Best Fashion Moment of 2023

2023 is definitely the year of Zendaya. Previously, I always thought Zendaya's red carpet styles were on the awkward/adventurous/playful spectrum, but something happened to her this year since the SAG awards, where her style suddenly became jaw-dropping gorgeous! It feels like that moment when you realize your little sister has grown up into an elegant woman. She's been on point with the hair, the jewels, and the gown! This starry-night dress she wore from Indian designer Rahul Mishra is a dream! 

I've always been a fan of sparkly navy dresses that resembles the night's sky full of stars!

The extra pizazz on this dress is the jungle-theme appliques at the hem, and woah, on closer inspection, her top has gold birds on them! How delightful! 

Can't get over how beautiful this is!

This fashion moment is definitely my "personal" favorite, but another big contender for 2023 is the badass hooded gown that all started with Miley Cyrus' Flowers music video that became the ultimate female empowerment song of the year! 

Following suit with Miley's Yves Saint Laurent dress, other celebrities started showing up on the red carpet throughout the year with hooded gowns from Anne Hathaway's Versace number to supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio's Elie Saab dress confirming the trend! There's something about the hooded top that exudes mystery, a bit of danger, power, sexiness, and elegance at the same time. I would not be surprised if hooded wedding gowns will start popping up more in the coming days (I think Penelope Cruz had the idea at the Met Gala 2023, but didn't execute it as well since I think hoods do better with slinky body-grazing or Grecian-type gowns vs. a poofy princess dress).  

Would you wear a hooded wedding dress?

Starry night sky

When Adiaphane, one of my favorite blog-reads, posted these gorgeous Delman star-detail indigo pumps, it reminded me of something from my early girlhood days....... In my tween-years, I often escaped into the world of Jane Austen (reading her books that is) and spent many a nights dreaming what it would be like to be in that romantic world. I loved Jane Austen's novels for the strange vocabulary (I craved learning new words back then...to prepare for SAT's and college of course) and Austen never disappointed in describing the heroine's gowns, bonnets, and preparation for the evening ball or ride about town. I even envisioned my own outfits to wear to a Jane Austen-style soiree! I was such a strange little girl, haha. I dugged up my old dusty sketches and found what reminded me of the Delman pumps:

Yes, this is the gown I designed for myself to fall in love with a handsome gentlemen at a glamorous ball. I wanted to look like a starry night sky. Oh how faraway and ridiculous it sounds now, haha.

Darn it, now I really want to buy these pumps. At $118...eh maybe not, to the wishlist.

 

Strange thing is, I can't stand Jane Austen books or movies anymore. Guess I learned the hard way that real life isn't very Jane Austen novels at all. It was fun dreaming though.