Noir is law

Melanie Huynh is sans rival, when it comes to styling in noir, being French... need I say anymore?

Homme pour la femme

I was sifting through Style.com and tfs when work was really slow last week, and I found myself being quite taken quite a handful of Men's collections!

Calvin Klein Homme S/S 2009

Although gray has usurped black as the hue due jour, I still love the colour (as I tend to shy away from IT colours) quite a bit! This baseball jacket in heather gray (gray, confettied with specks of white <3)>

Maison Martin Margiela Homme S/S 2009

I was never quite into MMM, but then his Homme collection has converted me! With every piece boasting his precise tailoring, the separates come together to present his biker-grunge aesthetic, which is really appealing, esp when fitted on a model, of course! Haha.

Richard Chai Homme S/S 2009

I daresay Chai was never on my radar before, but I guess now he is! I like the 80's references in this collection, what with the powder blue suit, combed back coiffs and classic plaid. Am totally digging the powder blue suit, esp if it can be unzipped>cropped!

Veronique Branquinho Homme S/S 2009

The male Henleys, cardigans and tanks here encapsulates an organic kind of French chic-ness. While my colour palette tends to contain B& W only these days, I'm contemplating adding red to the whole mixture, seeing how lively the colour is! And the pants in the first picture, looks like it'd be amazing for lazy days, when paired with a tank and cardigan. Think its DIY-able ... to my dad's closet it is!

Source: Style.com and Tfs

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Sun-glass's half full

The Chanel shades Mk has on are mindblowingly awesome. Am going to wait for inspired ones to get into the highstreet stores (crosses fingers) to see if I can pull them off a fraction of how Mk totally rocks them.

Haha, can you actually tell that I have this much time on hand at work? I'm actually blogging daily now!

All year round

Just when I was grousing earlier about how bland my b&w outfits for summer is, Helmut Lang reassures me that its not. In fact, some of the classic white tank-black mini outfits seen in his Resort collection is similar, if not exactly the same to the ones I don almost every other day!





Unlike Calvin Klein who churns out dull and unflattering pieces, Lang's minimalisitic aesthestic is really clean and appealing. Bonus, is that every item in this collection is easily translatable for any day of the year!

C'est le printemps!

I've been dressing in monochromatic hues of black and white and I reckon it's about high time I get into le mode du printemps! So I've been hitting Style.com and checking out the resort collections...

Missoni Resort 2008

Thank you, Angela, for not overdoing the whole knit thing you have done, reinterpreted, reinvented and redone till grandmoms are sick of it. Because this little knit toga is actually kind of cute, and really a pretty little outfit for spring/summer! Of course, a huge floppy beach hat would totally complete the look... just saying.

This colourblock thing everyone's been doing for their Resort lines... I'm giving you mad props for pulling it off better than the rest! While I'm not too crazy about the colours you've going on there, I really like the striking contrast of the hues you've chosen, and how that horizontal sash seems to pull the whole look together. Was not trying to pull a pun there... but haha sometimes I crack myself up when I'm freezing and bored in the office. Zzz..

Florals are huge this year, and hence because of the sublimal sartorial influence, I like this piece. Mainly cause its not crazy pajama-print-florals all the girls are wearing on the streets, and neither is it ugly brush strokes masquerading as flowers, but almost, like a painting of the gardens of Narnia.

Nicely done here this season, Missoni, unlike a certain Mr Wang, who seems to have been replaced by a ghost This Fashion designer for this Resort season. Tut tut, really!

In all truth, I'm a tad disapppointed actually; none of the designers have picked up on honest-to-goodness resort-chic. Gonna pull it off all on my own this season then, of course with the help of the mother's plastic. Hehe.

And surely, no outfit is complete without a sac to tote your essentials around, no?

Sweet, sweet fringe from Gojane. I've kind of pigeonholed my overall aesthestic and think I'm kind of rockandroll-hippie. Kind of.

Not as awesome as the one above, but still lovely in its own pseudo-hippie right. From Forever21. Sigh.. Have been waiting for sprees from these two sites for the longest time ever!

This one I'll die to get my hands on cause it is the perfect summer sac!! Total steal at 1,230US$ from Givenchy!! Just that at this moment it means that I've got to go steal from a bank or something. Gonna wait it out and see how this obsession with it goes!

Outfit du jour

I know, this Alexander Wang outfit is one season behind... but the umkempt chicness this ensemble exudes does help to psych me for my situps so that this will be my summer outfit all summer long.

That is, if i dare to bare, of course...

Rain garb

There was a heavy drizzle when I left the house today, and immediately this outfit came to mind. 

Havent seen it out on the streets yet, despite it being at least a season old. Really need to get my hands on a dress like this, seeing that the weather here is so unpredictable! Hehe. 

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Think I finally know what I want for my 21st... just wondering how am I to secure a prvate jet in time for it!
Grr!

You say AA I'll say High!

After half a year of erratic deliberation, I've finally ordered them- the American Apparel Shiny High-waist leggings in Lame Matte Black! I know, I know; I swore that I'd never don leggings cause they are not pants!

But see, these are shiny! And High-waisted! And they look like leather! How often is it you get to look like Catwoman on a normal day!

Haha I seriously cant wait to get my hands on them come AW2008 Sem 1, aka Autome/Hiver 2008. If they are as awesome as I imagine them to be then perhaps Black Eel you can be mine too... Stay tuned.

Maxi pleasure

Shopping in Singapore is the pants. I can already imagine all the heads bobbing in agreement. Why did I say that? Because I cant find any maxi dresses here, and to think that this silly little city thinks and aims to be the fashion hub of Asia. Travesty, really!

Maybe I'll just dust my sewing machine and try my hand at ripping off one of the below. Maybe. not.

Just Cavalli S/S 2008

Roberto Cavalli S/S 2008
I liked the inspired version of this dress that Zara had, but someone sniffed at it. Tsk. I still like how prettily comfortable for lazy summer days it is, while showcasing a seemingly slim silhouette.

Roberto Cavalli S/S 2008
I've been searching for that one perfect peasant dress, and here it is, possibly costing more than 10 times my internship pay. oh, woe loves me.

Lanvin S/S 2008

Kenzo S/S 2008

Source: tfs

Sun Bunny

In my head, this is me.


My hair has been trimmed and highlighted with just a touch of bronze to look like the tresses of a Victoria Secret's model, and I am sunkissed perfectly.















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3 more days!

Wii-ggle your way into his heart

Go ahead. Tear your boy away from the addictively evil console for shopping, then make it all good with this pair of cufflinks.

Double frag, I tell you. Because next thing you know, he'd be dressed up in a shirt for your next group date, cause he'd want to show off his awesome cufflinks to those geek-friends of his.

Score!

Source: cufflinks.com

Breathless

Tommy Hilfiger, SS2008

Just about for the first time, I can declare this my favourite store window display! Its just about my favourite bit of my window shopping trips about town (cause sadly, there's really nothing much left to buy!)

Source: tfs

Water and colors

I've been down with a fever and flu, out about town, and basically everything and everywhere and just too lazy to pop back here to write anything cause I figured that soon enough, I'd do enough of it. But, surely these pictures deserve a post....

Eerie-ly reminiscent of luminous jellyfish, no? So surreal are those visuals I cant help but think this is a set of paintings and not photographs. 

Source: ht_photography

Having a little teabreak

Eh, how come nobody told me about the copious amounts of gross grammar and basic sentence structure mistakes floating about in my posts!

Sigh.. I should really not do any sartorial rambling when in such a prolong sleep-deprived stupor, which has been just about the last two weeks. 

And because this phenomenon is expected to last till late April, what with my impending project deadlines and looming examinations, I'll blog just less than usual.

Just the slightest bit less.

Just... less. 

Meanwhile, knock yourself out with this gorgeous photo by Freja!

I'll be back, I promise!

Tsk!

 I've got to really get down to wiping this mirror clean one day!

30th March: Wore this ensemble for both my friend's 21st as well as church. 

White basic top, Cotton On. Skirt, Zara. Leather purse and shoes, Hongkong. Scarf, Bangkok!