All posts tagged: fashion writing

Gucci & Its Ever-Growing Relevance in 2017

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If I could crown a fashion house for being able to embrace change, whilst still remaining relevant and true to itself, then I would happily crown Gucci as the winner. It’s increasingly become hard it seems, to take over a brand, revamp its image and receive positive appraisal. Or at least the last few years say so as many Creative Directors fail to stay longer than 3 years as sales and show response have been nothing short of mediocre. I won’t be naming any names in that category but I will say that Gucci have been going anywhere but down. Sure. The Gucci woman today is different to previous generations but somehow it just works. Sexy woman becomes eclectic geek chic because…why can’t a sexy woman be smart anyways? And dress well? Here, I’m dissecting the brand’s continuing success if you will – in snapshots of what makes Gucci so talked about and coveted, even amongst the youth; especially amongst the youth. The ‘GG’ Logo Makes For A Great Design If there is something to own by Gucci, then it is the belt. …

Tumblr Taught Me: All The Ways to Wear a Sweater

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I love a good sweater, do you? Okay, that wasn’t a very bright question because I can’t imagine anyone who doesn’t love a good sweater! The only time you might not like one is if it’s not a good sweater at all (very dependent on fit and feel for me) or if you’re not quite wearing it right and making the most of it! I am a large hoarder of pretty things. On the internet. (See what I did there? Albeit, in real life I hoard what I can because…limitations.) And my recent platform for that is Tumblr. (Yes, I’m very late to the game.) These are just a snippet of pins that I’ve reblogged on my Tumblr over time that I think are full of sweater-envy and style-envy. Are you ready? Broken is Beautiful Your sweater has a large hole in it? Don’t throw it away just yet! I know. It’s disheartening when your favourite piece of knitwear gets caught on a piece of jewellery or some other device and gets ruined. But it’s still not a …

All The Things Makeup Taught Me (+Story Time)

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Sometimes, ideas just come to me out of the blue without thinking too hard for it. Today is one of those days. I’ve been properly using makeup now for about two years. I say properly because I don’t quite count the times before that, as the time intervals were very irregular and therefore isn’t considered a routine. Honestly, it wouldn’t even add up to five products but funnily enough, the skincare routine was mostly in-check! I had the odd mascara and eyeliner which were my makeup staples if I were to put makeup on. Otherwise, 99% of the time I wore no makeup to school – all throughout high school, college and university. I have to say though, I’m not ashamed to admit that and for the most part, I think it did good for my skin in my earlier years when I had more acne. As a growing adolescent, you can say I was indifferent because many girls (and boys) start to have role models and idols but I actually didn’t have any urge to experiment …

The Beauty Clean-Up #1

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This is essentially an empties post however I decided to put it under a different name – The Beauty Clean-up, as to put forward I guess, an ongoing project that I have been thinking about for a while. For months even. Once you become a beauty enthusiast, it’s very easy to also become a hoarder because really and truly, there are only so many products you use in a day, in a week, in a year. So naturally, there will be products that don’t get used as much, that get left behind – is it a lie to think we need all these products in our lives? I like to think of myself as a smart shopper, but in the recent year or so, my beauty drawer has been expanding and it bothers me in the sense that no matter how good the products are, I’m not using them up simply because they’re not being touched! Therefore, I am challenging myself to use up many of these products whilst not buying anything for the rest of the year …

#PFW S/S17 Welcome to the Revolution! | Favourites 2

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Known as the ‘City of Love’. Love for so many things that do not exclude Fashion. Love for the Arts, the People, the Culture. This is Paris! Sacai This is one of the newer brands in my vocabulary that I’m getting to know more and more about 🙂 and this season may have been their strongest collection to date! To give you a little insight, the brand is founded by Chitose Abe who previously worked as a pattern cutter under Rei Kawakubo at Comme Des Garçons and later, as a design member at Junya Watanabe. From there on, you can expect super creativity but it doesn’t stop there. No. It never stops. The dreams keep rolling. The aesthetic of Sacai is fresh, exciting and ever-evolving that moving from New York to Paris to show, cements its worth. You can expect the mixing of different fabrics from Sacai – quite like collage, executed with such finesse that the idea of collage was a second thought. The clothes though! It’s worth seeing any video footage you can find, as …