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My Boom: Morocco/Ethnic + Blog Award

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

☆Hey!ヽ('ー'#)/ Hello!☆

Hope everyone is having a good week so far~!
I'm counting down the days til my vacation, which is literally a week from today... Soon I'll be BACK IN THE NYC my old hometown, haha!!
キャハハ o(>▽▽<)o キャハハ

Today I wanted to do a different post, kind of like my style idol posts which I hope to make regularly on here~ MY BOOM! \(○^ω^○)/ 

For anyone who's like 'wtf is a boom??', basically it's anything that's trending (in this case with me personally) right now. It can be a style, an accessory, a makeup item, music, whatever.  The word is usually used in reference to fashion though, especially in Japanese magazines.

So right now, my boom is... yea, you guessed it~ Morocco/ethnic style! ♪(゚▽^*)ノ⌒☆ 

If you've been reading this blog, you can tell I've been loving this trend like whoa.  I first noticed ethnic style in the July issue of JELLY (one of my personal fashion bibles ❤), where it was being promoted as an upcoming 'next' trend~
I really loved JELLY's take on it~ just elements here & there to add an ethnic 'flair' to an outfit without looking like you're just going on vacation in Turkey, haha(≧∇≦)

nuts also did a mini-spread on the trend in the June issue, adding the 'Morocco' part~
I really wish the shots were clearer because the styling in this one is beautiful ❤ You can definitely see a more centralised version of the trend here, which borders on the kitschy vacation-in-Turkey but could also be perfect for a resort look.

The August issue of JELLY actually has my favourite take on the trend in a bigger spread, but unfortunately scans aren't out yet & I'm too anal with my magazines to scan it in myself, haha   
(●´艸`)ヾ 

Luckily there are lots of blog photos of gals rocking Morocco/ethnic style though~!
My girl Shizuka Takeda looking fabulous as usual~ definitely expect to see more of her in a future style idol post on here! 
Another of my favourite girls, Remi Sakamoto~
The ever-fabulous Aina Tanaka getting in on it~ love her bracelets!
Had to put Chie in twice because she rocks it so well~ sometimes it's a bit much though, but she's forgiven because of her super-gorgeous make, haha!
Natsuki Fukuzumi doing a more mode-kei look, but I think this could easily cross over into ethnic~
Rin looking fabulous as usual
 Emika's pop-ethnic look
 Although it's definitely over-the-top, I'm absolutely loving Riho Nishiyama's take~ that eyemake alone is TO DIE FOR. Definitely going to re-create the eyemake one day!

A quick note~ most of these photos came from agehabarbiedoll's amazing tumblr  ❤ Please check it out if you love gorgeous gal spam 24/7!

& since I could never forget, the lovely Jasmine of Love, Peace & Lipstick gave me this ultra-sweet blog award \(○^ω^○)/ 
 THANK YOU SO SO MUCH, BB~~!!

I'm supposed to pass this award on to 15 other people, but I honestly can't think of anyone on my blogroll whose blog I DON'T love! 

Ladies, please keep on being the gorgeous, amazing, inspiring gals you all are! 
(*^・^)CHU〜☆
 
☆⌒(*^-゚)ノ~♪see you again♪~ヾ(゚-^*)⌒☆