Green Project – 31 ways to wear a button shawl

Go green by reduce in purchasing, reuse fashion, and recycle trend! Be chic, innovative, and creative when it comes to fashion! Be a smart consumer, buy clothing that is good quality, allows you to mix and match and also enables you to style differently every time :)

Ever since I came across button shawl, it gave me a lot of inspiration especially on how we could reuse back old shawl to create many different ways to wear them!

By just using an old shawl, four buttons, and a couple of brooches – I could create 31 different ways to wear them for a month!

Here’s how to create your own button shawl:

Get an old shawl (any design will do – with frills or without) or cloth that has a width of 145cm and length of 55cm (you can opt for something wider/longer depending on your body size). And if your shawl/cloth is too long or wide simply cut it off and sew back the seams with a sewing machine.

Next, sew in the buttons as shown on picture. Space at least 6.5cm between the buttons. To make button holes, fold it to half and use a chalk to mark where the button holes should be (as shown on pic). Then, use a scissors to cut the button holes.

And you’re ready to wear them :)

Green Project: Coming Soon

Ever wonder what you can do with an old shawl, four buttons and a couple of brooches?

Its 31 ways to wear a shawl - green project challenge! You now can style your old shawl differently for a month!

Want to know how to do it? It's coming soon :) 

Fall 2012 Trend

Have you got the right stuffs for this fall? Well, let’s check what the fashion runway has in-store for us :)

This fall is all about looking chic and tough yet sophisticated.

If you’re looking for work attire, pencil skirt is a must.

The key to this look is to search for pencil skirt’s length that is around the knee.

If you’re not a fan of skirts, tuxedo pants are also a good option for this fall.

The pants must be tailored around the ankle. Not too long or too short.

For those who like to have a little bit of fun – shop for black leather.

You don’t need everything to be leather. It can be black leather boots, bag, skirt, etc.

If you’re looking for maxi dress this fall – search for those with thigh high slits.

One of my favourite fall maxi dress would be from Elie Saab.

Vintage flower pattern will also be this fall must haves. If you’re not sure what kind of flower pattern, think vintage flower wallpapers.

Last but not least in my list would be the long coat which falls just after the knees. This may not be suitable for our Malaysia weather but you can always shop for something lighter and less thick :)

Finally, no matter what the trend is this fall – always search for something that suits you best :)

Embrace it or simply fake it

If you’re wondering exactly what am I referring to – is beauty mark that is :)

Beauty marks have been on the faces of many famous bombshells and celebrities around the world and now it has been invaded in runways too!

For many centuries, face beauty marks a.k.a. moles has been made popular by Marilyn Monroe and now even Karl Lagerfeld has come out with its Chanel faux beauty marks sticker on its model faces (too bad it’s not for sale).

Beauty mark is a fashion trend now and should you are blessed with beauty mark on your face, lucky you! If you don’t - fake it like Alexis Mabille’s models (using black Swarovski crystal) or tattoo it like Dita Von Teese.

As for me, I use faux crystal stickers (those you use to bejewel your mobile phones and stuffs). You can find all kind of shapes, colour and sizes! You get tons in a pack too :)

I have one in stars, deep blue and also the usual black crystal.

What’s my other option? Simply use liquid eyeliner!

Now, who says you need to be born with it?