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Back to entertain us
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 07/03/2013
» From The Beatles' mod suits to the punk gear flaunted by the Sex Pistols, music-inspired fashion dominates at least one chapter in each era of the history of style. And 20 years ago, in the final decade of the 20th century amid a stream of minimalism and American sportswear, Kurt Cobain gave flannel shirts and striped jumpers their place in that history, pioneering a look that continues to symbolise the musical genre he and his band spearheaded.
Ballad of the Baguette
Muse, Samila Wenin, Published on 27/10/2012
» Like the way it's created, and the person who created it, the Fendi Baguette signifies the revolutionary spirit of fashion.
Hip service
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 18/10/2012
» Last season, it was all about the peplums _ small little peplums, big structured peplums or asymmetric draped peplums. It was about the immaculate couture sensibility of Cristobal Balenciaga: the peplums and of course, the ubiquitous cocoon shape.
Stella is the star
Muse, Samila Wenin, Published on 18/08/2012
» When Karl Lagerfeld was told that Stella McCartney had been appointed to succeed him at Chloe back in 1997, he was quoted as saying: "Let's hope she's as gifted as her father." While no one but Lagerfeld knows for sure what he meant by that comment, it is fair to assume that he wasn't overly impressed with the young woman who had just graduated from college at that stage.
Book's jacket has many covers
Muse, Samila Wenin, Published on 07/07/2012
» It's the year of the jacket, thus spoke Chanel, and the world is going wild with the iconic outerwear number created by Mademoiselle Chanel in the 1950s.
Opposite attractions
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 05/07/2012
» The Parisian men's style is always synonymous with diversity and eclecticism, and even more so during the Paris Men's Fashion Week for the spring/summer 2013 season, which premiered last week.
Christian Dior revisited
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 04/07/2012
» At a time when a fashion show's front row can be full of authentic fashion titans and a few budding and barely known movie stars from Asia, the number of entertainment luminaries attending a a new collection is no longer a valid indicator of its significance.
Deconstructing The ICONIC Jacket
Muse, Samila Wenin, Published on 19/05/2012
» Of all the iconic fashion items created by Mademoiselle Gabrielle Chanel - the trousers, the costume jewellery, the little black dress, the 2.55 shoulder bag, the suit, and the two-tone slingback - none, except perhaps the 2.55 bag, manages to remain the house's all-time desirable signature the way the jacket does. While the rest have long been proliferated, the tweed jacket has secured its own legendary status as one of the consummate fashion must-haves.
The brand for all seasons
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 04/04/2012
» HE QUESTION isn't easy to ask, and it's even much less easy to answer. It requires the right timing and the right delivery, let alone some guts. So it was quite a relief once Elle Thailand's editor-in-chief Kullawit Laosuksri finally fired it _ how would Alfred Dunhill do without a creative director?
Auto stylish
Muse, Samila Wenin, Published on 14/01/2012
» The way things worked between fashion and automobile industry usually went like a relationship between a spoiled and pampered, rebel-wannabe daughter and her millionaire father. The fussy debutante gets all the financial support she wants from the father, but she never complies to any order aside of lending him her arm and pretty face from time to time at some high-profile social functions.