Showing posts with label hong kong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hong kong. Show all posts

Monday, 8 October 2012

five things you should know

it's monday morning again... another week begins... how is it going to turn out? no one knows but we go on anyway... 

after an entire week of children, this week i invite you to join me on a journey of learning, going back to fundamentals and basics. for the next five days, as i continue my growth, we shall learn some terms and jargons together... for those who have prior knowledge, good for you... but for the rest of us who don't, you are welcome...

so to kickstart the entire week... here are five things you should know about this blog and me...

1) the online edition is not merely a fashion blog. i will do fashion writing. i will tell you about certain trends that are going on. i will tear outfits apart (not literally... at least not everyone's, not every soul looks good naked) but the online edition is more than that. it is an avenue for me to be a writer and explore the world through the medium of fashion. certain posts are going to make you go 'huh, what is he thinking?'. that's the idea... i am expressing thought...

2) compliment, critique, comment, challenge... i invite everything... one of the main reasons why i create this blog is not just to air my thoughts but to have avenues for conversation. fashion is a big concept to digest but if we see it as a constant dialogue, one day we will all understand... i hope to be a participant and not just a bystander. honesty is the best policy, so please give me your frank opinion (just be ready for a discussion if we disagree.) hence, i will tear you apart if i can, you can also return the favour. 

3) numbers matter... more than once, i asked myself why the obsession with page views. first up, it is not because of the advertisements and the possible income. ask yourself, if you are a chef but serve up food to zero patrons, are you still a chef? similarly, for a writer with no readers, i constantly ask myself what wrong did i make that readers don't return... so now you know, i have my insecurities too and the numbers keep me going...

4) i am a techno idiot... everything you see on the blog is my own work. i would love to have fanciful layouts and trench coats twirling around but until i learn how to do it, you have to live with my dull layout. of course, if you would like to help me with the layout, i never turn down help (as of now, i have no budget!)... don't come here and expect perfect shots of my daily outfits... anyway, most of the time, i am rushing to get out of my house and moving around for engagements, i hardly have the energy to stop and pose for the cameras (oops, did i just offend more bloggers?)

5) finally, laugh lots... life is too short and this post is way too serious... there can never be too much laughter in your life. if you have problems laughing, just turn to the person next to you and be glad that you are not him / her... unless the person is God then the joke's on you...

now that you have faithfully completed reading the post... here's are some half-naked bodies and victoria's secret girls to spice up the post... (hey i need to justify the freaking labels right? i would love to have 2000 hits on one single post... haha... did i just insult a fellow blogger? ouch!)

image of A&F models, courtesy of inside retail asia
image courtesy of iamcatwalk.com
want more? google it yourself... haha... 

fash'on... BAM!

Friday, 28 September 2012

asia: revisited

this entry will get sherlyn very excited cos it's going to be about hong kong!

i first visited this country in 2005 and you can read all about it here! yes, i used to blog but it was a lot of ranting about life. i hope i have grown since... haha... but if you want to know a little more about me, you can spend some time reading the posts there.

since 2005, i think i have only gone back once but this is one place i definitely want to visit again simply because every street is a runway... here are some shots of my 2005 hong kong outfits...




if you are wondering why most of them were jacketed looks, it was cold there... i think temperatures were around ten degrees... hence, bring out the scarves and jackets! fash'on... BAM!

Monday, 24 September 2012

asia's fashion weeks

i see the hate mail coming! haha...

yes, after two rather lacklustre posts about what i'm going to blog about this week and kungfu panda, i deserve the eggs thrown at this blog for not staying true to the core of fashion... well, good things are worth waiting for!

so no gimmicks... just fashion in this post... we've long associated fashion weeks with london, new york, milan and paris... however there are a few fashion weeks around asia as well... let's start from singapore...

singapore has two fashion weeks... audi fashion festival singapore and men's fashion week... also another fun event on the fashion calendar is fashion steps out @ orchard... 

next, to a more established fashion week... mercedes-benz fashion week tokyo... in fact, it's just round the corner... happening in a couple more weeks... if schedule permits, i would like to attend the fashion week in tokyo next year... if i do, guess where i will be sharing the details?

well, there are fashion weeks in bangalore (mama, this one's for you!), bangkok, jakarta and hong kong as well...
so the next time you travel to one of these asian destinations, why not join them during their fashion weeks? fash' on... BAM!