:: fashion trends - how right/wrong are they? ::

disclaimer : i am not a fashion expert, but i do know how fashion works (well, for most times at least). those fashionistas snobs are trend-setters (and so they like to think) and the fashion industry works out trends well ahead for mere mortals like me to just simply follow.

but how many of these 'trends' do people (and major mass-market fashion retailers) actually hit the mark? we all know that the current fashion shows right now are for fall/winter 2008 - and damn it, winter 2007 is still not over....but that's how the industry work. they give inspirations and creative exchanges to designers all over the world on what to 'sell' come fall/winter later on this year?

let's re-cap what was the top 10 fashion trends for fall/winter 2007 from milan, new york and paris fashion shows in 2006, and compare that to what hit the stores really.


personally , i have seen 4 of the top 10 picks which have hit the major retailers quite a bit. they are the 'shiny set', 'long and layered', the soft parade' and 'tone on tone' ...

major retailers like zara, hnm, uniqlo and cos (all which i frequent quite regularly) have stocked up enough influences on those trends. i'm sure other influences are also quite spot-on but it did not catch enough attention from me as i don't see myself wearing those clothes on me.

in all fairness, i think these trends are powerful and influential on its own, and it gives a lot of inspiration and ideas on what kind of clothes to shop in the next seasons to come. if one thing that i've learn to spot on trends was to save me the embarrassment of choosing the colour of the season, the fit and the style of (say, the black fall/winter shirt details). it could be boring, because when you shop, you will see most clothes are similar and one that you are already and you might loose your sense of personal style....

so, if you want to be lazy to know what's coming up for spring/summer 2008, read on....


where are my eighties clothes? x....

:: i'll be lonely another day ::

if i am given a kiss everytime i have forgotten how cold the dutch autumn can be, i guess every inch of my skin will be covered - at least 100 times over!

as i was cycling home from work today, i regretted not wearing enough warm clothing - a prada-like overcoat which i bought in hong kong was indeed fashionable and felt and looked it, but it was not warm enough for this turbulent harsh cold wind in the hague.

feeling a lot of self-pity and cursing myself for not having my gloves with me (my hands were freezing and almost felt numb)....the music in my iPod (the same song that is imbedded here) didn't help in shaking this bleak, dark and hollow feeling inside me.

i suddenly felt.....very, very......lonely.

it was not yet 6 pm but the darkness in the streets was unbearable. the more i think about this loneliness, the more miserable i have become. despite the cold, i deviated the route home to my favourite take-away chinese dinner, and think about suddenness about this lonely-fear-factor.

i decided i must blog about this.

as i was going through my mind about this topic, i remembered that i wrote about 'is one really a lonely number?'

the more about i think about it, i realized i am feeling less and less lonely. i started to think about all those things that i have always wanted to do - like the books that I've bought, going to the gym, errands like re-arranging my wardrobe, etc etc.

it is strange. because when i first started thinking about it, i longed about having a companion tonight, someone who is real and warm.

as i am writing this, i do not see that need of having anyone tonight - when there are many other things that i can and will do - like reading my much overdue magazines which are piling up next to my bed.

i think i will do that, despite being a bit cynical if whether i am avoiding my inner emotion about being lonely.

i guess i'll be lonely another day, and will not turn down any coffee or drinks request from new friends that i am going to make.

ta-da, x!