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Lookbook: my foray back into Forever 21

Post author By tiffany
Post date August 7, 2008
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I haven’t shopped at Forever 21 since I was about 23. I think it was after I officially stopped going out to bars every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night, I felt no need for cheap tops and short skirts. Not until I started reading Diabolina’s blog and saw her mixing her Forever 21 pieces with her Chanel bags and Manolos did I realize that maybe I should venture back into the store.

I had heard much buzz of the new XXI Forever (btw, what’s with the name change?) at the mall up north so I left my little safe haven of downtown Seattle and drove up there. Granted, I needed to go to Target too, so it wasn’t only for F21 but you know what? it met expectations. and maybe more. The store is HUGE. I liked how the clothes were separated into semi departments and it even has a accessories and men’s section! It was an impressively large store, although I have to say it does not top the Top Shop in London’s Oxford Street. Now, that place is massive. Anyway, as I started browsing, I realized that this was not the F21 that I had remembered, the skanky tops and short skirts are still there, but they have so much more to offer now! I walked away with quite a few items that you will probably see in future posts, but the first is this color block jersey dress.

What I’m wearing:
Dress: Forever 21
Shoes: Marc by Marc Jacobs
Necklace: Kenneth Jay Lane

The jersey is really comfortable, perfect for the summer. I love all things gray, black and white so when I saw that dress I knew I had to get it. Before I bought this dress I had almost bought this one by Bailey 44. Similar don’t you think?

(shoptuso.com)

The Bailey 44 wasn’t expensive ($140), but compared to the $30 or whatever I spent at F21, I was just as happy. I added the necklace to give the outfit a little bit more depth and thought my marc’s with the bows was the perfect little girly touch it needed.

Since most of my money is spent on shoes, handbags and jewelry, I feel like the mix of the cheapy dress works with my accessories. I would never do head to toe cheapy, that’s not my style, but the one cheap piece, even if it is the main piece, definitely works for me.

One last thing. Sale alert! My necklace has matching rings and they are currently on sale at Nordstrom. I love big rings, they are such an easy and fun accessory to spice up your outfit.

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The Perm!

I blogged about getting my digital perm two weeks ago so I wanted to show the results!

I’m not a fan of just shots of my face. Am very self conscious of my extra round face, so you get the fully body shot. haha.

Here I am the day before the perm. Not the best picture as it was after a long day of work but you get the idea of the straightness of my hair. I didn’t blow dry it that well that day but it usually is much straighter.

This is the day after and how the stylist styled it.

Here I am on Saturday, 4 days after the perm!

I’m so happy with the results. It’s pretty much how I wanted it, but better because it is a lot easier to style than I thought. And when I wake up in the morning I instantly have glamorous, sexy hair. 😉

The process took about four hours and the machine wasn’t as scary looking as the picture in my post. Basically, they put the solution in my hair, rolled it in the special curlers, attached it to the machine which got up to 85 degrees Celsius and then sat there and sat there, until the machine cooled down and then the stylist took them out and styled my hair. I couldn’t wash my hair or pull it back in a ponytail for 48 hours so I was very excited when I was able to wash it and style it to my liking.

I bought this MOP (Modern Organics Products) C-system curl defining cream from the salon and love it. I put a little in before I blowdry (low setting with a diffuser bought from the salon) and then after when I style my hair. I can either make my hair have tighter curls or bigger curls like in the picture above, depending on how I blowdry and style.

So overall, I highly recommend a digital perm for any straight haired girls dying for big bouncy waves. Also, just a mention to Ten Pachi salon that did my hair. They were WONDERFUL. I had two girls working on my hair to cut down on the time and they totally listened to what I wanted and kept on checking on me to see if I needed more water or if I was comfortable.

Now, all I have to do is to test this out with the makeup look I’m going for and a veil and see how it works out.

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I’m getting a perm!

No really, I am!

This is what most people think of when I say perm. I’ve had many a friend laugh in my face when I told them I was planning getting a perm for the wedding.

What I’m actually getting is a Digital Perm. Digital perms were started in Korea and are very popular among Korean and Japanese girls. According to Wikipedia “A digital perm is a perm which uses hot rods with the temperature regulated by a machine, which has a digital display, hence the name.” The biggest difference between a regular perm and a digital perm is the texture and shape of the wave. Digital perms create lovely big curls/waves as if you’ve used a curling iron or curlers.

If you recall, this is the look I’m going for on my wedding day.

Here are pictures of what a digital perm produces.

Pretty darn close right? The reason why I’m not just going to rely on a curling iron is because my hair is so thick that it just doesn’t hold curl well. My hairstylist was the one who suggested the perm.

This is the crazy contraption that I will be sitting under for 4+ hours!

I will be going to Ten Pachi salon, they are the only salon that I could find in Seattle that offers digital perms. I think because it’s such a new thing for the US and because it’s much more expensive (I was quoted $90-$500!) than regular perms, not many salons offer this yet.

Right now I have super straight hair as I got the Japanese straightening perm done awhile back. I’m excited to get my new curly hair. My appointment is next week so I’ll do a follow up post when it’s done!

image 1,3,4,5 from google images (click on pictures to be linked to their respective sites)
image 2 The Superficial
image 6 Ten Pachi