Sunday, April 12, 2009

summer picks

the palette is pastel, against white and sand. cotton, linen & knits...

and for evenings, pinstripe or beige blazers to complete the look

when i travel, i like looking for local brands/designers with medium price points, with styles that i fancy. recent finds: bangkok - dapper & z homme; beijing - cabbeen & shirt style. brands i love (international): japan - uniqlo, muji, denmark - jack & jones/selected.

good choice of textiles, designs i agree with (not too edgy), good workmanship

uniqlo u.s. is pricey and quite limited. shop in hk or china. uniqlo has better apparel choices for men, though.

muji is more lifestyle with apparel. love the japanese deconstructed look. reminds me of philippine brand anonymous when it was still around.

jack & jones/selected, i've only seen in beijing. turns out to be a danish brand more popular in europe. the colors are great. they have great outerwear.

i saw a lot of violet hues in the collections of different brands, made darker with black & dark gray pairings. not too summer-y for me.

yun lang

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

jack and jones/selected is a unique bunch. ang saya ng colors. plus there's a wide selection at their shop in stroget.

i heard from a friend that they are now selling in magasin and illum.

finisher said...

wow cc, shopping galore!

Rainbow Runner said...

i like that white shirt with pink/blue anime graphics. :-)

Gram Math said...

are you the one who bought these shirts? i dont really like buying clothes since i cant decide which one is good for me

Quentin X said...

what's a hoodie doing in amongst those? Where are the shorts and singlets?
I am jealous, it is starting to cool down down here; time to dust the winter gear.

Leon Koh said...

lovely colors

Leon
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closet case said...

hello john stanley! where is magasin, illum? sorry am clueless.

hahaha. i love shopping, fenestrations!

that's uniqlo, rainbow runner! thanks!

oh gram math, we should go shopping together!

hi quent. the hoodie as a summerwear is meant to be worn with nothing underneath, and unzipped or unbuttoned! goes great with board shorts for a stroll on the shore at 10pm...

hello leon! thanks so much! i just read your blog. very nice =)

Crap Newsman said...

For me I prefer to wait when they drop prices (it has to be 50%, nothing less) then I snap up a dozen or so in one go. Tipid hehe