I think this is my favorite piece from the Rodarte for Target capsule collection. Maybe it’s because I have a weak spot for leopard print or mini dresses, but I’m desperately in love with this dress and want to wear it over and over again. I had heard some mixed reviews concerning the quality of the items, but let’s be honest here people. For 1/10th the price, you are getting exactly what you pay for. I think everything is playful, coquettish, and devilishly pretty. I also got the silk crepe dress in black and mustard–never have I felt so much like princess in my life!!! Will post those and other Rodarte items later on Obviously I’m smitten!

Whoa….so it looks like 2009 has come to an end huh? I don’t like to measure my accomplishments by yearly basis, but this year has been pretty remarkable. A lot of shit has happened this year. First I started my blog on my 25th birthday, then my almost 4 year boyfriend and I mutually agreed to part ways, and most recently I left my job. Do I believe that things happen for a reason? No. I don’t like that school of thought. I believe in serendipity. I’ll admit now that at the beginning of 2009, I felt restless and a little lost…and well a bit sad. I was working in a company that offered me all the opportunities someone my age would jump at. My colleagues were young and cool; even my manager was a friend! But at the back of my mind I felt trapped…doomed almost. Doomed to walk down a path that I never intended for myself…like getting sucked into a professional black hole. Then I started this blog and people actually read it! It motivated me to make it better….to take the next step…then I thought of a store.

So I guess what I’m trying to say is that don’t rush to figure your life out. I think there’s a lot of pressure on us to start our careers as soon as we leave university. I did that…and look where I am now! Don’t feel trapped by your circumstances because there is always a way out. You just gotta muster some gumption, blind faith and fucking jump!

Thankfully for me, my passion found me in the form of a funny little blog called The Haute Pursuit. I guess we are all in hot pursuit of something. A dream. A boy. A job. Now I know what I’m chasing after, I don’t feel so lost anymore. I really do love all of you and appreciate you guys like crazy!!! Without readership….who knows where’d my little hobby be today?

Ooooh so on that note…because I’ve picked up some more followers of late, I think I’m going to answer any questions you guys have for me…..the two most common ones I’ve gotten thus far include: 1. How tall are you? Me: 5′6″ (but I wish I was 5′8″) 2. What is your descent? My father is Chinese Canadian, my mother is from Hong Kong. Please leave it in the comment box or shoot me a quick email!!!

Oh and how FUCKING awesome are these Mendel boots? hehe. Interesting that they named these after the father of genetic inheritance. Another fun fact (you won’t get this unless you have some sorta biology background, so my apologies), but I came *this* close to going as a Punnett Square to a costume party. I thought I was pretty cool in University. Heh.

Wearing Rodarte leopard dress, Vintage fur coat, BCBG Mendel boots, Christopher Kane for TOPSHOP bag, La Dama red knitted rosary, BCBG snake & armor rings

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Photos by Dan