Sad But True

It’s become quite clear to me that as time passed people have sustained a higher level of ignorance.
Do you remember those days when someone would approach you via messenger or text asking you how your day was? DAYS before they gathered up the courage to ask you what you were wearing?
Or how they would patiently wait for you? And immediately get the hint when you show no interest in them and they respond with a “Sorry to bother you” rather than a “But I’m rich!”?

What about those days when people understood the meaning of manners and weren’t so trashy? The days when people could disguise cheap and desperate under a classy and sophisticated mask? The days when one waited for the right kind of attraction before running around telling every other person that they love them?
I’m beginning to believe that all of these good qualities and instincts a person should naturally obtain are no longer a courteous well mannered act or tradition, but a skill.
A skill that is lost in our generation.

It saddens me to say that if years from now, these little genuine characteristics that a human should naturally be born with had faded into nothing but sickening pride and ill mannered spirits, I’ll be sure to lay in my death bed with the latest VOGUE in my hands instead of a ring on my finger. Mark my words.

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Paperdoll

2012

Happy New Year my fellow Fashionistas!
Hope all of you had a wonderful time last night and still recovering today!

Let's see if our fashion forecasting of Coral Pinks and Electric blues hit the streets this year!
Is fractal Nature truly in? Is it really time to bring back broad shoulder lines? Woven knitted fabrics and denims?

I'll be sure to share my notes ~.~

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Paperdoll

Dear Fashion Lovers

It's a competitive world and industry!
Please vote for my bestie's latest collection for a Vogue Italia Competition!

You can vote for as many collections as you like, but only one designer will become MUUSE's most promising designer by VOGUE Talents!

The top 50 collections will be presented to VOGUE Italia's senior fashion editor Sara Maino who will then choose the 10 lucky ones who go through to the final vote for the title and receive a production opportunity with MUUSE.

All voters enter for the chance to win a limited edition scarf designed by one of our MUUSE designers!

Please click the link on the comment board below and vote for "Dmitri Ruwan"

Thanks ;)


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Paperdoll

Work In Progress

So here is what has been depriving me from sleep and from living an eventful life at the moment, my production work assignments.

This is one of them which I had most recently photographed.

More to come when I'm completely done with the making so surf close :)

This is a children's wear assignment (5-7yrs old).

It is a quilted coat with a buster brown faux fur collar and lined in cotton with a textured jacquard pattern.

Cute isn't it? And I tried it on, just for fun, and it can totally be worn as a vest which i think is pretty damn awesome.

I still have to get the buttonholes done along with the customized buttons which will be covered in the same faux fur fabric as the collar.

I'll update this post with the rest later since I'm kinda busy working right now... It's presentation week EEEEE!!!!!


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Paperdoll

Time Killer

One of my latest work for a college assignment is a bustier (Fall/Winter) which i designed being inspired by the Polar region.

It is made out of raw silk, faux fur & chiffon and it consists of several panelings, fastening- detachable zipper on the CB, an over-sized hood that when pushed back, acts as a cowl back neck on the bodice and last but not the least, bead-work.

Since my design is Polar inspired I decided to draw freehand snowflakes onto the center front as well as the center back of the bodice in which I've decided to bead.

Okay, so we all know that beading consumes a lot of time. But who the hell knew it would consume ALL of my time

Here's a photo of my progress so far.
Sigh, still a long way to go...

It's a lot of effort sitting all day finding the time to string bead by bead when I have a lot of other assignments and designs to work on, but it's totally all worth it.
The quicker I bead, the sooner I get to praise the end result and the sooner I get to focus on other deadlines :)

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Paperdoll

To Be Inspired

Does inspiration come easy for you?
Because I'm beginning to believe that it's a lot of work, not as much to find rather than to grab.

Inspiration surrounds us and that's the problem here. How much can one hold?
With the greed and thirst to compete is it possible to be the first to grab this inspiration and run? Or are we thieves of another artists masterpiece without even knowing it.

In a creative field and situation of the 21st century, it's tough to break inspiration. Not because it's hard to find, inspiration lies from atom to galaxy, but simply because it's been done before.

Notice how fashion designers like Coco Chanel, Kenzo Takada, Louis Vuitton and oh so many more have a beautiful life story behind their success? A story that's so inspiring to the point where you feel like you need to suffer and struggle before you succeed?
And bare in mind, this doesn't only apply to designers. You have your creative writers, painters, sculptors, musicians and many more.

We are all artists looking for a struggle to be inspired.
I believe in the struggle and suffering. I believe it's a must in order to truly earn your own success.
But haven't you heard? Nowadays, money sells everything.

You don't have to make hats from scratch, throw bags into ships for the navy, or run to France to fulfill your hopes and dreams. Haven't you heard? There are people for that and private jets and limousines to ease your journey to your seven star hotel de Paris.

Whatever happened to basics? Is it so difficult to lift up your hand to draw or write? Is it so impossible to think of something original and fresh? Is it out of this world to work for yourself anymore? Is that true determination to do something for oneself an endangered thought and action?

I believe that inspiration runs far and deep and it's up to you to catch it.
There are three types of people in this world. The ones who'll grab it and run to the finish line whether they fail or succeed, the ones who witness it, absorb it but keep it discreet due to the fear that it has been done before, and finally, the ones who walk over it and are ignorant to what this world has to offer.

What type are you?


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Paperdoll

Long Over Due

I apologize for completely neglecting my blog.
As I'm pursuing a career in fashion, it's quite essential that I keep this blog updated.

So here's the latest, and most probably the longest update in blog history.

So After I deferred from the French Fashion University ESMOD, Dubai, I applied for The Academy of Art University, San Francisco.

Over a year ago, the scholarship I was so desperately competing for (to attend AAU) didn't work out as planned. I got my letter of acceptance but didn't have the funds to flea from Dubai to San Francisco. It's probably for the best though because if that hadn't have happened, I would have never ended up where I am now.



I'm currently studying for an Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design at Raffles International College of Higher Education located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

How did I end up here? It was by far the MOST impulsive decision I have ever made over the 2 decades of my life.
Since I didn't get the opportunity to attend the university in which my heart is still set on, I realized that I can't ever be one of those people who enjoy sitting around having absolutely nothing to do.
What I enjoy, is work. So I looked up affordable colleges that offered my course of interest and this is what I found.

I knew nobody, spoke a work of neither, Chinese or Malay for that matter. But I risked it. I love a challenge and the thrill that comes with it. And that move all on my own, was exactly what I needed.
I have never felt this independent, ever. I met the most beautiful people who are genuinely nice and this was a massive change for me coming from the most materialistic country where genuine "leather" in actuality is more than capable of being a pretty damn excellent genuine fake.

Let's just say, Asians by my judgement so far, are true and determined, we love to work. We eat, sleep and breathe work. And after I started an education in this country I realized that I would have never known my own potential if it wasn't for these great lecturer's, from all over the world, who motivate me like never before and made me realize that I'm capable of so much more than I had always thought and not to mention the friends I've made (to name one, Oui Chavalitcheevin) who love to work just as much as I do.

I don't have a photo of everyone but...

Yes, I have left a lot behind and miss a lot of things and people. But the ones you love, and the ones that matter, will always stay close (perfect example being my BFF Dmitri who also pursues a career in Fashion <3)

I don't plan on staying here after I graduate as I'm still searching for something more.
I'm only human, and I have these cravings and greed for anything and everything that I don't quite have as yet.

















Oh! I almost forgot. It's MIFW (Malaysian International Fashion Week) and I know I should probably blog about it because I attended a few shows, but honestly, I don't feel like it's worth it...at all.
There were a few collection which I personally liked on the first showcase of the week, but it was sad to see that the local judges are so blinded by massive beads and satin satin SATIN, I'm totally over it.
Although! day before yesterday the show was pretty good, surprisingly! I enjoyed all the collections that appeared on the runway, Kudos to all of you young designers for all your work and effort. I would like to congratulate a former Raffles student for winning the trip to Paris as well as the 10,000RM, well done.

But towards the beautiful pieces that had been ignored, I quote my previous fb status:
"All I can say is, MIFA, you need to step into the present.
Fashion moves faster than a heart can beat and in this beautifully corrupted industry, no one's gonna wait for you."

Anyway, It's getting late and if you're a FD student you'd understand why I've got to run.
I'll try to keep this blog updated as much as possible! :)


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Paperdoll