會交貨了.

我們很幾個人一起買,總共湊到160英鎊,關稅付了台幣1300.

大部分領結有兩種選擇

一種是ready-tied,顧名思義就是現成打好的領結

若要self-tie 則要加2英鎊.

ready-tied 和self-tie 差在哪呢?

根據Mr. Pendleton的說法,self-tie可以撐比較久

但如果不是誇張的使用,無論是哪一個,應該都不會太容易壞吧(畢竟是22英鎊的東西......)





以上是實品照,領結質感蠻好的.







2015年4月26日 星期日

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[Women Fashion] 初春粉色系 Spring is around the corner




最代表春夏的印象就是花花草草

粉色系則代表女人夢幻的心思

這次用一系列花草和粉嫩色演出一段春天序曲

為了避免大量的花草和粉嫩顏色讓大家誤以為我是很甜美的人

所以選了雙米色的平底靴,來稀釋過份女性的感覺,增加那麼點個性.


換上桃紅色蕾絲短褲,套上Toms平底鞋

輕輕鬆鬆變休閒

白色帽子真得很適合夏天呢!

來介紹我最近的新歡

最近的新歡是這件淺藍花花西裝外套

跟桃紅色蕾絲短褲一樣是從MyPompette買的

淺藍花花西裝外套是澳洲品牌Finders Keepers

穿起來很舒服,版型正常

像我這種肩膀很寬的"衣架子",還是比較適合歐美澳的品牌

每次看到好看的韓版或日版西裝外套,只能含淚say goodbye

肩膀根本就塞不進去阿!!!(淚奔)

若要去約會,也是可以加點女人味啦(好像很勉強似的...)







粉紅色鉛筆裙,粉紅色尖頭跟鞋,白色大U領雪紡紗襯衫

我想這樣就夠有女人味了吧!





Outfit:

淺藍色西裝外套: Finders Keepers
白底花裙: Keepsake
桃紅色蕾絲短褲: Cameo 
粉紅色鉛筆裙: Zara
米白色短靴: Jeffrey Campbell
粉紅色平底鞋: Toms
粉紅色跟鞋: Zara 

Information:

Finders keepers, Camep, Keepsake都是澳洲的品牌

這些品牌的設計都蠻別出心裁的,不容易撞衫

有些款式很適合上班,另外也有些性感party款,或是溫柔浪漫款......等等

有興趣都可以到MyPompette詢問喔!

我都是在這邊找到這些寶貝的 




2015年4月25日 星期六

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Good news for short women, maybe bad news for men? 嬌小的女人別自卑!!!不過...不知道男人是否會幻滅?

What does our love of long-legged, skinny models say? 
又瘦又高的長腿麻豆代表什麼,你知道嗎?
Hmmm, jelly beans, yummy...
More and more these days, men are enamored by, and seen with, slender, sleek women of skeletal proportions on their arms - and less and less love is shown for the shorter, plumper belles.

Perhaps this is normal? Just some natural, necessary evolutionary meme? I don't think it is - in fact,  I have serious doubts about there being anything natural about it at all... I might go as far as calling it unnatural.

Obviously, we've all read, heard or been told that, strictly for species survival, higher body fat, wider child-bearing hips, etc. are better. I would argue the selection of the more vertically-challenged, width-endowed mate runs even deeper than just those superficial physiological criteria.


Those are some great hips!
My concern with this growing phenomenon is genetic. Naturally, when choosing a partner as the potential mother of your children, you do not knowingly want to go down a path that might have disastrous future results.


To cut a long story short, everyone knows that for eons XX female chromosomes have split up and combined with XY male ones during fertilization, resulting in simply more,  potential XX or XY offspring.


But what if the female chromosome were also XY? That could POTENTIALLY give rise to a 25% chance of a YY offspring - something nature would rather opt for us to avoid it seems.


So now I hear your thoughts: 'XY female chromosomes? That's just impossible!'. Apparently it isn't, and THAT'S where my concern comes in. The functioning of the SRY gene.


Embryos are gonadally identical, regardless of genetic sex, until a certain point in development when the testis-determining factor (TDF), also known as sex-determining region Y (SRY) protein,  causes male sex organs to develop. The SRY gene plays an important role in sex determination. A typical male karyotype is XY. genetic recombination event known as crossing over can result in karyotypes that do not match their phenotypic expression.

Crossing over during paternal meiosis prior to conception can cause SRY to be transferred from the Y chromosome to the X chromosome. The Y chromosome that results from this crossover is now lacking an SRY gene, and can no longer initiate testis development. When this chromosome is inherited from the father, the resulting offspring will have Swyer syndrome, characterized by a male karyotype (XY) and a female phenotype.

(http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testis_determining_factor)

前面好大段的理論阿!!!邊看邊杜估(打瞌睡)
在此用中文點出重點,與大家分享及討論.

先別急著羨慕身材高挑,腿又細又長的麻豆
.他們極有可能是擁有女性的軀體,染色體組合卻非常接近男性的女人!
(簡單來說就是披著女人皮囊的男人???)
甚至在她女性的外表之下,她的染色體是男性染色體.這個部分等一下會再仔細討論

想想男人一般身材是什麼樣的?
***較低的體脂肪***
***倒三角的身材(指肩膀比下半身寬)***
***沒腰身***
***身體,臀部等線條較不明顯(沒有妖嬌的S形)***
***比女性更容易有肌肉***

那想想一般女人呢?
***較高的體脂肪***
***髖骨較寬***
(有沒有發現以上兩種的設計就是要讓女人生孩子...)
***有腰身***
***身體較男性有曲線,妖嬌的S形***
***較難練成明顯的肌肉***

基本上目前最受歡迎的纖細麻豆型女人根本不能算真女人阿!
他們之所以能比較高挑,比較纖細,屁股不大,是因為他們基因上比較接近男人阿!

致男人們,不要再幻想及期望自己的女友和老婆擁有......

纖細身材(男)但胸部要豐滿(女)
性感俏臀(女),但髖骨不能太大(男)

.............可能要去整形醫院找喔!
若是純天然的人類,沒人可以長這樣的啦!

前面提到"披著女性皮囊的男人",我們來看看這到底是什麼

決定性別基因(SRY gene)

要決定一個寶寶是男是女,就是靠爸爸的Y染色體
如果爸爸給X,那就是生女兒(XX)
如果爸爸給Y,則是生兒子(XY)

萬一在進行減數分裂的過程中,爸爸給的Y的染色體出了差錯,SRY基因"壞了"=沒有產生作用,
在結合的過程中,會被誤導為X,
所以這寶寶有女性的特徵,是個生理上為女性的寶寶
但是,卻不能改變這女寶寶是XY但是Y"壞掉"所以被誤認為XX的染色體組合
她之所以擁有女性的生理構造,是因為她的Y染色體的決定性別基因沒有發揮作用

那這樣會有什麼問題呢?
其實對人體也沒有什麼傷害,且我們從外表無法直接斷定
有研究發現,許多高挑腿長的國際名模,他們都是這樣的
看懂了嗎???醒了嗎???
所以他們才跟99%的女人都不一樣!!!!!!!!!!!!!
但我們卻認為這是她們得天獨厚的優勢,進而自怨自艾,認為自己不是完美的女人.

傻傻的,他們不是完美的女人呀!不用逼自己跟他們一樣!
怎麼節食減肥都沒用,
因為人家的基因與生俱來就擁有像男人的低脂肪,較瘦長等"優勢"了呀!(主流還認為這是優勢)


At the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, the last that had cheek swabs, 7 women out of the 3,387 competitors—or about 1 in 480—were found to have the SRY gene and androgen insensitivity.

1996年亞特蘭大夏季奧運,也是最後一次採集口腔DNA測試的奧運發現在所有3,387名女性運動員中,有7位女性的檢體就卻呈現"男性染色體"(就是上述的基因問題)
每480位女性就有其中一位是擁有"XY但Y沒有起作用"的基因

Nothing going on here...
Women with androgen insensitivity tend to have limb proportions more typical of men. Their arms and legs are longer relative to their bodies, and their average height is several inches taller than that of typical women.

XY women are also overrepresented in modeling, because they are often very feminine in appearance in addition to being tall with long legs.

The increased height of XY women who are insensitive to testosterone may result from an extended growth period because they don’t heed hormonal stop messages or from genes on the Y chromosome that influence height.

There's also a condition among females called partial 21-hydroxylase deficiency, which can run in families and causes overproduction of testosterone. 

(From 'The Sports Gene' by David Epstein)

***以下開始稱這樣的女人為XY女人***
我們又可稱這樣的女人為"有男性賀爾蒙,但身體卻對此無感"的人.
這是什麼意思呢?
就是這些女性擁有比一般女性還多的男性荷爾蒙,但這些男性賀爾蒙在她身體內起不了作用
所以她不"man",她看起來就是個女人.但其實仔細觀察,還是可以發現一些端倪
通常這類的女人的四肢長度比例比較接近男人,身高也一般女性高.

這篇文章一開始就提到又瘦又高的長腿麻豆代表什麼?
就是要呼應接下來這一個事實!
在女性模特兒這族群裡,有非常高比例的女模是XY女人!
發現了嗎?她們都有無庸置疑的女性外表
可是...每個都好高,看過去一個個都是又細又長的人兒!


So, in a nutshell, just like we selectively breed certain kinds of livestock to express certain phenotypic characteristics, are we potentially (unconsciously) genetically selecting for female expressions of the XY gene? If so, I'm not sure it's the greatest idea for the next step in our evolution.

概括來說,至今時今日,我們是否無意識的製造了更多下一代為XY女人的女人呢?
如果是這樣,人類的進化挺令人擔憂的.



To sum up thus, in the light of this, why do so many men go against clear evolutionary triggers by going gaga over the tall super-skinny females? If you ask me, this could be asking for trouble. Just saying...

Henry的結論:

為什麼越來越多男人一定要跟演化的規則唱反調,偏愛及選擇紙片女性呢?
我認為此風不可長,要不將來肯定有些問題會慢慢浮出檯面的...

Amanda的結論:

此篇文章的本意並不是要攻擊身材高挑的女性
我們做了點研究,提出科學的證據
一方面希望能導正"偏愛紙片人"的歪風
另一方面則是希望99%的女性不要自怨自艾,或是覺得自己長得不好,不天生麗質等等
希望大家以正面及健康的態度來看待這個問題
也不要再以不健康的方式減肥,試圖把自己變得跟XY女人一樣高挑纖細

若你是XX女人,就放心擁抱自己所擁有的吧!
如果是XY女人,我們非常享受妳們在runway上的風姿和各類的時尚藝術照!


2015年4月17日 星期五

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From food to Superfood 吃與吃的健康

Does your current diet
你目前的飲食習慣是否...
  • have therapeutic effects on brain disorders like epilepsy and Alzheimer’s? 
  • 對腦部失調如阿茲海默症有療效的?
  • increase 24 hour energy expenditure by as much as 5%, potentially leading to significant weight loss over the long term? 
  • 24小時體能消耗增加5%,且長期看來,可能會有很顯著的減重效果?
  • kill harmful pathogens, potentially helping to prevent infections? 
  • 消滅病毒,甚至能幫忙預防傳染病?
  • significantly reduce appetite, which may positively affect body weight over the long term? 
  • 有效的降低食欲,長期下來,也會影響體重控制?
  • improves important risk factors like Total, LDL and HDL cholesterol?
  • 改善危險因子,例如低密度脂蛋白(壞的膽固醇),高密度脂蛋白(好的膽固醇)?
(訊息來源 / from authoritynutrition.com)
If you think it doesn't, or you just want to improve the likelihood that it does, here is a simple top tip:
如果你目前的飲食無法做到,或你希望能改善,有個很簡單的辦法可以做到:
Add some COCONUT OIL to your cooking
用椰子油煮飯/菜!!!

Not only does it have the above-mentioned benefits (amongst a range of others!), but it also tastes great in everything, from cookies to quiches.

椰子油不僅僅有上述的優點(甚至更多!), 且加了椰子油的食物味道也很棒! 無論是餅乾,或是鹹派......等等

We buy the Nutiva organic one from Costco, but I have seen some small ones for sale even just at a fruit store near my house.

我們在好市多買了這罐Nutiva organic椰子油,也曾看過小量販賣的椰子油,甚至在家裡附近的水果店,小超市都找的到

Living in Asia means it should be pretty easy to come by. It's definitely a worthwhile investment to make in your health.

因為住在亞洲,所以非常容易找到椰子油. 這對健康絕對是很好的投資!



One of my favorite dishes (I've been eating it for more than a year every single day for lunch - still not tired of it!): vegetarian burrito.

我最喜歡的椰子油料理之一: 蔬菜捲餅 (一年來我每天中午都吃這個,但從來沒有吃膩過!)

Now I cook the filling in coconut oil and it tastes and smells wonderful, AND it curbs my hunger a good deal longer than before.

自從買了椰子油後,我的內餡都是用椰子油煮的,色香味俱全! 更重要的是,吃完之後比較不容易餓!

Healthy and yummy! My favorite combinations.

健康+美味是我最喜歡的組合!


So, if you want the health benefits of hair and skin care (topical), stress relief, cholesterol level maintenance, weight loss, boosted immune system, proper digestion,  regulated metabolism, relief from kidney problems, heart diseases, high blood pressure and diabetes,  while helping to improve dental quality and bone strength, coconut oil is your new best friend! 

另外,若是想要改善髮質和膚質,減壓,控制膽固醇,減重,增強免疫系統,良好的消化,規律的新陳代謝,避免腎臟,心臟病,高血壓,糖尿病等問題,同時,也可改善牙齒問題和骨骼強度......

那麼椰子油就是正解!!!!!



(from organicfacts.net)



2015年4月15日 星期三

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[Men fashion] Superman Blue!? 西裝不只黑灰藍,還有亮藍和淺藍!

Looking blue, but not feeling blue.

Henry - Some of my favorite items of clothing include some shade of blue. I'm not sure it's my favorite color, but it definitely makes for a good dress style.

西裝不是只有保守的黑灰藍.

春天已經悄悄的來到,不如換上亮色的西裝吧!

這套裝扮很眼熟吧?沒錯,就是之前去野餐穿的.

今天來仔細的介紹介紹

First, the dark blue suit style. Very bright, vibrant and eye-catching. No wonder Superman wears this color!

I. 亮藍西裝

Hello! It´s US!!!
Not only is the color really attractive, but the style of the waistcoat (from Noose and Monkey) is special and really vintage. It rounds off the perfect gentleman look nicely.

因為那天蠻熱的,所以沒有搭西裝外套,只穿了背心.

此外,當天是要去野餐的,也不必穿的過於隆重.(除非dress code有規定囉!)

搭了西裝外套後,就會變得比較正式,很適合參加宴會或是約會

如果上班的地方可以這麼高調的話,那就穿去上班吧!


All you need to see is the blue!

Slim fit doesn't HAVE to be only for super skinny girlish figures - it can also make a tall, lean figure stand out and accentuate your ASSets.

非常藍,跟超人的藍有的拼

Like Jason Statham, but colorful and cheery...

Give it a try. Work some nice, bright blue into your wardrobe to spice it up when you go out.

當初本來想買一整套(西裝外套+背心+長褲)

可惜Henry褲子的那個size已經賣完了,所以盡量找了一件顏色相近的藍長褲來搭

不過還是有一丁點的差異阿!(Amanda強迫症發作,很要求要一整套一模模一樣樣!)

Aye aye Captain!

襯衫領口開一點,增加休閒度,減少嚴肅感

(還可以耍性感噢~我的天~好像太花俏了)

看到雙排扣(double breasted)就知道是正宗英倫血統的啦!

另外一個讓我們倆非常喜歡這件背心,非買不可的原因是因為他的剪裁

是個大U型,跟一般的V型不一樣,別有一番特色


This color even makes me look smarter!



Superman ready to take off!

Superga帆布鞋就是為了要到戶外穿的

若沒有戶外活動,可以換上好看的皮鞋,這樣就更紳士了!

II. 淺藍西裝

Now for the light blue combo. Not as bright and exciting as the previous selection, but still gives a refined look.

The complete package.
I like this look because it is subtle and not too overstated, but still looks fashionable and not boring.

這次比較單純,就是淺藍色西裝和白襯衫

You need confidence to pull off this look.

As you can see below, the light color blends in nicely with a faded photograph, while keeping enough color to make it look really good. It is a fine idea for taking really artistic photos to wear this kind of color.

好想把這件西裝命名為baby blue suit,因為好像嬰兒房的色系喔!


Sly as a fox!

不習慣戴太多飾品的男性可以像Henry一樣,選一個又大又酷的造型戒

這樣不僅有畫龍點睛的效果,也不會有像女生一樣叮叮噹噹帶很多的感覺

The thinking man...
Combine the suit with a nice vintage baker boy hat and you have a wonderful match!

帽子控今天選了一頂baker boy hat,挺可愛的!

Here I come!

走吧!走吧!購物去!

OK, let's go shopping!

I. 亮藍西裝

*背心&西裝外套: Noose and Monkey

*西裝長褲: ASOS自有品牌

II. 淺藍西裝

*背心: River Island (目前網站上有折扣喔!)

*西裝長褲: River Island (目前網站上有折扣喔!)