Up up and AWAY

RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, in northern PART of our PLANET,
the WIND has lost its temper to face everything more COLD-HEADED.
The SPARKLING flakes descend from the SKY giving
the whole SURROUNDING a brand NEW LOOK!

Minus may sound WRONG but THIS is the RIGHT TIME to come up in STYLE.
Yes, FALL/WINTER is the BEST stage to act FASHIONABLY!

P.S. I live in a TROPICAL country but its not a CRIME to express my feelings towards this MULTIBILLION dollars trends, right?







My INSPIRATION comes when ALEXANDER MCQUEEN put up his first MODEL at the Fall/winter FASHION WEEK earlier this year - I was AWE-STRUCKED!

I mean, THIS is what I have been wanting to WEAR as an ADULT ever since looking at LUCIUS MALFOY's fashion taste at HARRY POTTER and the chamber of secret MOVIE.

I ADORE it. The MCQUEENSBURY men collection just give me this OLD-WORLD-CHARM-FEELING!

My DEEPEST salut for you, my LORD MCQUEEN








SPOTTED, blogger boy EMPTYING half of his CLOSET for nothing than a single SNAPSHOT. With UNNAMED labels on his LOOKS and HAILING miles away from UPPER EAST SIDE, what kind of DEVIL has possessed his PATHETIC soul?

Looks like we've got ourselves a POOR imitation of CHUCK BASS.




I know I look really HIDEOUS and not to mention LAME in those PHOTOGRAPHS. But this is what our ANCESTORS had been CRAVING about, my dears, FREEDOM of EXPRESSION.

Fashion in the FAMILY

If you ASK me, having a FAMILY isn't all about DRAMA but some PRIVILEGES too at the same time!

This comes to no WONDER that when my AUNT started her own CLOTHING LINE 24 months ago, the PLEASURE was all mine to DECIDE its name.

ORDINARY WEAR LABEL (O.W.L)

It's OBVIOUS, as a FAN of HARRY POTTER, the name doesn't sound NEW at all. But this way, PEOPLE can eventually remember it easily, right?


The COLLECTIONS are inspired by EVERYDAY fashion we see in the streets of BANDUNG (my city)

My AUNT loves to MIX her personal STYLE with VARIOUS other ideas to enrich her COLLECTIONS.

From DRESS to T-shirts, Cardigans to JACKETS, all can be found in both MEN's and WOMEN's WEAR

SHOWN HERE as I Modeled it myself ;)


Let me know when ANY OF YOU is interested, my dears :)

Europe, I love you!

When the word RECESSION was still foreign to my EARS and especially my dad's, having the BUDGET to visit my BELOVED family in EUROPE is no exceptions to a WONDERFUL time in the YEAR which some believe that 8 is a LUCKY number.

Visiting a place where DELICATE LADIES showcasing themselves behind the WINDOWS, being amazed by the GRANDEUR ranging from MEDIEVAL to MODERN fine ARTS&ARCHITECTURE, breathtaking LANDSCAPES, Languages that vary in EACH region and of course, the UNIQUE FASHION SENSE that each individual has to offer -
ALL IN ONE CONTINENT!

Yes EUROPE, I love you - Ich liebe dich - J'et aime - Ik hou van jouw - Ti amo - Te Quiereo and so on....


I am PROUD to have EUROPEAN blood in my veins - Thanks to my PAPA!

I have PROMISED myself that by the time I step my foot in EUROPEAN SOIL again, I would be calling the PLACE my HOME!

Fashion Week Spring Summer 2010

I am sorry for being such a LATE BLOOMER on this topic, my dears. But the VITALITY of this event DECIDES what FASHION is all about.

What you're WEARING right now might just be "OUT" while the OUTFIT that appeared on your GREAT GRANDMOTHER portrait could just be this SEASON's most TALK-ABOUT style.

Here I present you my Favorite TRENDS in SPRING/SUMMER 2010 from FOUR designers in MAJOR FASHION WEEKS




Marc by MARC JACOBS at NEW YORK FASHION WEEK


















When GLOOMY colors DOMINATED most DESIGNS to represent the RECESSION, Marc Jacobs broke the RULE with a COLORFUL breakthrough.

For WOMEN, he put ETHNIC look to give the TROPICAL FEEL where the sun mostly SHINES at its HEIGHT. The LOOK reminded me of what SWAHILI women wear. As in for the GUYS, I love how he STYLES their clothes with CASUAL touch and PLAID fabrics.

ALL in ALL, This MULTICOLOR trend really suits the THEME for SPRING/SUMMER 2010



BURBERRY PRORSUM at LONDON FASHION WEEK


















CHRISTOPHER BAILEY has TRANSFORMED this LINE into a GLOBAL luxury consumption. This TIME, the LEGENDARY trench coat and fabrics can still be SEEN in the COLLECTION with the WOMEN section looking less MILITARY.



DOLCE&GABBANA at MILAN FASHION WEEK
















IS it just me or this latest BREAKOUT from the ITALIAN duo reminds me of the VICTORIAN ERA VAMPIRES? Whatever the INSPIRATION was coming from, I admire the chokers and LACE designs. Seems to me that the TUXEDO and LEOPARD prints encourage WOMEN to unleash their TOUGH SIDE in SPRING/SUMMER 2010



CHANEL at PARIS FASHION WEEK
















Der Kaiser, KARL LAGERFELD, has ruled this FASHION house for YEARS while still maintaining its SIMPLE but CHIC LOOK alongside with their TRADEMARK colors.
SO yeah, BLACK and WHITE conquered the RUNAWAY but you know, they never look boring under his CREATION.

Just for the RECORD, the only MALE MODEL that appeared on the show happens to be his new MUSE, BAPTISE GIABICONI. A french MODEL who has involved in various LAGERFELD's PROJECTS

Oh la la...

Ahh, FRANCE...

Where a model becomes the FIRST LADY, Fashion as a part of their HISTORY, and a mysterious LANGUAGE that made my spine tremble

What can you ask more?

Anyway, FAR FAR AWAY from that LAND, lies one of their representatives in PARIJS van JAVA (a pathetic nickname of the city where I live, BANDUNG) to promote their GRACEFUL
CULTURE.
Back in JUNE, they imported a GROUP of men to perform in full outfit in the beginning while being shirtless in the end.




OPS, This isn't the male VERSION of MOULIN ROUGE, my dears, but it's an ECSTATIC performance with movements that makes CHIPPENDALE looks ridiculous.

PetitesHistoires.com is how they CALL themselves.




Their CHOREOGRAPHY is a combination of ACROBATIC and HIP-HOP meet comedy. In THAT way, the spectators can be AMAZED and LAUGHED at the same time.

The PERFORMANCE eventually have turned the whole AUDITORIUM into a DANCE FLOOR in a EUPHORIC sense.

IN FACT, I would really like to learn some of their AWESOME

twisting tricks with their elastic hands, Legs, and simply THEIR WHOLE BODY!

Wish you were as LUCKY as ME.. Oh and one more thing. the ticket was all for FREE.
OUI, GRATUIT!!!

The GREAT escape

IN the Midst of RECESSION, It would be logical to think twice before buying a new CONVERSE or some shirts from NAMES that would make our wallets SCREAM

But hey, we're not VICTORIA BECKHAM who could just get on her JET and retreat to some of the WORLD's EXOTIC PLAYGROUND when things are getting chaotic in mind.

LUCKILY, I happen to live in the BIGGEST ARCHIPELAGO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD where uncovered natural beauties become daily meals and where 1 EURO could afford us getting
into a MESMERIZING scenery that is worth dying for...





The place is KAWAH PUTIH and you would be surprised how PHOTOGENIC you could be when SHOOTS are being taken there. Here are some PROOFS my Dears.

















The good thing of having a family is that they don't charge you a penny to have a photograph taken together. COMPARE to those FOLKS at DAM SQUARE (2 EURO/PHOTO) in
AMSTERDAM



(BUT then, I'd choose AMSTERDAM over KAWAH PUTIH for sure.. OBVIOUSLY)

"HOW COULD YOU BE SO HEARTLESS"

My dears,

Lets just face it, most CELEBRITIES we know are either HYPOCRITES or ATTENTION SEEKERS in order to keep their pockets FAT. Having checked to that fact, I wasn't entirely surprised to see them acting OVER the top on every MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD while labeling each ATTENTION SEEKER or HYPOCRITE.

This year however one made a RECORD by grabbing the two TITLES at ONCE.

The incident happened when the country singer, TAYLOR SWIFT, was taking her bow for WINNING best FEMALE VIDEO. The ATTENTION SEEKER and HYPOCRITE KANYE WEST, went up the stage and took her mic while saying that BEYONCE should have won. Feeling extremely MORTIFIED, Swift couldn't say a WORD and went all BLANK.

At this point my dears, please give me a moment to abandon the formality and courtesy of the blogging language.

"WHAT THE F, YO DUDE, What the Hell is WRONG with YOU? It's like you never won ANY AWARD BEFORE! FOR THE LOVE ANYTHING HOLY, she DESERVES to WIN it and WHAT gives you the Rights to STEAL her SHINING MOMENT. A BIG GUY like YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED to act like a FIVE YEAR OLD in front of A YOUNG TALENTED SINGER. I feel SICK for enjoying a number of your SONGS which includes HEARTLESS. Yeah, a song you made for someone which TURNS OUT TO FIT YOU PERFECTLY!"




The GOOD NEWS was, BEYONCE won the BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR and she let TAYLOR to have her GLORIOUS SECONDS. Turns out STARS are HUMANS after all...

It's getting HOT in here

FALL is just a doorstep away up there in UPPER HEMISPHERE but things are getting SWEATY in the house of DOLCE&GABBANA. Not for the over-excessive heating my dears, but for the WORLD RENOWNED SUPERMODELS showing off some skins for the brand's latest FRAGRANCE



SUMMER 2009 may end now but when these UBER models are around, you won't need the SUN to heat things up. Just CHECK OUT this campaign and I'm sure the word HOT comes in mind.

God SAVE the KING

For two months in WAITING, his majesty could finally be laid to his FINAL resting place. Though he wished to be buried at NEVERLAND, his finally decided that FOREST LAWN suits him for ETERNITY

So long MICHAEL JACKSON, the KING of POP, I may not be you biggest FAN but you were such an INSPIRATION for many BIG NAMES today. Your LEGACY would always LIVE on

which TEAM are YOU?

It's OFFICIAL, TAYLOR LAUTNER is the new COVER BOY for TEEN VOGUE

while SEPTEMBER is VOGUE's most anticipated issue, OCTOBER becomes the GUILTY PLEASURE for its teenage (and some adults) readers in TEEN VOGUE. With shoots that countless girls would DIE FOR, it is no wonder that this SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD becomes HOLLYWOOD's new must-have-crave-love and envy.

Looks like ZAC EFRON, who happens to be on last year's OCTOBER cover, has abdicated his throne to the TWILIGHT actor.

And what about Lautner's counterpart, ROBERT PATTINSON? Is their BATTLE continuing OFF SCREEN?

I LOVE the jawdropping EDITORIALS of YOUNG HOLLYWOOD ISSUE. Yes, they are the soon to be PAPPARAZI muse and HEADLINERS



SO, who's to be HELLO and GOODBYE next year? Let's keep our eyes WIDE my dears...

Hello WORLD!

This is my DEBUT in the OH SO-CROWDED-WORLD of BLOGGING.

I hope my BLOG would be as KICKASS as those who have FAMED the CYBER WORLD through the INCREDIBLE WORK.

They have INSPIRED me and I believe mine would somehow ROCKS too!

I can't do this ALONE because YOU would be the one who DECIDES

SO, let's keep in touch.

I know I am one of a kind :P