Monthly Archives: December 2013
London Street Style: The Chunky Knit
In this street style find for Out Magazine, while exploring King Street in London’s Covent Garden, a shopper’s playground of international luxury fashion and skincare brands such as Sandro, Aesop, Hackett and Europe’s first Opening Ceremony, I spotted Kareem, an Opening Ceremony intern and local blogger at The Lonely Londoners. He caught my eye in an electric blue and black sweater that he found at Beyond Retro, an excellent thrift shop with branches across the city. He pairs the look with a pair of suede Oxford boots, the fruit of a collaboration between Opening Ceremony and Timberland.
See the full look on Out.com, and check out more street style on Vee Travels.
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In The Bag: Accessories For Traveling From City To Rural Ecuador
In this edition of Vee Travels’ In The Bag series, the essential accessories for traveling from Quito, Ecuador’s city life to its rural, mountain regions in the outskirts. Traveling light is key, but personal style can easily be implemented to the accessories selected as they all come in several design or color options.
For the bag, I selected the local find of a woven wool cross body, as the Andean pattern called my name. Other bags such as backpacks, duffles and satchels can be found throughout both the city and rural areas of Quito (and the rest of Ecuador), but often they will have the country or city’s name splattered on it. It was nice to find one that didn’t give away where I found it just be looking at it.
External Power – myCharge
One of the most important necessities for traveling from city to rural, an external power source. myCharge’s Hub 6000 ($99) comes in a sleek silver body and can add over 25 hours of talk time. Called the “Swiss Army Knife of portable power devices”, you can power three gadgets at once with the built-in Apple Lightning, USB port and micro-USB port (useful for my Sony Cyber-shot I used on the trip). It’s also very light and as you can see below, about the length and width of an iPhone.
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Gift Guide: Portable Bluetooth Speakers For Travelers
Continuing Vee Travels’ gift guide series, this week features an article for Details.com I wrote on new bluetooth speakers that are now available in all kinds of odd, oblong and sexy shapes. The added bonus to these well designed speakers selected, they are all travel-friendly and would be perfect for the globetrotting techie in your life. See a few below, with the full set on Details.com:
Logitech UE BOOM
Providing 360 degrees of quality sound from up to 50 feet away, this cylindrical design works well both indoors and out. The body is available in six different colors and is protected by a plasma coating, which means it’s both water- and stain-resistant. The gadget doubles as a speakerphone and can last 15 hours on a single charge. ($199, Ultimate Ears)
Outdoor Tech Turtle Shell 2.0
Sporting a rugged, shock- and water-resistant decagonal shape, Outdoor Tech’s Turtle Shell 2.0 come in seven possible colors (including purple, orange and sea-foam green). Offering 12 hours of play and talk time, the device functions at a range of 32 feet. There’s also a built-in mic and an all-purpose mount available so you can attach it to one’s bike. ($129, Outdoor Tech)
11+ Sound1
Korean start-up 11+ released this small, minimalist speaker in September with eye catching angled surfaces. The shell is just three inches tall and play time lasts up to 20 hours. To connect the speakers, one must use the provided audio cable, making them essentially wired speakers to your wireless devices. ($85, Leibal.com)
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Outfit: Styling to Explore Rural Quito, Ecuador
Exploring Ecuador just before Thanksgiving with the Ministry of Tourism, I had a chance to visit the capital, Quito, and the rural outskirts such as the Pululahua Crater (a volcano that has been dormant for 3,000 years and just under an hour away from central) and the nearby Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (a historical and cultural site that is set on the equator). Quito is a city where layering and versatility are key, and was the same for these northern areas.
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Contest: Win A $500 Perry Ellis Wish List
While you shop gifts this holiday season for friends, loved ones or yourself (no judgement, I do it each year too), take a break and visit the Facebook page of Perry Ellis for a chance to win custom-made $500 wish list—one given away each week until December 22nd.
As described above, there are four simple steps to this contest:
- Follow Perry Ellis on Pinterest
- Create a board titled Win Your #MerryPerry Wish List (check out mine)
- Pin the contest image (above, or you can repin this) and at least four items from PerryEllis.com
- Share your album in the contest tab
Perry Ellis will also be having another contest on its Facebook page soon, and on its Instagram.
Stayed tuned for more contests to enter!
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Street Style: How To Wear Camo Pants
In this week’s edition of OUT On The Street, I found writer and stylist James King on Greene Street, in SoHo, showing us how to dress up a pair of geometric camo pants from Club Monaco. See the full look on Out.com, and check out more street style on Vee Travels.
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Gift Guide: 12 Luxury Carry-on Travel Bags You’ll Want For Yourself
Continuing Vee Travels’ gift guide series, this week features luxury carry-on bags that’ll make anyone very happy to receive as a present this holiday, but you’ll probably want to pick one or more of these up for yourself to bring along on your next flight or train ride.
Tumi – Alpha All In One Duffel
Bold use of white and orange are paired with the trendy camo, Tumi’s Alpha All In One Duffel lives up to its name with the functionality to split into four smaller bags. The three exterior compartments each detach from the main duffel and convert to a messenger/brief, a crossbody bag and a tote (which opens up from the section on the right below), leaving a slimmer and sleek carry-all to use on its own as desired. ($495, Tumi)
Mulberry – Small Clipper Leather-Trimmed Canvas Holdall
A small holdall, it makes up for size with its eye-catching blue canvas body. Trimmed with a brown resilient leather and two handles, the shoulder strap is of course detachable. ($950, MR PORTER)
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Outfit: Combining American and British Heritage Brands
As we start to say goodbye to the fall season with December’s arrival (and with the recent snow in New York), our autumn wardrobe is here to stay for the winter ahead. Shot just before all the foliage starting leaving Central Park, I styled Vee Travels model James in heritage brands from both sides of the Atlantic for an outfit that you’d just need to throw a coat on and you’ll be all set for a cold winter’s stroll.
American classic Brooks Brothers’ lambswool shawl collar sweater is perfect to keep warm, and has the added feature of suede elbow patches that makes it a sophisticated sweater. I paired the orange sweater with the Milano Fit Brushed Twill Pants (which will work both in the office and on the weekend) and with an olive and purple plaid shirt from J.Crew. I topped off the look with a pair of rugged, scotch grain derby boots from British footwear heritage brand Grenson.
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