Just across Paragon, Orchard Road, Singapore
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Today’s outfit: DVF festive
- Sequinned top by Diane von Furstenberg (DVF)
- Black patent leather belt by Ann Taylor
- True Religion jeans
- Black silk satin stilettos by Aldo
Sweden is known as “The Land of the Midnight Sun” for that during summer in the north of Sweden, there may hardly be any night. In the past summers, I’ve had the opportunity to sit and witness the sun barely touch the horizon and then go up again. While that is a most amazing thing to watch and romantically sigh over, the downside is winter where in the north of Sweden, there can hardly be any day at all. Sun rises at about 8 am and goes down by 2:30 pm.
But with the dark, comes a sense of festivity as well, that Christmas is around the corner. The stores start to put out their Christmas decorations, the theme parks light up with Christmas cheer and a thousand watts of lights blaze merrily each night for children and adults alike to gaze in amazement at its beauty.
The top I have on today is rather, festive. A pre-festive festive feeling perhaps? Well, whatever electric that’s in the air right now, I’ve caught onto it!
Saturday Inspiration: Animal prints that swing!
I would love to myself!
There was a time for me when the concept of ‘animal print’ clothing brought to mind images such as these shirts and blouses below, and made me cringe. Continue reading “Saturday Inspiration: Animal prints that swing!”
Friday Glam! Black tulle dress by BCBG
BCBG Paris dress and a suggestion for accessories
Annual Antiques Fair in Gothenburg
Me in a curio stall at the Gothenburg Antiques Fair. On the shelves, the Swedish ceramic artist and studio Tilgman’s ceramics, much defining Swedish homes from the 1950s.
Over the last week, Gothenburg held its annual antiques fair at Svenska Mässan, a large convention hall for just such events. We thought we’d spend some time there browsing the ins and outs of antiques. Continue reading “Annual Antiques Fair in Gothenburg”
Today’s outfit: black skirt dress
- Black tiered prairie cotton skirt, used here as a dress.
- Pink and burgundy wool scarf from Ladynette
- Black leather wooden stacked heel shoes, Chloé
This black skirt as a dress was a surprise to myself because I didn’t think it would work. It’s zippered up the side without any garter on the top for grip. But it worked out quite fine after zipping up and gave a wonderfully swishy dress that fell to the knees! The volume of the skirt / dress felt quite luxurious and fun to be in!
Some new spoils and a spree about town
A black wool cloche hat with bow from Åhléns, 99 kr, currently in stores
It was in between errands that we had some time to spend window shopping in town the other day. One of my favourite things to do is to pop into the shops to have a look at what’s new and what’s in store. We did just that and popped into Åhléns (a major Swedish store chain that is comparable to Isetan in Singapore). Continue reading “Some new spoils and a spree about town”
Saturday inspiration: the story of Biba
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Wherever the girls went there was silence. Elly was completely blue: blue make-up, blue clothes, blue cap and blue curls. Eva was all green, Del all violet. Some girls were all in black… in their full regalia looking as if they had just left a Fellini set.’
– Barbara Hulanicki, describing the impact of the Biba look in ‘From A to Biba’.
Think Biba and the associations from the ’60s were mini-skirts, mini cars, the King’s Road, Big Biba (once deemed as ‘the most beautiful store in the world’ by the Sunday Times, UK) and various other London happenings that defined that decade as one that rocked. Continue reading “Saturday inspiration: the story of Biba”
Today’s outfit: Alexander McQueen pleated skirt
- Black stringbody, Wolford
- Black patent leather belt, Ann Taylor
- Purple pleated skirt, Alexander McQueen
- Purple Biscay suede boots, DUO
It was only in Sweden that I’ve come to know and appreciate Wolford products. I’ve previously written about it here.
And here, you can find clearer pictures of the Biscay boots from DUO. The colour is simply delicious and as it turns out, these seem to be one of my most versatile knee high boots yet!