Flea and Easy

Head on down to Zouk today for irresistible buys from designers, stylists and even celebrities that ranges from $2 to $400. Its the place to be today and after which, you can catch the closing show for Audi Fashion Festival 2009, Singapore - Vivienne Westwood.

Where?
Zouk
17 Jiak Kim Street

When?
Today, 10th May 2009
2pm to 7pm

Admission
Free

OMG!! PANIC!

ITS OFFICIALLY FASHION WEEK IN SINGAPORE!!

Freaking excited, the Christian Lacroix show is tonight!! I have not even decided what to wear!!! Arghh!!! Panic! Panic! Panic!

*faints*

Schedule's up, tickets on sale, time to party!

The AFF's schedule is up and tickets for some of the shows are already for sale. Another week of fashion frolicking! Besides having Christian Lacroix and Vivienne Westwood, we have staples like Ashley Isham, Gareth Pugh and Raoul showing too. Of course, we will also have Marc Jacobs showing! The calendar looks rather sparse compared to previous years but let's hope we have better shows. Having said that, I am very pleased with the scheduling, most of the shows are being held after 6pm, which is perfect for me. I can save up my leave to party in Ibiza!

Another show that I think one should watch is the Blueprint show featuring blackmarket as it features local designers like Elohim (Singapore), Nikicio (Singapore/Indonesia), Gian Romano (Singapore/Philippines), Stella Rissa (Indonesia) and Reckless Ericka (Singapore).

But get your tickets fast. Shows like Marc by Marc Jacobs are already sold out!

SFF makes way for AFF!!

When we were first told last year that there won't be any Singapore Fashion Festival for this year and next, everyone were outraged. I personally, had mixed feelings. I kinda felt sad that I can find no more excuses to take a whole week's break from work to watch gorgeous models strutting their stuff covered in lavish designer wear. Having said that, all the while that I attended the shows, I wanted so badly to see the much bigger and lavish names to be showcased. Like last year, Calvin Klein was considered huge and it was the so called grand finale for Singapore Fashion Week 2008. While it was absolutely fabulous, I wanted more. More spectacular shows, more eclectic designers, more model behaviour, more glib tongue fashionistas.

Well, I asked for more and more is what we will be getting. It was officially announced last weekend through the press that the Audi Fashion Festival will replace the Singapore Fashion Festival. The fashion week will be held from the 6th of May to the 10th of May 2009. This five day event will have Christian Lacroix opening the event while Vivienne Westwood will be closing the week with her Anglomania collection. Now that we have all these European designers gracing our runways, let's hope that we will have an equally great show from our local designers as well.

The schedule is not up yet, but I just cannot wait to see who else is showing besidess Westwood, Lacroix, Ashley Isham and Gareth Pugh. I'll keep my fingers crossed!!

A whole day of masculinity!

Christopher Shannon

The London Fashion Week closed the show with a tribute to men! Yes, the whole day was devoted to menswear from a handful of catwalk shows to a few showcases involving 13 designers. I think its about time that they acknowledge the immense talents in the men's fashion world.



J W Anderson

Some were relatively conventional, some were outrageous and some were fashion forward. So take a look and have a taste of it!


Jaiden rVa James



Katie Eary


Sibling.

The pink embroidered sweater by Sibling is my favourite, its fun, its modern and its pretty classic too! Love it!


Tim Soar


Topman

So, which do you prefer? Over the top drama or minimalist approach?

Vintage Glam for Zac Posen

Yulia Kharlaponova

Zac Posen showed at NYFW with a collection that is pretty romantic with touch of gold and bling to amp up the glamour factor. The blue dress that Yulia wore looks soft and very feminine. Very old school glamour!


Sasha Pivorova wore a dress that, to me, looks a little bit too messy and too much. I don't understand the many mirrors! If you thought the shiny suit by Calvin Klein was like a light reflector, this one needs everyone to wear shades to look at it! This is the ultimate disco ball!


Raqual Zimmermann

This is one of the very few suits in the collection. I do love the color combinationg. The pastel lavender underneath the khaki coloured suit. I also admire the detail on the jacket. This is not so in the face as the disco ball and yet is different.


Magdalena Frackoviak

This dress that Magdalena wore has a great print. Thankfully, the silhouette is very simple and definitely flattering. If that print was cut and positioned wrongly, it could be disastrous. You could end up looking two sizes bigger.


Lara Stone

Most of the collections were based on a subtle color palette except a few strong ones like this red dress Lara wore. This could have went very well with the other dresses at The Truth Red Dress Collection. The ribbon lace up shoe too is very sweet!


Karlie Kloss

This is a little bit too shiny and gladiator like for my liking, especially with the whole gladiator heels! I thought gladiators are so long gone!


Elsa Sylvan

I kinda like this dress, its pretty romantic and definitely very vintage. Pretty but I do not think its something you can keep and wear forever!


Chanel Iman

Chanel Iman! Yes, Chanel Iman graced the runway for Zac Posen! Doesn't she look lovely? I think all Chanel's are pretty glamorous!


Catherine McNeil

Again the prints are cleverly crafted to create a slim silhoutte. However, I am not so sure about the peek-a-boo flap near the boobs!

Clean Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein has always been one of the designers who I love and buy and keep and wear and you get what I mean. His designs are all about clean and simple lines with very subtle details that make it pretty much a keep throughout the seasons. Just take a look at the suits above. They are simply chic. The other thing that I love about the outfit is that its all made up from the same material and yet it doesn't look boring. In fact, it looks kinda fresh especially the grey suit, (which is a good investment).



Having said that, I don't quite fancy this shiny suit although I have been spotted wearing some shiny outfits before! Hee. Guilty! But hey, at least I wore it sparingly not like the whole outfit is shiny that you are like a disco ball on the dance floor or in this case, looks like an action figurine!



I am, however, on the fence with the above outfits. I love the cut of the jackets such that the lines create definition although I am not so sure about the material used. It looks like sponge! I mean the above one isn't that bad until you look at the following one.



Now, doesn't that makes you look more like an action figurine? Perhaps, it might help make some of us who are not blessed with good physique to look better, which I doubt.



And, I thought it was bad enough as jackets, its even worse when they use the material for pants. Somehow, I feel pretty restricted looking at them. I must say though, I love the shirt and tie! Perhaps, I shall get shirts and tie of the same color! (who am I kidding? I don't wear ties to work?)



This last outfit that I chose to showcase is something I love. I love the jacket, its very relaxed, masculine, sporty almost biker-ish and yet looks kinda classy too especially paired with those slim fit pants. That is total comfort! Overall, I love some of the pieces but I won't say its one of the best shows but still, I will buy some of your clothes when it hits stores!

Victoria Beckhams been busy!

Victoria Beckhams has been busy for the past week running around in her fake fur (don't worry PETA!) but not from attending the many fashion shows. She was actually busy putting up a fashion show at NYFW. She has launched a new line which I must say, looks like what she will actually wear!



The collection is definitely chic, simple and absolutely elegant. Very much like Ms Becks. Of course, that made me wonder if she really did design the outfits or she is just selling off all her clothes.



Nevertheless, it is definitely good news to all of you who wish to emulate Ms Becks' style and be many many Posh clones. Good luck!

Richard Chai Fall 09 for NYFW

Remember some time back, I featured Richard Chai in one of my entries and how I blabbed about how good he is? Well, I'm back but I think he has put on a little bit more weight. Must be all the stress from fashion week. I'm back to obsessing over Marc Jacobs now. Anyway, there were a couple of pieces that I love from him and truly hope I can get them here in Sunny Singapore, (though, it has been pretty humid lately) . I always always always love long sweater like the one you seen above but I just can't seem to find a nice one here unless I walk into the ladies' department.



His homme collection is all pretty masculine and covered up which will be a trend for Fall 09 with many other major designers having jackets, sweaters, cardigans, trenches throughout their homme collection.



I wonder if all that protection is a reflection of such troubled times? And all those boots, they remind me of my army boots which, I must admit, I wore out once! Only once! Of course, noone actually knew it were army boots!


Something I noticed in Richard Chai's collection for fall 09 is all the clean lines and checks that he used. I do love the checked trench coat and the short jacket, its pretty smart, aye?

From Paris to New York.

So, the New York Fashion Week was just over and London Fashion Week has just launched yesterday while Milan Fashion Week will come straight after that, one can just expect the amount of traveling I have to go through. Thus, I am fabulously sure many of us have set our eyes on things to buy when the collections hit the stores. For the rest of you, I'll try my best to have a couple of stuff that I do like.



Starting things off is the annual The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection. An annual collection by many big names creating an awareness on the risks of heart disease among women. Tim Gunn, mentor of Project Runway, opened the show before Amanda Bynes walked in with a Daniel Swaroski number. And then it began, one A-list celebrity after the other graced the runway like Susan Lucci in Gustavo Cadille and Daisy Fuentes in Pamelle Rolland as seen above.



From left, Vivica A Fox in Jenny Packham, Natasha Hendrige in Verrier and Kristy Yamaguchi in Vera Wang.



Then, the lady who put 'wonder' in Wonderwoman, Lynda Carter in Carolina Herrera and Tori Spelling in one of the most eccentric designer, Betsey Johnson.




Also catwalking down the runway is Cicely Tyson in B Michael and Catie Couric Carmen in Marc Valvo. Are you seeing red, yet?

C Lacroix for project runway?

While I was reviewing the fashions of haute couture week held in Paris, despite my busy schedule, I came across Christian Lacroix. I reckon by now, everyone would know that Christian Lacroix is famous for coming out with such flamboyant collection. This collection is no exception. However, what striked me was the (nope, not that bronze dress that looks kinda cheap) but the bow hair! It reminds me so much of a project runway cration by Allison. Remember the bow hair like Minnie Mouse?



Do you see the resemblance now? I though it was just a thing on the runways until I come across the next picture while looking for the infamous bow hair made public by Allison.



Lord, please save us! Well, at least Paris Hilton's bow hair ain't that obvious from the front! Thankfully, she did not wear it high!



Of course, the hair done in the Christian Lacroix show is done in braids which at least makes it look half as bad. Although I must say, the colors weaved into the brains are pretty .... well, unique!


In all Haute Couture shows, there will always be a highlight, in Christian Lacroix's case, its the wedding dress. I wonder who will be wearing it for their wedding soon.


So, what has been your favourite for this collection?

Haute Couture Week

Paris has just ended its week of Haute Couture shows featuring tonnes of fashion heavyweights like Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Roger Vivier (and his unveiling of his $30,000 pair of shoes) and Valentino just to name a few. I think one of the shows that really caught fashionista's attention is Chanel's definition of 'recession luxury'. (I told you everyone is becoming a budget tai-tai!)



In the collection there was not a single pearl nor a glimmer of glittering jewelry seen in the mainly white collection. Everything was so white it kinda reminded me of my pet rabbit, Pure. Yup, pure as snow!


He did not just stop there, Karl Lagerfeld also made the models wear head pieces made of paper, stylishly crafted origami-style by the Tokyo milliner, Kamo. Oh, let's not forget the white nails the models had!



Now, isn't that just fitting during these times?