Can you imagine the way you would dress when you hit 50?
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May 16 2013
All The New Eye(wear) Candies
We were just mentioning about developing lens isn’t the core strength of big fashion labels. While at the New Eyewear Collection 2013 Preview yesterday, I’ve learned (and convinced) that there’s one thing about them you can’t really deny – they are the experts in creating eye candy.
And today, you’ll learn that these are the new eye candies soon will be available in the Malaysian market.
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May 14 2013
Things I Love #1
As a fashion blogger, the question “Are you a shopaholic?” isn’t something new in the FAQs section inside our brain (followed by the popular “How do you make a living through blogging?“).
My usual answer is “No, and I don’t really own a lot,” which is true in reality. I used to buy a lot of wrong stuff back in the days, but along with this blog, I’ve grown into a more reserved consumer and a shopper with a better sense of direction (in terms of driving direction as well).
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May 13 2013
Calling All Blogshops & Online Stores
Here at MAXMAYO, we believe fashion is more about wearing the ideas, instead of brand and product worshipping per se. Of course, there are the high end fashion items, but it doesn’t mean good stuff are not available at a lower price point, outside the high end boutiques.
Today I’m starting a new mini project that aims to gather blogshops and online stores available out there (more specifically in Malaysia and South East Asia) and to organize them into a directory here. The ultimate goal of this initiative is to discover the best hidden gems in the vast sea of the Internet, and then to provide an alternative shopping platform to the readers.
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May 12 2013
Tell Her She’s Beautiful
Most often than not, the universal way men show their affection to the women they love is by returning “I love you too” in various form of gifting and appreciation. We thought that’s how to make them happy, and that’s what they’re expecting us to do.
But, take a second to wonder: Is that really what a woman needs? Does that really make a woman happier in life?
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May 10 2013
Style Inspiration: Monk Strap
The first lesson I learned about men’s shoes was the unfortunate fate of square-toed shoes. (It was the day my dark brown square-toed sentenced to an eternity of imprisonment in my rack.)
The second lesson I learned was that there’s actually a big universe inside this subset of menswear world: there are brogues, chelsea boots, oxford, wingtips, espadrilles, loafers, slip-on, boots… and the names keep on going, with each style comes with own history and craft that I have not even known and gone into (even until now.)
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May 7 2013
Does Your Fashion Idea Worth RM2 Million?
Making it as a fashion designer is not easy, and it’s not easier even if you’re Malaysian and planning to make it in your homeland (well, considering Dato Jimmy Choo started in London, and Mr Zang Toi in New York.)
Of course, your fashion idea can worth RM2 million, but it’s no more than a penny if it never goes out of your sketch book to the runway, and eventually in someone else’s closet.
“Money never starts an idea. It is always the idea that starts the money” – for the most part, it’s true. But one of the most popular reasons why many ideas stay in the sketch books is because of money.
If you’re an aspiring fashion designer, or if you’re just thinking about getting serious with fashion design, this might be a very good chance.
Yes, it’s about RM 2 Million.
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May 3 2013
Hello, Nuffnang Fashion Fabulous
As a menswear blogger living in the female-dominated fashion blogosphere in Malaysia, I was thrilled when Nuffnang decided to bring me into their newborn Fashion Fabulous group.
Fashion Fabulous is an exclusive community of Malaysian fashion bloggers. When I was browsing through the members list and checking out the members’ blogs, I thought to myself:
How many fashion bloggers are there in Malaysia?
I had no idea. But that led to the next and much more interesting thought:
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Apr 29 2013
Time Travel
Portrait of Prospero Alessandri, by painter Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1560
This might sound silly, but when I was putting on my new favourite white jeans and my old trusty blazer days ago, some random questions came up and stuck in my head:
- When did we (men) actually start wearing the pants, blazer, shirts, suit & tie and etc?
- Why are we wearing what we’re wearing today?
- Will skirts for men eventually become mainstream (re-imagine the first sentence but replace “white jeans” with “white skirt”) in another 20 years?
Well, the last question is pretty much still an unknown, but to satisfy curiosity coming from the first two questions, I’ve been collecting snippets of related images. When I reorganised them into a more meaning manner, it sort of turned into a mini “time travelling” experience, and that explains the title of this post.
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Apr 23 2013
Style Inspiration: Paisley
Seeing paisley pattern always brings back my childhood nostalgia. As a small child near the end of 80′s, I remember seeing piles of paisley fabric beside my mother’s vintage Singer® sewing machine (she’s a casual dressmaker back then.)
Paisley was everywhere from dress shirts to our sofa cushion covers, and I’m not sure if it’s a trend or just her sartorial favourite during that period. This early encounter with paisley left me with the impression that paisley is very vintage, kind of old and matured.
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Max Law is a menswear fashion blogger.
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