Hello hello, it's been a while :)

I've been really busy with assignments and so no time to update my blog.
I finally took 15 hours sleep last night to make up for the lost hours uni had caused me in the past week. And it was raining too, awesome!

Anyway, lots of updates. Found out this really cool website for Asian fashion lovers especially Japanese -> www.asiajam.com








Every morning I see a poster on my train platform of this brand, Superdry and I've heard and came across this brand in the past some how and never took notice of it. Well I search it up and found, what an idealic brand for me! I love everything about it!

Be a designer for someone else's label...or for yourself?

I randomly stumbled upon a blog while doing my Fashion Influences research on fashion related articles and found this.

http://www.39thandbroadway.com/easy-job-equals-fashion-designer/

Now I wonder if I should work for someone else or for myself after I graduate?

A class I almost skipped - surprisingly worthy of attending.

I can't believe I woke up at 5.30 this morning and got on the 6.44 bus to the city, caught the 7.24 train, and got to uni at 7.45 to be exact. And my class doesn't start until 8.30. The reason being that I haven't finished the sleeves pattern for my jacket. Luckily we have the entire class to finish it up.

I was in a such a good mood because I had a very interesting random chit chats with my friends and made up my mind to skip my afternoon class - Sustainability. But we heard that we got a guest coming in today so I decided to stay - bummer.

Anyhow, we had a little interesting workshop going on. It was a very interesting work shop, I'd say, as our today's focus is on a simple little world called Empathy.

We had to take out a piece of something we were wearing and put it on the table. Then we start picking up other people's random piece of clothing they put on their table and wear it. Mostly jackets. We then had a moment to ourselves to really starting to feel like we own that garment by looking that our own reflection wearing it. The purpose of this exercise is to feel Empathy. Put ourselves in that owner's shoe - trying to understand where she is coming from, what would be the reason or story behind this particular piece of garment she chose to wear, what kind of person she would be, what kind of personality does she have, and most importantly; how it makes her feel. We then got into pairs and tell the person next to us how does wearing this garment made us feel. The person we told to will present to the class.

Then we got into a deep discussion of understanding what it means to be a designer. What message are we delivering? How does it make our customers feel? What do they need to feel? - Would that be the reason why they chose a particular garment on them?

Some people starts talking about their emotional connections with pieces of clothing they choose to buy along with their values and point of views. A girl spoke about her jacket that looked pretty formal and has lots of buttons. She explains that she realizes how she often gets attracted to clothing with lots of buttons and its mainly because it reminds her of her father who passed away many years ago. He was a marine and often wore uniforms (with lots of buttons of course). So a deep story right there.

People think we're vain, but what they don't understand is that people who long to become designers are people who wants to express different things about themselves. They want to deliver a message, like every artists. There is a story, a reason behind why they do what they do. The vain ones, are not us, but those who are too quick to judge and too closed minded to understand.

We judge the way you dress because we know it tells us exactly what kind of person you are.

And our judgements are almost always right.

SIWYY!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Siwy Denim!

They got the cutest looks!

@ Shell Gas Station.

This is what I wore today :))

Tessuti - City Date - Work Placement.

I have a date today with my boyfriend in the city :D

We went to Tessuti Fabric Store together to pick up a fabric I'm using for my pencil skirt I designed for Design Studio I. The floral one, remember?

The silver fabric is GONE! A designer came in and took the whole role - and that role was $99 per metre!

Anyway, lucky the woman phoned up and found out they still got it in Sydney branch so I ordered 30 cm. of that and it is being send straight to my house by tomorrow.

Before we went home, we stopped at G-Star Raw store at Melbourne Central. Met a friend who was working there. She hooked me up for work placement with G-Star. She told me that she has to wear all G-Star clothes every time she comes to work, she buys it, and its all 50% off for all staffs.

WHAT.

I went home and immediately got in touch with G-Star human resource person who could give me work placement. Getting 50% off for every single items from G-Star is a dream come true!

Hopefully she gives me the job, fingers crossed, pray for me x

Photography @ home.

I found this website that I thought was pretty interesting - if you like photography and want to try out, try an online diploma course. What's better than developing skills of something you enjoy doing at your own time, at your own pace?

http://www.thephotographyinstitute.com.au/

Cheap online shopping!

I have discovered a CHEAP online shopping paradise!

Thanks to Mim, a friend from uni who introduced me to this website

Its Korean but I guarantee the cheap-ness.

Check out GMarket NOW!

Dr. Martens, I'm not done with you yet.

So I went to Dr.Martens online store and had 2 basic ones that I want in mind.

This white one below here, its basic and it goes with everything.

Purchase on online store for $115.00

And this one. This is the 8 eye one with basic black with heels, $130.00

Pictures from here below are ones that I think are pretty interesting.

Like this one here is very bubble gum style, reminds me of Tokyo!

KAWAII~

This yellow one is pretty cool too! You just need to know the right outfit for it.

Here's a vintage style one.

I actually like this. Probably be nice with summer tied dye dress of similar colour palette.

Free Patterns.

I found a brochure somewhere of this website called BurdaStyle.

They give out free patterns! :D

DONE !

fashion week report, check

NGV togetheralone excursion, check

flow chart, check

power point sides, check

industry interview report, check

4 reflective reports, check

fashion research, check

self introduction essay, check

who said fashion course was easy?

1 more sleep till Easter break!

then i'll reward myself by doing absolutely N O T H I N G !

Check out this blog.

I found this girl on lookbook.nu

She's got one of the best styles - check out her blog too, she's a real fashionista!

http://www.christeric.com

*p.s* I don't get anything for posting up webpage of this girl, I do this purely because I love her style:)

The forever sexy Dr. Martens shoes

I suddenly have a crush on Dr. Martens shoes! They are HOT HOT HOT!

It was big in 2007,2008,2009,2010...when is it ever going out of style? It's somewhat often I see people wear Dr. Martens but I've never really been attracted to it until one recent day I saw a girl with the perfect outfit for her Dr. Martens shoes. Now I want one. Like, really really.

Read this blog of how Dr. Martens came to be.

Together Alone.

Together Alone is an exhibition currently held at NGV Federation Square. It is a Fashion & Textile Gallery of 8 different designers from Australia and New Zealand and is held from 1 October 2009 - 18 April 2010.

Brands includes Akira, Doris de Pont, MaterialbyProduct, Toni Maticevski, Nom*D, Romance was Born, World, & Zambesi.

I've never heard of Nom*D until today, and after a close inspection of the designer's work I find her work extremely unique. It is very edgy, contrasting 2 completely different things to make it work as one design. Her work was AMAZING. I am now a fan of Nom*D. Definitely a brand to keep your eyes on if you like a bit of an edge.

Read more of Together Alone gallery here.

Tessuti Fabric Store.

After Design Studio I class last Thursday, my designs passed and I headed to the city to a fabric store recommended by my teacher. The store's name is Tessuti. It is located at 141 Flinders Lane on the next floor up as soon as you open the door. The store was big, the selection was average but all fabrics were a WOW. I got a few samples an got inspired with new ideas. Same design, even better fabrics.

Design to express, not impress!

I had quite a thoughtful, inspirational conversation with a friend last night.

He's quite an artist and he's full of good thoughts.

I said I doubt myself sometimes because there are so many people who are better than me.

Then he said, " Regardless of whether you're a student or a full on pro, there will always be someone better. Art isn't about being better, it's about being You. Design to express, not impress!"

I swear that's probably the best thing I've heard since I've entered the fashion industry. And this is coming from someone who's a DJ. He's definitely not a fashion person, but a style person :) (read my previous blog I am Style, I am not Fashion).

Our biggest enemies are usually ourselves.

There are so many people out there doing outstanding, over the top designs, but simple is harder to express and make it become a wow factor. Sure, the newly designed dress is an intelligent creation, creating new patterns, etc. must be really hard. It takes a highly creative person to be able to create such garment. But at the same time when people are appreciating such great designs, there are also people who appreciates simple street styles. The same pattern of the same t-shirts have been used over and over again, its simple, its the easiest pattern i've come across, it's never over the top, it's just got a bit of screen printing here and there, yet it sells, and EVERYONE wears it. It's popular world wide and what does a simple t-shirt have that makes it so popular? Designers don't put designs on it. They put a little perspective, and they put style.

I like to keep it simple, not boring, but simple enough. People with the best styles are the ones who rocks the simplest designs, and makes an the impression. Simple means, you are comfortable with the vision you have that you don't need to feel you have to go over the top to make an impression. To be able to design a simple garment that rocks every outfit you wear, is a gift.

L'Oreal Powder Room.

I just got back home from the L'Oreal Powder Room at Docklands. It was quite a disappointment really because they promote so much of the new product that I expected to get my hands on trying it out at the very least. The advertisement and the promoting was definitely way over the top.

When I got there, the lady at the front told us that they only do nails, skin care, & lips. So I chose lips because the line was much quicker. I went in and sat down, the MA advised me a lip colour that I will never in my life even think about touching it. Her advice on the right shade of lip colour was a massive FAIL. I was about to ask her for advise of how she came to be a makeup artist for L'Oreal which could always be a great opportunity for me as well, but as soon as I saw the lip colour she chose I just shut up. I sat there for less than 5 minutes when I was told to get the free stuff towards the exit.

And the free stuff! Inside a silver bag, there is a bunch of pamphlets and 3 products. An Extra-Volume Collagene Mascara, a Glam Shine Volumizer lipgloss that doesn't even match my skin tone, and a lip Collagen Filler that I don't need.

It is quite understandable that they are having this event going for the entire week and all day long. They don't get enough breaks, and I can understand how tired they are having to deal with different people every 5 minutes, trying to choose something that's best for that current customer at a very short time. At the same time, I must say I'm a little disappointed because they promote SO MUCH of the new product but we don't even get to see, try, touch, or even get any advice on why or how this new collection is good and is a must have. So at the very least, make us like the product just enough for us to go ahead and pay for it!

I'll make a review of those products in the next blog :)

The gift bag

with a bunch of pamphlets

products inside

this is the lip colour shade the MA recommended (which is way too dark for my skin tone)

and I'm NOT dark skinned! I'm a medium tan Asian!

I AM STYLE, I AM NOT FASHION.

*Note* Please keep in mind that whatever I mention in this blog absolutely DOES NOT apply to everyone. But if you keep an open mind, you might find that you probably must have experiences similar people and things :)

You know, I have a weird feeling about fashion through out my experiences in the fashion world. I have a love & hate relationship with it. (I know, the love & hate thing is so over-used by teens who tries to be cool on their myspace pages), but yes, I do have a love & then a hate relationship with it.

What I hate about fashion is,

When I meet new people and they ask me what I'm studying, I say I'm studying fashion.

Or when I was working with the magazine, I say I work with the fashion industry.

And they always have this "Wow," look, at the same time a sense of "this girl must be really vain". It's understandable, for they are mostly right.

From my experience people in the fashion industry has to have a high level of self-confidence to make it in this world because there will always be bitching, backstabbing, people trying to bring them down. A lot of people in the industry thinks its all about the image,

"I HAVE to be the best, I HAVE to look the best, I HAVE to be the queen, I AM the celebrity, I AM the fashion, I AM BETTER THAN YOU."

Sounds familiar? This is the kind of thing that goes through their minds every single day in order to survive, and that is why they are bound to become the best because they make everyone including themselves think they are the best.

Funny enough, I do not like people who are this way. But what I didn't realize was that I've also at some point, caught myself thinking the same way as them. And it does make me feel disgusted with myself for being so vain. Is this because being in the industry and surrounded by many of those kind of people turn me that way?

I'm not saying that kind of thought is bad, it is great, and useful if you want to make it in this world. People will fear you, worship you, love you, and hate you. I mean, hate you a lot. To make it in the fashion world, is all about power, skills & networking. And some creativity. But I'm not so sure if I want to make it in such a vain and bitchy way. Unfortunately, being nice doesn't get you anywhere these days.

Up to this point, I've forgotten why I typed that topic.

Let's just say I already made my point why I think I'm not a fashion person. Because if that's what it takes to be a fashion person, then that's not who I am. I'm probably one of the most down-to-earth and easy-going person I've met amongst some of my girl friends.

When I buy clothes I always choose to pick up expensive items rather than cheap items from cheap stores. Yea, it does sound vain right? I buy expensive clothes for a reason.

Reason number one:

I buy quality. I've learned in depth about the fashion industry, the quality of each garments, why some brands are cheaper and some are more expensive, what are their target market, age range of their consumers, etc. Most expensive brands really look into their quality of the product they produce that is why it is worth paying for. I'm not saying it's worth getting an LV keychain, obviously that is unnecessary, and is part of their marketing using the popularity of the brand to produce such product that sells in an expensive price.

Reason number 2:

I buy what makes my style. You must have heard of this, "Fashion is for people who struggles to find an identity, Style is for people who knows who they are".

What probably attracts me into this industry is Style. Style tells a lot about the individual. It is like watching what a person does in their daily lives, what they choose to eat, what they choose to study, where they choose to go, what they choose to wear; is their lifestyle. Style is Lifestyle.

I am an artist in the head. We artists have identities. We have ideas, we have thoughts, we have lifestyles, we are the art. Each piece of art work defines the artists' identity. What they wear also defines the wearer's identity. I'm attracted to make up because it defines my identity. I'm attracted to clothes because it defines my style.

Therefore, I AM STYLE.

LMFF excitement.

As you know, L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival is in town this week, starting Sunday March 14 to Sunday March 21, 2010. I have to go to at least 3 shows to be able to complete my report. I went to Forever New show yesterday noon which was awesome by the way. Went to check out their new collection up close at their store in Bourke St. and everything was 15% off! I ended up getting a fuzzy warm polar bear-like jacket for $69-ish.

I'm going to the L'Oreal Powder Room in Docklands today! Can't wait to share the make up I got!

Here's the link to LMFF.

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Samurai Inspired.

Trimäpee is a label synonymous with theatricality and great events. Of course, this last Thursday was no exception. Illusion Delusion was held at their relatively new QV store - a space that’s been set up perfectly for these kinds of openings.

The installation featured mannequins wearing special one-off creations made especially for the exhibition. Pieces such as metal head dresses and plastic shoulder pads all styled together to look as if they were all part of a nomadic samurai warriors.

Trimäpee's new AW2010 collection is inspired by all things ancient Japanese, taking elements from the traditional clothing the samurai wore and turning it into the something modern and very Trimapee.

The crowd was suitably impressed and huddled around the pieces discussing elements of the creations while they them selves were also impeccable styled. Sighs – just what is it with fashion week that brings out the best street fashion? You can, of course, check out all the shots we took in the street gallery.

Source: Stumbleupon.com

Kis it Better.

We went on a Design Studio I excursion last Thursday and the store that was best out of them all was a little store at the corner street called Kis it Better in Prahran. It's got the most amazing trims, buttons, studs, sequins etc. This was a WOW store for me because I'm doing Medieval & 80's for my Winter 2011 Collection jacket.

These are the stuff I got. I'd say these stuff will give a good feel to Medieval armour with a modern/slightly futuristic twist. Pair it up with the 80's big and broad shoulder pads and bold colour fabric & lining that scream the 80's!

I very much recommend for those that live in Melbourne, this is the store to visit.

I got a link to Kis it Better on Google Map for you with the address & the picture of the store.

The staff are very nice and helpful and generous, it's definitely worth it.

A brand to keep your eyes on: DimePiece

DimePiece began after a three-year venture with a group of Los Angeles-based females in the street wear lifestyle and industry. The ladies of DimePiece felt it was time to utilize their degrees and pursue their careers more seriously.DimePiece consists of Ashley Dimes, Laura Marie and “a masked rabbit who chills on the side in the cuts.”

Ashley, 22, and Laura, 21, both received fashion degrees and having been working within the fashion biz for some time. They knew it was the right formula when they got voted best-dressed in high school senior year. Their official start began in Summer 2007 on independent funds, where they released a seven-piece line with the intent to make females reconsider their role in the game. The ladies really felt like it was important to portray a positive message and substantial meaning behind the gear itself. It was crucial for them that they created an identity that speaks for itself through its taste and visual communication. They want to avoid gimmicks and the biting schemes that are seen all-to-often in the market. In lamens terms, DimePiece doesn’t turn to blog resources or the hype. The ladies believe in their own vision and go with it. They want their gear to voice the traits, vibe and personality of the wearer and garments that express themselves.

DimePiece™ is a lifestyle and brand aimed at catering to all the boss bitches dipped in sauce. These are the females that have the potential to make a positive impact and consistently turn heads. Pussy appeal is a natural force that all females control. We as a brand encourage women to see the need to reconsider their role in the game. We are in control, period. A DimePiece™ is a woman who appeals to her audience with genuine swag. She is a self-governing revolutionary who embodies all that is sexy. She proclaims her opinion and attitude through her adventurous dress. She is educated by the books as well as the streets. Our products are for all who want to make a statement and aren’t afraid to leave the restrictions at the door. Lets be a go-getter, a kitten with claws, a fashion aficionado and a memorable individual who is essentially the perfect ten. *

“We are moving toward a more progressive and contemporary look for the urban female this season, and so we used a few different types of fabrics that you may not have seen in this market thus far. Our new Spring/Summer 08′ collection has been deeply influenced by our Los Angeles lifestyle, you may notice our spontaneous personality is reflected in this season. We captured the raw social standards of the Hollywood culture and the strong perspective of the everyday woman.”

Source: http://www.missomnimedia.com/2008/03/women-making-history-dimepiece

LOOKBOOK.nu

LOOKBOOK.nu: "I've always been into you" by Suki M.: "Long Sleeve Shirt, Zara Studded Bag, H&M Body Chain, H&M Beanie"

I love the detail of this H&M Body Chain, makes a plain dress stand out of the crowd.

Find me on other links.

......... I dedicate my life to fashion, beauty, sports cars, friends, social life, and good trance music.

So besides blogspot, I'm also on twitter, youtube & makeupalley.

I will try to update on twitter as much as possible. I haven't done any make up vids on youtube yet, it's currently use for shuffling vids and such. I've been wanting to do make up vids for ages so I will soon enough :)

I've been a member of makeupalley for the past 4 years. I'm a top reviewer and I review regularly. I buy a lot of drugstore/chemist products cos they are cheap and effective! Although there are reviews for high end products as well.

If you have combination/oily, easily acne prone, sensitive skin, you should read my reviews!

I just found a make up tutorial I drew somewhere on my laptop.

I drew this using tablet in late 2008. I think this make up is still pretty hot!

Click on the pics to enlarge.

Monday.

Today is Monday and today is my day off.

Tuesday is hell.

I start at 9 with CAD design class till 12.30,

Quality Control in the afternoon,

and Lectra from 5 to 7.30 pm.

Pretty damn hardcore.

I have been assigned a very interesting project for this semester.

We have to design a small range of 6 garments in total for

Winter Collection 2011.

Themes given are:

Tibet & 60's

Indigenous Australiana & 70's

Medieval & 80's

yup. I totally hate Tibet and the 80's and I have no clue of Indigenous Australiana.

Finally landed on Medieval & 80's, even if I HATE 80's fashion. I decided to focus on Medieval armour, which is not so bad mixing with some of the 80's fashion. So far the designs are coming out good. We went on an excursion last Thursday to fabrics, and buttons, and trims stores. For trims and nice buttons that suits really well with Medieval armour theme, I recommend Kis it Better. They have the most WOW trims!