We have seen many a collaboration between renowned fashion designers with perfumes, but this is truly a first! Chivas Regal recently unveiled the highly exclusive Chivas 18 Alexander McQueen limited edition designer bottle. Alexander McQueen (if you don’t already know) is a highly-acclaimed fashion designer that has dressed everyone from English royalty to Hollywoodland. The couture bottle of Chivas Regal 18-Year-Old Gold Scotch features royal blue leather detailing topped with a Union Jack-inspired cap. Captivating and royale, the limited edition bottle is showcases good taste and luxury.
Fashion trendsetter and multi-talented Denise Keller is the ultimate social butterfly and one happy soul. She lets us in on her experiences of hanging out with Snoop Dogg, being a talk-aholic and why New York City is her heaven-on-Earth. 
Denise Keller has a huge, infectious smile. She has lips that stretch wide with every happy thought and sexily pursed when she is in thinking mode. While those lips are no Angelina Jolie, they certainly have a charm of their own. If fact, those lips are surprisingly recognizable. And it is those slender, alluring lips that have launched Denise’s much-publicized career, something that she was seemingly born to do – talk.
Born Denise Lorraine Keller to a German father and a Chinese mother, the iconic face of MTV Asia got her lucky break when she was only 13 at a shopping mall. At an age where girls are experiencing strenuous puberty and acne attacks, a talent scout was signing Denise up at a modeling agency. Like the very “now” Chanel Iman, Denise travelled the world while she was a fashion model, strutting down international runways at New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
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She has hundreds of thousands of fans all over the world. She has been interviewed, photographed and quoted in international publications. Her blog receives millions of hits daily. Fashion model she is not. What she is, however, is a teen queen who is amassing hoards of followers universally on her shoe-loving website.
At a mere 17 years of age, Jane Aldridge is nothing like your typical teen. Hailing from Texas, USA, she has killer looks that can make any heart melt and a slender figure that fills up her designer togs nicely. Her good genes come courtesy of mummy dearest Judy Aldridge, a former Japan-based fashion model and now clothing designer and vintage retailer at Atlantis Vintage. Jane is used to showing off her idiosyncrasies and original style in eccentric clothing selections and tasteful footwear.
If anyone is going to be crowned the “Teen Queen of Shoes”, then Jane would win hands down. As an author and creator of her blog “Sea of Shoes” (http://seaofshoes.typepad.com/), she has single-handedly collected a wide mass of computer-literate fans, who religiously follow her fashionable travels (most of the time with mum), bargain-hunting experiences and of course, new shoe purchases, through short story-telling paragraphs and photo essays. Grown women, teenage girls, and even a few men have dropped comments on her posts – all combining bliss, agony and envy for a sweet, young thing who has accomplished so much, all for the love of shoes.
A peek into Jane’s shoe closet will have any shoe-lover turn green with envy. She has what one would call a “Sea of Shoes”, literally. In here, one can find styles that are exotic, vintage, avant-garde and always chic, ranging from brands like Chanel, Yves St. Laurent, Stella McCartney, Givenchy, etc. Her collection of shoes is artfully parked in their own showroom – her bedroom closet and awaits her daily selection.
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As Oxygen shot Ana R for the August cover, the ever cynical Nabila Nasir discovers why it’s really hard not to like the Hong Kong based supermodel over a conversation of fashion, sugar rush and the reality of modeling.
It was a hot scorching day enough to make a dessert out of KL and there I was circling Shamelin Perkasa in Cheras, over and over again, desperately looking for the studio they were shooting Ana R at for Oxygen’s August issue’s cover. By the time I found the shoot location, I was sweaty, grumpy and so thirsty I could out-drink a camel.
Prior to that, researching on Ana R led to a bunch of articles – all gushing about how she is beautiful, smart, and oh-so-sweet. I thought, right, they were probably written by male writers looking for points. I also pondered the fascination of these model types with one word last names, coming up with a few nasty possibilities of my own to what R could probably stand for if it wasn’t Ana Rivera. We just love to hate the beautiful, don’t we?
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HP SPACE, the most anticipated pan-Asian reality television series set to debut on Star World and Channel [V] in November, flings open its digital audition doors on September 1 at www.hpspace.com to begin its hunt for Asia’s most exciting up-and-coming creative talent. For a shot at fame and fortune, the chosen candidates must use the latest, cutting edge product innovations from HP to battle it out over eight episodes. The winning contestant will walk away with a grand prize of US$50,000 as well as a fully paid job on the production team of Bubblegum Crisis – a blockbuster remake of the cult anime classic.
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Great-looking and radiant skin is a top priority in today’s lifestyle, where first impression matters. The condition of the facial skin is a dead giveaway on how well one maintains his / her skin. Also, the skin is exposed to all kinds of negative elements such as dirt, grease, germs and pollution which are the root for the appearances of wrinkles and lines. It’s no wonder that the skincare industry is booming!
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At a recent beauty show held in Bangkok, members of the media got to preview the upcoming Fall/Winter Czarinna collection by Swedish brand Make Up Store and writer Nabila Nasir managed to sneak a few questions to the founder and CEO, Mika Liias. She was delighted to discover his social awareness, his love for diversity and his commitment in creating an alternative world of colours.
How involved are you in the formulations and developing the tools and packaging of Make Up Store?
I am very involved in creating the colour palettes, as well as everything else. I do research from all my travels around the world, try to take in what ever that I see from women I meet and infuse that diversity into Make Up Store products when I talk to our manufacturers.
What do people ask you most about beauty and what is it about beauty that you cannot stress enough, even if you have said it a thousand times?
People like to ask me women’s common mistakes when applying make up. And I can’t stress enough that all these women, they are not wrong, they just don’t know how. That is why Make Up Store strives to be a teaching brand. We want to be able to give the knowledge to women about make up, not just sell it to them. Also, I would advise women to be more open minded and not be afraid to experiment. Learn the techniques. It’s free. Go to several make up counters and ask questions. Never be satisfied with just one answer.
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When you think of a Malaysian fashion designer, the mind resonates with the name “Melinda Looi”. Although already famous, Melinda Looi is not resting on her laurels. Instead, she has taken time to work on a new eyewear venture for her diffusion line MELL.
Double eyelids or not, the eyes are the windows to your soul. These watery pools are the most important of the five senses, allowing us to see beautiful things in our surroundings and to express various emotions. This is particularly why ladies (and some gentlemen) pay so much attention to their eyes whether in cosmetic or aesthetic form. Mascara, eyeliner and eyeshadows in an assortment of textures and colours are invented to beautify the eyes and to create a stunning gaze for the wearer.
Before this, many shun away from wearing glasses as this gives an impression of a nerdy personality – thanks to Clark Kent and his Superman alter ego. In this day and age however, eyewear has taken an interesting turn, with many fashion designers providing their personal touch to designing eyewear. One such designer is our very own Melinda Looi. Melinda recently launched her first eyewear collection under her diffusion label MELL.
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