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Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (VI)
Did you know that? The Chinese invented eyeglasses. Marco Polo reported seeing many pairs worn by the Chinese as early as 1275, 500 years before lens grinding became an art in the West. Now you know! :)— Puti Karina Puar • August 13th, 2008
Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (V)
Did you know that? In India it is perfectly proper for men to wear pajamas in public. Pajamas are accepted as standard daytime wearing apparel. Now you know! :)— Puti Karina Puar • August 10th, 2008
Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (IV)
Did you know that? The pigtail worn for so many years by Chinese men was originally a symbol of abject humiliation. The Manchus, a tribe of Tartars, conquered China in 1644. To emphasize their suzerainty, they ordered each Chinese male to chave the forepart of his head and to permit the hair on the back on [...]— Puti Karina Puar • August 6th, 2008
Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (III)
Did you know that? To preserve their elaborate coiffures, geishas in ancient Japan slept with their heads on bags filled with buckwheat chaff. Now you know! :)— Puti Karina Puar • August 3rd, 2008
Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (II)
Did you know that? Fashionable women in medieval Japan gilded or blackened their teeth. Today many women in India stain their teeth bright red to enhance their appearence. Now you know! :)— Puti Karina Puar • July 30th, 2008
Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (I)
Did you know that? It is still unsure whether ‘Batik‘ word’s origin is Javanese from amba (’to write’) and titik (’dot’ or ‘point’), or constructed from a hypothetical Proto-Austronesian root *beCík, meaning ‘to tattoo’ from the use of a needle in the process. The word is first recorded in English in the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1880, [...]— Puti Karina Puar • July 27th, 2008
Richard Chai
Another designer whose face reminds the fashion world of our oriental continent, Richard Chai. His appearance in August edition of TeenVogue officially put him among designers those become favorite of the young and stylish like Thakoon, or Zac Posen. His first collection in New York Fashion Week, October 2004 featured detailed pieces; quilting, cartridge pleats, peplums [...]— Puti Karina Puar • July 24th, 2008
Fall for Yellow
What pops up on your mind when you see yellow? Mellow? Bright? Banana? Thakoon said, “It’s so punk, and a little dosage of it can really punch things up,” and he applied it to a prim suit. Burberry Prorsum, Jean Paul Gaultier, Carolina Herrera, Vera Wang and other dozen of designers also brought yellow to the [...]— Puti Karina Puar • July 21st, 2008
Thakoon’s Latest Collection
Thakoon’s latest collection shone on me so much. Look at those metallic look, with those long socks, and the shoes. Awesome! (Source: Style.com)— Puti Karina Puar • July 16th, 2008
Indigo Batik
Eco friendly color is not always green. It can be indigo! And while batik is really on vogue, indigo dyed batik fabric is a good news for double-agents of fashionista and earth lover. Indigo colored batik is made in three stage process of waxing dyeing and de-waxing. The artisans mixes extract of indigofera leaves with water [...]— Puti Karina Puar • July 12th, 2008
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