The things I am looking forward for this summer are:

1. Funky Colors and prints- I am looking forward for some Emerald and blue shades for clothing.

2. White- I am obsessed with white shades in everything from mug cups to white paint.

3. Buy good quality stuff- No more buying stuff because there was a good deal on it. I will not buy something which I don’t really love.

4. Road trip-  After long long winters I am so looking forward to road trips.

5. Home Decor- I wanna be a designer sometimes…Yep sometimes..

Prabal Gurung for Target

Today feb 10, 2013, Prabal Gurung’s first solo collection with Target got launched. The last time I saw few of his pieces in the Neiman Marcus collection for Target. I love how unique and out of the box his designs are. I did get the cape he designed (for Target in Neiman Marcus collection) and that is pretty much I have. I really like the fact that Target does collaboration with big designers so that common people (like us) can afford big name brand items.  These are few of the items that I would buy:

1. Women’s Prabal Gurung for Target® Lace-up Pump – Apple Red

2. Prabal Gurung For Target® Lace Overlay Top -White/Black

3. Women’s Prabal Gurung for Target® Flat Sandal – Black

4. Women’s Prabal Gurung for Target® Wedge Sandal with Ankle Strap – Black/Grey

5. Prabal Gurung For Target® Shirt Dress in Nolita Print

6. Prabal Gurung For Target® Lace-Front Blouse -Black

7. Prabal Gurung For Target® Sleeveless Blouse in First Date Print

8. Prabal Gurung For Target® Sleeveless Tee in First Date Print

9. Prabal Gurung For Target® Lace-Front Blouse -White/Sulphur

10. Prabal Gurung For Target® Nolita Print Hard Sided Clutch – Multicolor

11. Prabal Gurung For Target® Lace Hard Sided Clutch – Yellow

Incase you don’t know who Prabal Gurung, here is a little info on him from Wikipedia.org

History

Prabal Gurung launched his first collection under his own name during New York Fashion Week in February 2009 at the FLAG Art Foundation in Chelsea. For Fall 2010, he staged his first runway show in the Tents at Bryant Park. Gurung’s designs have been worn by Zoe Saldana, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lawrence, Demi Moore, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, and Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge. Gurung resides in New York City.

Biography

Gurung was born in Singapore and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal. He went to St. Xavier’s School, a reputed Catholic Jesuit school in Kathmandu, where he finished his high school education. Prabal began his design career in New Delhi, India. While studying at New Delhi’s National Institute of Fashion Technology, he apprenticed at several local production and fashion houses and designed with Manish Arora. InMelbourne and London Gurung assisted stylists for fashion shows and international publications. In 1999 Gurung moved to New York City, where he interned for Donna Karan while attending Parsons School of Design. In his first year he was awarded the “Best Designer” title at the annual Parsons/FIT design competition.

After Parsons, Gurung spent two years with Cynthia Rowley’s design team. Soon after, he became the design director at Bill Blass. Following five successful years at Blass, Gurung launched his own collection, PRABAL GURUNG. In 2010 he was the recipient of the Ecco Domani Fashion Fund Award and received a nomination for the 2010 CFDA Swarovski Womenswear Award. He was also chosen by prominent fashion editors, retailers, designers and business people for the {CFDA Fashion Incubator} for 2010-2012. In November 2010, Prabal was awarded runner up for the 2010 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund.

He most recently worked with the artist Rye Rye, who showcased his collection in the video for her single “New Thing.”

I am particularly obsessed with organizing my closet. It needs to be clean and tidy when I go in and I am pretty sure I clean it up at least once a week (okay may be once in 2 weeks). Here are easy steps to minimize clutter and chaos out of your closet:

1. Start with taking out clothes that you do not wear and always wonder why you bought it in the first place.

With me the problem is that I buy denims which are a size small on me. Now I have stopped doing that and have either sold or donated most of the old ones which do not fit me. You can sell them at stores like Plato’s Closet or online at Craigslist.org. Plato’s closet pays good price for your gently worn clothes.

2.  Make sections in your closet according to occasion.

We attend a lot of community events. So divide your clothes into categories like:

a) Party Wear: Most of my party wear dress are in a corner where I do not reach out to everyday. Most of my sarees are wrapped in soft butter paper and are placed in a box.

b) Office/Work Wear: My work wear deserves to be in hangers as they get worn alot.

c) Casual Wear: My casual wear are carefully stacked and some are on hangers too.

d) Lounge Wear: My lounge wear is what I reach up to after work so they are nicely stacked and are placed right in front of me.

e) Sports Wear: I TRY to work out at least 3 times a week so to motivate myself I keep them under my lounge wear shelf.

f) Coats,Jackets and Sweaters: Since it is bitter cold where I live so almost 1/3 of my closet space is occupied by my coat, jackets and sweaters. Again I have them in Outdoor Coats (heavy coats), jackets (which are lighter and for indoors only) and sweaters (I wear them for work as it gets cold inside office with AC’s on) order.

g) Intimates: I keep in separate boxes.

h) Special Occasion shoes (put them in Boxes): I do not put my day to day wear shoes in my closet. I box my special/party wear shoes and put them stacked. Also I am pretty OCD about wiping of any dirt from shoe soles before putting them in a box and I also keep a laundry sheet along with them so that they do not smell when I open the box next time.  Since the boxes are transparent so I know which shoe I need to reach for.

h) Accessories like scarfs, belts and purses: With me “Out of sight Out of mind” formula works. If I do not see my accessories in front of me then I would totally forget that I even have them. I have my purses placed in one row. I have an island in the center which has my party wear clutches, belts, hats and gloves. I keep my jewelry organized in my vanity along with my other essentials.

I am writing this post today (which is Dec 30th) and tomm I am going out with my friends celebrating new year 2013. I don’t know what I am going to wear. I have a black sparkly dress on my mind which I will have to go to TJ Maxx to buy What are you guys planning to wear?

I adore this classic vintage Chanel bag. I have been saving money for this and hopefully in couple if years I would be able to buy this

I am pretty sure if you watch Pretty Little Liars you know who Ashley Benson is. If not then it doesn’t matter Well I was surprised when I read that James Franco (age 32) and Ashley Benson (age 22) are dating. I like both of and I think they look good together. I hope they stick around for some time

I love Dillards and I specially love their Shoes, Handbags and Home Decor departments.I always thought that they were expensive and out of my league store but they are not that expensive as you would think. They may be a little bit higher than your other stores but then the quality is way more better than them. I go to Dillards pretty much every month when they have their monthly 30% or 40% sale. And if you are Dillards Card member then you get to go and buy stuff before others which is an added advantage. So far I am really happy with my Dillards card member advantages. I am on a hunt for good quality boots and I prefer quality over quantity. These are the few options I am looking at and also you can them and many more here www.dillards.com:

I found this amazing website called www.Onekingslane.com the other and was sold by it.  It has amazing pieces at very reasonable price. I am pretty skeptic at buying expensive things from online websites whom I have not dealt with before. This is what the web search for One Kings Lane says:

One Kings Lane is the leading flash sales site for the home market, offering members access to spectacular designer home.

The below pieces caught my eye and I hope you like them too.

I am on a hunt for a perfect coat for this Fall/ Winter. This coat caught my attention. It goes on with teh colorblock trend from the summer. I am not a trend follower but wear what I like on me. I like the black & red combination on this coat. It is a bit on high end of my budget ($249) but then buying one good thing is better than buying 10 cheaper things right?

Option 1 is What I am liking:

Option is a cheaper version of this coat.

Would you go with High Quality Higher The Price approach or buying many not so good quality stuff with the same money.

I have been on a hunt to find a good boot for this fall/winter. I live in Iowa (Des Moines) and winters are really bad here. I do have some boots but then I look up at shoes and purses as an investment. Fashion for clothes changes on year to year basis but your good quality purses and boots stay with you for a long time. I am a Dillard’s cardholder so if I am lucky they might have some of these boots at 30-40% sale month end (plus 10% extra rewards I have earned) I might get a good deal, but hey no one can stop me from dreaming about them right?