Old photos in my fashion folder...

This might just be one slow year in the business (and gigs) but music-making is keeping me excited and busy.  Taking a break from downing Bach music in my head (concert in June, watch this space) and preparing for a 3-hour recording session tomorrow.  I looked thro my folders of old photos, this one titled "Fashion Diva".  hehehe...and want to share some of them here.

in no particular order..

My effort in looking like a dignified (office) working girl who is chic and coordinates colors (eww..).  I remember the pants were from Zara (on sale) and the white crochet cardi is from a secondhand clothes shop in Kuching, it cost about RM 10 and it's one of the most beautiful work in my wardrobe.

I worked for 4 years in an office (PIKOM) before I turned to singing full time.  Dressing up in funny clothes was not part of the job requirement but during annual dinners there were themes and I had my fun with themes.  My interpretation of `Arabian Night'.

things I do in my flat sometimes, fashion shoot with a mirror.  My earliest qi-pao collection..

...quite almost all secondhand ones

must have been 2005 - at SeeMing's old flat, after our Harper's Bazaar shoot...for what else, Best Friends column..

chorus girls (Nicole Thomas & I) at the Cameronian arts awards in 2006, I think it was 06...for one of the awards performances.  I wore those crazy earrings again when I went to my first (and only) MIFA (Malaysia International Fashion Awards) gala dinner.  I really miss those times when I would just throw on crazy accessories, these days I kind of, just wear the smallest earrings, not sure if it's a sign of aging and wanting to fit in or...maybe I just realised how impractical huge accessories are?

2005, Batu Caves, where SeeMing & Sim were getting their pre-wedding shots done...and me and my point and shoot.

2006, Rainforest World Music Festival

(Yin Yin, SeeMing, myself & Madeline)

When 1901 was still around, 2004.  This is one of my Most favourite photos...taken by J.  He took me out (as a friend) after our break-up few nights before. We got back together after 6 months.  He is my best friend (you can have two best friends ok), and my soulmate, and my life partner -- you don't need to be married to have a life partner.

...honestly, I can't believe this - WTF, I used to wear fishnets to work? in an office...

(for the record, SeeMing and I didn't plan to dress alike, we just showed up at lunch like that)

can't remember when was this shot...oh, I still have those heels, gorgeous and incredibly impractical.

giggly people, at art installation (I bought that pink dress during my first trip to Hong Kong, somehow these days I don't have the nerves to wear it much, now that's an idea on what to wear next!!)

SeeMing's wedding @ Teluk Intan, 2005

First thick bangs in many years, curtesy of Callie,  Jan 1, 2005.

Looking back at these shots, I cherish the good times back then.  Moving forward, I say to myself and I KNOW this will be an interesting year, no less thrilling and full of life.  Fashion & music forever :)