Indonesian Fashion Spot!

The bag: LV multiplicité monogram canvas
(So abusive, me on this bag. Look at its shape that has lost its dignity. So loving its roominess and all those pockets!)

The contents:

• Stila créme bouquet edt - sweet smelling fragrance that goes well to layer for emergencies
• Car key with furla key ring - driver’s gone mudik, have to drive myself these days
• Emergency “beauty” kit: Clinique superbalm, MAC lipglass, hairclip and band (I leave my makeup pouch in the car)
• Toshiba thumbdrive - for transfering files, etc
• iPod touch 16 gb in Sonyericsson p1 pouch - still haven’t found a proper case for my new iPod
• Eonyericsson P1i mobile - for calls, emails, calendars (I feel like an odd in Jakarta for carrying only one mobile phone, but well …)
• Mikli by Alain Mikli reading glasses - yes, my friends, been needing those since early 20’s
• Small red leatherbound notebook from Armani Casa - Does Armani still make this stuff? got a few from Harrod’s sale a couple of years ago
• Montblanc bohème bleu ballpoint and its case - got this one engraved with my name, as own birthday gift many years back (tell me about loving oneself too much!)
• Kate Spade green leather pencil case - use it as case for my marlboros and lighter (not shown, don’t want to encourage, it’s a bad habit!)
• Red Gucci card holder - to hold not my business cards, but many member cards of this and that shops
• Black Lanvin men’s wallet - actually, the first branded stuff I bought with own money ages ago when I was a trainee in Paris

To tell you the truth, there are other stuff (read: junks) in my bag that are not worthy to be shown, such as this month’s salary slip that I still carry to cry over the tax money the silly government is charging the poor me! huhuhu!

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Khusus untuk Fashionese Daily, saya kirim oleh-oleh dari Hong Kong. Seminggu saya berada di Hong Kong untuk melihat beberapa acara dan World Boutique 2008 pada Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2008 pada tgl 14-17 Jan 2008. Sulit untuk menuliskan semua yang saya saksikan disana tapi sangat menggembirakan kiprah para designer Indonesia yang berpartisipasi seperti Ika Butoni, Ali Charisma, Oka Diputra dan Florence Liem, baik dalam expo maupun show yang mendapat apresiasi menarik dari buyer internasional.

Ika, Indonesian designer based in Hong Kong, presented her collection for Fall/Winter 2008, inspired by the number 8. For her, the figure 8 is basically two zeros put together, one on top of the other. Some people also think that it is associated with the infinity symbol (an 8 turned 90 degrees). If you write out the figure 8 you can keep going and never ending; indeed it is infinity.

The shape of figure 8 is round, smooth, continuous and never ending and symbolizes prosperity, good fortune and double happiness when two eights - 88 - are put together.Hence, when we wear clothing or jewelery bearing the symbol or motif of8, it is believed that it will bring us good luck. The smooth, sinuous lines of the garments on Ika’s collections were reminiscent of the number that denotes prosperity and happiness.

Compared to the other designers in the same show, Indonesian designers brought outstanding collection and get attention from audience and the press.

Ika Butoni

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Tags: Ali Charisma, Florence Liem, Ika Butoni, Oka Diputra

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Reading all the great feedbacks on the Teen Vogue thread in our forum and knowing there’re so many of us who are a die-hard fan of Teen Vogue magazine, Fashionese Daily is thrilled to have this exclusive interview with Jennifer Soo Kim, the person behind all those incredible Teen Vogue covers and fashion editorials.

- What’s your current title/position?

Producer.

- Could you please briefly describe about your job?

I produce all the cover shoot and main fashion stories for Teen Vogue.

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Tags: Fashion Editor, photographer, Producer, stylist, Teen Vogue

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The Bag: Lulu Guinness, beli di Hong Kong entah kapan (lupa).

The contents:

• Tissue kering paseo, lagi meler, jadi yang gede
• Feminine tissue
• 2 hp Nokia
• Gucci cosmetic pouch (isinya standar cewe-cewe)
• Chanel cambon wallet (Atm, kartu utang, cash)

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The Italian fashion house, Gucci, is celebrating a milestone by opening the largest Gucci store worldwide, on 725 Fifth Avenue, New York. The new 46,000 sq  ft. Flagship store is the reflection of Gucci’s 21st century aesthetic, designed by Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini and architect James Carpenter. 

And to honor the Big Apple, Gucci has exclusively launched a limited edition of Gucci Loves NY bag, in which 100% of its proceeds will be donated to the maintenance and operation of the 21 children’s playgrounds in Central Park, New York.  This boston/doctor’s bag comes in three sizes, Small $ 570, Medium $ 640, and Large $ 690, available starting February 8th, 2008.  

To learn more about it, click here. To those who have visited or will be visiting New York, and love Gucci, submit a photo of your favorite NY spot and enter to win the limited edition Gucci Loves NY bag, here.

The new Gucci Flagship store, click on thumbnail.  

 Sources & images courtesy of guccilovesny.com, forbes.com, bagsnob.com 

newly added today : click here to see the ad campaign

Tags: boutique, Contest, Gucci

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I know it’s a little bit too late to post this. Probably some of you have already seen it yourself. A friend of mine told me about it a couple of months ago *last year, to be exact. But hey, it’s better late than never. FD is proud to see an Indonesian girl on Teen Vogue’s Snapshot Blog. This 14 year old neng geulis was chosen as The Girl of The Week on October 2007. She lives in Bandung and loves Christopher Kane. Meet Mila Anzib ! If you want to know more about what she’s wearing, click here. Kudos to Mila for being on Teen Vogue.

Any FD-er wants to participate on Teen Vogue Snapshot Blog and be their “Girl of The Week”? Click here. You could also send your Today’s Outfit to Teen Vogue, and make FD proud… we never know =)  

Sources & images courtesy of : teenvogue.com

Tags: style inspiration, Teen Vogue

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A great news for all Fashionese mothers and every mommy-to-be out there. I read this headline on the daily NY Metro last Wednesday while riding the subway on my way to work. Stella McCartney teamed up with LeSportSac in designing a limited edition line of travel bags, luggage, and maternity accessories (diaper bag, baby bag, etc.).

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Tags: Diaper Bag, Maternity

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In my own definition: A cult product in the make-up universe is a product of many followers, who swear by its effectiveness in achieving a specific beauty objective of the user.

Ranging from the ultra-cheap pensil alis Viva to the uber-expensive La Mer creams. We are all raving about how these products work, and they work well! Recent cult products are the famous UDPP and the Smashbox Primer. In Fashionese Daily Forum, we are all swamped by the hype of these two. What about Shu Uemura eyelash curler? It’s definitely not too cheap for something that would send your boyfriend run away for his life, if you ever attempt on trying it on him. And yet people are still buying them. And MAC #187 stippling brush? Is anyone up for having a funky-looking brush in your roll case?

After long discussions with the friendly and knowledgeable makeup experts at the FD Forum, insider’s secrets shared by Darwyn during FD’s Kelas Dandan sessions, plus in my own light of how fun make-up is, the picks are compiled in this non-comprehensive, partial list of these cult products. The list aims to present the much-revered items in a spectrum of prices, from steals to splurges. So here it goes…

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Tags: La Mer, Shu Uemura, UDPP

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