The Movie In My Mind

If you've been following my blog long enough, you would know by now how much I love the color red, flamboyant gowns and Old Hollywood Glamour. Combine these three elements together and you've got a very dramatic, elegant, eye candy of a gown that will make anyone dream of the golden days of Hollywood or maybe just the gown. These photos of Fan Bingbing, a Chinese actress/singer who's recently making it big in Hollywood and wowing the fashion designers and fashion enthusiasts alike with her style, are from her 2010 drama/espionage movie East Wind, Rain.

Oh my don't you just love the composition of the photos, the red gown which has a 5-meter-train (if I'm not mistaken), her flawless Asian porcelain skin, her long jet-black hair, and the drama of it all? It makes me wish I could re-do my debut all over again. Haha!

*title came from a song in the musical Miss Saigon (yep I changed the title)

PS. Will be back to regular posting of outfits after this, I just had to post this!

PPS. Now I dream of being a spy, disguising myself as a singer singing my heart out in Shanghai garbed in the most wonderful gown ever (talk about going incognito)! And that is my imagination running wild. Haha!

photos grabbed from this and this.

XO.

Blast From The Past

Tomorrow, I will submit my midterm paper for INSERCH. Oh and yeah, it's my 19th birthday too. How nice, my birthday week is also midterms week in school. Blech. Guess I'll have to pull another all-nighter tonight. Huhu. What about my beauty sleep? Haha!

It's actually the first time that I'm dreading having to add another year to my age. I dunno, I think it's 'coz I'm afraid I haven't accomplished much in the last years or maybe I'm just being too hard on myself and I don't see the things that I have already achieved. Well, whatever. All this birthday stuff had me reminiscing about last year's celebration. My 18th was definitely something I would never forget mainly 'coz it made me see how much I'm loved by my family, relatives and friends. That night I was extremely grateful to God for gifting me with another birthday and for everything that he's given me, my friends who live in the South 'coz I know it was definitely a looong drive to QC but they still came anyway, my high school and CTAC friends who surprised me by showing up when they said they couldn't make it, my grade school friends that have stayed in my life even after my life in GSCS, my blockmates who made transitioning from high school to college easy and bearable for me and my family for loving me so beautifully and unconditionally I could cry. :">

I'll just have to remind myself how lucky I am for everything that I have in my life 'coz now that I think about it, worrying myself about getting old is so stupid and petty. I guess when we get too comfortable in life we tend to forget how blessed we are. Though I won't be getting enough sleep tonight, I'm so thankful for tomorrow. :)

Much Love,
Scarlet April xx

Red and Black

My debut was definitely a dream come true for me. As a child, I've always dreamed of having a debut mainly because I wanted to wear the most beautiful gowns and feel like a princess on that special night but practically and honestly speaking, I didn't want it as much and as bad as I used to. You could say that my childish reveries were replaced by more practical thoughts and dreams. But looking back on this great night, I'm glad that I still pushed through with the decision of having a debut. :)

My gowns, the place, the event itself, were just how I had envisioned it to be. I definitely felt like I was an actress during the Old Hollywood era in my gowns. I had my designs in mind already when I sought for the help of my couturier. He made it happen and stepped it up a notch by giving my gown a little flamboyance with the long and textured train. As for the hair and make-up, I turned to my trusted make-up artist and hair consultant Ms. Gina of David's Salon in Trinoma. She's been my hair stylist and make-up artist for the longest time. :)
And this one is my second and last gown for the night. This was taken at the end of the programme, when I was already a bit tipsy so excuse the slightly haggard face. That also explains why this dress has only a few (pictorial-material) photos. Hee. I do wish I had powdered my face and put on some more red lipstick here. Oh well, I was too excited to get the shoot over with and party some more thus the crappy photo. Haha! :)

xoxo,
Scarlet April