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Thoughts for the New Year

We need light in the darkness. Beauty shines. It’s the radiance of kindness and heart. Beauty is hope, your best face forward. Prettiness is a happy distraction. Superficial is crucial. This year more than ever, we want sparkles. We want glitter, kisses and compassion. We want flower petals, honesty and gratitude. We want words that touch us and crack open our fears. The best gifts are glorious good health, ease and glowing vitality. Beauty is the smile that becomes the embrace. This year, we wa
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The Year in Pictures 2015 - BOF

From major appointments to travelling shows, these were the standout moments and events that took place in fashion in 2015.

 

Zoolander's return, Rihanna's golden train and the Balmain x H&M crowd chaos — BoF brings you the 10 key fashion moments that defined the year.

 

1. Alessandro Michele’s Womenswear Debut (Above)

 

Iconic Italian house Gucci’s decision to appoint Alessandro Michele, the brand’s relatively unknown head of accessories, as creative director paid off when he unveiled his first women

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These luxury vintage hair accessories with my favorite butterfly, rose and cameo motifs will accompany me to Paris for my 2015 project of the year (details to be announced soon, stay tuned!) this autumn. Based in Milan, Moliabal, my new official blog sponsor has geared me up to rock the flamboyant city’s dazzling fashion scene with these irresistible and super chic little goodies. Check out more of Moliabal’s designs on my blog’s “Our Sponsors” page while anticipating my new glitzy glam hair loo

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Now or never, the wait is finally over – it takes me 4 years to accomplish my blogging mission to bring Asia's most talented young designers to the world’s attention. La Mode by GV Miao's unprecedented and groundbreaking “project of the year” – New York Asian Fashion Week Extravaganza will take place on September 18, New York – save the date!

The idea of throwing a catwalk show for young, up-and-coming Asian/Hong Kong designers in New York, the well-known fashion capital of the US came from my bl

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The Chinese blue and white porcelain-inspired design is a niche but has never left the trend. Having had a crush on this distinctive blue and white combo, I published two posts http://la-mode-by.gvmiao.com/2010/02/oriental-fascination-the-beauty-of-porcelain-part-i-china-white-in-british-vogue-march-2010-issue-in-memory-of-our-belovd-alexander-mcqueen/, http://la-mode-by.gvmiao.com/2010/02/oriental-fascination-the-beauty-of-porcelain-part-ii-designer-brands-get-inspird-by-chinese-blue-and-white-

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Love is patient, love is kind.
It so happens that this year's Valentine's Day clashes with the Lantern Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine’s Day which falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year, which happens once every 19 years.
Wish you a happy "double Valentine's Day," I love you all!

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My new blog post to review my exceptional festive experience (Part 2) “Tracing the Missing Postcolonial Culture of Hong Kong" NOW up on La Mode by GV Miao fashion blog:

Hong Kong is full of festivities and colours in January and February, owing much to the culture and traditions of the Chinese. We’ve just finished the Chinese New Year holiday here. East-West hybridity seems to be the very essence of our heritage. However, more than 16 years after Hong Kong's reunification with China, the east-mee

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Stay glam; stay oriental all year round.
Fashion Blog: La Mode by GV Miao - an Oriental Perspective (http://lamodebygvmiao.tumblr.com/, https://www.facebook.com/gvmiaovickivictoirefashionistaz) and La Mode by GV Miao Online Jewelry Store wish you all a prosperous Chinese New Year of the Horse!

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It’s the time of the year when we’re told to forget about the past and crave new things in life. But never ever forget that God's love and grace are for us to keep forever and ever.

La Mode by GV Miao fashion blog (http://la-mode-by.gvmiao.com/, https://www.facebook.com/gvmiaovickivictoirefashionistaz, http://lamodebygvmiao.tumblr.com/) wishes you all gratitude, abundance, happiness, and peace in a new year of 2014 filled with God's love and grace!

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My first blog post in 2014 to review my exceptional festive experience (Part 1) with Fashion Fellowship in which a group of christians working in fashion got together in fellowship to glorify God's love and grace, as we approached the beginning of the new year NOW up on La Mode by GV Miao fashion blog:

No indulgent partying; no expensive luxury feast, all we had was a simple down-to-earth picnic themed as “The Sound of Music.” Click http://la-mode-by.gvmiao.com/2014/01/review-of-my-exceptional-

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New blog post “Paraiso Purse Giveaway Final Call! Incredible Encounter – Interview with Stephanie Burkhalter@Burkhalter Couture in Milano (Part 4)" NOW up on La Mode by GV Miao fashion blog:

Grasp last chance to win!

It has been more than three months since the 4-Part Paraiso Purse Giveaway was first launched. Here comes the countdown to the announcement of the winner. If you still have not registered the last three rounds of the game, click on my latest 3 blog posts “Incredible Encounter – Inter

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Chinese New Year - Celebrate The Year of The Snake with Shoes, Accessories, Jewelry, and Bags

Although the majority of the world celebrated the mark of the New Year on January 1st, the Chinese culture is preparing for their own festivities in honor of Chinese New Year (on February 13th). 
 
"Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese calendar. The origin of Chinese New Year is itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Chinese New Year is celebrated in China and in countries and territories with significant Chinese
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May your Love to Fashion and Culture fill up your heart and home this Christmas and in the coming year.

May your will to succeed, meet up with the promise you are on Fashion Culture Network

As the gift of faith and blessing - Time will come to celebrate the day the star you are, was born. I've a dream!

May your good will and passion forever follow you from now.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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