They do. Sort of. All of J.Crew's denim come in waist sizing.

What's next, the macaron? Gelato? Self-serve froyo?

Doesn't this kind of exfoliation damage skin even more??

I think it has to do with rebellion against old traditions. I'm pretty happy with my skin tone (except when immigrant ladies ask me if I'm Filipina and/or don't believe that I'm Chinese when I tell them. But that's more because those ladies are annoying), though my mom STILL pesters me about wearing hats (I'm almost…

Well, in this case it isn't about looking western. It's about having light skin, which is a Korean thing. If it's about looking western, then you'd be looking at a plastic surgery ad. The model looks Asian, not mixed or white.

People ask me that ALL THE FREAKING TIME (though it mostly comes from other people from the Philippines (as in immigrants/foreign workers - Filipino Canadians know better). One lady who is of Chinese descent REFUSED to believe that I'm Chinese! Now talk about rude. And like I said, I don't think I'm dark skinned AT…

Make that orange skin with very obviously bleach blond (nearly white) hair.

I agree on the colo(ur)ism part, but I this has nothing to do with wanting to be a different ethnicity, considering that the model looks Asian.

Before China? Korea was hugely influenced by China for centuries. Before they had their own writing system, educated people (pretty much all men...DUH) read and wrote in Chinese. I think their writing system is only about 500-600 years old.

Except the model still looks very much Asian. I think for this particular product, they're talking about skin colour, not ethnicity. And the light skin thing is very, very old, as noted by other posters. That said, I can't wear any Korean foundations, tinted moisturizers, CC Creams, etc... that are sold in North…

I am LOVING your shoes! :)

My birthday sometimes falls on Labo(u)r Day. It will this year (September 1).

I don't know if this counts as being "hit on" since the guy doing the hitting is gay (though I didn't know it at that time). At a dance, he came over to me, gently took my hand, kissed it and said something along the lines of "hello, Cinderella*, you look beautiful." Kind of WTF and probably the only time I was…

Note that these comments tend to come from people of Chinese descent towards others of Chinese descent (there's A LOT of anti-Mainland sentiment going on in HK right now. A lot of it is towards illegals going in to have babies so it would be easier for them to get status). But this is off topic, so I'll stop…

This is based on personal experience of friends. I have also seen it with my own eyes. If you don't live in places like Toronto, New York, LA, Vancouver or Hong Kong, you probably won't know.,

I think that's the reason why some people buy them. It's to show people that it's from a certain label. I know of people who won't touch nice, not-so-pricey brands because they've "never heard of it."

Don't know. Ask brand whore types. And yeah, many come from China.. I have HK friends who roll their eyes at mainlanders who go on luxury brand shopping sprees.

That's what I was thinking. I know PLENTY of Asians, including those of Chinese descent who talk about shitty mainland-made products. Luxury goods salespeople know better to offend Asians - they're often those who spend the most.

You're thinking of "dai" - the restaurant's new name is DaiLo (big brother/big man/boss man (in mafia/gangsta speak)

Not "big white," but "ghost man" (though "lo" is more "dude" or "guy" than "man"), meaning a white guy. What I found surprising was that the restaurant was announced some two or three years ago and was marketed as GwaiLo (the chef took time to find the perfect location), but it wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that…