I actually had to leave my laptop to go shopping

**NON LAW RELATED POST**

Yesterday when I felt jumpy and restless cos all the blood was rushing to my keester after a long day of doing nothing, I decided to head down to my local mall that is Parkway Parade. I have seemed to develop a love-hate relationship with that place. Love due to its sheer convenience and products, hate due to the idiotic personnel running the boutiques, which I shall get to later.

I'll start off with a pic of an ad I took at Plaza Singapura:



there are a number of reasons why this ad is disturbing on many different levels:

1. The foundation is mismatched.
Unless the freaky pontianak look is in, i don't see how its meant to entice people to buy your makeup, since it makes people look like they landed face first into a pile of cocaine. But then again, if you're looking to score the "oh-look-at-me-i'm-hip-i-take-drugs-now-the-kids-in-school-will-
finally-like-me" dollar, you've pretty much nailed it.

2. Poor eyeshadow application.
No sane, rational and sober person would wear yellow on blue eyeshadow (unless you're a total loser with no sense of style whatsoever). Only a few people would manage to pull off electric blue eyeshadow (the model is sadly not one of them) but to smear yellow on the sides? What are you, a 1 year old with crayola? FUCK YOU giving the makeup industry such a bad name.

3. You fucking overdid the foundation on the lip thingy.
I must admit that putting a little foundation on the lips gives it the plump sheer that pouty lips need, but the genius stylist totally went crazy with it. Now it just looks like he ran out of lipstick and only did the outer layers.

These were actually one of the moments I wished I had a molotov cocktail in my hands. But anyway, on to my day at Parkway.

First the good. I came across this lovely leopard print GUESS pouch which had "make me your pencilbox" written all over it.



it costs about $47, but I hope it gets lower cos Singaporeans don't really catch onto trends that well (fyi leopard prints are in for now).

That's about as far as the good went.

Now for the downright stupid. I went to clubmarc (a down market version of marc jacobs) for some back to school shopping ( I is a vainster). That idiotic minah retail assistant kept suggesting the LEAST flattering clothes for me. She chose a poofy halter that exposed my massive arms but hid my figure. She got this awful blouse with a scrunge in the middle that was too loose and basically wasn't worth the price on the tag. She got a dress with a belt when my body was significantly shorter than my legs (Schenelle would've looked good in it, anyway). I didn't buy anything, but after that day I resolved never to take advice from retail assistants. Did I mention that they were having 50% off storewide? Maybe they were trying to sucker me into buying old rags that no one else wanted.

Speaking of which, I was talking to Sze Bim online and she aptly verbalised my sentiments about the fashion scene in Singapore: that no matter how nice a garment by a generic retailer, say, topshop produces, there will always be a cheena lian or minah to fuck it up by pairing it up with totally dumbass creations like crocs or scarves. Wait, I actually do like scarves, just not on minahs or tessa. It looks totally loserish when everything else on her person is so bloody typical.

Look, if you wanna wear something out of the ordinary, go the whole hog. Don't wear pearl necklaces with a t shirt and denims, wear a damn dress. It just makes you look sloppy and brainless about how to dress yourself.

Now I can hear Zach admonishing me about my fashion choices, but well, it's not like I'm not trying myself. I have yet to get on the same wavelength as him.

Why am I doing law when what I really like is fashion? Or maybe its just the girly part of me. I just don't think life should be dull and limited. A long time ago when I was modelling, my agent told me that it's impossible to be many things at once. But what about multi talented people like Heidi Klum, Kimora Lee Simmons and Vera Wang? I mean, Heidi and Kimora both started out as models, but now they're designers and businesswomen. Vera Wang was a champion figure skater before she became synonymous with "really nice looking and expensive wedding dress".

I guess what he was trying to say was, I can't be good in one field if I spread myself out too much. For now, law school should be my priority, and style with fashion should just remain as an intuitive process.

That is, until I earn enough capital to start my own label. I hope.