Anne Dundas Handmade Jewellery
I recently noticed an advertiser taking out an ad on one of my sidebars recently and checked them out on a whim. The jewellery designer is Anne Dundas from Sydney Australia and something about her handworked designs called out to me. That and her End of Financial Year sale of up to 70% of course!
I was pretty taken with the stuff I saw and purchased a necklace and a necklace/earrings set for a total of AUD61+ (US$60+) inclusive of shipping. Shipping to Malaysia for the 2 items came up to AUD3.85 which I found reasonable. I wanted to show the pictures of what I bought, but they have disappeared from the site! I guess this truly indicates that the designs featured are one of a kind and once its gone, its gone. That’s nice. I’ve never really had a one-of-a-kind piece of jewellery before 
So, I’ll take pictures when it gets here.
I would say that some of the jewellery is quite cheap after the 70% discount and if you have spare funds in Paypal, its a good way to spend it because she takes Paypal. I don’t get anything for this pimping (she doesn’t even know I’m writing about her!) so nope, I don’t benefit one bit from spreading the word! The 70% off sale is on until June 30.
Am I an XS or is it just vanity sizing?
I’m not thin but neither am I large. In the local Asian brand market, I usually take an M (Medium) size for clothes without being over ambitious.
Yet going into to Western (American, British or European) clothes stores, I find I’m fitting into sizes like XS, S (MNG, Zara, Banana Republic) 0, 2 (Banana Republic, Gap) 8 (Marks & Spencer, TopShop or any British brand). The question is, am I really fitting into those tiny sizes? If I am, then how on earth are the even slimmer or smaller sized girls fitting into anything in these brands?
This is the phenomenon of vanity sizing. I personally believe that vanity sizing exists. Why I say so is because when you compare men and women’s clothing sizes, you’d notice that most men’s sizes are constant across most brands. Men’s shirts are measured by collar size (which don’t differ by very much), chest and sleeve length and men’s pants are measured by waist and length of the leg. That’s mostly all there is to men’s wear I’ve found. Know a man’s collar and waist size and you can invariably shop for your man at any time, even with him absent, without too much fear of his clothes not fitting.
Try with with women’s clothes and you have a nightmare on your hands. Continue Reading >> Am I an XS or is it just vanity sizing?
Affordable fashion at People’s … Egg boutique, Bangsar
There is only so much makeup shopping a girl can do before the wardrobe needs updating too! I’m quite lucky to work in an environment where I can omit power suits and blazers in our hot Malaysian weather. Instead, I can stroll into my office looking as pulled together or as casual as I like - lucky eh? 
One place I’ve frequented time and time again for clothes is a boutique in Bangsar known as People’s… Egg. I have no idea why it is called that. I reckon its named after the 2 lines of clothes available in the store - People’s and Egg I spoke to the designer/owner, Angus, once and he told me that they only sell a few pieces of each design as the rest are exported. So, I’d say it is pretty unique stuff you can find there.
People’s Egg is located in the Telawi area of Bangsar, on the same row as McDonalds and is next to the other fashion place, Blook. Continue Reading >> Affordable fashion at People’s … Egg boutique, Bangsar
I saw the new Coach Ergo bags!
Previously I wrote about the new Coach Ergo bag collection that just launched in the USA.
To my surprise (and I might add that it was a very pleasant surprise indeed!) I actually saw the whole collection (and more!) at the local Coach store in The Gardens just last week! Talk about fast.
Needless to say, despite being hungry, I just had to pop into the store to check out the bags. Its never a good idea to shop on an empty stomach you know… you might just end up buying something you regret!
