dress: Geld Iaz, 2003 | eyewear: Gucci, 2004
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bienvenidos a Riviera Maya.
Tag Archives: OUTTA TOWN
one night in cancun
hat: Zadig & Voltaire, 2010 | dress: Geld Iaz, 1997
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yeah so apparently Mexico has a “Fair Use Policy” (FUP) which allows ISPs to “apply a cap” and “limit the amount of data transfer” as they see fit. just something to keep in mind the next time you rent an international mobile wifi unit and haul all your snazzy fancy state of the art equipment halfway around the planet to a country that’s less than four hours away (and are yanking your hair bald wondering why the hell internet access is slower than AOL dial-up in 1996).
oh p.s. hey Mexico and/or xcom: FUP you.
seminyak some more
dress: Geld Iaz, 2004 | eyewear: Gucci, 2004 | bag: courtesy of Amanusa, 2011
took a drive out to Seminyak, it’s like the SoHo + West Village + Meatpacking of Bali. drinks at The W, dinner at La Lucciola, drinks at Ku De Ta.
nusa dua some more
swimsuit(s): Geld Iaz, 2008 | hat: Zadig & Voltaire, 2010 | (floppy) hat: Amanusa, 2011 | bag: courtesy of Amanusa, 2011
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yea, not much to do around these here parts. woe is me.
nusa dua encore
beige dress: Geld Iaz, 2004 | tan dress: Geld Iaz, 2004 | sarong: courtesy of Amandari, 2011 | eyewear: Gucci, 2004
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technically the sarong should be worn around the waist with a nice shirt or jacket (for women and men), especially to visit the temples and whatnot.
so uhh yea, this is me worshipping the umm… sun.
ubud some more
top: Geld Iaz, 2008 | shorts: John Varvatos (men’s’ altered), 2007 | shoes: Donna Karan, 2011 | eyewear: Gucci, 2004
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on the one hand, i find Bali almost too disconcertingly similar to the Philippines; a lot of it is the same, even some of the words in the different languages are very much alike. on the other hand, when it comes to service, the Balinese have an unquestionable mastery that’s unparalleled nearly any place else in the world due to an inherent philosophy that is vastly impressive and deeply admirable in its incredible benevolence and humility.
if things were different, i think i really could live here. at least for a little while.
ubud encore
swim top: American Apparel, 2010 | swim bottoms: Geld Iaz, 2008 | eyewear: Gucci, 2004
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Geld Iaz always sold its swimwear in separate pieces so they could be mixed and matched, even its original collection all the way back in 1997. then around 2003 to 2004, after i’d traveled pretty extensively already, i started noticing the look becoming more trendy, more young women began mis-matching their bikinis. around 2005, Old Navy started offering its bathing suits individually, they even had a big marketing campaign on television advertising their new genius way of selling swimwear. so then i was over it.
the problem is i now have ample bottoms (ha look, i made a pun) but only scant tops (i spent a lot of time in Miami Beach, you see), and of the few tops i have, somehow i keep losing them. anyhoo, my point is i lost so many tops that sometime last year i popped into an American Apparel in South Beach and picked one up last minute. it’s made pretty poorly i gotta say, i almost can’t even believe it. but, that’s what you get for 24 bucks i guess. i keep meaning to make myself more tops but i never seem to have the time. i’m just sayin.
