I Know You Hated Me,..

(Denim jacket from CastelleClothing, bartered baby blue collared tee, G2 leather-like tights, fringe bag, Vincci hoop necklace and cuff, vintage rocker cuff, Urbanog strappy heels)

..Collars. But I still love you anyway. There's definitely no chemistry between me and all things collared. And here are the proofs. Anyway, I am soooo glad to be back, blogging, posting pics, etc! I missed my blog so much and there's definitely no seperation between us anymore. Thank God I've got my photos back and now I'm officially back! :) Thank you to all who stayed tuned even with my seriously slow updates. Have a nice week ahead everyone!

d734

Okay, you may thought this is spam post or something with this weird entry title and not to mention the Photobucket thingy I'm having here. Crap. I apologise for my lack of updates and also thanks to Photobucket, you're only making me look bad here.

In the mean time while I'm figuring out how to troubleshoot this small lil problem I'm having here, maybe I'll stock up on my future posts or, visit your blog! Again, I apologise to you all and I assure you, I'll come back with more updates!
Btw, d734 stands for HELP, like a code, if you turn it upside down.

Cheers,
Wendy

Bed of Roses

A break from my usual outfit posts. I couldn't believe it was already a year ago. Time flies real fast. Anyway, I was very blessed to have been chosen as one of the 12th finalist to compete in the finals of this very amazing event, the Triumph Inspiration Award. Fashion has always been my passion but I never thought I would've ventured into the less talked about and most feminine side of fashion, lingerie. The competition was held on the 21st of May last year and we were given a month or so, beforehand to complete our pieces. A month of teeth grinding, sleep-thinking sleeps, that it.


The concept for my lingerie piece was Beauty as the theme for this event was Female Fascination and for me, beauty fascinates women the most. Name me a woman who doesn't wanna be beautiful. [paused 30 secs]. None, am I right? So, I incorporated roses into my design which I feel best represents beauty. As this was my first ever hands on producing lingerie, I had a really hard time constructing it and finding the perfect fabrication. I went to God knows how many textile stores, for a stretchable tulle. And when I finally found it, they were not of the colour I want. The closest and the only available stretchy tulle was a light green.

Now, making it pink. I bought 2 types of fabric dye - one in pink and one in light peach. There were tons of trials and errors (okay, I exaggerated), probably more than five times (imagine boiling, adding salt & dye, simmering and washing for more than five freaking times), till I finally achieve the wanted hue. The first was too Barbie box pinkish obtained from the pink dye, the second was orangey brown, slightly pinkish from the light peach dye. I spent a day of a Sunday, just dyeing. I almost gave up a few times because it took up too much time that I was torn between my Fashion Design assignments and this. I did get support from my family, my loved one, friends and God-sent, Rico, who was the second runner-up of this contest. He was basically helping me a lot with the transportation to and fro the Triumph Headquarters and to some textile stores. In fact, all the contestant was uber friendly and supportive throughout this competition:-)



And this was the result. I was asked by one of the judges, 'how do you wash these?' It was so out of the blue and so the word dry clean just came out. Sometimes, creativity doesn't come washable. Washability only limits creativity. I should have added.



Among others. Rico's was Victorian inspired (11) and the one I loved most was the Grecian/Roman inspired (the 1st one). The winner of this competition was number 10, by Merlin Yuwita whose design was inspired by Marie Antoinette. She took home 5000MYR cold hard cash and represented my country to compete with the rest of the countries in the finals in Beijing, China.


The line-up. Which is your favourite? :-)


Local artiste: So I am guessing y'all now know where I'm from :-)



The designers/contestants


I kept imagining tripping and falling flat on my face that I chose to wear flats. Emily, the model was walking graciously on the other hand.


My sister, Ivy who managed to witness this memorable moment of my life and my besties Sara and Jessica who came to give their loudest and biggest support! Mucho mucho gracias xx


After all the pain and suffering (I gotta stop exaggerating), I finally got myself a place as the 1st runner-up. Must have been God's grace cos I seriously do not think I deserved it! And the 2nd runner-up goes to my mate, Rico Rinaldi :-) Unfortunately the 2nd and 3rd placing prize giving ceremony was only held at my uni. Click here for pics and articles.


My greatest regret - Not trying the cute Triumph cupcakes during the Gala night, the official opening ceremony for the competition. Reason being,... I couldn't think of any! What was I thinking?? Anyway, this was just a lil something from my past. I hope y'all had fun reading it :)

Pictures courtesy of DKBU

Take A Picture

peace at home

Was feeling a lil bored at home last week as I had to babysit my younger siblings whose schools were temporarily closed due to the H1N1 outbreak. It's been spreading quite rapidly over here but fret not, cos God is with us all :)
And with the abundance of time which I had the other day, my itchy hands decided to take pictures of that lovely quiet morning, before they were awake. I love quiet mornings. Do you too?
Oh gosh, I forgot that it's been a week since I last posted something here! I must admit I have been a bum when it comes to doing something routine like updating this space (I hate calling this a blog). My sincerest apology to you all!

Just a quick note here. I recently, meaning 2 weeks ago, purchased these beautiful thing. The ring was awesomely affordable, but as for the chain, for me, it was so not affordable at all. I love and regret it at the same time.

Another quick note here LOL. A HUGE gratitude to my sister, style-antagonist for featuring me in one of her blog post. I definitely do not deserve it at all, seriously. But still, thank you so much sis!

*sorry, I couldn't stop it seems. Notice the smaller pictures? I thought my previous ones were kind of, large so the new ones are now rescaled by just 50px smaller. Not much of a difference, isn't it?

Mind Weaving

(Thrifted pin-striped blazer, MNG black flared top, DIY jeans shorts, Vincci studded cuff & heart-shaped pendant, vintage rocker cuff, Chanel inspired quilted shoulder bag, brandless grey woven strappy sandals)

Hmm. It seems like I am always seen wearing the same old necklace. And jacket. Who cares? Clothes are meant to be worn more than once but not the style. This would be my first grey shoes and after spending too long time being in the comfort zone of wearing shoes of black hues, I find it a lil difficult to pair up this one with the rest of the outfit. I have to basically crack my head figuring out the perfect combo.

For those who had enquired on where these shoes are from, they are from a local chinese boutique in a town where I lived :-)

Note: Thank you so much for those who dropped me comments on my previous post. They were all very thoughtful and every single comments are very much appreciated as they lift my spirits up. Although I'm still in confusion mode, I pray for the right decision.

Grey Sky Morning

(George grey knitted top, random black tube as skirt, vintage: floppy hat, drawstring bag and rocker cuff, brandless wedged gladiators, Vincci studded cuff and F21 layered chains)

Been feeling slightly under the weather lately until this quote pops out of nowhere and make it worse. "There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way". By Christopher Morley.

I am wondering, will I ever?

Title credits: Vertical Horizon, Best I Ever Had

Jinxed

LOL one of my first few styles..

A really HUGE thank you to FashionJinx for the feature on blacklcoffeelcrumbs! I must say, that I am feeling really honoured and thankful to God for this wonderful opportunity. You may read the interview here. But don't just stop there :-) Do explore his blog for great covers and interviews with aspiring fashion bloggers around the world! ♥♥