These Made My Day

They were not meant for me, tho
But they made my day.
They are just too cute.

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Il Était Une Fois

Once Upon A Time

These videos are giving me goosebumps. Long story short, that happened before we all know Chanel; high end brand from France. She did not follow the crowd, she made one. She started from zero. zero-ro-ro-ro. She mesmerized me, for sure. I don't cry but i am about to, because even Chanel had her own depression moments and she still could face the world that doubt her.

I am scared to say that she is my role model, but she is.
And maybe some of you wonder why i post two videos with different language, because you better know, the french one gives extra goosebumps.

lovelovelove
xxx

"Even as a young boy, my passion was to design, and I have been very lucky to be able to do what I have loved all my life. There can be few greater gifts than that." - Valentino Garavani

What makes blogging a very good cure is i can tell most of my days. Whether is good or bad. Whether is appropriate or not. Whether everyone like it or not, beside this is my blog. Anyway, this Sunday, LaSalle College International Jakarta and Pondok Indah Mall collaborate to hold a fashion show, i don't know exactly, but that will be held on Sunday 12th of May 2012 at Atrium PIM2, in front of Sogo (i guess). I am honestly curious, what is gonna be like. But i always love fashion show, its atmosphere affect me in a good way. It somehow motivates me to do something better, to be in Paris Fashion Week someday, to look Karl Lagerfeld closer (i hope he can make it until i really see him in person. Be strong, Karl.) However, i only watched two fashion shows in these two years so yah i guess, it will be fun to collect another fashion show. Another thing is this fashion show is related to my new subject called......i forgot the subject's name. Ah! Fashion Presentation. This basically teaches us to know how to make a fashion show. The good one. We are taught to be a dresser, manage the seats, some people control the lighting and the music. This should be fun!

Well, i just watched Valentino: The Last Emperor; a good documentary movie starring by Valentino Garavani, the last couturier. This movie told about the last fashion show of Valentino in Milan and that was amazing. The film and the fashion show also. It showed me more than a fashion show. It also showed the way Valentino worked with his best people, his adorable dogs, his struggle, his lover, and the most important is his admiration to beautiful things; he said "I know what women want, they want to be beautiful." His collection presented his concern to the beauty of women around the world.

He did deserve the standing ovation, congratulations, and those flowers.. He deserved tears from his beloved friends because his retirement. He is loved. He is a genius.

xx

The Red Head

"My three words have two meanings,  

There's one thing on my mind 

It's all for you" - Ed Sheeran

Well done, turtle. You nailed it.

Deden Siswanto Stole the Runway

I am enchanted for sure.

Oh, I almost forget to tell you what Indonesia Fashion Week was like. Deden Siswanto is too magical. Yes, he nailed it. yes, yes, he was extremely perfect in many ways. Just purrrrfect. I loved his fashion show. It feels like you watch the greatest movie ever, and when you finish, you dont know what to do, because that movie absorb your whole soul. And, his show is just like the greatest movie. Deden Siswanto was performing his collection for Pinot Noir. A-ready-to-wear men collection that inspired of A Walk In the Cloud. A romantic film in 1995 that is starring by Keanu Reeves.

With dramatic entrance, models walked on the runway and presenting modern yet vintage collection from Deden. It is not only the collection that mesmerizing but also the way models walked. They walked very slowly and dramatic. That made them looked like a living mannequins. Perfect and "cold".  But it didn't stop there, the music that played during the show also witch me. Deden knew how to make men's collection look perfectly beautiful.  Once again, he is a genius.

Berry & Benka

Today at marketing class, my lecturer welcomed the founder of Berrybenka, Jason J. Lamuda. He let us know the reality of online shops. And believe me people. it is not as easy as it seems. I guarantee that. Because before today i thought it is gonna easier to open online store because you wont spend your money for renting place, and the promotions is easier. Make facebook and twitter account, and voila...

But the truth is you still need to pay if you want your online stores have an online banner. Are you kind of familiar with banner on the right or left side if you open random websites? Nah, to have that kind of banner you have to pay, and it is not that cheap, tho. Jason said, if you just promote your online stores via social media, it wont work as good as having online advertisement. And because you manage online stores, your customer needs to be impressed by good pictures of your collections. It has to be appealing to attract customer's attention. And it is neccesary to have good logistic management. Oh, he also said that brand name is important. From his own experience,  he ever made a deal with investor who thought a bad name for fashion online stores like tokocantik.com is a big turn off, and it might affect the process of decision making.

Anyway, Jason gives this to the whole class. It was good to have you in the class!

And the most important thing is to define the target market carefully. It is like the crucial thing to start the business. You have to know your market, he said. And it is so true because you have to know who will buy your stuff, dont you?

Teman Nostalgia

"Takkan pernah merasa
Rasakan cinta yang kau beri
Ku terjebak di ruang nostalgia"

- Raisa

Beautiful Works

Website i would love to visit when i need fresh air : ponyanarchy.com

This is better than having chocolate as stress cure. What a beautiful work!

Jessica Celebre

 

Carlos Moreno

Just Lana..

I edit that statement, anyway. Dont worry people, we never heard Lana said that, eventhough it might happenned.

It does not make Lana loses her natural elegant look, but she always looks tough, strong, and unbreakable in my way see her.

Karl Who?

Click here to see my favorite video of Alexa Chung's interview.

"It is not dream but, in the early morning i see things and put them on a piece of paper and dont question them.." Just Karl Lagerfeld.

"Coco Chanel once said, 'you cant buy style, i wonder if Karl agrees..' "

"You know the important thing is to have your style. Even people who have no style if they are happy with what we call a lack of style, that's their problem, no?" - Karl Lagerfeld

"If i am trying to buy one of the pieces of this collection, how much it costs?" - Chung

"You dont have to try, you just buy... err.. maybe 25.000 to 100.000 pounds.." - Lagerfeld

"Okay, i will start saving, who needs a house?" - Chung

As Creator: Fashion Designer

Today in Job Task lecture, i just got questions; what kind of job that suits me the best, they were like quesioners, and those were interesting questions because i love all the job. The job were actually creators which means fashion designer, visualizer which means fashion photographer, stylist, the third was critic which works in fashion magazine or fashion tv, the last was seller which will work as retail manager, in sales department.

Guess what, mine was creator. the fashion designer one. I dont really believe that because i actually love photography and i love working in fashion magazine. but  i love drawing, i love datelines. call me silly or whatever, i am not that afraid of dateline. I mean, dateline should be exist so we can work as fast as we can and as good as it should be. Anyway, there was cute question in my opinion. why cute, because when i answered that question i thought about someone straightway. i dont need to mention a name, but i just gave a little smile when i saw the question. the question sounded like this:

In Relationship, you..

a. Tend to be more dominant partner
b. Would rather stay single than compromise the vision
c. Want an accomplished mate, but one who has succesess in a totally different field like finance or medicine, so you dont get competitive with him or her
d. Love to go out with different kinds of people, but you have a hard time committing.

p.s. i dont know, but i think i was also a dominant partner, but not that dominant, ah, whatever, C suits me best :p
 
And there are two questions i love the most 

Your fantasy way to shop

a. You shop at vintage couture auction and European flea markets
b. You shop at showrooms and sample sales a unique pieces
c. You pre order ready to wear from designers showrooms
d. You trusted personal shopper identfies the looks

p.s. if i can add my answer i will say, "shop at vintage couture auction and European flea markets (with my Mr. Successful-finance-or-medicine-worker)" lol!
 
and..

Your dream workspace,
a. it is not a traditional office but rather an open space, with walls fiiled by inspiration boards
b. i hate office
c. it is a tidy corner office, with white chairs and fresh flowers
d. it is a warr oom full of charts and presentation materials      
p.s. i already can imagine how cute my office will be. hehe. 

Anyway, maybe creator is not bad at all. i love being fashion designer and i love earning money and stuff (who doesnt?), i love designing also. Ah, that is not gonna be a problem, tho. i am on the right track, anyway :p

Goodnite, see you soon..

xx    

Hit By Fact

Hello again Monday. If you are little bit confuse by link below categories at the left column, dont worry, those are only stories i write in this blog. I categorize them again in one title, so if you wanna read them continuesly, it is easier to look for. Thank you :)

Anyway, Paula Meliana came to my college today and she told all her experiences in fashion industry. If you dont know who Paula is, she is a fashion designer for Bridal Wedding Gallery named Eva Bun. Eva Bun itself is family business that owned by Paula's mother. As a daughter she continues the business.

What i got from her presentation today was not as fabulous as when i first thought about being a fashion designer. She really worked hard to being known as now.

Another thing is Paula never wanted to be a fashion designer. Her mom asked her to be one.

"Because 10 years ago, Fashion Designer was not as fancy as now and that was expensive. But my mom asked me, so, i continued my study in one of Design Institute in Los Angeles. At the first time, i wanted to be an architect." She said.

And she also said that it wasnt easy to market her collections and she needed to get link as many as possible.

"My mom also started this business from zero." She added.

Beside her explanation, she also told us about media, and how to promote our clothing line, for example. She said dont trust too much in media, because in one time they can change their mind about us.

If i can make conclusion to her presentation today i will say this is the bitter yet inspiring story. She made it, i think. I mean, beside her luckyness to have business to continue and not to start, she really wants to prove everyone that she can do it.

She also invited to have fashion show in Jakarta Fashion Week. She is good, isnt she?

Well, people, if i can add another thing, honestly, what i really got from her is you can be anything you desperately want IF you want to work harder than anyone, IF you want to pray harder than everyone, and IF you have more passion than everyone. Show people you do your job ebcause you are happy doing it, not because you are asked. Goodluck!

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There is No Money-Rain

What i love about Job Task Lecture is you will learn about your-dream-job descriptions. Like everything is possible here. You can be anything you want in fashion industry.

If someone said in zillion years ago (that i dont care anymore), you just cant get into this circle. A circle that only few people can get. Nope. Or being underestimated by everyone who really dont know.  You can say to them right now, "Be gone people. I will stay on my path and achieving all dreams i ever dreamt."

Fashion Editor, Fashion Photographer, Fashion Designers. I am talking to myself like what are you waiting for? This is what you really want. Like Oh My GOD! I am living in my own dream. 

Here, actually, i just want to say, dare to dream. You just dont know after you try. And while you are trying, just do your best because best works gain best results. You want it, you work for it. If my mom says "There is no Money-Rain." That is totally right, people. 

Maybe now if i want to work as intern in one company as assistant-fashion editor or assitant-fashion photographer, i dont run for money, i do run for my happiness, my passion. That is it. And this makes me want to have one more dream to achieve. I, someday, really to want have a company that gives people a chance to have experiences to work. I mean, if you have any experience, you will be appreciated better, wont you?

Or i will open a clothing line, the simple one, but still lovable. This is my old dream and it is still there, in my mind. I will work for it, people. Watch over me.

Oh last words, it is never too late to start doing something you love. You can be everything you want. Just dare to dream. Then, make it happen. Goodluck for everyone here!

xx

Fact To Be Faced

"the more powerful you are editorially and the more famous you are as a stylist and editor in fashion, the more you can charge people for styling work." - SALLY LYNDLEY

read more, click here

Sparkling as She Has to Be

For me, all photographers are my inspirations and this is the most inspiring blog of photography i have ever seen. Lemme give you clue. She is from Japan. And all photos that i adore is unique : the models are flying which means their feet aren't in the ground.

And if you still can't catch my drift i will show you some ;)

Okay, why are you so clueless?

 

Yes! She is! Yowaaaa from Japan. She really is good.  Hope i can contact her. You will visit her blog, wont you? I dont need to ask you :p Anyway if i have ten thumbs, i will give it all. 

please visit www.yowayowacamera.com

xx

Anggi Lupitasari