A Bathing Ape comes to Singapore

Despite the bad economy all over the world and the sudden influx of new brands together with tons of new malls being revamped, Japanese brand A Bathing Ape finally reaches Singapore's shores and will open their store at the Mndarin Gallery.

The Japanese clothing company, founded by Tomoaki"Nigo" Nagao in 1993 in Harajuku, Tokyo, has already spread to the most fashiob-savvy cities around the world, such as Hong Kong, London, New York, Taipei and Los Angeles. So it was only a matter of time before the brand headed down to shopping-mad Singapore.

The retailer will open on December 17 and will debut an exclusive T-shirt at the store's opening. A Bathing Ape has a long-standing history of collaborating with other retail chains and designers, such as Nigo's work with Hong Kong clothing brand Chocoolate, known for their hyper-simple casual wear in black and white, for an anniversary line.

One thing I'm wondering is whether the Beatles collection will make its way to our shores, or ill it be exclusive to Japan? Guess only time will tell....

Information and images from http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/shop/bathing-ape-comes-singapore-180456

Uniqlo's Biggest Fashion Show (outside of Japan...of course)

Uniqlo's largest ever fashion show to date and it was done to not only to showcase Uniqlo's spring/summer 2010 collection, but to also mark the opening of Uniqlo's largest store in Southeast Asia -- a 17,00 square feet mega store at the newest mall in Orchard Road, 313@Somerset.

Well-known for its line of affordable casual trendy wear, there's now about 800 stores worldwide with the 313@Somerset outlet being the largest in Southeast Asia. According to official sources, Uniqlo plans to open 8 more stores in Singapore within the next 3 years.

"We are very heartened by the positive response that UNIQLO has received since entering the Southeast Asian market this year. This has definitely been a great indication of the demand for quality and innovative apparel at affordable prices," said Mr Satoshi Onoguchi, Co-Managing Director for UNIQLO Singapore to CNNGo.

The 313@Somerset outlet will have a few exclusives, namely the Jil Sander collection as well as a limited edition collection by cult designer, Kiminori Morishita. This will also be a first experience for the cult designer who has never collaborated with the Japanese casual wear label before.

There was so much hype about the store that a queue of 200 people formed outside even beofre the official opening time of the day of the launch. Most were there for the opening specials such as Uniqlo brand jeans going for as low as $19.90 a pair. To cope with the crowd, a larger number of cashier points has been set up during the promotionalpahse in order to quicken transactions. According to Uniqlo, the response from the crowds have been so overwhelming that stocks for the opening special items are running low, so it'll be hard to get your hands on the specials by now.

Information and images from http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/shop/uniqlos-spring/summer-2010-collection-888528

Personal outfit 13

Leopard Beret: Accesorize

Plaid shirt: Uniqlo

White dress: bought in China

Black jacket: Nichii

Black stockings: This Fashion

Black oxfords: DMK

YSL-inspired Memo Saccs bag: Borrowed from mom

Met the Bf during the weekend and we did alittle shopping, okay more like I rampaged around buying the stuff I needed whilst the Bf tagged along behind, gently reminding me whenever I got distracted along the way.


We took a look at the newest mall to open, 313@Somerset. The place was really crowded despite the fact that half the shops hadn't opened yet and some shops still had construction going on in its interiors. The Bf and I checked out Uniqlo, and we had to fight through throngs of people to try and take a look at some of the items there.


We'll probably be back to dig deeper into their collection other times..... eventually.... I guess......

Personal outfit 12 & Lolita dresses

My favourite dress, to complete the outfit, I also grabbed a pearl headband wth a mega huge bow attached to it and a pair of platform mary-janes...

All accesories are from the shop

I wore the dress with these platform, rocking-horse lace-ups initially the shoes are pretty cute and comfy except for the fact that they blow up my calves, so I look shorter and fatter than I really am... ugh!!

My favourite Goth dress, it was really comfortable and usually tube dresses tend to slip down for me, but this held up well throughout the entire time I was wearing it (which was like for an hr plus?...), the lace collar attached to the dress's zip by a chain was also an interesting touch....

Finally got a chance to wear my Gilfy knit cap, its ub er comfortable and doen't make me feel warm at all... bad for cold weather I guess, but in the tropics where its always warm, its just perfect....

My outfit for the day

Checked top: Uniqlo

Inner white tank top: can't remember

Denim Skirt: New Future

Cap: Gilfy promotional magazine

Engineer boots: Macau

Skipped class again last thursday (ugh, its starting to become a really nasty habit!), so I ended up hanging around my friend's workplace. Sounds boring, but its actually immensely fun especially when you consider that my friend works at a shop selling Dolfies and Lolita/Goth lolita/ Goth Punk outfits.

So I ended up spending most of my time trying out the various outfits, and I fell in love with 2 of them. Too bad they're waaaay out of my budget, but it was fun getting to spend the day in them, not to mention, I'd actually did the shop a major favour by promoting their clothes as I kept running in and out of the shop in the various outfits thus attracting a number of curious passer-bys.

Had to do project work later in the day, but it was fun trying out the outfits, not to mention I managed to accomplish a number of tasks that day. Namely, rekindling an old friendship, purchasing a pair of Anna Sui stockings which I've been drooling at for ages and getting my part of the data collection for my project work done. Pretty fruitful day I guess....

If you wanna visit the shop (Singapore only):

Atsuki GL

#03-10 Liang Court 177

River Valley Road

P.S. This is not a paid advert, just thought that it's only fair to talk about the shop after playing around with their stuff all day

Docomo X Q-Pot Phone

I don't really follow technology much, and I'm probably one of the lone 1% of the advanced technology population that still isn't on Twitter.

But I couldn't resist this phone when I first got wind of it. Made to look like a melting bar of chocolate with Q-Pot's signature logo, the menu has a chocolate-themed default wallpaper and reportedly, it'll also be packaged like a chocolate box. There are even straps that look like complimentary sweets

Not only does the phone have a fancy design, its also equipped with a 3" screen, 8-megapixel camera, a TV tuner (a big feature in Japan) and Bluetooth support.

The phone will come in pink "melty strawberry"and brown "melty bitter" versions, supposedly for him and her. No official prices have been released but considering that only 13,000 of them will be made, this gives them limited edition status. So I expect alot of Japanese will probably go nuts over them, especially considering Q-Pot is like the creme de la creme of sweet motifs brands.

Information and images from http://nexus404.com/Blog/2009/12/01/sharp-melty-chocolate-phone-melts-in-japan-japanese-chocolate-phone-released-in-japan-looks-like-chocolate-bar-has-chocolate-themed-menus/ , http://craziestgadgets.com/2009/11/19/q-pot-melting-chocolate-phone-from-ntt-docomo/ & http://www.techgearx.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/d2eee_sh04b-630x320.png

Too bad I'll never be able to get my own hands on them, guess I'm still saddled with my LG Ice Cream phone....

Personal outfit 11

A closer shot of the pink leopard print top

Pink Leopard print top: Future State

Black skinny Jeans: Red2

Zip-up patent leather heels: Charles & Keith

Chanel Bag: Borrowed from my mom

Went out clubbing recently, and because I've been pretty bloated lately and I don't really like to bare too much skin, so I settled on this loud pink leopard print top together with back jeans for ease of movement. Too bad I couldn't stuff my load into my tiny clutch so I had to lug my bag around the entire night. Hmm, maybe this is a hint to get a new clutch...

Ugh which reminds me on how broke I am this month..... Christmas presents definitely don't come cheap....

Personal outfit 10

Black striped sleeves dress: Borrowed from mom

Marc by Marc Jacobs canvas bag: Gift from Pochi

Engineer boots: Macau

Been really behind on my outfit posts lately...

This outfit post was when I skipped school, I just couldn't take the idea of being around some people who don't really interact with others much the entire day, especially when its on a field trip. So I thought I'd might as well spare myself the torture. Anyway had some stuff to do beforehand anyway, so thought I'd might as well kill two birds with one stone.

P.S. Sorry for the blurry pic, couldn't find a better mirror