BRITISH FASHION AWARDS 09.

"I am extremely pleased to announce that the Burberry Prorsum womenswear show will stay in London again this season and will be held during London Fashion Week in February. There was such an incredible energy during the 25th anniversary of London Fashion Week last September and we were very proud to be a part of this momentous celebration. London is
our home and our global headquarters and we are thrilled to be showing again in this, our magnificent and creative city."-Christopher Bailey, Burberry Chief Creative Officer

SWAROVSKI EMERGING TALENT AWARD – ACCESSORIES: Holly Fulton
SWAROVSKI EMERGING TALENT AWARD - READY TO WEAR: Peter Pilotto
DESIGNER BRAND: Burberry
MODEL: Georgia May Jagger
ACCESSORY DESIGNER: Katie Hillier
MENSWEAR DESIGNER: Kim Jones for dunhill
BFC OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FASHION DESIGN: John Galliano
LONDON 25: Kate Moss
ISABELLA BLOW AWARD FOR FASHION CREATOR: Grace Coddington
BFC BRITISH COLLECTION OF THE YEAR: Christopher Kane
BFC DESIGNER OF THE YEAR: Christopher Bailey

Dinie.

LOUIS VUITTON ACCESSORIES S2010, MENS.

When was the last time I bought a Vuitton bag? Hmm, never. (Does a pre-loved LV globe shopper tote counts?) The last time I stole something from my sister’s bag collection: Not long ago. No doubt Louis Vuitton is ‘in our blood’, (board the train in the morning and you’ll know what I mean) the perception that luxury equals to Louis Vuitton monograms, we need to get pass that. There is so much more to Louis Vuitton than just the logo. (Tell that and you’ll offend my aunt and gay cousins)

I fell in LVoe (yes, let’s fall in love with a bag for a change) with the taiga two-way bag.A briefcase and bagpack all in one, a bag perfect for the indecisive. I carrassed that bag erlier today and damn it feels so good!

The taiga was introduced in ’93 and was only available in 2 shades of Grizzli and Grey-- With the introduction of new colours this spring, deep dark cobalt blue, cool steel and natural authentic beige. The question is, how much is it? I wouldn’t want to know so I can keep on dreaming.

Dear Marc, I will work for bags.

Images via © LOUIS VUITTON

Dinie.

UNIQLO PURCHASES.

Previously during 313@somerset UNIQLO store opening, I got for myself a few cardigans and pullovers that I love so much! No, this is not an advertorial. If you don’t have any UNIQLO in your closet, you wouldn’t know what all the hype is all about. I’ve never come across a clothing company so dedicated to its customer and its clothes like UNIQLO. Very affordable and you get what you paid for in terms of quality. If UNIQLO maintain its price point and quality, I would be shopping there all my life, I swear.

Dinie.

UNIQLO-'TOKYO TO SINGAPORE' SHOW.

The largest UNIQLO fashion show to be staged outside of Japan-- The fashion show featured UNIQLO’s Winter Collection 2009 and exclusive first look at Spring Collection 2010. Look out for the ladies shoe in their Spring 2010 collection; I see thigh-high boots and Jil Sander-esque pumps on the runway. It should be an interesting purchase this spring. (Until the live-journal girls starts buying and wearing them with their vintage bags lah. )

You know how I detest sitting behind everyone else; like monkeys hovering over people’s head trying to get decent photos. While the front row (on the opposite side) were busy rummaging through goodie bags, we were still fixing our camera’s setting. We didn’t get good pictures, but we certainly had one hell of a good time!

Images By Ridhwan Sesapar.

Dinie.

KARL LAGERFELD IS NEVER HAPPY ANYWAYS.

Who wants to read on a sunday? Not me. Enjoy this documentary shot in 2000, directed by Gero von Boehm. (Thank god it wasn't directed by Karl Lagerfeld himself,phew. Have u seen that Paris-Shanghai movie?)


Dinie.

CHANEL PRE-FALL 2010.

Like any other Chanel shows, I don’t dare discuss its collection mainly because of its unique process and handwork. But i'll say: This was the most ‘aesthetically pleasing’ Chanel collection I’ve ever seen in seasons.

While the Coco Chanel short film, ‘Paris-Shanghai’ directed by Karl Lagerfeld was a major flop (Picture Baptiste Giabiconi as a Chinese immigrant) and provided us with good laughs, the collection was nothing like that.

Staged on a really large barge, the floating venue anchored at the heart of the Huangpu River overlooking the famous skyscraper. The only thing missing was Daul.

Dinie.

UNIQLO- 313@SOMERSET STORE PREVIEW.

When UNIQLO says they’re going to give us a store preview, they really mean it. The mall was still under construction! Us before any one else, from Ritz Carlton, where the fashion show was held, we were chauffeured in a coach to the new store. UNIQLO at 313@somerset is the largest Southeast Asian Store, 17,000 square feet of UNIQLO goodness!

UNIQLO at 313@somerset will be the only store to carry the +J collection in Singapore, also the first in SE Asia to showcase UNIQLO’s baby collection. Other exclusive pieces include collaboration with famed cult designer Mr.Kiminori Morishita.

I can’t hold my excitement any longer, enough of facts! I have to tell you about yesterday! It was madness! We got off the coach, was greeted by many foreign workers (whoa, red carpet moment) and up to the new 313@somerset building for the preview. Everyone was running towards the +J collection, things were off the racks! Seeing so many people grabbing the +J pieces, I was worried that I wouldn’t get my hands on any! People were trying on clothes like mad but we waited till the last minute to shop since it was too hectic to have pictures taken and to try on the stuff. (Which btw, I find it extremely rude for most of the people who were shopping to ignore the UNIQLO representative’s speech.)

This just in: The PR confirmed that there’s a queue of 200 this morning! I suggest you make your way down to UNIQLO at 313@somerset (#03-27 to 34) now to get your hands on the much anticipated +J collection before it’s gone

Images By Ridhwan Sesapar.

Dinie.