Showing posts with label Taiwan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taiwan. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Award Show Fashion: 46th Taiwan Golden Bell Award

The 46th Golden Bell Awards aka Taiwan's version of the Emmy's brought the best in television together for a fancy night out.  I must say I was very impressed this time around.
The usually tomboyish Ella (from girl group S.H.E) looked feminine and stunning in this royal purple dress, held up by a thick gold chain.
A very pregnant Amanda Zhu was glowing in this gorgeous red one shouldered gown
Kimi Xia looked ready to walk down an aisle more than red carpet but still pulled off the look nicely in this white lace applique dress
Ji Pei Hui slicked back her hair to put focus on her sheer modern day qi pao
Sonia Sui showed a little more than leg on the red carpet in this high slit black dress..I guess it's a good thing she waxed -_-
Teng Xin was the big winner of the night, although the same could not be said about her dress, kind of makes her look like she has a third boob... 
Xiong Jia Jie also chose a black satin dress but with a peep of fuschia
Megan Lai took the safe route and opted for a simple black strapless dress
TV host Matilda Tao matched her shoes to her light brown strapless dress
Pink Yang  brought some texture to the mix with this one shouldered number
Amber An's halter dress looked sensational against her skin tone
Rainie Yang skipped the red carpet but worked it backstage in this navy dress paired with black leather gloves
Miss Ko stood out on the red carpet in this bright canary dress with jeweled embellishments
TV Host Janet channeled a South East Asian look for the red carpet
Penny Tseng picked a red off the shoulder dress and a messy updo to top it off
Qi Qin's red dress with a sweetheart neckline looked amazingly fitting for the occassion and her body
Li Jing's neck accessory really throws this look off, if (s)he's trying to hide her adam's apple, there are much better alternatives than a gold neck stretcher
Xiu Qin looks like a dragon lady with those gloves, did I miss the memo on gloves + evening dresses being cool again?
 Cindy Yen was trying way too hard to look sexy, I much prefer a curvier girl in a bandage dress than her to be honest
Effie Yuan in a ballerina explosion, way too much going on, lose the ruffle tulle skirt and maybe it could work 

Friday, January 7, 2011

Fashionable Asians of the Week

New Year means New Blog Features, here's the first ever Fashionable Asians of the Week post! I decided to dedicate every Friday to highlighting Asian celebs looking fashionable and chic in the past week. I hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoy the post!

Singer/Actress Stephy Tang at an event with Taiwanese boyband Lollipop in a chic puff sleeve sweater, black overalls and suede fringe booties

Hong Kong actress Bernice Liu ringing in the new year at the Olympian City mall event in a long blue jumper and black sequined jacket.
Bernice again, celebrating her birthday at a Cole Haan event, I am loving her shoes!

Maggie Q at the 2011 People's Choice Awards in a figure flattering and shimmery one shoulder black dress

Hong Kong actress/host Samantha Ko at the Performing Excellence Award Presentation Ceremony showing off her goods in this strapless heart shaped number
Actress Kim Ah Joong at the press conference for new Korean drama "Sign" in what looks like a tweed dress and black ankle booties
Taiwanese singer Ding Dang at an appearance for a cosmetics brand in a bubblegum pink Lanvin-esque dress and major platform heels

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Asian Celeb Inspiration: Barbie Hsu

This week's celeb inspiration is 34 year old Taiwanese actress Ms. Barbie Hsu (Da S = Big S). Many know her from a tv show called Meteor Garden (based on the Japanese manga Boys Over Flowers), which started the whole "idol drama" craze in Asia. Or from the singing duo ASOS which consisted of her and her younger sister Dee Hsu. I heard Barbie recently got engaged/married to a handsome millionaire (EVERY GIRL'S DREAM! LOL), so that re-peaked my interest in her and I knew she was very involved in the fashion industry so I just had to dedicate a post on the natural beauty. Congrats to Da S for finding love!


With younger sister Dee (Xiao S = Little S) as the spokeswomen for Taiwan's Vogue Fashion's Night Out
Barbie looks so gorgeous and natural while taking promotional wedding photos with costar Peter Ho. I want that to be my princess wedding dress!




Da S knows the right way to rock the boyfriend blazer with a jumper attending the Shanghai Film Festival with actor Shawn Yue in a stunning one shoulder Elie Saab gown
Barbie with Andy Lau promoting their movie Future X Cops (which was a really good movie btw)
With actor Huang Xiao Ming for their Elle Magazine shoot, the red stands out so nicely against her porcelain skin!
Attending the Christian Dior Resort 2011 show in a Dior dress and Louboutin shoes

If you follow Asian entertainment, you'd probably notice that a majority of the Chinese/Korean/Japanese, etc actresses and singers have pale skin. Skin whitening to Asians is the equivalence of what tanning is for Americans; only a lot less aging. So the next time you plan on visiting a cancerous tanning bed, remember there are people out there wanting to be as pale as you because to them, that's beautiful.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Award Show Fashion: 47th Golden Horse Awards

It's time to play Best Dressed/Worst Dressed again, this time with the actors/actresses at Taiwan's 47th Golden Horse Film Awards (their version of the Oscars). Overall, I wasn't very impressed with the selection but I was extremely happy that one of my favorite Taiwanese actors, Ethan Ruan won Best Actor! Congrats!
Best Actor Ethan Ruan looking oh so handsome with his bowtie ;P

Li Bing Bing (previously featured Fashionable Asian) shined in this sparkly blue number

Model and actress Lin Chi Ling in this elegant embellished gown
Hong Kong's best actress Kara Hui looks amazing in this floral gown, very age appropriate and distinctive

Zhang Jing Chu looked adorable in this 1950's Betty Page-esque floral dress
Television host Dee Hsu (Xiao S) always brings the diva attitude and looks fabulous while doing so
Nicholas Tse, this guy is always flier than a G6 ;P He's so badass he's not even wearing a dressshirt ^.^
Xu Fan
Model Lin Ruo Ya
Janine Zhang
Xie Xin Ying
Loving Vivian Hsu's sparkly shoes
Tiffany Hsu (Ethan's girlfriend) in what I like to call the "I just pulled this fabric off the curtain rod and made it myself" dress, it's way too safe and cheap looking :T (I admit I am totally hatin' on her for dating Ethan lol)
Silvia Chang in an Ang Lee and Jackie Chan sandwich
Li Bing Bing in her second dress of the night
Ady An (I thought she was Zhang Ziyi at first)
Gan Wei
Vivian Hsu, the knot adds interest but it looks oversized and unflattering
Lu Li Ping may have won Best Actress but not Best Dressed, the ruffles on the sides are unnecessary
Apparently Li Yi Jie can still fit into children's clothes
Poor Elva Hsiao, this looks like it was made of trashbags or recycled Northface jackets, either way it is very unflattering and messy
Bowie Tseng, it's not always the camera that adds 10 lbs, sometimes the dress can do that too... just saying ladies you gotta try things on before you buy them
Let's agree to disagree, which dress was your favorite/least favorite?