mercedes-benz fashion week s/s 2010: today’s get-up 11sep09

it was an awful friday. first of all it was september 11th. then there was the torrential rain. add seriously strong blasts of wind to the equation and you’re left with one disgusting island called manhattan, where the streets are packed, sirens are going off, the cars aren’t moving an inch and every bad-tempered driver is honking nonstop.

it was one big fucking headache.

so in the same fashion, i was looking like a mess.

black wool cap by y3
navy tshirt from shibuya, tokyo
double-layered jacket by comme des garcons
silver sling bag by zucca
washed silk harem pants by RÊVASSEUR
spiked boots by junya watanabe
armour ring by vivienne westwood
ginormous voodoo necklace by RÊVASSEUR

i’d decided to milk the heck out of my voodoo necklace this fashion week. i’ve been wearing it nonstop the last week or so, and i’m gonna wear it everyday till i get sick of it. so many people came up to tell me, “i love that necklace but i can’t pull it off because i have nothing to wear with it.”

rubbish. by putting it around your neck, you’re pulling it off already. so this is my own experiment to prove to myself that it can surely go with anything i want it to!

in all my fluster and mess, a few people took my picture but i unfortunately have no idea where they were from. perhaps i was too tired to think. the only one i’m sure of is nvmagazine, where nao-ko, jared and i got interviewed and i stuttered. but god knows where the other photographers were from. there were 2 japanese photogs, 1 british, and 1 brazilian.

well, so i know their country of origin, but that sure ain’t gonna help me locate my pictures since i don’t know their affiliation.

fail!

but one thing happened that made me really happy – someone left a comment on one of the flickr videos that i uploaded for the shows i’d watched, saying this:

i’m so glad. at least i know one person appreciated it. i do strive to give a different perception or point of view than the average fashion blogger, who might view a show and go “oooh ahhh” and remark about how everything is pretty. i’m a fashion student, and i am also a designer-in-training. this is my job, to appreciate the wonderful things that other, more experienced designers have done, and to take note of things that i personally am not a fan of. through my learning experience, i hope that my readers can learn a little more about the processes of designing and putting a collection on the runway!

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