Is there even such a thing?
Had a casual mention with K today about my dressing. We were taking a 15-min smoke break over coffee and resting our tired limbs after warming up our credit cards. And I asked her if she preferred me in solid colored Polo-Ts, chinos and Birkenstocks, like every decent and mature 30-something. Or always traipsing around town in Quiksilver tops, boardshorts and flip-flops, like some teen Beachbum from Bondi.
Oops did I say 'teen' and 'Bondi'? I flatter myself, ok Sentosa lah =))
I am, afterall, 32. And I don't wan't to be labelled a childish unker in denial. K assures me that I am not. Just kiddish =/ I hope she is kidding =))
But I think hor, its not about dressing your age. Its about dressing for the occasion. Its about making sure your wardrobe has the 'arsenal' of requisite outfits to tog yourself in for that cocktail party, that trip to the Mall, that beach vacation, that Chinese wedding dinner, that important office meeting or even, erm, that funeral. And 'requisite' does not mean 'expensive'.
The thing about S'poreans, if I may humbly add, is that they tend to take the term 'Smart Casual' a little too casually. And end up looking sloppy. Its not the deliberate
grungy-chic look I am talking about, but the
obiang 'heck-care-just-grab-anything-from-cupboard' fashion sense. There is also this 'one size fits all' mentality. So sometimes you meet someone at a dinner party and he's decked out like he's all ready to begin a day at work in the office. Over-dressed or Under-dressed, sometimes its a fine line. And in this respect, I think we have lots to learn from the HongKongers and the Japanese.
I reckon its in the genes. Because money cannot buy style and good taste =)) It can buy you half the achingly hip Comme des Garcons guerilla store but whether the stuff will look good on you is another story =p
Ok enough of my rambling. Want to share with you guys my totally 'want-not-a-need' purchases from the Great Singapore Sale today =)) Which by the way, ain't that great really. K and me think the retailers purposely keep all their good stuff away and only offer last season's rejects >(
K wanted a pair of white ones for wake-boarding. She ended up with a blue pair and guess who got the Crispy White Metal yummies from Adidas? =P
This T-shirt is from British designers SuperDry. Don't ask me what's up with the name but apparently they are very very hot at the moment. I didn't know that Beckham was actually spotted in a blue Osaka 6 sometime ago or I wouldn't have bought it! Not in red though, I got mine in white with green Camou prints.
My last 'Captain America' pair got stolen from right outside my apartment 3 days ago. I loved them =( And since this is an old model, Puma doesn't make it anymore. So dear old me had to scour high and low for this Replicat which I finally found when I had all but given up hope. It was a display piece and was one size too small. But what the heck =))
So can I be dressed for success or not? =P