Before hitting the books hard on Monday, attended a friend’s 21st birthday celebrations where we were all also celebrating the last day of school (and finishing my module assignment early!)

After dinner and before arriving at Double-O, we were all given glow-in-the-dark bracelets. The ones you buy in packs of 50 and only about 10 actually work well.

Usually, I wear them (good and not-so-good) in this random jumble… But this time, they were arranged in gradient. I quite like it! hahas

So totally random, but don’t you like my temporary bling?!

Had to make up for my blah outfit that night. (:

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Dearest readers,

Jo and I seek your kind understanding as we disappear from the face of the earth and delve deep deep down into our readings, textbooks, note, lecture slides; lock ourselves away in the library/a very quiet corner and study our backsides off for the looming examinations happening in the next two weeks.

Sporadically, when we are in dire need of regaining our sanity, away from Market Research, Service Processes, Org Change and Design, Finance and the likes, we’ll definitely update (:

Thank you for being ever-so-patient and understanding.

Much Love,
Wottoncool

If you saw me in school yesterday…

Other than the fact that my Charles and Keith bag strap spoiled, forcing me to carry it as a tote although I am certain the short handles make my bag heavier :/

And other than the fact that its week 13 (aka last week of school!!!yay!) and my friends could tell I was noticeably happier (:

Photoboothed in class while there was a presentation going on. oops!

Well, so other than these things, if you saw me yesterday…

I was in jeans!

Ok.

So it might not be a big deal to everyone. But it was for me! Hahas. (: I don’t usually wear jeans. Haven’t worn this pair in 3 years. but HAD to wear them for a school presentation.

We had coordinated outfits for the presentation yo!.

I’m thinking of having the length altered so I don’t sweep the floor as I walk and make the fit more straight-cut versus flare and also considering trying some DIY bleaching.

My school term is nearly up!! (;
But it means that exams approach :/

will this work ever end? ):

Yes, it was ten past six when we shot these pictures. It was a longgggg day at school before that! These pictures are actually our own interpretations of Puma’s new Create Your Style campaign.

Well, um, our pictures did turn out quite different from the originals. We kinda got carried away with the drawing. I think we took a whole half an hour? Haha. Kinda silly actually, cos you can’t see the tremendous effort we put into cross-hatching and creating patterns zomg.

Check out the other people who were involved in this campaign remix on Puma’s facebook fan page, and look out for their new store in in 313 Somerset, come December 2009!

December sounds a really long time away, but hello it’s only only only 23 days away! Okay time for Christmas now.

18:45
Ladies and gents, girls and boizzzzzz, WE ARE AT BURBERRY NOW NOW NOW!

We’ll be updating our night here. Feel free to post your comments, tell us what you wanna see!

We’ll reply at the speed of lightning!

For now, we’re still taking in the immensity of the super large LCD screens, the Spring Summer 2009 dresses, fresh eucalyptus, nom nom nom.

A little but about Buberry at ION Orchard. It’s the largest store in South East Asia and today is their official opening. Creative Director Christian Bailey is gracing the event and loadsss of celebs will be here laterr.

EXCITED!

On Sarah, Circle multi-wear blouse, from Not for the Shallow by Desmond Yang. Ruched pants from Abyzz by Desmond Yang. Suede waist belt, from Alaia.

On Jo, Sequinned top, from Topshop. Drop-crotch pants, from Zara. Platform heels, from Charles & Keith. Wrist candy, from Topshop.

We will be updating live from the Mac stations the lovely people at Burberry have provided, throughout the night.

Ok. Stay tuned!

19:30
SPOTTED! Jacelyn Tay

19:48

Guess who we just met?!

Also, X-wen is talking to Tan Kheng Hua and her daughter as we speak/type!

20:15

Oops! Sorry for the lag, but we had to take time off to take photos with some male models with photobooth

20:21 Chirstopher Bailey is in the building! and Dinie is in HEAVEN! hahas

20:23And Jo might pass out from excitement!

20:32

More celebs in Burberry. Here’s the super tall, leggy, and gorgeous Liu Wen, and Celeste Chong.

21:04

Omg time is passing too fast!

Photo opp with Zoe Tay

Camwhoring while waiting for Christopher Bailey.

Christopher Bailey leaving the Burberry VIP lounge.

OMGOMGOMGOMG! excited!

GUESS WHO ARE THE BEST BLOGGERS?!

he wrote about the same thing for everyone. but who cares?! (:

Some stations got overtaken by guests… but its all good!

Guests photobooth-ing.

21:56

Jo’s feet are hurting. a lot. (But the ARE lovely shoes).

That’s it for our night at Burberry. We worked hard and played hard, and we’ll bring you a more coherent post after we recover from all the excitement!

Remember this?

It’s like dreams come true and someone Wingardium Leviosa‘d Christopher Bailey to us. Sorta. Kinda.

WOTTONCOOL will be at Burberry ION Orchard, 7pm tonight, to celebrate the opening of their new store! With creative director, Christopher Bailey, no less!

And of course, a stable of international and local celebs. Think we might faint from exposure and being within such close proximity of the ST*RZ. Fash-Eccentric, One Sixty Notepad, Rock The Trend, Bagaholicboy, will yall make sure that we still look glam if we need to be stretchered out of the party? Lol.

What to wear, what to wear! O, decisions.

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)

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!

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

I was looking through some old photographs and dug up these photos of a shoot I did with my friend, Steph.

Taken in the central business district on a Sunday morning. Raffles Place was very quiet, which all worked out since Steph needed the backgrounds to be un-busy. That was the fundamental criteria that her professor demanded for this photo series assignment.

These were taken pre-Wottoncool days, early early in 2008, and the strongest memory was that out of the blue (sky) it rained!

There! Proof! hahas. (:

The weather was very erratic that day and we kept praying that the heavens wouldn’t open up repeatedly and get in the way of shooting. Cos even when the weather was better, the sun would frequently hide behind the clouds and affect the light. (I don’t know how to describe it in photography lingo, so I shan’t try)

And, it you can’t already tell, there was no budget for the shoot. I was the model + helper + stylist + wardrobe. Steph doubled as creative director + makeup artist + hair stylist + photographer + wardrobe.

In this shoot, I’m wearing

Black dress – Steph’s
Khaki Trenchcoat – G2000, which I should wear more!
Sunglasses – Armani
Watch – Casio
Red embossed Wallet – Catherine Manuell
Black Slingbacks – (i can’t remember which) fleamarket

Pedder Red has a a new collaboration with Wyman Wong, a multi-tasking celeb (of sorts?) from Hong Kong.

He created a tantalising five-piece collection inspired by the tailoring and work of fashion designers such as Martin Margiela, Christophe Decarin, and Yves Saint Laurent, and you’ll see why in the pictures.

Biker chains and mini dress for Christophe (Balmainia, Balmainia, Balmainia), and a poufy sweetheart tiered dress for Oscar.

How adorable, how adorable, HOW ADORABLE ARE THESE?

No prizes for guessing, this is Yves. The tuxedo at the back actually has two heels so that the trousers work better, and the flappy collar, lapel and bow-tie looks like a pretty bow at the back of the shoe from far.

Martin – The one with the mannequin on spindly legs is just pure sechzzzzz. So hawt!

My boyfriend was there with me in Pedder Red over the weekend to give his opinion and help me decide – but to no avail. When I saw the pictures, Yves was mine. But when I tried Martin on, I was torn.

Martin or Yves? Tough choice innit? Help me decide!

Outfit photo!

Realise I haven’t posted an outfit photo in awhile.

This was at a celebration dinner held in school. It was a closure for events organized over summer. The school even gave out certificates to thank us for our participation.

And the food was AWESOME!!! (:

Metallic silver tank – nicholas
Multi-coloured wrap pants – from Thailand
Chain Necklace – from mom

The pants are really comfortable but long, so walking up the stairs I have to be careful not to trip :/ hahas