A Queenly Affair @ the Curve Fashion Week

Yvonne Lee, Ms World Malaysia 2012 in an Empress Costume

Petaling Jaya, May 16, 2013

It was a truly regal affair as the Curve Fashion Week kicked off with a night of glitz and glamour, with six of Malaysia’s popular beauty queens taking center stage at the curve Fashion Week Gala Night to showcase the hottest trends of the season.

With a huge sparkling tiara as a stunning backdrop, this year’s theme, “A Queenly Affair”, centered on fashion trends fit for a queen. Fashion brands both local and international featured the latest styles, from dazzling evening outfits to eye-catching ready-to-wear must haves, as well as fashion accessories and shoes.

Guests at the Gala Night were dazzled by the gorgeous bevy of beauty queens who walked the runway, consisting Yvonne Lee, Ms World Malaysia 2012, Chloe Chen, Ms World Malaysia 2011, Gabriella Robinson, Ms Tourism International 2011, Nadia Heng, Ms World Malaysia 2010, Thanuja Ananthan, Ms World Malaysia 2009 and Elaine Daly, Ms Universe Malaysia 2003.

ULUWATU – Handmade Balinese Lace Fashion @ the Curve

A model looking good in a traditional Balinese Uluwatu’s lace-trimmings dress that is both beautiful and comfortable for the hot and humid weather in Malaysia.

If you have been to the Island of Bali, you will most definitely heard of the Uluwatu brand of women’s comfy dresses. At the very least you might have heard of Uluwatu temple. if not never mind, this is not  for you.

Uluwatu Handmade Balinese Lace is from the the beautiful island of Bali.

Balinese children learn the skills to produce the finest Uluwatu lace from their parents, learning the techniques from a young age.

Lace work is called “krawang” in Balinese. Uluwatu’s krawang is made traditionally where lace is stretched on bamboo hoops and sewn by hand on foot-powered machines. Then they are carefully cut away with little scissors.

A single piece from Uluwatu lace can take up to five or more days to complete.

Uluwatu lace dresses are both beautifully designed and comfortable to wear. They are also very suitable for hot and humid whether, especially if you are traveling to some breathtaking breezy beaches and staying up to party during the long summer nights.

Run-A-Way Fashion Takes Over @ the Curve

A Child Model surrounded by a group of mime during the opening number at the Curve.

PETALING JAYA, MAY 10, 2012 – It was a night of glamor and glitz as fashion took center stage today at the Curve’s Fashion Week Gala Night. Fashionistas and local celebrities including the likes of Thanuja Ananthan, Peter Davis and Stephanie Chua were out in full force, dressed to the nines at the star-studded event celebrating the season’s hottest trends and collections.

With the charm of iconic fashion capital Paris as the inspiration for its setting, the Curve treated guests to the creme de la creme of its fashion brands, both local and international, ranging from dazzling evening outfits to alluring ready-to-wear must haves to fashion accessories and shoes. Guests at the fashion gala were enchanted by the Parisian chic of this year’s Fashion Week’s “Run-A-Way Fashion” theme, which featured the Eiffel Tower as a stunning show-stopper.

Enchanted Christmas in Kuala Lumpur as viewed via a circular fisheye lens

1 Utama Christmas Theme for 2011: Splashing over the big blue

‘Tis the season to go shopping! What better way to go shopping than to visit out local shopping malls and be thrilled and entertained by the many decorations and fun activities put up by the management of these malls. I have always been curious by the theme selected by these malls, especially during the Christmas season. As usual, they have never failed to impress me year after year, with their creativity, intelligence and budget.

This year, the 2 shopping malls that impressed me the most are 1 Utama and Pavilion KL. Countless hours have been put into their planning and execution that one can spent hours just to admire their themed decorations and to snap some pictures with your kids.

As for me, this year at least, I am attempting to document all these beautiful decorations with my circular fisheye lens. Technically, a circular fisheye lens could capture 180˚ view of a scene with a very decent depth of field. In most cases, I stepped up the f-stop to get an acceptable DOF.

Chinese New Year Celebration in Kuala Lumpur

Chinese New Year is a yearly celebration to usher in the new year based on the lunar calendar.

This is the time of year when Malaysian of Chinese origin will celebrate the Chinese New Year. In 2010 we will celebrate and welcome the year of the tiger.

It is also known as Spring festival or Lunar New Year for the many Chinese population around the world. In Kuala Lumpur, this celebration is usually preceded with extensive and elaborate decorations by the many shopping malls throughout the city and suburbs.

Following are some photographs to remind us of the varied and creative cultural interpretation of this centuries old celebration.

White Christmas in Kuala Lumpur

Christmas decorations that are eye catching and beautiful are plentiful but Christmas decorations that are eye catching and beautiful yet made out of recyclable materials.... now that is insightful, creative and certainly very GREEN!

This is the time of the year, when all the shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur will spend all their year-end budget to spruce up their premises with the MOST innovative, the MOST extravagant and the MOST creative Christmas decoration one has ever seen. This is also the time when superlatives are barely enough to describe the tallest, the biggest and the baddest in Shopping Mall’s decorations. It’s good that the malls are fighting for the attention and eye balls of the consumers – we the consumers are spoil for choices and we can take our money to where we can enjoy the biggest bang. Indirectly the malls are spending and putting money back into the economy and we the consumers are also enticed to spend, hopefully in aid of the stalling world economy. Below are a few photos to showcase how Malaysians celebrate their “White Christmas” at the malls.

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