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It’s a good feeling to be kinda sheltered while you’re still young and growing. And that is what PARCO@MILLENIAWALK’s doing with The Fashion Incubator Programme.

Young and up-and-coming designers with their own labels, but without a strong distribution channel can look forward to becoming part of a 6,000 sq feet Fashion Incubator space, complete with mentorship, business development support and training programme.

This idea was imported from Parco in Japan, and ooohhh, doesn’t it sound like a dream? At least after a lot of hard work.

Mmmm. I often dream about having my own clothing line, or shop, or work with my mum at her florist’s, but I tend to forget that oh, at the end of the day, it’s business, it’s entrepreneurship. (Yes, even though I’m studying business… lol)

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Here’s Priscilla, formerly from Swirl, but now with her own label, Chalk! – which very much embodies her, if I can say so. Cute as a button (and polka dots) and way sweet. Look out for her and some other designers, because

wottoncool is giving away

FIVE PAIRS OF TICKETS TO THE
next-NEXT DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2009

which includes a fashion show of the creations by the 25 designers,
happening Friday, 6 November, 7pm.

To win these passes, all you have to do is,
1) Be a friend of us on Facebook,
2) Update your facebook status with, “@Wottoncool Sarah Jo, I wanna go to PARCO@MILLENIAWALK’s next-NEXT Designer of the Year 2009!” ASAP, LIKE, NOW?!?!

If you’re one of the first five who do so, we’ll inform you via a facebook message, so do check!

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Action! Action! Action! See you there! (:

 



$1 & $2 Goodness SPAM

Jo and I participated in Flea Titan on a whim and in an attempt to clear our closet plus to get some moolah (for more beautiful things).

Damn the economic crisis.

I was a bit busy and preoccupied to take during and after shots of the flea so I only have before shots to share…

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We had some technical difficulty setting up the rack.

But thankfully it held up!

(At the booth next to ours, the rack literally broke! 0.0! and adjacent to our booth, their rack kept swaying :/)

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Our table + rack. Fully utilized.

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Everything in the bucket/tub went for $1 each. (and there were ppl still trying to bargain and be fussy at $1. seriously?! hahas)

Towards the end, in her bid to not bring home her stuff was giving her stuff away, shouting ‘Free shoes! Free clothes!!!’ and I swear everyone within earshot froze in their tracks and stared at her in disbelief. hahas. it was quite funny.

All in all a fun day… even though food was nightmarishly expensive!

Thank you for supporting Wottoncool’s $1 and $2 goodness! (:



P&B
Friday 4 September 2009, 7:35 pm
Filed under: - Sarah, 2009 Autumn/Winter, Giveaway, Random | Tags: , , ,

Micro update!

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Stuff from the Pull and Bear event…

(a) Press kit with write up describing latest season’s collection and MEGAPIXEL ladened CD with campaign and product images.

(b) Smith’s Thinly Cut Crisps Original (koped! :D )

(c) Lazy Bear

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Weird as he is, he makes me laugh.

Thanks Pull and Bear for the present! (:

ok. I’ll come up with more substantial things… eerrrr… soon! (hopefully!)



Plus One, Plus Two.

With the recent (and welcomed!) spike in invites to events and launches, which I first and foremostly attribute to our readers (THANK YOU!) and secondly to media and PR companies who have, because of our loyal readers, become a blip on their radars (:

At about the time of Uniqlo’s store opening at Ion Orchard, I had this idea…

I remember pre-Wottoncool days, reading and/or hearing about cool events, launches, parties, fashion shows, showcases and features and being so envious of these ‘lucky people’ who receive invites and get free stuff. (I mean, who doesn’t want free stuff right?!!)

And now that I have had the chance to be on ‘the other side’ with $100 vouchers from Uniqlo, getting behind the scenes glimpses, meeting up and coming designers face to face, enjoying “media discount” and enjoying special ‘event-only’ discounts and freebies, I would very much like to share these experiences as much as possible.

As such, I am going to do my very best to invite friends and readers to events as my way of saying thank you and sharing the lurrve <3!

And what better time to start than now?!

My first attempt and experiment was at the Pull and Bear event. Upon receiving the invite, I quickly choped my friend, Berton, who was the one lamenting and raving about P&B’s goods. After that, I asked very very nicely if I could bring a friend :D ! hehes, brilliant order eh?

Well, the request was granted.. (YAY!!) and they even said ’so I’ll plus two for you’ :D :D:D (YAAYYYNESS!!!!)

So on Thursday, three of us (Jo couldn’t make it) were at Pull and Bear, browsing, shopping and snacking A LOT! hahas.

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Me and Berton. photographer: Lace.

I took a picture of Berton and Lace but there was a lighting FAIL moment. And at their requests, I am not putting that photo up.

At the door, we were given a $10 voucher each. ON TOP OF a storewide 15% discount.

Needless to say, they were happy and left with lighter pockets but happier hearts :D

I hope to have more moments to share with readers too.

(Media peeps, if you are reading this.. remember it’s Wottoncool +2! Thanks!!!)

-Sarah
(Hoping to) share the love. (:



Flea & Easy – Beauty and Feast Edition

Last Wednesday,

whilst hopping between Mambo and Phuture with some friends from school,

I noticed…

Flea and Easy

Flea & Easy – the Beauty and Feast Edition

2 August 2009, Sunday

2pm to 8pm

Zouk, Phuture and Wine Bar

In my very sleep-deprived state, I could do with some pampering and retail therapy!

(a.k.a. Another reason to shop and indulge! :D )



Who Won What
Monday 13 April 2009, 10:52 am
Filed under: - Jo, - Sarah, Competition, Events, Giveaway, It's Our Birthday!

PRIZES!!!

Rachel will be getting the black package, Ginger, the brown package, and Jenny, the Ferragamo shoes!

Here is Rachel’s ultra random entry

Sarah and Jo go to New York to celebrate Wottoncool turning one!
Barely minutes after stepping off the plane, they get accosted by The Sartorialist,
“Love those Sperry top-siders and the superb gladiators girls…”

Who directs them to a fashionable gay bar in SoHo;
(Also because Jo’s sister said to go.)
After plenty of daiquiris, they bump into Tim Gunn
Who tells them “Stop by the Atlas tomorrow, I would LOVE to have you on the show!”
Mel C chimes in from the next table,
“Yeahhh I totally get your name luv, like wot’ton but koool… it’s so wot’ton it’s cool!”
“I think you mean ‘rotten’ darling,” says the posh blonde hanging off her arm before falling over from too many cosmos

But they get booted from the first episode of Project Runway,
Because they got distracted by the thrift store next door and have nothing suitable for clothes-making from the supermarket.
“What happened girls?  I thought I told you to make it work…” sighs Tim Gunn
“We’re sorry!” chorus S & J, looking genuinely contrite, despite having scored many cheap vintage designer bargains that day
“But we can make you fluffy heart-shaped pancakes and Asian-inspired pesto spaghetti!”

“Mmmm that sounds divine!” says Tim Gunn, beaming again, “You girls are so adorable I MUST show you to Marc who just lives round the corner from me!” before they all traipse off arm-in-arm for some delicious pan-Asian fusion cuisine.

So the gay bar really was a good idea!  Although the sea cucumbers with mustard sauce weren’t so great.

THE END.

Sarah and I are BIG suckers for rhymes. Back in secondary school we used to write the stupidest rhymes to our classmates. The start of each line did not matter, and it didn’t even have to make sense. But the end HAD to rhyme.

This is one from our friend, Cheryl, who very aptly writes in the spirit of random rhymes

Sarah and Jo were out one day.
Thinking it was a Saturday,
They went to the farm to get some hay.
but oh dear me, little did they
know that it was closed today.

They looked for the farmer but couldnt see
anything else but a bumble bee
They shouted so loudly,”OH HELP ME!”
but all they got was a scrape on the knee
and having to pay the doctor’s fee.

Still clueless about the time and day
They walked around in utter dismay
Cursing things that were made of clay
Until they looked at the clock and say,
“We have to go to the cafe to meet May!”

So there went Jo and Sarah Swee
still oblivious to the many clues they see
The weekday crowd were at coffee
Doing nothing but smiling with glee
Cos they were spending time with the family.

So they waited and waited all day for may
Who didn’t show cos it was not Sunday
Sarah and Jo frowned at their friend’s delay
Thinking that it was such a weird day,
Cos nothing just seemed to be going their way.

They sat and recited the a to z
then decided that they were having a party
to celebrate wottoncool’s anniversary
They had ice cream, cake, and cotton candy
on a saturday they could never forget, they agreed.

And here we have Ginger’s story

One day, Jo woke up and decided it was “THE” day to put on her rainbow jumpsuit. After wearing that with her disco-ball earrings, she left her treehouse and scooted over to Sarah’s yacht to pick her bestie up to go to Ibiza. Sarah, not one to fail was all decked out in in maxi tie-dye dress and a sun hat the brim so wide she had to lift her head up to look at people gawking at her.

They rode on a lightning bolt all the way to the party central and found SpongeBob and Kim Possible jiving impossibly next to LKY and LHL. Jo petitioned successfully for the abolition of National Service while Sarah asked politely if it was okay to do away with examinations forever! It was the most magnificent scene.

Beer was sprouting out of Mighty Merlion’s mouth and there was a singapore flyer sand sculpture right in the middle of it all. It was like Singapore from an adult Dr. Seuss book! They decided to retreat into a quiet corner only to meet Mary Kate and Ashley dressed up a la their “Full House” days as a parody.

“Cool dress and jumper” Ashley breathed out with a gust of cigar smoke that smelt like roses and lilacs. Mary Kate passed out and Sarah and Jo decided to climb the giant bean stalk to play the harp and allow paparazzi.

They huffed and puffed all the way up only to find themselves in a bar which served only lychee martinis. “Why, it was a pleasant alright” and stopped to drink enough lychee martinis to last a lifetime of giggles and sunshine.

Thank you all for your super entertaining stories. We really LOLed and almost ROTFLMAOed.



Less Talk, More Action

That’s our mantra for a lot of things – attending driving lessons, going for our driving test (including maintaining a O_O face for maximum focus), studying, sometimes blogging…

So here we present you what we’ve got to offer to the 2 lucky readers who have entered the competition. It ends tonight! Hurry scurry!

#1
Paisley print double breasted vest, Jim Thompson elephant silk tie, Jim Thompson teardrops silk tie, high-waist pleat-front tapered pants, brown sling bag, peter pan collared khaki jacket, cream and red silk tie

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#2
Teal double-breasted low front dress, Dior crimson silk tie, acid wash jeans, blue silk tie, floral georgette micro shorts, navy double breasted jacket with no lapels

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How we’ve packed them to be hand-delivered (!)

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Aren’t they pretty?!?!?!?! :D

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Competition is open till tonight.

See yall soon!



Wottoncool’s Wacky Wonky Giveaway!

Do you have an affinity with the numbers 4, 37 or 6???

Is Ferragamo your friend?

If you’ve answered a RESOUNDINGYES!‘ to both questions…

We’ve got a giveaway just for you!

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Be the proud owner of these Salvatore Ferragamo shoes (size UK 4/Europe 37/US 6)

Simply pick 2 posts (one by Sarah and one by Jo) and in 100 words or less, tell us why they are your favourite. (:

Then email us “I want those Ferragamos!” together with your Name, Contact Number and Mailing Address.

One lucky winner will be randomly picked on Saturday, 11 April 2009.

Open to Singapore readers only.

Hurry!