Loud Places - Jord wood watches

Watch ∆ JORD wood watches 

Long shirt Dress ∆ H&M

Shoes ∆ Charles and Keith

Socks ∆ Adidas

Shades ∆ Vintage

Necklace ∆ Topshop

Photos by Gladys and Mathieu

Less is more. 

Allowing my Jord wood watch to shine on it's own, I kept my outfit minimal with a long white shirt dress and a long thick silver necklace. I wore a pair of wooden platforms to match my Jord wood watch. Sleek, modern and minimalistic, I still manage to pull the look as my own style by adding my key player; the high socks. Something that you can't miss being a 90s kid.

Watches have never been an important accessories to me except to keep track of my time. Nevertheless, I would still keep a lookout if there is any unique timepiece that intrigues me. However, many of the watches that I had come across are either too mainstream or just doesn't really appeal to me. As a creative person, I always dig into something unique and fresh. When Jord wood watches invites me do a collaboration with them I was delighted! Honestly, I had neither heard of Jord nor come across any wood watches before. So, it's definitely something new and I'm excited about it!

Using wood as their main feature, you can expect their watches to be much lighter than those that you would normally find. Influenced by our modern experiential living, Jord wood watches are made to be sustainable, efficient and simple. Jord wood watches are priced at a very reasonable market rate and if you are interested, you can view more of them here, they provide a wide range of unique and intricate designs to ensure that each watch is distinctive to your style. Another highlight, they can even make the watch to your desirable size that fits perfectly on your wrist, just like mine!

*P.S. If you're thinking of a present for this upcoming Father's Day, do add Jord wood watches as one of you gift ideas!*

I did my shoot at a very quiet venue. Using that as an irony, I decided to share one of my current favourite muse by Jamie XX, Loud Places. If you had not known, Jamie XX is part of The XX band as their percussionist. He is definitely one talented musician!

Too Much Time Together

Top ∆ H&M

Boyfriend Jeans ∆ Levi's

Creepers ∆ TUK

Accessories ∆ From Bali, Bangkok street market, Party shops in Singapore and Hand-made from friends

Photos by Emilia

Feeling the rave from the summer heat, I decided to throw in some pastel shades. Honestly, I'm not a sweet tooth and I do not fancy cupcakes. However, I love adorable stuff and cupcakes are just adorable. That means if I can I would rather just display the cupcakes on the shelves instead of eating them! Well that can never happen (for a real cupcake) so let me be more realistic and have a tee printed with cupcakes instead. Keeping it simple for the average 32ºC hot summer in Singapore, I matched my cropped top with a pair of ripped boyfriend denim jeans and of cos, creepers! Since I'm short (also thanks to that messy topknot that I had), it gave the illusion that I'm taller (I hope).

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I have always been a fan of San Cisco and had watched them live before. Gosh they are just so adorable! Anyways here's one of my favourite song from their latest album, Too Much Time Together.

Interview with Smoke Season!

As you guys may have known, I'm a music lover and I always share my current favourite or new discovery music that relates to my outfit post. Little did I know that my humble gesture in sharing these artists music have gotten myself noticed by Smoke Season (as seen on Opaque in White post)! I was even invited to do a fashion interview with the lively lead singer Gabrielle Wortman.

How awesome is that?

Just a brief info,
Smoke Season is an alt-folk project formed by Gabrielle Wortman, the soulful lead singer with her electronic alter-ego, TEMP3ST and Jason Rosen, the former keyboardist of Honer Society. Both artists had their own individual careers before falling into Smoke Season. It allows them to be more versatile and experimental by blending psychedelic, folk rock and undertones of electronic music to create alluring pleasures of dream-pop and folky music.

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Interview with Gabrielle Wortman from Smoke Season,

Jess: In your latest music video, “Opaque”, I noticed that you had dyed your hair in pale lilac colour and in your recent interviews, you had re-dyed your hair to pastel pink. You totally rocked the look! Would you say that pastel hair colour is in the heat of fashion trend in 2015 and how influential will it be in your personal styling?

GW: I think pastel hair straddles an awesome line between feminine and edgy that I’m totally addicted to.  I can’t even imagine myself without colored hair at this point and plan to spend the year trying on colors like a Crayola crayon box. 

Jess: Do you find any difficulties in your choice of fashion when matching them with your hair colour?

GW: I do.  In general, the brighter the hair the more subdued the colors I wear.  I tend to opt for more muted patterns or colors to offset the hair. 

Jess: How would you categorize your personal fashion style? 

GW: Equal parts masculine and feminine.

Jess: Who/where do you take fashion inspiration from?

GW: Well I’ve always been a lover and avid fan of anything Lanvin so I think that shows up a lot in my personal style.  I also get inspired by rich textures and bold, angular cuts in pieces I wear.

Jess: How does your music influence the way you dress? Especially during your live shows.

GW: Well, for one, I am not about to wear a short dress on stage because I’d prefer to save our audience from that view.
Ha - Apart from that, I really love cuts, pieces and textures that can be used as props in the performance.  We’re usually really backlit and our stage is always saturated in smoke, so the setting illuminates the things I wear in a pretty magical way.  Also, anything shiny or sequined will play with the light in a way that I love.

Jess: Since Smoke Season is a band, do you help to style up Jason Rosen for shoots and tours so that you guys will look in sync? Or is there is already a telepathy existence between Jason and you?

GW: HA! To be honest, Jason is a rare breed of guy that knows how to dress himself.  In fact, on tours sometimes I steal his shirts or jackets to play up the androgynous side of an outfit.

Jess: As indie hits is getting popular in Singapore, would you be coming to Singapore for a live show?

GW: We hope so! We love Southeast Asia.

Jess: What would you say to fans that adore your style?

GW: Make a bold move. Break out of the traditional. Throw away the idea of following trends to be “hot”.  Sex appeal comes from your attitude and your courage in style choices.

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Thank you LAFAMOS for sending me this lovely Thank You card and making the interview possible with Smoke Season!

Before I end my post, here's another one of my favourite song by Smoke Season, Badlands.
Do check out more of their songs here!

Back to Laneway//2015

Unicorn Pink Crop Top ∆ H&M 

Denim Short ∆ Topshop
Checks Shirt ∆ Grandchild
Shades ∆ Hazel & Co.
Jadon Shoes ∆ Dr Martens
Bag ∆ Vintage

As an indie music lover, how can I miss Laneway?

Dressed in a casual festive outfit with a crop top, a pair of denim shorts and a pair of boots, I'm all geared up to get into the hippie grooves and sway to the muse by all these amazing artists!

This year, we have some big acts like Chet Faker, Banks, Angus and Julia Stone, FKA Twigs, Royal Blood, my all time favourite, Courtney Barnett, Mac Demarco and Future Islands as well as local acts like .GIF and many more! Even though majority of this year's music were more mellow sounding, they were still awesome! 

Here's a recap of 2015's Laneway! Enjoy!

It's a pity that Lykke Li couldn't make it for Laneway due to health reasons. I love her and her music lots! And shall pray that she will recover soon and be back for a solo concert! Here's one of my favourite song by Lykke Li, No Rest For The Wicked.