NY Fashion Week Fall Winter 2015 2016 Collection - Tommy Hilfiger, Carolina Herrera, DVF & DKNY

Tommy Hilfiger

Aweee! I am so excited when seeing TH collection of fall this year! Inspired by American Football, they are fresh, cool, fun & damn attractive! Its hard to choose either 1 or 2 design, because I just love all of them!! Not only the clothes, all the accessories from hat to shawl, and the shoes, all are awesome!

My choice : 1st & 2nd from right

My choice : 2nd from right

My choice : 2nd from left

My choice : 1st from right

My choice : 2nd from right

My choice : middle

My choice : middle

 

Love this!

 

Carolina Herrera

My choice : 2nd from right

  Diane Von Furstenberg

My choice : 1st from right

  

DKNY

My choice : 1st from right

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NY Fashion Week Fall Winter 2015 2016 Collection - Badgley Mischka, Victoria Beckham, Karen Walker & Herve Leger

Badgley Mischka

What can I say, I love all design for this collection by BM, they all look classic and full of gold.

My choice : 1st and 2nd from left

My choice : 1st and 2nd from left. The LBD remind me of my idol, Audrey Hepbrun. Its very simple, clean cut and sexy.

My choice : 1st from left

Love both! Love the fabric!

Love the fabric!

Very much in love with this jacket!

Victoria Beckham

I believe VB is a practical person, therefore this fall collection is "can be sold"  collection. Even just simple cutting, but they look smart and fit.

My choice : 1st & 2nd from left. Very much in love with the both skirt!

My choice : 1st & 2nd from left

My choice : 2nd from left

I love all these 3

My choice

Karen Walker

 

Fresh, Funky & Inspired - its all about KW fall collection 2015 - 2016. Even some of fabric look cheap, but I love the color combination and how KW combined the top and bottom.

My choice : 2nd from left. I love the yellow skirt!

I love all the combination

 

This one might be simple, but I love the color combination and the cutting

Herve Leger

By Max Azaria

My choice : 1st from right

My choice : 1st from left

 

I love this design!

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Second Resolution Unlocked!

Alhamdulillah.

One of my new year resolution has unlocked - to continue study. Yay! After leaving the "student" title for 10 years ago, now I become a student again - part time student.

 Officially a student now!

Of course am excited. But I always tell myself, dengar macam senang, tapi tak senang manalah. Sebab kalau setakat nak continue study dengan pointer yang cukup2 makan (2.0), everyone can continue study. But the best is to have a target - Kalau dapat 3.0 ke atas memang mantap la. Cubalah dapatkan Anugerah Dekan at least sekali seumur hidup, lol. Masa ambik diploma dulu study pun main2, sekarang dah tua2 baru nak insaf. Part time study tak senang, sebab kau kena pandai divide masa kau - antara kerja, personal time dengan study. Nobody will remind you bila masa nak hantar assignment, sebab semua kau kena pandai2 sendiri. Nasib baik aku memang apply course yang kena bacaaa je, so bacaaa jelah kerja aku. Dah tua2 ni, malas nak burden my brain fikir benda susah2. Hidup aku dah cukup challenge okay, tak perlu tambah lagi another challenge.

Bila check schedule, Alhamdulillah tak clash dengan mana2 tarikh aku nak pergi travel. Penting tu. Sebab komitmen untuk studi dah ada, travel walau macam mana pun, takkan delay. Dah lama plan kot, kalau tak jadi, memang menangis tepi dinding laa aku.

Kadang2 ada pikir jugak, apa yang aku buat masa aku umur 20an, habiskan masa berpoya2 je kot. Kan bagus kalau aku continue study or pergi travel. Tapi yelah kan, ini semua ketentuan Tuhan. Baru sekarang nak tergerak hati aku nak continue study, nak gi travel. Ada hikmah semua tu, cepat ke lambat. Nanti dah ada anak, aku nak guide diorang betul2 - pergi travel masa umur masih muda dan kalau nak sambung belajar, sambung je. Selagi ada peluang, buat je apa yang kita nak buat.

Bila ada member2 yang concern tentang banyak benda aku nak buat tahun ni, "Ha? Ko nak sambung belajar? Nak gi travel lagi? Habih kalau tahun ni kawin, camne? Hi, kalau aku taklah, aku fokus nak kawin je."

Aku tak nak tangguh lagi benda yang aku memang nak buat. Aku nak sambung belajar, aku buat. Aku nak travel, aku buat. Bab kawin tu, kalau dah sampai masa, kawinlah. Tapi apa yang aku dah plan, aku still nak buat.

Kita hidup ni tak lama. So, enjoy our life. Apa yang kita nak buat, kita usaha sampai tercapai. Kalau asyik nak delay tahun ke tahun, takut nanti tak sempat. Siapa kata lepas kawin, kita takleh buat itu, takleh buat ini? Boleh, sebab prinsip aku, nak seribu daya. Asalkan kita tau batas dan tau apa yang kita buat, just go on. Memang kalau dah kawin, its double or triple job, tapi kat dunia ni biarlah kita bersusah2 dan berpenat2 sebab aku percaya, setiap orang ada impian masing2. Umur laa ni dah 30, takut kalau tak buat laa ni, umur 40 dah tak larat dah.

Jangan nanti bila kau dah tua2, terkeluar ayat2 macam ni, "Kenapalah masa dulu aku tak bla bla bla...".
Lagi satu, kalau kau rasa perkahwinan atau pasangan ko as a wall which block you to achieve your dream, jangan nanti kalau bercerai, kau akan buat statement, "Kenapalah aku tak buat bla bla bla...sebab kahwin punya pasal lah ni, sebab si anu tu tak bagi, kalau tak aku dah bla bla bla dah". Masa ni tak guna kau salahkan orang lain atau salahkan benda lain, sebab semuanya atas diri kau sendiri sebenarnya. Nak atau tak nak. Buat atau tak buat. Itu je.

NEVER STOP CHASING YOUR DREAM.

Ada Apa Dengan Kawan Kau Yang Belum Kahwin?

Kau kena tau banyak bezanya kawan yang belum kawin dan yang dah kawin.

Hari tu, ada member aku cerita yang dia tension gila sebab join member2 dia yang dah bekeluarga pergi holiday, end up dia jadi tukang ambik gambar kawan2 dia sebab dia takde tanggungjawab lain. Dengan erti kata, dia singe, dia takde isteri untuk dilayan, dia takde anak untuk dijaga, dan dia pergi sorang diri, takde partner.

Aku ketawa bagai nak rak. Kesian ada, kelakar pun ada.

Mungkin bagi sesetengah orang yang still single kata, "Alah, no hal lah join member2 yang dah kawin. Rilex je aku."

Ok, kau tunggu bila kawan2 kau yang dah kawin duk cerita malam semalam diorang main sampai pukul berapa, anak ngan bini merengek2 tengah malam nak itu, nak ini.

Dan kau? Kau nak cerita pasal apa? Takkan kau nak cerita pasal ko main jugak, sape yang merengek dengan kau malam2 buta? Eh? Eh?

Dan tipulah kalau kau kata, kau tak rasa apa2 bila diorang cerita pasal kebahagiaan masing2 bila dah bekeluarga.

 

Semakin lanjut usia aku, one of the thing aku realized, aku semakin memilih kawan. Aku pilih yang sama macam aku - berumur, single, ada interest yang sama dan pemikiran yang lebih kurang macam aku.

Sebab aku sedar, hidup aku terlalu singkat untuk dibazirkan dengan orang2 yang tak serasi dengan aku atau yang tak menyenangi aku. Atau yang tak sama opinion dengan aku.

Ada sesetengah kawan jugak, yang menjauhkan diri dengan tetibe even nothing happened actually, memula aku wonder jugak. Tapi aku terima hakikat, aku faham, mungkin ada sesetengah member yang merasakan aku "dah terbang tinggi", "dah tak macam dulu", "kelihatan sangat confident" dan bla bla bla. Atau mungkin jugak, masalah diorang sendiri - dah takde confident nak hanging out dengan aku, dah rasa tak serasi, dah rasa serabut or whatever, or lebih selesa dengan kawan yang "setaraf". Takpe, aku faham.

Sebab aku still single, aku lebih selesa dengan kawan2 yang single jugak. Bukanlah kata aku takde kawan2 yang dah kawin, ada je. Ramai. Tapi bukanlah yang jenis 24 jam duk cerita pasal laki dan anak kau. Cerita sikit2, oklah. Tapi kalau asyik2 cerita benda yang takde (ops..belum lagi ada), aku terkesan jugak. Kadang2, kita tak sedar yang kita terlalu obses dengan sesuatu perkara atau sesuatu yang kita miliki, sampai kita tak sedar either people love to hear it or not.

Kadang2, ada jugak sesetengah orang yang tak paham2 kenapa si polan yang still single tu, menjauhkan diri daripada kawan2 yang dah bekeluarga. Like, "Eh, kenapa dengan si Mat tu, takde dah nak contact2 aku ajak gi minum ke apa". Hei, kau sedarlah kawan2 kau yang single memang macam tu. Sekali sekala melayan kau, okay lah. Tapi takkan nak berkepit 24 jam kan. Kau dah ada family kot. Lagi satu everytime reunion dengan member2 yang dah lama tak jumpa, like 10 tahun camtu, kalau ada member2 single yang tak attend, bagi alasan buzy ke, ada meeting ke, outstation ke bla bla bla.., instead maybe benda tu betul, ketahuilah bahawasanya diorang memang tak nak jumpa korang - sebab takde apa yang nak di "show off" kan, takde anak, takde bini. Kalau yang ada pakwe or make, boleh consider lagi lah. Sebab korang yang dah berfamily akan wish, "Welcome to the club". Kan? Kan?

Sebab even kerjaya tinggi mana pun, family is always comes first. Family is something that we proud of. Kalau yang still single, career maybe no.1 lah, tapi career selalu kalah dengan family. Sesestengah orang yang single memang akan jadikan career is no.1, tapi sampai bila?

Kawan kau single ke, kawan kau dah kawin ke. just respect their space. Jangan kau buat member kau yang dah kawin tu macam kau yang still bujang. Jangan anggap member kau yang still single akan tolerate all the time dengan kau yang dah kawin. 

As long as the friendship still remain, then ok.

p/s : All my friends are having kids, and am like,

 

Haute Couture Spring Summer 2015 - Valentino, Elie Saab, Christian Dior & Chanel

Nice backdrop by Chanel

Valentino

At its very core haute couture is powered by one all-encompassing emotion — love. Designers create their one-of-a-kind garments because they love craftsmanship, beauty, creativity and challenging themselves.
All of those things could be seen in the spring/summer 2015 collection that designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli created for Valentino. It was felt in each stitched line of poetry woven into the skirt of an evening dress, every pair of angel wings sculpted out of fabric to create the sleeves, back or bodice of a dress, and in all the multifaceted highly embellished lace gowns that became more stunningly complex the closer they drew near.
This season the duo leaned on their more monastic inclinations. The numerous high-necked dresses worn by models with their hair woven through with wild flowers and pulled up in a halo around their heads looked virginal. Especially when the clothing was covered in Russian-inspired naïve embroideries and featured smocking waistlines or bustier peasant tops.
The show's styling might have made this collection look somewhat historical. Except for a pair of velvet dresses, which simply looked timeless. But it was still easy to imagine a modern woman — with the right clutch, shoes and blowout — making any of these dresses the talk of the party.
By the time the designer duo took their bow, it was the audience that had fallen deeply, completely and madly in love with this glorious collection.

 From here review

 Short review : What can I say, I LOVE almost ALL the design for this HC season. Glad that Valentino keep maintain the elegance. I believe Valentino dont need striking colors to make appeal, because elegance is what people love about Valentino.

My Choice

 Elie Saab

The Elie Saab show on Wednesday smartly echoed the red carpet  maneuver made by it-girl actress Lupita Nyong’o, who wore the brand to the SAG awards on Sunday to rave reviews. It wasn't just the floor-length abstract flower print dress with dramatic black vertical stripes the ingénue wore to the main event that made Nyong'o's dress a winner; it was the fact that she showed up at an after-party in a shorter variation on the same design.
In Saab’s spring/summer 2015 couture show the Lebanese designer used the same approach.  He produced a number of beautifully beaded long gowns in a myriad of blooming flora motifs such as tulips, jacarandas and mimosa and then reworked them again in a shorter offshoot with a more youthful take on the same premise. The clever addition of low-heeled sandals to these ensembles helped even further to accentuate their girlish charm.
An addition made by the show’s stylist Melanie Huynh, perhaps? Since she has come on board, the brand clearly has a new spring in its step.
But what was most remarkable about this feminine and romantic collection was the sense of nostalgia wafting through the designs as the models walked through the garden-decorated venue.
In a mood board souvenir  booklet left on each seat, the designer  himself opened up about his youth in Beirut and the memories of his mother dressed up in gowns covered in flowers. Just the line of text that quoted Saab as saying, “And with every new collection I conceived, the striking image of my mother in this tulip print silk dress reappeared endlessly” explains so much about the designer and the garments he creates.
Saab called this collection “Beirut, Chasing a Dream”. And he captured a bit of the essence of his homeland in all his elegant dresses with their three dimensional blooms, fabric petals fluttering in the wind and delicate stems stitched out of sequins onto tulle. But what the fans of his brand hope for most of all is that he never wakes up from the reverie that is at the heart of this couture house.

From here review

Short review : ES never failed to impress me with the gorgeous design for wedding gown. It is absolutely heavy breathing when seeing the model walk out slowly, holding the gown. Who dont want to have (or at least, wear) for such a beautiful wedding gown by ES, right? 

Christian Dior

The old adage “there is nothing new under the sun” was turned on its head at the Christian Dior haute couture show on Monday. Designer Raf Simons reached back into the past and cherry-picked symbolic silhouettes of bygone eras and then proceeded to give them a futuristic spin. It made for a combination that felt revolutionary, provocative and yet completely of the times we live in.
In the silver-mirrored enclosed Dior show space, a visually graphic scaffolding, painted pristine white, had been erected. The two-tiered metal runway was then softened further by the addition of a bubble gum pink carpet that lined the floors and two open staircases. Resulting in a mise-en-scene that was dramatic and romantic in equal parts.
The same could be said for this collection, which was filled with as many beautiful flower-embellished full-skirted gowns as it was with vibrant psychedelic multicolored wool bodysuits. The riotous mix of bold colors, crystal beading embellishments, lace panels and plastic used to create each thoroughly unique and highly structured mini dress was a feast for the eye and lovely to behold. As were the impressive patent leather thigh high-boots (their clear heels soled in shimmering crystals) and flower-printed plastic rain coats, which finished off many of the looks. And a shout-out must go to Guiso Palau and his sliced apart ponytails, that he then reattached with metal rings. It was the perfect sleek foil to all the impactful ensembles.
It was easy to see the influence not only of Mr. Dior and his bar suit but also the works of André Corrège, Pierre Cardin (who trained with Dior) and possibly Bob Mackie for the show's vertical striped sequined body suits. But even so, each ensemble could never be mistaken for anyone other than Simons. His sophisticated and unusual combinations of colors, fabrics and embellishments on meticulously tailored designs have become his own unique sartorial calling card.
It might be true that it has all been done before, but what made this collection work was that it culled together the best, or perhaps most iconic, elements of fashion’s past, and then the designer was able to envision them in a completely new way.  Which brings to mind another old adage that says, "If we don’t learn from the past we are destined  to repeat it." Simons has clearly been diligent in his fashion history studies and as such has been able to find a thoroughly original way forward for Dior.

 From here review

My choice

Chanel

Tropical blooms were bursting on Chanel's spring/summer 2015 haute couture catwalk on Tuesday. Inside the vast Grand Palais space a rather intimate hot house had been erected and was the home to a white paper garden filled with dormant flora.

Conversely, all the flower-embellished daywear attire in this collection did not feel as if it had alighted in Paris from some far-off vacation destination. Instead the brightly colored skirt suits that opened the show, their more youthful crop top fuller skirted offshoots, and a smattering of pencil skirt alternatives all looked like they could survive, and even thrive, outside a climate-controlled environment.
The same could not be said of the beautifully embellished event ensembles designer Karl Lagerfeld concocted. The bold crystal-encrusted puff sleeved dresses, voluminous skirts hemmed with silk buds that accentuated the hips and the exposed waistlines of models, and in particular a mini floral cape all felt a bit foreign. Even the practical flat black boots and the youthful knitted veiled beanies covered in blossoms that finished off these ensembles couldn't make them feel quite germane.
It was as if the horticulturalist of this haute couture garden had misdiagnosed the dosage of his fashion fertilizer this season. Daywear had hardy wardrobe staying power.  While its evening alternatives looked more like they would survive better under glass, protected from the elements and conserved for posterity.
From here review 

Short review : Urm....I always love Karl and his brilliant works but for this HC season, am sorry Karl, I think I agree on the negatives comment about all the design. I dont find anything fresh for this HC season, its boring, nothing new. Expectation on Chanel by Karl is always high, but with this kind of collection, is a no no for me.

My choice

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