Tokyo Girls' Collection 2010 A/W Pt. 3 (Partner Stage)

There were 2 brands on the Partner stage, my guess is that they were major sponsors or something for the event, hence labelled as "Partner".

First was GOTTO3, lots of bustiers, damaged jeggings and skin. Added in a cute factor by bringing the little girl with matching attire

Second Partner was Aoyama Suit Collection, something for Office ladies and gents in the crowd. The men looked spiffy in their suits and tie, but I think the women could do better with some colour or jewellry.

Next up is the Designer's Stage! So stay tuned for more!

Pictures and infromation from http://tgc.st/10AW/report/show/

Tokyo Girls' Collection 2010 A/W Pt. 2 (Trend Stage)

The first brands to walk down the runway of the TGC 2010 A/W event were Miasion Gilfy, muse muse by ROYAL PARTY, Liz Lisa and Cecil Mcbee. These were grouped under the trend stage and showed off their latest stuffs that are hip and trendy and up-to-date.

Maison Gilfy went down first and opened with Anna Tsuchiya (above left), the other 2 pics was part of their collection. Love the leopard coat! Its a TGC X Maison Gilfy collaboration special!

Next was muse muse by ROYAL PARTY, they upped the celebrity factor by sending Tsubasa down. They also added colour and a fun factor by having the models sashay down the runway with balloons, flag and oversized shopping bags. The third picture from the left, the furry beret, vest, high waist shorts and lace thigh highs are TGC X muse muse by ROYAL PARTY collaboration items.

Liz Lisa showed their signature floral touch, but and chose to remain with a white background but added furs to winter-ize. The fur/floral cape is simple adorable! The ribbon socks on the first picture on the right can be yours by simple buying the Liz Lisa mook!

Cecil Mcbee was last on the trend stage, showed some plaid, floral, furs, one-pieces etc. pretty diverse selection of trend-led items. The leopard jacket and damaged jeggings on the second picture from the right are TGC X Cecil Mcbee collaboration items.

There are still a number of stages left so I'll try to upload them up as fast as possible kays? So come back for more!

Pictures and information from http://tgc.st/10AW/report/show/

*Don't forget to enter my giveaway! It's still on!

Tokyo Girls' Collection 2010 A/W Pt. 1

The 11th Tokyo Girls' Collection was recently held on 4th of September at the mega huge Saitama Super Arena that had an average of 30,000 ladies all clamouring to catch a look at the latest fashions of the top Japanese brands!

This year's TGC theme was "Back to the Classic Future", roughly translated as "future inspired by classic elements" (looking back at the roots the brands and expressing them for the future), which is pretty much what's happening with international fashion lately, a little tweak to something a few seasons ago and tadah! new collection!

4 different trend stages were presented by the various brands which were "trend", "elegance", "select" and "designers".

The brands gathered for this show were:

- Another Edition

- Apuweiser- riche

- Beams

- Blondy

- Cecil Mcbee

- Free's Mart

- Hetaher

- Kitson

- L'est Rose

- Liz Lisa

- Maison Gilfy

- Mercuryduo

- muse muse by ROYAL PARTY

- Mystic

- Smork

- Snidel

- Topshop

- WC

- 31 Sons de mode

- + rich

- AG by aquagirl (debut)

- Lovedrose (debut)

Pictures and stuff will be up tomorrow, so come back for more!

*Remember giveaway ends on the 11th so join now before it's too late!

Finds from a Local Underrated Store

*Note this is not a paid advertorial

I know that the majority of my readers are from every country possible but unfortunately, today's post is catered more for my local readers (I know there are Singaporean readers out there despite never leaving a comment, because I have a blog tracker...eheheheh.....), so sorry to my international readers, however if you do ever come to Singapore, be sure to check out this nifty little (okay, it's not really little...) store, that's pretty underrated locally.

For my local readers, if you're still scratching your heads at what kindda store I'm talking about, does This Fashion ring a bell? I knew the majority of you would reel back in disbelief or even gag at the very thought of going within a 5 feet range of the shops' vicinity, however, despite the mostly, shoddy, poorly made and even downright tacky clothes they have, there are hidden gems waiting to be found if you have the patience, time and energy to try dig around.

I have come to learn that This Fashion is actually pretty up to date in terms of being on trend, heck, I once even found some clothes that I strongly suspect came from the Tokyo Girl collection that Donki sells, and considering the rate at how people describe the quality, I have a strong hunch that they are actually the very same pieces.

Still don't believe me? Well then lets see what I managed to find on 2 separate shopping trips to the same This Fashion store (in this case, it was the 4 stories shop at Dhoby Ghaut):

Knit dress with Norwegian print on it

Tibetan fur vest


Fur vest/cape

knit off-shoulder cape, great for Mode!

Monotone and animal print zip-up cardigan/mini dress

Leopard print and shoulder detailing, again a very Mode-inspired piece

Animal print, monotone and studs all rolled into one cardigan

Trench coat, with waist tie, functional buttons and a collar that is stiff enough to stand on it's own (I actually crumbled and ended up buying this piece for myself!)

They also had a whole load of Spring/summer trend items such as white lace dresses and denim shirts/dresses and such that they were trying to clear. Not to mention, if you actually check the quality of the clothes, some of their stuff actually are of decent quality! Take the coat that I ended up buying for example, it's actually made of the same materials of a similar coat that my mom paid like nearly $80 for (and that's when it was on sale!), it is made of a stiff water-resistant material, with a silky inner lining and the lapels fit perfectly on my shoulders! No one believes me when I tell them I found it whilst browsing thru This Fashion or the fact that it costs only $35! Yes! Your eyes aren't fooling you! Okay, technically it was being sold at $40++ but the price was lowered as I got it during a sale! But the point is, people think I paid thru my nose for it when it's just the contrary!

Plus, all the clothes that I've tried in the above pictures, the trench coat was perhaps the most expensive article of clothing. The rest were around $35 at the max, if memory serves me right but I remember most hovered around the $25-$30 range.

So how about giving this store a try the next time you walk past it? Who knows what steals you might be able to get at waay cheaper rates?

P.S. A number of my cosplay friends and I shop here too for clothes to incorporate into our costumes, haha in fact, whilst helping my friend with her outfit, a separate group of cosplayers assumed we had her costume specially tailored!

(Oh yes, do remember to try your luck at my giveaway! It's still opened till the 11th of September!)

One Year Anniversary Giveaway!!!

Hi all, I know most of you readers and followers are pretty recent, so it may come as a surprise that this blog is already a year old! I, too, lost track of time and was scrolling thru my old posts when it dawned upon me that it's actually been a whole year since I chose to start this blog. If you actually scroll thru my old posts, you can see that there was less me and more cold information taken from other sources (of course, I always gave credit!) and I wasn't really gyaru though I had already chosen to focus on Japanese fashion. Eventually however, I learnt more and more and developed slowly into the person I am now, and made some friends along the way all thanks to this blog of mine.

Haha, so I figured, why not celebrate and thank my readers and followers with a little giveaway?

It's just a little token of gratitude for all the kind comments and friendships I've developed thru this blog so to one lucky follower, you'll receive:
Lancome Blanc Expert ultimate whitening beauty lotion (trial size)

Premier Dead Sea Salt Luxury Hand Cream (trial size)

Dollywink No.8 Pure Little (lower individual lashes)

Lancome Blanc Expert Ultimate Whitening Hydrating Emulsion (trial size)

Lancome Blanc Expert Ultimate Whitening Hydrating Cream (trial size)

Of course some ground rules in order to participate in this little giveaway:

1. You MUST be a follower PUBLICLY
2. One entry for leaving a comment with your contact details
3. An additional entry if you share with people about this giveaway via your own blog, Livejournal etc. but please remember to share the link here and notify me so that it qualifies
4. If the winner does not respond to my attempts of contact (I will give 3 days leeway) or hasn't left valid contact details, the win will thus be forfeited and I will draw another winner
5. Entries after the closing time and date will not be entertained or considered valid
6. Closing date for the giveaway is on the 11/9/2010 or 11th September at 1pm International time

Everybody got it? I'll be using Randomizer.org to draw out the winner so that everybody is given a fair fighting chance okays?

So good luck then!

Makeup Review: Heroine Make BB Cream

I had finished my previous underbase last month and had the itch to try something alittle different, so off I trotted to my nearest Sasa (a local makeup/skincare shop that brings on mostly Taiwanese/Japanese drugstore brands) shop to have a look. I ended up getting the Heroine Make Bb cream to replace my used up base:

The said product...

It claims to "hide the 7 obstacles to beautiful skin: unsightly pores, freckles, spots, dullness, unwanted shine, dryness and sunburn"

Aid in "pore coverage & acts as a makeup base" (smoothen skin and absorb excess sebum)
Offer "skincare functions"(namely moisturisation and healing)

& UVA protection "SPF 30 PA++"

This is my skin when I broke out last month due to PMS, lots of open pores and little pimples here and there...

After one layer of the BB cream, Voila! Most if not all blemishes are covered, with zero need for concealer! However, I had a really nasty zit recently and no matter what I did to attempt to conceal it, nothing, not even this BB cream helped. So I guess it can't work miracles...

I've tested this cream out for the past month or so, just to see if my senstive skin would take to it and so far it's been a thumbs up for me. It's also helped to control my combination skin by reducing excess shine and oiliness which is useful with my RMK foundation that has little help in dealing with oily skin. However, on days when I feel like applying less makeup, I simply apply this and dust alittle loose powder and that's my base for the day. So here's the summary:

Coverage: 9/10 (little need for concealer except for stubbon marks)

Sebum control: 6/10 (controls most shine and excess sebum, but still needs a dab with oil absorbant paper once in the day)

Texture: 7/10 (bit thicker then I would have liked, but probably explains the great coverage)

Price: 9/10 (cost bout $20++)

Amount needed: Probably bout the size of a small coin for both the face and neck

Smudge-proof: 7/10 (little creases at the corners of my mouth thanks to laughing and smiling all day, but that's pretty much it)

Overall: A pretty good buy for a Japanese drugstore product

Personal Outfit 34 & cosplay photoshoot

Oufit of the day consisted of:

Leopard print dress: Pepperplus

Black belt: borrowed from mom

Jacket: Nichii

Black usamimi: random shop in Orchard Cineleisure (this one's more expensive then my Chameleon ones)

Engineer boots: Bought in Macau

Last Saturday, I was given little notice before being roped in to assist in my friends' cosplay photoshoot, thus I ended up juggling different roles for the day as wardrobe manager, makeup artist, artistic director, a shoulder to balance on (in case one falls from wearing platforms) and photography assistant.



It was really fun though, however I had to run off early because moi conveniently left her tickets to the play she was watching that very evening at home! So I had to run all the way home and get to the theatre in time! Was barely able to make it, but the whole day's experience was fun and I learnt abit about photography.



Would be assisting this coming Friday once again! Soon it'll be my turn to be the model! Hahaha...