Hearts and craft
Pak Han Mei’s handmade food-shaped jewellery is so adorable, even the folks behind Parks and Recreation love it!
Say hello to Wakai
Japanese footwear brand, Wakai has made its way to Malaysia!
Alexander Wang adds power-packed fashion to H&M
Swedish retailer H&M makes high-fashion chic available to fashionistas with its latest collaborative partner, Alexander Wang, and we were there to catch all the action over in New York City!
R.AGE in New York
Our reporter Lim May Lee heads to New York City to cover the Alexander Wang x H&M fashion show, and to check out what NYC has to offer – on a budget!
Looking east
By TAKAMASA SAKURAI TSUBASA Maeda, 25, and her younger sister Mamu, 20, yearned to be involved in the fashion industry from a young age. Now, the sisters are pioneers in importing Japanese trends overseas. Together, they operate Chu Chu, a boutique selling Lolita-style clothing they design at a shopping mall in Bangkok. Mamu has lived […]
Cheerleading in fashion
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my TRENDS in fashion come and go all the time, but not so when it comes to cheerleading! Cheerleading fashion might have evolved since the sport was born in the 1880s – when the outfits were mostly long wool skirts and sweaters – but apart from that, it has always been about […]
Inspiration in fashion
By KEVIN TAN and CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my Empty spaces. Chairs. Daisies. Those were some of the things Kiwi Phoebe Ratcliff Reid saw at the memorial site of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand. Just from these three concepts, Malaysian Kathryn Lagrosa Rao and Reid, both 21, designed four elegant and fabulous outfits to win […]
The skinny on hipsters
By ANGELIN YEOH and IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my WE all know that someone who says things like “I used to like This Band before they become a staple on the Top 40 charts” or “Lady Gaga was so much more gaga when she was just Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Now she’s just too mainstream”. Most likely, […]
Pre-fall trends
Pre-fall is here, and with it, come new trends to look out for. By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my WE may not have chilly windy days that bring autumn leaves tumbling from trees to collect in yellow piles at our feet to signify the coming of fall, but that’s no reason to ignore pre-fall fashion. In […]
Kathryn Lagrosa Rao
KATHRYN Lagrosa Rao’s fashion designs is a portrayal of who she is as a person, and she is determined that they be authentically hers. The 20-year-old fashion student at Raffles College of Higher Education is conscious of not falling into the usual pitfall of appealing to an audience, rather than being true to her artistry. […]