Taxi!

kate Spade! How brilliant! Make me smile :)

The Roaring Twenties Fashion

Coming out the theater, despite feeling sad about lives that were corrupted by selfishness and greed, I was blown away by Baz Luhmann's version of The Great Gatsby.  His vision of the story was painted with lavish thematic scenes and featured the vibrant styles of Jazz Era. Miuccia Prada and Catherine Martin designed over 50 costumes for the film- the Golden Twenties' style with modern infusion. I have always been fascinated by the 20's. Its style is so distinguishable that even 90 years later, almost everyone still can recognize it.

My personal opinion is that the 20's was the beginning of the modern age. Coco Chanel said" fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." The world changed rapidly after WWI and fashion changed along with it. The Flappers - young women at the time, left their corsets behind and put on a cloche hat to cover their short locks.  They wore the dresses without waist or dropped the waistlines to their low hips and enjoyed the looseness of the prime time of their lives. Their dresses with the hemline just below the knees was often adorned with excessive fur and sequins. Fashion had changed, and it would never be the same.

Straight sheath dresses with Art Deco jeweling and applique, low-waist frocks, pleating and flounces pay homage to the twenties high fashion.

菩萨蛮- 南唐后主- 李煜

花明月暗笼轻雾，今宵好向郎边去。

刬袜步香阶，手提金缕鞋。

画堂南畔见，一向偎人颤。

奴为出来难，教君恣意怜。

My Little Norway Spruce

This is our Norway Spruce tree in a park of New York city for the earth day 2013. Hopefully, it will grow tall as it should. According to the instruction, I need water it once a week for the first few weeks until the seedling is well established. Good luck little tree:)!

The Flux Generation

I just learned a new concept of " The Flux Generation".

Today’s world is in a state of continuous change! People of today generally fall into one of three categories: a) they fight change by being unchangeable; b) they try to control the change through hierarchies and rigid rules and regulations and policies and procedures; or c) they participate in it. The Flux generation is in that third group.

Gen-Fluxer’s do not belong to a specific age group. They are not defined by a specific era as past generations were. They are a cross-generational group that share (or rather embrace) a common mindset, Change.

Their world is fast paced and constantly changing. Their career path is no longer a steady 40 year progression towards a “Gold Watch” and a Retirement party. A typical Gen-Fluxer resume will reflect multiple jobs (many short stints) and multiple industries. For them there are no guarantees. They thrive on the pressure of constantly learning new things and acquiring new skills. Their ideas and methods are often considered disruptive as they don’t subscribe to the philosophy of, “this is the way we’ve always done it”. They are true innovators.

Gen – Fluxer’s are the “innovative”, “creative”, “outside the box thinking” candidates everyone describes when they are trying to fill a vacancy. They are also the same candidates most are afraid to hire because of their “innovative”, “creative”, “outside the box thinking”.

The world we live in is not a perfect one. life is filled with uncertainty and chaos. The issue that will determine whether we are a victim of chaos or a participant in the new life being created out of such chaos.