Courrèges A/W 2015/16

Courrèges was started by French designer Andre Courrèges, who worked at Balenciaga early on his career. Known for his space age designs, I really like the use of metallic fabrics in his clothes, this season doesn't disappoint.

SilkyGirl Stand Out.Shine Contest Win

It's only a consolation prize of $120 FairPrice Vouchers. The top prize is $800 in vouchers! That's a whole lotta groceries. Still it comes at a time when it is greatly appreciated as I stay home a lot these days. Gonna stock up on frozen fast food.

My Workspace

This is what my room looks like these days!

7-11/Cheers Burgers & Hotdogs

Get a hot meal from 7-11/Cheers @ just $3 to $5. Burgers, hotdogs, pizza, even main courses like pasta with a drink.

2 dresses with different necklines

Dress A has a small X on the back, Dress B has a big X on the front. Since it is essentially the same dress, I thought I would make it in blue herringbone and black silk.

Starting with the black silk. The design uses facings on the inside rather than full lining, also the straps on the back are too long. I had to make adjustments to make it fit properly.

I was too tired to make a ruched skirt so I just pleated it.

 LBD with a U-shape front and cross on the back.

Onto the blue herringbone. There are no specific instructions on how to sew the inside of that big cross in front and it took me forever (2 weeks) just to get it right. sewing down the lining over the zip also took me a long time to get right, 1 week I think.

It has full bodice lining inside, unfortunately I ran out of fabric and had to use another fabric to make up the lining.

Front and back views. Wish I could show you how it looks when worn.

Carmen Marc Valvo A/W 2015/16

Carmen Marc Valvo is all about tartan this season. Occasionally, he designs swimwear and couture.

 

CMV is not new to the red carpet, just check out the number of celebrities that wore his creations on the red carpet in 2015.

No surprise his red carpet looks are also the most reasonably priced, topping $3,500. Just last month I saw a CMV black sequin mermaid gown for just SGD $340 on clearance @NeimanMarcus.com.

Mayer Toaster

Sunshine Bread was giving away something like 300 sets of these Mayer Thick Slices Toasters so I entered the contest and won one! I usually have to wait months before knowing if I won something and I received the winning letter for this within a month.