Blueprint

Blueprint was an expo for up-and-coming designers/brands...Saturday was open to the public, so I headed all the way out to the Pit building to check it out. My long lost friend from Milan happened to be there working for this really interesting brand that she's re-launching, NSHA. I really like the collection, I've got my eye on a couple of pieces. This collection is actually designed by Erika Kurihara, i-D magazine's ex-fashion editor. She's pretty awesome, half swedish, half japanese, it seems like style is in her blood. It shows in her collection. These are a few of my favourite things:

And then those shoes, I LOVE them. I don't think they're for sale sadly. Have a look at the website: http://www.nsha.com/2010/index.html . Check out the Khlang heading, it takes you to this beautiful video, something different for their marketing campaign...

Much love, 

Freya xx

House of Holland

Eh, not really a fan. I think this is reminiscent of Victoria Secret's PINK collection, not a fan of that either. I don't like jersey, or bright colours. But I enjoyed the show!! It was pretty funky...Here's a video of the finale. 

Much love, 

Freya 

xx

alldressedup

I really enjoyed this show, it's good to see Singapore representin'. Alldressedup showed an appealing, wearable collection, with lots of fur!! Yay! 

Loved the fur gilets. I think I can pull this off in Singapore without looking too ridicuous -- you know the whole fur in 100 degrees may not be the smartest idea (but who cares!!).

This is probably my favourite piece from the collection. I like the shape of this jumpsuit. 

Funky, gold party dress. 

Much love, 

Freya xx

Fashion Asia

This show was dissapointing. It was a mix of over-inspired and under-inspired. Four Pakistani designers showed, in order of appearance; Nomi Ansari, Maheen, Shameel, and Deepak Perwani.

Nomi Anari's collection was entitled "Circus," thank God I was seated way in the back. Otherwise, I think I may have gone blind from the exhausted use of sequins and bold colours.

The circus folk.

The lion.

The tent.

All this collection was missing was a trapeze and lion tamer. A human pyramid, wouldn't have gone amiss either. 

 Next was Maheen. Apparently Maheen was aiming for "timeless and elegant." But, uh, I think she misundertsood the assignment, because the collection was more bland and boring. 

Colours, BLAH.

Black and sparkly evening gown, how innovative. 

Unflattering, uninspired, so boooooringggg.

REDEMPTION!!! This piece is beautiful. It's elegant and different. But one good piece doesn't make a collection...

After this I lost my attention span. The rest of the collections looked like something you can find at the Market in Morocco. And then there was some menswear thrown in there, you know as a token, with some atrocious male models.

Is this guy for real? STRIKE A POSE MUCH?

Much love, 

Freya xx

Oh Marchesa...

Tonight I was "special." It's good to be appreciated!! Many thanks to my amazing cousin who organised my amazing seat. The show was great. Frankly, it was much better than Dsquared2's. I didn't like them showing menswear and womenswear at the same time, for me it just didn't work. My eyes were sort of all over the place, and there was no cohesiveness. It was just too much at the same time, you know?
But I'm digressing, Marchesa's show was beautiful. It was a retrospective. I was surprised that I didn't recognise any of the looks...but there you go. I love Marchesa. I love that they are a couture house of our generation. Gone are the mainstream couture ateliers of years ago, but at least Marchesa is prevalent. Today we have RTW.  And don't get me wrong I'm more of a RTW girl. But I appreciate art, intricacy and craftsmanship. We are a "now" society, and consequently we don't want to pay an arm and a leg for pieces we will only wear a couple of times. Marchesa is not RTW, it's couture. Have a look at the craftsmanship and compare. The work and the quality are there. But first a little crowd watching...

Some like it hot (pink)

More show-goers wearing Marchesa. Although, Phoebe isn't really just a show-goer, she owns Tribeca, the store that exclusively carries Marchesa in Singapore. 

Beautiful dress, beautiful lady, but the bag, hmmm not so beautiful

Eh.

I like your look, lady. 

Teenage boys like Marchesa too. 

Nice sneakers. 

Smile for the camera(s).

Full house.

And the show begins....Song Kyunga from Korea opens. She is absolutely striking. She's already a big deal in Asia, but I think she's gonna be an international stahhhr. 

One of my favourites. Love the shape and colour, and the one shoulder thang going on. 

And from the back:

My other favourite. 

From many angles...got a little snappy happy, but I love this one. 

Finale piece. 

I shot a video too (right side up this time!).

                                          

Lots more Singapore fashion week stuff to come. 

Much love, 

Freya xxx