Coachella Style: July 2010

HYPEd Up! Flea Market at *Scape building

I'm selling at this flea market tomorrow. It's in the new *Scape building, which is a hangout for teenagers. Live music, giveaways, contests, and lots of fun shopping!
Do come down & check it out! Look out for the URARAA table with some of this gorgeous stuff..

When: 31st July, Saturday
Time: 14 00 - 21 00
Where: *SCAPE building, The Street+Market (It's a brand new flea-tastic space!)
How to get there: It's just beside Cathay Cineleisure, opposite *Scape Youth Park.

Erin Wasson !

Friday Roundup: Pavonine, Alldressedup & Opening Ceremony/ACE Hotel

My friend from LA started a clothing line called Pavonine with her sister & another friend last year, and they've been having great response to their line so far. It's already been picked up by many specialty boutiques in LA & NYC & revolve.com. And now, they've just been picked up by Urban Outfitters, where several of their cool dresses & tops are selling exclusively online at Urban Outfitters, retailing around USD$128-$188. How great is that! I'm amazed at their wonderful success for such a new and young clothing line.

I also read on Urban today that the Singapore label Alldressedup has been picked up by Anthropologie in the US. They will be selling bags from Alldressedup's FW2010 collection both online and in their retail stores. These retail around SGD$679.
I'm always excited when our local brands get spotlighted overseas.

from the Spring/Summer collection at cate.com.sg

Hmm, this also makes me wonder what kind of marketing/merchandising strategy URBN Inc, the parent company of both Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters is pushing for?The inclusion of these 2 higher priced brands are shifting prices up from their lower ranges in these stores.

Opening Ceremony now has an Opening Ceremony-Ace Hotel shop-within-a-shop on its website. Carrying quirky items that are found in the OC gift shops at the actual Ace Hotels like Band of Outsiders pjs, keds for opening ceremony sneakers, a travel kit emblazoned with the Opening Ceremony logo, you can now buy all these items online, even if you haven't stayed at ACE hotel in Palm Springs, Portland, Seattle, or NYC. Cool cool!

Check out ace.openingceremony.us for more.

What to Wear: The Rainiest Day of Summer

"Everyone's got the message but me. Rubber boots, and high tops, and skirts below the knee. Everyone's got the message but me. So why am I still laughing? Why am I still laughing?"

so sings Elizabeth & the Catapult on one of their tracks 'The Rainiest Day of Summer'.

With the crazy summer weather everyone's been having, dressing up has become a matter of functionality. Having just missed awful typhoon weather in Hong Kong and lousy overcast weather in Singapore, I was really lucky to have sunny skies during my trip. It's been flooding everywhere in Asia, but extremely hot in Europe and NYC, I hear. And when you have rain in the summer, it seems we are always the most unprepared for it.

So thought I'd do a post on what to wear during a rainy summer day - I'd probably stay away from rubber boots though, because somehow they are very hard to pull off. More often than not because you come away looking like a washing lady in Asia. I'd probably opt for some more fashionable jelly/rubber sandals, easy layers and shorter hemlines that would work for rain or hot weather. And of course, some cute umbrellas to start with!

Option 1:

Shirt by Urban Outfitters, Printed Romper by Urban Outfitters, Belt from Target, Jelly sandal by Xhilaration

Option 2:

Tank by Urban Outfitters, Anorak by Urban Outfitters, Cropped Pant from Express, Jelly shoes from Vivienne Westwood for Melissa

Option 3:

Dress from Victoria's Secret, Necklace from Monsoon, Tie-back Jelly Sandals from See by Chloe

All umbrellas from Umbrellas.net

Teen Choice Awards 2010

Dentro de apenas unas dos semanas se celebrará la gala de los Teen Choice Awards. Estos premios son elegidos por el público juvenil, que votan por lo más destacado en televisión, cine, música y deportes.

Entre los nominados cabe destacar "The vampire diaries", una de las series favoritas por el público en Estados Unidos, dramas como "Lost" y "Gossip girl " y la serie revelación en cuanto a comedia se refiere "Glee".

Cabe destacar entre los más nominados las series "Gossip Girl ", que cuenta con seis nominaciones, "Glee" y "The vampire diaries" ambas con cuatro nominaciones.

La gala de entrega de estos premios será presentada por la cantante Katy Perry y el día prefijado es el 9 de agosto.

Les deseamos muchísima suerte a todos.

Aquí os dejamos una foto del cast de una de las series nominadas.

Sleek and Clean !

Styling by Tekla Knaust.

Alaia '90s.....LOVE!

Remember those glorious TOP MODEL days.......?
www.anothermag.com

Julianne Moore for Bulgari 2010

So I finally got to watch Chloe the movie, which featured Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried and Liam Neeson in a love triangle. I swear Julianne keeps getting better with age! But I had this other picture of her in mind, you know the ad from Bulgari, with her deep burgundy colored hair, half covered in expensive swathes of fabric, lying amongst some lovely velvet throw cushions, and yes holding a cockatoo or two. It's not hard to imagine her as the same character in the movie, the hidden sensual side of Julianne Moore.

No wonder I was delighted when I saw the next photo campaign for Fall Winter 2010 Bulgari on designscene.net. How can I say this - I'm a sucker for photoshoots based on a series. Time to start collecting tearsheets! You never know when you'll need to pull this tearsheet out years later so that you can reference back to this point in time, or look or colour. I'm not sure that I'll want to buy the bags in the advertisement, but I'm definitely sold on the image!