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By Zaid Taji Farouki

Daily Obsessions

Today I came across these Louis Vuitton high-top sneakers and I personally can’t get over them. They are sleek and not over embellished. They are perfect to wear with jeans and they can definitely make the outfit.

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Picture taken from Louis Vuitton

Chopard For Diana

Diana is a film based on the life of Princes Diana, the film is due for release in September. With Naomi Watts portraying Princess Diana in the movie, she looks amazing with the custom made Chopard jewelry. Chopard just launched the images of the jewelry recently, and here are the images.

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Pictures taken from Vogue.fr

My Thoughts

You probably won’t believe how much Amman has taken a toll on me recently. The wait of moving between two countries is mentally draining. Whenever I am here the culture allows me to second guess myself of whether I am taking the right steps in my life. Or I should take the familiar road or do I seriously have unrealistic dreams. These thoughts go through my mind every single day nevertheless, lets hope for the best and see how things will turn out to be.

As I sit here and write this I am currently planning on starting a new painting project. It’s probably the only thing that would get my mind off of things. I thought of using 3 different canvases of different sizes. The largest canvas is going to be of a blue eye that weeps and the tears are made of melted crayons. The second canvas is much smaller and it will only have an eye with no other significance attached to it. The third canvas is going to be of a mouth I imagine the lips being made out of an electric orange-red.

Lets see what happens and how everything turns out to be.

Ward Off The Evil Spirits

In the past few days I have read about a research by the University of Minnesota that proves that when a woman flaunts designer products she signals to others to back off her man. Women that wear luxury products are seen as having a devoted and loving partner and therefore, other women are less likely to flirt with him. This even works no matter who purchased the luxury product, whether the woman paid for the product herself or her husband bought it for her.  The same study also proved that when women feel like their relationship is in jeopardy they are more likely to purchase and flaunt their luxury clothes and accessories.

SOOOO women everywhere pick up your credit cards and go shopping. No matter where you stand in your relationship. Think of it as having to wear garlic to ward off vampires, but “sadly” you’re substituting  garlic with Chanel pearls.

The first step into warding off those evil spirits is to show up carrying this Alexander McQueen clutch.

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Material from Saks Fifth Avenue and Huffington Post.

Moncler M by Mary Katrantzou

Moncler unveiled their collaboration with Mary Katrantzou that will be available in stores starting August. My favorites by far are the ruffle layered coats.

Pictures were taken from vogue

Bulgari & Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni the former First Lady of France stars in the new Bulgari campaign for the “Diva Collection”. The former First Lady may have stopped modeling, but she explains her return by pointing out how she adored a Bulgari bracelet her aunt when Carla was a child, and she had to model for the brand because it was part of her childhood.   “Like the stones of the Seventies bracelet that my aunt wore when I was a child. I loved that bracelet. I loved its joy, its fantasy,I dreamed of one day possessing such a wonder of my own! I was told that, like me, it came from Italy to Paris. Perhaps that was part of why I loved it, too.”

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Pictures were taken from bulgari.com

Dior – Secret Garden, Versailles

In May 2012 Dior launched a short film called Secret Garden – Versailles. A few days ago Dior uploaded a new short film named Secret Garden 2 – Versailles. I am fascinated by the gold necklace in the film, I tell you I would turn twice if I see a woman who wears that necklace. Underneath the video there are a few still shots that inspire me and help me visualize a woman that I would personally design for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSjdnsJepgc&feature=player_embedded

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Back in Jordan

The other day I left Washington DC for Amman, Jordan and I will be forever grateful for the last 4 years that I spent in DC and for all the people I met along the way. My journey first starts in Amman where I am staying till the end of September and from then on move to Milan. This may be the easiest but hardest move at the same time. Moving away from DC where I grew as a person and built my identity may be one of the hardest things. But moving to Milan will allow me to forge my path.

Let the world be our playground.

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Daily Obsessions

An iconic Louis Vuitton bag that many people carry is the Neverfull bag. Louis Vuitton launched the Neverfull bag in Epi leather yesterday. Here are the colors:

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Pictures taken from louisvuitton.com

MCM Craig & Karl collection

This summer MCM collaborated with Craig & Karl to create a collection. Here are my favorites out of them, but by far my most favorite is the briefcase and the green document case which can be used as a clutch.

Pictures taken from MCM

Zuhair Murad

The tailleurs jupes are what I loved the most in this runway show. Here are my favorite looks from the Zuhair Murad Fall 2013 Couture show:

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Pictures were taken by Alessandro Viero/ inDigital/Gorunway

Happy 4th of July!

Yesterday I had to wear red, white and blue but I had to add the cowboy hat, I couldn’t be more American. Yesterday was a really long and busy day but the good thing about it was that I got to catch up with a couple of friends. At first, I met up with two friends around The Washington National Cathedral we went out for lunch and then walked around.Then later on in the day I met with two other friends and we ended up going to The Kennedy Center to watch the fireworks.

The cowboy hat I bought when I was in Dallas, TX visiting my aunt, Shirt is from Joe’s Jeans, Shorts are from Armani, Sunglasses by Burberry, and the loafers are by Barney’s

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Elie Saab – Haute Couture

Today Elie Saab previewed his Couture collection in Paris and it was nothing short of spectacular. I tried choosing my favorite looks but I couldn’t. Here is Elie Saab’s Fall 2013 Couture collection:

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Pictures taken by Marcus Tondo/ InDigital/Gorunway

Christian Dior – Haute Couture

Today Christian Dior previewed their Fall 2013 couture collection in Paris. Here are my favorite looks from the collection:

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Pictures were taken by Yannis Vlamos/ inDigital/Gorunway

My Look

The other day I went to the Italian embassy in DC in order to apply for my residency for next year. Afterwards I went sightseeing with a friend from Lebanon.

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Massimo Dutti shirt, Armani pants,  Façonnable shoes, and a Coach messenger bag.