The Supermodel

One of the guests invited by STB to attend this year's Fashion Festival is staying with us. There was supposed to be a series of interviews lined up for this guy, and we were involved in arranging the venue.

I didn't think too much about who the guy was, given that such arrangements are pretty standard.

No, I wasn't really excited about who he was, till I saw his picture and write-up in yesterday's Straits Times Life! section. I knew it was some famous supermodel to be interviewed, but I didn't think he would look like this:


I know. "HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW WHO HE IS??!" you may ask.

But to me, I only remember the Claudia Schiffers and Heidi Klums. Name the female models I can, they are afterall, the higher profiled ones in the modelling industry. Thus, male models all kinda look the same to me, despite this guy's many years in the industry.

Anyway, cut the long story short, I straight away personally went up to "oversee" the interview.

The Big Swop

While The Boy is away in KL attending a colleague's wedding, I have a date with Beanbean tomorrow, for the Swirl Swap Swop!

The objective is to clear your wardrobe, of all those pieces of clothings that you no longer wear, either they no longer fit, or that they were impulse buys or fashion disasters. Bring them down, and add to the pile of cast-offs from the other girls. The great exchange begins.

An ingenious way to empty the wardrobe to make way for new clothes I say! At least you know that the clothes that you have cast away will end up with someone else who would appreciate them.

The idea is to be ruthless. But like I mentioned to Beanbean, I just cleared out my wardrobe a while back, so hopefully what I've managed to gather would be good enough.


We'll update tomorrow! :)

Milan - The Fashion Capital

I've been so engrossed in checking out our accommodation for Italy, that I decided that I would not further kill any more brain cells thinking of what clothes to pack in my luggage. In fact, for a shopaholic like me, it's quite no-frills for me when it comes to packing clothes for holidays.

I tend to pack a couple of pairs of jeans, plenty of t-shirts, a couple of coats and only 1 pair of walking shoes. No "fashion parade" of sorts. No overloading of luggage - I try to save as much space as I can, so as to accommodate all that shopping. And then I end up looking the same in every picture.

And this I was intending to do, till r@e reminded me that I'm not going to just any country. I'm going to Italy - that is, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan - one of the fahion capitals of the world. A country where it has always been well-known for stylish-chic fashion, a trend-setter, home of Gucci, Prada, Ferragamo and all. In short, the MOTHERSHIP of a true-blue shopaholic/fahionista.

Come on, EJ, what were you thinking of??? IT'S ITALY LOR!!!!!!!!

I was ashamed. To think that I was even contemplating carrying a backpack. R@e thought it was a joke. "I don't think Italian women carry backpacks lor. And you want to carry that into the Prada boutique???" she asked.

That's it. All of a sudden, I decided that just for today, only today, I would break that rule of saving up more money (than usual), just before we set off for the trip. I shopped with a purpose. And I was mighty pleased with the find. :D


Ok, back to tripadvisor.....

Bag The Vintage

Yes, I continued with my little indulgence after the vintage dress, without the initial intention to, of course. I've never really looked at vintage bags, as most of those I've seen were really old, a bit too worn out for my liking. So what happens when you chance upon a couple in pretty decent, good condition? Like I was telling Domestic Rat, I couldn't resist them!

Especially the metal mesh bag in ivory white....my mum used to have something like this, and I would run my fingers up and down the cool metal mesh. So happy now that I've gotten the one bag I've always wanted, played with as a little girl...


By the way, I've come to realise that the ladies' feet in those days were much smaller and slimmer. Most of the shoes are quite tiny. One of the ladies at the vintage shops told me that nowadays, the youngsters have much bigger and broader feet, so can't fit into most of her shoes!

How Vintage Are You?

I love vintage fashion. My collection is slowly but surely building up. Somehow, the interest in shopping for "normal" clothes currently in fashion is no longer as big a draw for me. The thought that someone else could be wearing the same mass-produced dress I have on. Sure I still shop for these, as I can't be wearing vintage everyday.

But I so much prefer browsing through the racks of clothes at Granny's Day Out, Deja Vu Vintage etc etc. It's a strange, inexplicable feeling, knowing that something you are wearing was worn by someone 30, 40 years ago. You wonder who wore that, what was she like, where she had been, how many hands it passed through. Some of them were hand-made, which add even greater character to the pieces. The oldest piece I recently acquired was a dark, navy blue dress from the 50s. Some people call it the yellow armpit clothes. I love them!

Thanks to the tip-off from Pillotalks, I ran over (literally) to Raffles City during lunch yesterday to check out the Vintage Bazaar at the basement. Her sms went, "Dustbunny Vintage, Granny's Day Out and more at rc basement. Just spent some money there. Thought you might want to check out during lunch."

My loot of the day.... and you know you have reached another level of being into vintage wear, when you not only pay 100-over bucks for clothes that are old, they are torn too. The opened up seams can be sewn back, my precious lil' dress. *contented smile*

All Things Online

Even though busy work/social schedules have kept me away from the shopping malls for quite a while, coupled with the fact that I made a promise not to spend till the next pay day, the lure of online shopping was too good, too convenient to resist.

Does this happen to you, when you think you can save money by not physically stepping into the malls, yet when you are home, you unwittingly start browsing through the online shopping sites? And end up clicking some items into your shopping cart? It's even more tempting when you realise the cost savings when you share shipping costs with your gal frens.....

Well, at least I was still thinking of The Boy, so he's got a nice-looking tee as well!! *grins*

Bags Bags Bags

Despite having to work this morning, I managed to squeeze in a trip to the bag sale at Hilton, thanks to the timely info from Ms P. I made it there and back to office, just in time for a meeting. Yes, call me hardcore.

Apart from the buckets and jimmy choos I have been lusting after, a couple of bags caught my eye today. A search online revealed even more bags that I think will fit nicely into my hands....



Is it time for a cream/white bag?