When I was in Zurich, I came across the best bookstore in the entire world. It is the Orell Füssli Krauthammer bookstore. The shop was beautiful, kind of like a bookstore wonderland. It sells only architecture, photography and design books (or art related). I bought one book from the publisher Taschen, famous for publishing art books.

Fashion Now 2 is a colaboration between Taschen and i-D magazine where they pick out 160 fashion designers from around the world. I love this book, and seeing how most of the pictures used are from i-D, they feature high fashion labels but that are photographed so differently from how most high fashion magazines. I didn't believe the cover model was wearing Prada either.

It's kind of like my designer bible for now. It includes mostly a write up of the designer's credentials and background and some interviews. And loads of pictures. If you are thinking "damn, it looks wordy!", well have no fear because out of the entire page of text, only one paragraph is in English! The other two are in German and French. Great for the kind people who don't read magazines but just look at the pictures (that's me sometimes).

Today I spent a hundred bucks (104 to be exact) on two clutches from Granny's Day Out! The storewide 40% off sale was tempting (even though there wasn't many clothes to buy - maybe all snapped up already) and the man at the store was very persuasive. One of them is vintage Anne Klein and the other is black and Italian, haha.

And I'll be spending the remaining day of my weekend at the Black Market Art event at House tomorrow with Charissa! We have not spent time together in ages, I hope I can buy some really cool things and still not spend too much and just have loads of fun, something.

A Freebie....Well, Sort Of

Most times we complain that Singapore is extremely slow on the fashion circuit, but for once, I can appreciate this pace. Before we say hello to F/W 08, I have found a very appropriate way to kiss my summer goodbye.

After being told at Kinokuniya Takashimaya that all the lookbooks from Marc by Marc Jacobs S/S 08 were sold out, my friend, S and I were sorely disappointed. But during our national library stopover to read The New Yorker, we decided to try again at their Bugis outlet. AND WE FOUND IT. We also managed to hide a couple of copies under some very questionable Japanese magazines, so if you want yours, make a trip down right now.



The best thing from this is the free tote that comes along with it. I was surprised at how sturdy it was, and the knot detailing of the handles makes it all the more worth its less-than-30SGD price tag. Also, all the S/S 08 MBMJ collection is covered in here, peppered with adorable anecdotes from the MBMJ NY staff.




See how good it is to be visiting book stores every day? You should all make a habit of that now.

P.S Went down to Soon Lee to view the new Dr. Denim stock - all flattering and reasonably priced. Go now!