Monday, November 29, 2010

#Tips - How to care a jeans?

How to care a jeans?

I'm sure nowadays, a pair of jeans is a "must-have" item for almost all of us. No matter what brand, price, color, shape and style, at least we should have a pair, if not a dozen pairs of those in our wardrobe, right? :)

However, do we really know how to care for a jeans? Here, I just want to share some useful tips that I got sometimes ago, perhaps it would be useful for you, too :)
  • Wash your jeans with cool cycle
  • Separate it from other garments and wash it inside out, to keep the color as is.
  • Hand wash or dry clean, if the jeans is a ripped one 
  • Do not bleach! Just use a mild detergent
  • Use low temperature heat when drying the jeans in the washing machine
  • Hang the jeans upside down to maintain the shape of it

That's all. Hopefully it helps! ;)

Win
www.mywardrobeandthings.com

Thursday, November 25, 2010

#Retail : Christmas in the Store Window! Part 2.







Yeap, this is a store window! My lucky friend, Luthfi, who stay in NYC and being as a Fashion Forecaster for Nordstrom Department Store once again have captured an awesome Show Window of Barney's New York, a High End Department Stores with long list of celebrity and socialite clientele.

This store window not just become an in-store display but it was transformed to become an ART form, which successfully shown an incredible details of workmanship and splendid idea for this holiday season. Genius! 

For more details, please check : http://luthfimentary.blogspot.com

Win
www.mywardrobeandthings.com

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

#Retail : Christmas in the Store Window! Part 1

Yes! Christmas is coming soon. We can see lots of retailers and malls have put up their store decoration to create a pretty and festive ornaments in their premises.


If we go around town in Jakarta, most of the high end malls have done the Christmas decoration, unfortunately most of the decoration looks the same year after year, BORING...I must says!


But if we go to other countries where Christmas is one of the most important seasons for majority of people, we can see lots of beautiful things in stores and outside their Show Window...I love seeing those visually entertaining decor, the theme and the details was FANTASTIC! Sometimes, If I have a chance to travel during the Christmas season, I love to go to Singapore or Hong Kong or other places in Northern Hemisphere :) While vacationing, usually I would be able to enjoy lots of different Christmas decorations and festive ambiance in the malls and stores.


Unfortunately I may not be able to go anywhere this season, however, here's some pictures taken by our friend, Luthfi, in Henri Bendel, a high-end dept stores in NYC recently, whom, by the way I envied most, because he could enjoy such a lovely creation in one of my favorite cities in the world :) 


Check this link out:
http://luthfimentary.blogspot.com/2010/11/nyc-christmas-2010-windowshenri-bendel.html


Enjoy! :)


Win
www. mywardrobeandthings.com

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

#Trend S/S 2011 - DENIM NEVER DIES

As usual, all the Haute Couture and Main Stream Designers have previewed their latest collection during the Fashion Week in various major fashion capitals (Paris, New York, Milan, even in Jakarta recently).

Various inspiration and creative ideas have been showcased stunningly to present the latest trends that would be followed by many lifestyle brands for their ready to wear collection next year and certainly would be a global influence as well.

Just checked my friend's blog today (LUTHFIMENTARY by Luthfi) and found out some interesting articles that he wrote about the trend for Spring/Summer 2011 that he spotted on the runway in the recent NY Fashion Week.

One of the key fabric and style for S/S 2011 will be DENIM....yeap. Denim definitely never dies. With the new Denim fabric, Washing techniques and Styling, Denim is once again refresh itself.

Check the details in this link:
http://luthfimentary.blogspot.com/2010/10/denim-story-from-spring-2011-runway.html

Win
www.mywardrobeandthings.com

Monday, November 15, 2010

Jakarta Fashion Week 2010/2011 - The Style Maker


It’s never enough to see a good thing.

Yeah, I was in another show of Jakarta Fashion Week 2010/2011, expecting to see a great show from the Style Makers of LPM Graduates. Since the LPM (Lomba Perancang Mode/Fashion Designers Competition) initiated and conducted by Femina and Gadis magazine in 1979, this event has became one of the most prestigious events for the young fashion designers to compete and show case their collection. Most of them now have been marking their names as some of the best Indonesian designers with a very long list of global clienteles.

This time, there are seven designers that will presenting their masterpieces. They are Chossy Latu, Carmanita, Andreas Odang, Eny Ming, Billy Tjong, Denny Wirawan and Itang Yunaz. They have their own signature and characters that makes the show really colorful and diverse.

Chossy Latu came up with his gorgeous collection using SONGKET, beautiful pattern with golden threads combined with black satin silk or brocade. Collection was made into a range of evening gowns that suits for very special occasion like gala dinner or a ball. It really looks elegant, glamorous, sophisticated and perfectly done. Truly a stunning collection!

Andreas Odang, presenting a bit understated collection of dresses that suits for cocktail party. If Chossy came up with mostly long dresses items, Andreas came up with the opposite. Lots of mini skirts and mini dresses. He played around with various fabrics from tafetta, silk, crepe and many more, really make his collection consist of different textures.

Denny Wirawan with Etno Teatrale as his theme, came up with excellent mix of colors and ethnic design that he captured from Aborigin’s culture, the collection was really rich in colors and details with aboriginal elements. Colorful patterned legging was original and even there are plenty of color mix, it all mix well. The presentation was also the most theatrical in this show, where there was a full aboriginal-dressed model, too. Excellent!

Eny Ming, came up with Military Chic collection called Two Side, where she ingeniously design two-side bags that can be used as shoulder bags or backpack. With army green as the major color in the collection, a touch of golden colors bags made the collection looks stylish and chic.

Carmanita, known by her signature in combining tenun songket, jumputan and other traditional fabrics. Her collection this time looks humble and simple but still with a twist. It looks very playful and casual, yet stylish and fresh, too.

Billy Tjong’s collection was a flowy and dressy one. Mixed of partly dyed chiffon and tafetta, give some special effects to the dresses and made them looks sensational.

Itang Yunaz. The last but not least. Focus on Moslem wear nowadays, did not made him lost his glamorous touch. A collection of elegant and glamour long dresses with “kerudung” really emphasize on a beauty of a woman. Combination of tenun, tafetta, thai silk, brocade and chiffon elevated the dresses to a sophisticated item and added a rich cultural value as well.

All in all it was a great show. Well done!

Really had fun watching show by show in this Jakarta Fashion Week event. Unfortunately, the event was held in the midst of unpleasant situation where there are calamity happening in Wasior, Mentawai and Merapi. However, thru Fashion for Humanity fund raising campaign during the event, the committee could raised over IDR 800 million at the end of the event which is closed on Saturday, 12 November 2010. Surely, they will help to support to rebuild the school for the children in those areas.

 Looking forward to JFW 2011/2012!

Win
www.mywardrobeandthings.com






Chossy Latu collection

Chossy Latu collection

Chossy Latu collection

Chossy Latu collection

Chossy Latu collection



Chossy Latu


Andreas Odang collection

Andreas Odang collection

Andreas Odang collection

Andreas Odang collection

Andreas Odang


Denny Wirawan collection



Denny Wirawan collection

Denny Wirawan collection


Denny Wirawan collection


Denny Wirawan collection

Denny Wirawan collection
Eny Ming collection

Eny Ming collection

Eny Ming collection

Eny Ming collection
Eny Ming collection

Eny Ming collection

Carminta collection
Carminta collection

Carminta 

Billy Tjong collection

Billy Tjong collection

Billy Tjong collection

Billy Tjong
Itang Yunaz collection

Itang Yunaz collection

Itang Yunaz collection

Itang Yunaz collection

Itang Yunaz collection

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Jakarta Fashion Week 2010/2011 - Young Vibrant Designers

The crowd starts to fill up the Fashion Tent at the South Entrance of Pacific Place at 07:05 pm. I can see lots of Mazda's goodie bags on the VIP seats. Yeah...Mazda sponsored the show :) Anyway, Mazda have chosen three young and uprising designers for the Jakarta Fashion Week this year. Some executives and management of Mazda, also distributors are sitting on the front rows. Also there are some designers and socialites such as Yongky Komaladi, Dian Sudarjo and Samuel Mulia sitting among the audiences as well.

Anastasia Hoeng, Zacky Gafiki and Steven Huang are the three designers that going to present their collection because each one of them represents the spirit of Mazda, which are Stylish, Spirited and Insightful. Each one of them has set their footage in the fashion industry for sometimes and has built their clientele not only in Indonesia but also in overseas as well.

The show was opened by each masterpiece by each designer, and then followed by full presentation of each designer. 

Anastasia Hoeng starts the show with her clean and minimalist collection. Using lots of crepe and chiffon. The color story was nicely combined, between beige and red. A bit of fabric application here and there on the clothes makes it looks more sophisticated and chic.

Zacky Gafiki, taking over the stage with his unique design. Some inspiration from Japanese bushido's style, I think. With lots of fabric and ingenious techniques, his whole collection looks mysteriously stylish. Especially when most of the items are in Black or White colors, with few items in Red.

Steven Huang's collection was a collection of more sophisticated dresses. Glamorous and stylish. Mixing different fabrics such as satin silk, brocade, chiffon, etc. made his collection looks flowy, glamy and sexy at the same time.

Another good show :) 

Win
www.mywardrobeandthings.com


Front Row

Yongki Komaladi, Samuel Mulia, Dian Sudarjo and friends

Anastasia Hoeng collection

Anastasia Hoeng collection

Anastasia Hoeng

Zacky Gafiki collection

Zacky Gafiki collection

Zacky Gafiki collection

Zacky Gafiki Collection

Zacky Gafiki and models
Stephen Huang collection

Stephen Huang collection

Stephen Huang collection

Stephen Huang collection

Stephen Huang collection

Designers and models