Yo soy destraido!
Family, friends, fashion, food and other sources of confusion.
Monday, October 14, 2024
The New Standard
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Feeling Chik-y
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Hooked on it!
Friday, October 11, 2024
FMM: Generation Alpha
Let's make today's Friday Magic Madness song simple.
Forty years ago, 1984 to be exact, Alphaville launched this song that became such a global hit. Let's just say, the song made it big. Really big.
"Big in Japan," is now an iconic song that's known and loved by many generations. This was quite th efeat considering how Alphaville was a German band, but they were able to penetrate the international marketr with their catchy synth-pop music.
Considering how many people are into visiting Japan these days, this song has more meaning.
Go big, or go home. That's what they always say.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Meals with Mark: Gusto-tory delights
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Tones in Tokyo
Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Wasted Attitude
One of my pet peeves is when people choose the "print receipt" option on ATMs, then immediately throw away the receipt after it's dispensed by the machine.
Such a waste of paper.
What makes things even more upsetting is when they carelessly throw away those pieces of paper. That act creates a situation like this:
Such a waste! Figuratively and literally!
Monday, October 07, 2024
Do not be deceived
Sunday, October 06, 2024
Sketchy Stories: Scrap star
Was cleaning my room one weekend and chanced upon a pile of scrap fabric.
These were fabrics that were left behind from previous projects. It included some cuts of native fabric, the "kumot," pieces of "katsa," and a small cut of chambray.
Instead of throwing out the scraps, it inspired me to sketch this.
The scraps will be part of the bottom of the skirt. The design is tiered and a bit random, to give it a mish-mash and patchwork feel.
Showed it to Ofel, and she was able to execute it exactly the way I envisioned it.
The base is a dark denim dress, and the fabric scraps added colour and fun to the skirt. The sleeveless dress has a bateau neckline and a v-shaped back.
There was so much fabric scraps and denim, that we were able to do another dress. This one had flutter sleeves and a v-neck neckline.
Who would've though that scraps could be this chic!