5 Ways To Dress Slimmer

Wear whatever you like, just make sure it fits your body shape
By Sabrina Ong

IN TODAY’S “world of fashion” anything goes! You no longer need to follow the crowd to belong – after all, fashion trends inspire constant evolution. But what is crucial is that you pick out the right clothes that fit your body shape.

“It is all about scale and proportion,” says Guinevere Ho, a U.K. Certified Image Consultant and Associate Trainer with First Impressions Image International (Singapore) and one of the three speakers at 88DB City Events‘ “A Brand New You” seminar in July.

“Pay attention to the designs, patterns in clothes, accessories and lines. They should be correctly scaled. A fuller figure person in small prints will only accentuate [her shape]. Likewise, a petite frame can be overpowered by large, bold prints. Scale is important and the whole silhouette should be well proportioned.”

Women want to look slimmer, most of the time at least. Perhaps it is because we know that there will be an event where we know photographs will be taken and don’t want the extra ten camera-pounds to show.

So, the question now is: “How can you pick out clothes that make you look slimmer?”

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Solve The Shopping Dilemma

Bag the best buys with a simple mental checklist
By Mavis Ang
Photos by www.polyvore.com

AMONGST the dangerously tempting prices during major sales, it’s easy to end up over spending on items you thought were simply too cheap to not buy. A good habit to maintain during sales, or any shopping trip for that matter, is to run the item through a mental checklist – it might just save your wallet.

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How To Dress For A Shopping Day Out

Look great, feel comfortable, and shop with ease
By Mavis Ang
Photos by www.polyvore.com

SHOPPING in Singapore is very much like a sport. One needs to be mentally prepared mentally (for the kiasu aunties, irritable yuppies, and incredible customer service), and have the right gears and outfit to participate. Your shopping trip can easily turn into troublesome and frustrating with the wrong attire, so here’s some useful tips and ideas for the best hassle-free and fashionable outfits.

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Calling all 88DB Shopaholics

With the Great Singapore Sale sweeping our little island into a shopping frenzy, 88DB combs the streets to bring you the best discounts and top shopping spots.

You can get advice on shopping outfits and read through all shopping-related stories. We also present to your our Snap.Post.Vote – Great Singapore Shopaholic contest! Simply show us what you’ve bought during the GSS sale and win spa and dining vouchers.

Read more on how to join 88DB’s shopping contest.

Zouk’s Fashionable Flea & Easy

Caution: The cheap buys featured below may cause extreme jealousy
by Mavis Ang

Zouk’s quarterly flea market “Flea & Easy” took a different spin last Sunday with a fashion elite edition (along with Singapore Fashion Festival ‘08), where all the stall vendors belonged to the fashion industry. Amongst which are stalls owned by Cleo, Harper’s Bazaar, Channel 8 actor Chen Han Wei, modelactress Jade Seah, and radio DJs Shan Wee and Rosalyn Lee.

Within an hour, Zouk was packed with usually glamourous fashionistas jostling and squeezing their way through the crowd. A small queue gradually formed at the entrance as people stopped to look at stalls, holding up traffic behind them. After straining our necks and grumbling, my companion and I managed to step into the flea market, only to be stunned by the sight before us.

Read more about Zouk’s Fashionable Flea & Easy.

Top 10 Womenswear Trends

Some things from last season are still popular and can be recycled for this season.
By Megan Hazel
Source: www.fibre2fashion.com

YOU probably can’t recall who said it, but whoever first uttered that fashion comes full circle every 30 years or so was not too far off. This season on the runway is reminiscent of the flowing ‘70s in both fabric and style.

1. Long skirts are in. We are seeing much more of the long skirt and much less of the micro mini. Materials like silk and chiffon, which tend to flow and gather, are much more popular for Spring 2008 than fabrics like cotton or denim which tend to hold shape and stay stiffer in appearance. The word for the season is feminine, feminine, feminine! The exception to this seems to be in outerwear, where rubber is oddly back in style. Indoors, though, thin little belts, hats, and scarves are also popular and a throwback to the 70s as well as being womanly.

2. Metallic bags and clutches. Don’t despair, though — some things from last season are still popular and can be recycled for this season. Accessories like metallic bags and clutches, as well as sequins and some of the longer pencil skirts can still be worn with confidence.

Read the rest of the Top 10 Womenswear Trends.

What is SFF 2008?

Be the first in Asia to preview the Autumn/Winter 08 collections of world-celebrated designers, straight off the runways of Paris and New York, ready-to-order in Singapore.

MAKING its highly–anticipated comeback at the mega Tent@Orchard, Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza is the Singapore Fashion Festival, presented by MasterCard and made possible by the Singapore Tourism Board.

The Singapore Fashion Festival is set to rock the region with a cutting-edge direction of discovery and resurgence. Trend-watchers can expect to discover fashion’s hottest rising stars from around the world, blazing a new trail in the region’s style capital.

Be the first in Asia to preview the Autumn/Winter 08 collections of world-celebrated designers, straight off the runways of Paris and New York, ready-to-order in Singapore.

Read more about the Singapore Fashion Festival 2008.

Who’s Showing What?

MATTHEW WILLIAMSON
Matthew Williamson is a unique success story. Ten years after setting out on his own as a fashion graduate from Central Saint Martins in 1997, he has a store in the heart of Mayfair, his collections are worn by celebrity clients including Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sienna Miller, and he is Creative Director at Pucci.

His career was celebrated last year with an exhibition at the Design Museum in London: an overview that presented his most iconic designs and deconstructs the process behind his work, illuminating his distinctive use of pattern, print and colour. Matthew Williamson arrives in town with a showcase of his Spring/Summer 08 collection as well as an Asian preview of his Autumn/Winter 08 collection.

KEVIN CARRIGAN
Creative Director of ck Calvin Klein, Kevin Carrigan, flies in to headline the Closing Show with his Spring/Summer 08 collection. Bringing minimalism to a new level of sexy, British-born Carrigan is known to immerse himself in every aspect of the brand’s design and image, producing pieces that are perfectly synchronized and straight to the point.

Since taking over the reins as Creative Director, Carrigan has continued to drive the iconic American brand forward with effortless style and classic modernity. The tent will be transformed into a chic ck Calvin Klein lounge to close the Festival with a bang!

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Featured Local Designers

FLYING the flag for Singapore fashion, witness the exciting resurgence of two of Singapore’s iconic design legends, Tan Yoong and Thomas Wee, who will stage their much-anticipated catwalk shows, each a highlight of the nation’s biggest annual fashion event.

Singapore design icon Thomas Wee returns to the runway with his highly anticipated first show in more than a decade.

Expect to be surprised as he presents a collection that boasts ‘maximum minimalism’ without a single bead or embroidery stitch in sight. Shunji Matsuo featuring L’Oreal Professionnel will uniquely complement Thomas Wee’s spectacular showcase with hair design.

Read more about the Featured Local Designers.

Foreign Models List

Foreign models at singapore fashion festival 2008

A UNIQUE contrast of cultures and beauty meets on the runway line-up when a bevy of China’s top international models is juxtaposed with an iconic supermodel from the UK. China’s traditional beauty meets Europe’s aristocratic supermodel, when the models arrive in town to add glamour to the festival.

Read more about Foreign Models.