It’s always so gutting to hear when a magnificent light goes out.

I like Valentine’s Day regardless of whether or not I’m in a relationship and despite the fact that it’s nothing more than a greeting card holiday. However, I’m not big into wearing a lot of pink – especially when dressing up for the evening. So when I saw this outfit on Style.com I thought, “If I had all the money in the world, I would buy that outfit for Valentine’s Day.”

Well, I don’t have all the money in the world, but I do have a Polyvore account! This outfit is a little skimpy for the weather in Atlanta this week. I’d probably wear a coat – or two – over the jacket.

We never get compared to the Olsen twins. This kind of surprises us because even though we aren’t blond and don’t own a multi-million empire of any sort, we are petite and we love fashion and, well, you know, we’re twins. Maybe it’s the Asian-ness that throws people off the scent. I think it’s more likely that most of our friends aren’t quite as fashion obsessed as we are. They still think of MKA (that’s Mary Kate and Ashley for you less obsessed) as that little girl on “Full House.”

Like most fashionistas out there, we think MKA are some of the most inspiring ladies in the fickle fashion world, even if they wear things that don’t look uber-flattering. They wear what they want and they hardly ever follow trends. In fact, they set most of them. So while you might not slum around NYC in a raggedy house coat and old loafers (both probably thrift finds, one cashmere and the other real leather), those piles of rings and bangles you wear and the perfect baggy tee you love is all Olsen.

All photos below are from Olsens Anonymous.

I have a lot of these things below in my closet (the cheaper, Target or H&M versions mostly), but I particularly have had my eye on that oversized black Moxsie purse. It’s currently out of stock, but they are usually pretty good about getting more of an item back in quickly.

Photo by the talented Mr. Andy J Scott.

So we’re still getting used to this whole self-promotion thing. First up? Make a Facebook page! And we have! Click the FB icon in the left bar to become a fan. We love to see all your pretty, smily faces peeking out of your thumbnail photos at us.

For those of you new readers that have found us through Facebook, welcome, welcome! We hope you enjoy your stay (and many repeat visits) to AsianCajun land!

The Constellations – it doesn’t get more Atlanta than this. Check out their song Step Right Up if you really want to get to know ATL.

• Fashionistas/Anna Wintour fans can now pre-order The September Issue on Amazon. The two disc set includes an additional hour of deleted scenes.
• Jinah has a great list of ways to donate to Haiti
• Ediot has the perfect Valentine’s tee available at her Etsy Shop, and it’s neither pink nor red
• Ashley has the secret to making salads not only palatable, but down-right delicious!
• Tired of the cold weather lately? So are we! Cath and I have this Dolce Vita spring/summer dress on our wishlists.
• A shout-out to Scoutmob for featuring us. Thanks, Liza! Read our interview here.
• We just met the lovely lady behind Chowdown Atlanta. Read her blog for the best foodie advice in the ATL.
• Locals, find out the latest news on local eateries and retailers all over the Atlanta area at EZ’s blog, Tomorrow’s News Today.

So the other week when Cath was in New York she was a sweet heart and bought us matching (yes, matching!) Uniqlo sweaters. I haven’t had the pleasure of going into a Uniqlo store, but I’m been wanting to since it opened up north. This is definitely the next best thing! It also gives us the perfect opportunity to do another “The Same Thing Worn Differently. by the AsianCajuns” segment (we are working on that name).

Here’s Cath’s take (and my personal favorite):

Looking very Frenchie with my old H&M trench coat to keep her dry.

I love how she layered all her bright royal blues together. She was worried she looked smurfy- I think she just looks divine.

The necklace she’s wearing (yet another present she gave me after a business trip) is from Sarah Jessica Parker’s now defunct Bitten line. Was anyone else a fan? The price-points were amazing, the clothes were generally better made than most things you can pick up at the mall, and the designs were classic, but cute, not stogy.

I paired by blue sweater with black Blank cords, a DIY studded tee,  a Proenza Schouler for Target scarf and Asos boots.

The red plastic ring is shaped in the silhouette of a diamond ring– my kind of jewelry! Once again, Cath got it for me as a present from another NYC trip. This is from the MoMA store -le swoon. If I were Capote I would have called it “Breakfast at MoMA.” It’s definitely a place where “me and things go together.”

I tied the sweater in the front. Cath tied her’s in the back (see the top pic).

We hope you guys have a wonderful weekend!!! What do you have in store?

xoxo, Lar

Hurray! It’s suppose to get warmer in Atlanta this week and I’m going to enjoy it while I can (who knows when the next cold snap is coming). We’ll have a couple of rainy days, but I’m not going to complain since the high this week is going to reach 61 F.

I created a very spring-friendly outfit, and similarly to what Lar did last week, tried to keep everything under $100. The Longchamp bag is the only ridiculously over-priced item in the bunch, but I love the punch of orange with the purple umbrella and relatively neutral outfit. Lar and I are really into lace tights with boots this season, so expect to see that pairing in upcoming outfit posts.

Happy Monday, Everyone!

Atlanta Forecast by AsianCajuns featuring Juicy Couture accessories

Items in this set:

Ahh the winter staple, our good friends black leggings and black blazer. Black shirt is there too, cozying up to black scarf and gazing down at black boots. We love you black, but lately we feel like we are cheating the rest of the color wheel.

Cath is showing you how to avoid black in your outerwear–and in interior decor (that’s a bit of kitchen and dining room behind her).

She is wearing black gloves and a scarf, but I think the burst of red in her coat totally overpowers it-in a good way. The gloves are thrifted, the hat is from our mom circa 1980-something, the coat is Nordstrom and the scarf is by (local Atlantans) We Are the Process.

I only own black coats and jackets, so I couldn’t do brilliantly colored outerwear like Cath. Instead I broke out my neglected Ramona West dress. (Have you guys been to the Ramona West online shop? She has the best selection of vintage dresses and outerwear- and sells out of nearly everything right after it’s posted). I love how bright red/orange it is- it’s nearly neon.

I toned down the brightness of the red/orange with an olive color shirt (H&M), beige fringe scarf (H&M), brown tights (forget where!) and brown boots (about 7 years old from AE).

How many of you are guilty of the black uniform? How do you work on injecting more color into your closet and outfits?

We hope you guys have a wonderful, wonderful weekend! Cath and I will be pitching in at our local Martin Luther King Jr. Service Project. We hope to see some of you locals there!

We’ll also be donating to CARE and/or Red Cross this weekend. Our hearts and prayers go out to the earthquake survivors in Haiti. If you guys have any other secure organizations you know of that are helping out, please feel free to leave them in the comments section and we’ll post them here!

Updates:
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
Check the Women for Women International page for their donation suggestions

Welcome to our first ever link love post. There are so many great treasures out there in the blogging world that Lar and I figured it was about time to start up our own weekly link lists. So here goes!

I suspect that Lar and I have been living under a rock the past month because today is the first time I discovered the Atlanta Creatives Project 2010 calendar. The exhibition that coincided with the project was early November (boohoo), but the calendars are still available for purchase (woohoo!).

• A big thank you to Ash over at Hiking in Stilettos for thinking we’re so talented.
• Refinery 29 does a very fine job of showing blogosphere’s coverage of today’s Moschino It belt.
• After schleping around the Northeast in frigid weather I’ve done some serious thinking on proper winter coats. La Mimi has a great run-down of the season’s must-haves. I’m personally loving the Michael Kors quilted version.
• Dolci Odille shares some of their creative brilliance in a couple of New Years DIY projects.
• Sal over at Already Pretty makes a great etsy find. I really want the origami pocket gray blazer.
• NubbyTwiglet’s Week in Pictures makes us yearn for matching Forever 21 jeans, mall food and gold chocolate coins.
• B* a la Moda has a great steal-from-your-bfs-closet tutorial complete with photos and video (thank god for her subtitles – my Spanish es está es muy mal!).