Feeling really inspired tonight, right at this very moment, that I have the sudden urge to pen down(or rather type out) my thoughts about role models. :)

S.H.E

Yes, they're my idols. Initially, it was just plain idol craze because they could sing and their vocals attracted me. Isn't this how you start to idolize someone?
And slowly, when I started to do my 'research' and get to know more about these 3 girls(or rather women) along the way, they have become my role models.
They aren't those people who were obedient as kids and did everything right, all they did was they chase after their dreams, and did it with passion for 10 years. Yes, their entire youth was spent in front of the camera in the media industry on stage.
But as fans know, these 3 women has set a record in the entire music industry as a girl band.
They are, by far, the only girl band that lasted for 10 years and still counting.
They are the only girl band that did not go separate ways for 10 years.
Although they've gone into different career paths in the music industry now, due to age considerations and unforeseen circumstances(Selina's burnt incident), they are still together as one.
They are so tight as one, calling each other as wives of their own, even their families' members are so close to each other. This is the bond they shared, and I really admire them for being so real, be it in front of the camera or backstage.
They fight together, they protect each other, they share the same dream.

Okay enough said, you know where I'm coming from. :)
& that's the reason why I love them so much, that I literally grew up with them.
People snickered and criticized, some even looked down on Asian idols, but I stood firm on my ground, since 2003. :)
I'm proud of that.
Oh how loyal can I be? :b #TeamScorpio


Right, so they're my first role models.




Then comes Frida Giannini.

She's the creative director of Gucci.


To be very honest, I wasn't a fan of branded goods when I was much much younger.
Probably 'cos I don't come from a wealthy family, I don't get to even learn about brands.
My life as a kid was very plain, although I know my parents tried their best in giving me the best life I can get. So being raised up in a really thrifty family, being spendthrift was a virtue being passed down the line.
My primary school friends like Jiaxin, May, Joey & Mabel(wow, we were really close back then.) can totally be my judge, especially in terms of fashion.
I don't wear skirts, I was tomboy-ish, and all I have in my wardrobe were a few(probably <5) t-shirts and bermudas. Jiaxin totally couldn't stand me and took me to Far East Plaza when I was primary 5, where I made my very first own purchase of clothes. Oh, that's a pink pure milk t-shirt. ;) Till date, I still have it and wore it even till last year! Oh my.
& that also marks the start of my 'fashion journey'. hahaha sounds pretty funny.

I started to look out for different types of clothes, go for more shopping, and you know it, I became a shopaholic! But the sad thing is, I was still poor. LOL.
So, I started to think t-shirts were uncool and boring, and I started to sort out for unique clothes.
My proudest piece ever -- a black & pink top(2 pieces) from I.P. Zone.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA my goodness.
But seriously, I was so happy with that buy back then in sec 2!


& I still remember those days when I went out to shop with ahchoo, she told me she only wears t-shirts cos t-shirts are the coolest. HAHAHA. :')


Okay I think I digressed. :p
So getting back to topic..
Basically, I know nothing about brands, until secondary 3/4.
I was that slow, and that late. I used to be living in my own world about everything cos seriously, I only know about S.H.E and the chinese music industry. It was only later in secondary school that I start to get in contact with the angmohs music industry mainly thanks to Saiful and Atika. And slowly too, about brands.


But again, because of me being brought up to be thrifty, I thought branded goods were a huge waste of $$$.
Mummy once told me, branded goods are actually normal things, pasted with a brand logo on it and tada! the price becomes tripled, or even quadrapled, you judge.
I stood by this stand for a really long time. I started to criticize those materialistic people, especially kids(basically w/o a source of income), who purchase branded goods at the back of my head.


Until I realise that sentence wasn't wrong, but it isn't all true too.
I must have been too extreme! hahaha
So I started learning about the source of brands, their origins and stories and everything once in awhile.
And I realise, the price we're paying, is for the creativity juices that got squeezed out of designers' heads, which is not easy when these different forms of creativity have to be accepted by the entire market.
I didn't especially hunt Frida Giannini down, but thanks to daddy who read papers diligently and showed me this article about her.
How she changed Gucci and shape the way it is now.
I find this woman really inspiring, and I'd love to work something along this line in future. :)

This is Ginger Rogers.
She's one successful hollywood actress that inspires. :)
and I get to know her through..


Tjin Lee!

She is what kept me up tonight typing this post despite feeling sticky(yes I haven't bathe 'cos I just came home from Japanese class not long ago).
Daddy passed me yet another newspaper article about her, saying that she might be a good role model for me.
INDEED!
'cos immediately after I read the article, I was thrilled about what she does and started googling and everything and hence ending up here. ;p
So yes, she's the creative director(again) for Mercury Marketing and Communications and she did a few Singapore Fashion Festivals a few years back and also this year's Audi Fashion Festival!
Totally thrilled by how she realise her dreams, and make me visualize my future even more!




Okay that's it for tonight folks!
Thanks for following me through, bonsoir! :)