Monday, April 28th, 2008
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Wow, what an absolutely crazy week. The first two nights of Fashion On 1 seemed somewhat rushed to me. Seemed like it was over before it even began, what with the Fashion Gala starting late on opening night and models walking at 100mph on DKNY Jeans night.
But the return of the hourly fashion shows last weekend brought back some level of sanity to the pace of things. Although I only had one eye on the fashion shows (where was my other eye? find out at the end of this post), I did see some pretty interesting outfits 
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This yellow dazzler (below) from the French Connection was pretty neat. I like the rows of rhinestones (or whatever, didn’t get a close look) though the dress itself tends to make the wearer look slightly pregnant or fat. Not entirely flattering if you’re trying to show off your figure.
When Elle came on, it got me wondering if I should revamp my workout wardrobe. Nah, maybe not now since DH recently got me a heap of exercise gear from Japan. Love the color coordinates though.
As a sidenote, I noticed they’re using more Asian models this year. And I’ve been wondering (since last year, as a matter of fact), what’s with the way the models walk down the runway these days? I thought models were supposed to sashay, not strut like ostriches (no offense). Is this a new trend?
Right, back to the question of where my other eye was. Um, no, I wasn’t checking out the hunks ‘cos there were none… unfortunately (except for a couple of the male models who looked pretty cool). The truth is I can get pretty impatient and easily distracted.
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
I got my hands on the Fashion On 1 fashion extravaganza happening at 1 Utama from April 24 - May 4, 2008 and thought I’d post it here as you won’t find this on their website.
This event is to showcase the Spring/Summer collection of some of the familiar retailers around town. Here’s the schedule as is posted on their notice board.
We had a great time dropping in for the hourly fashion shows last year and I’m glad they’re following the same format this year.
Like I said, they seem to have three invitation-only events this year - the Fashion Gala on the opening night of April 24, the Malaysian DreamGirl event on April 29 and MODA’s Fashion Gateway which features local, up and coming designers (and models?) on April 30, 2008.
Well, though these are invitation-only, I’m pretty sure we can still watch the fashion shows from the balconies overlooking the Oval on the Lower Ground Floor. Hey, didn’t I say this before 
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Just a quick note so y’all know. I’m just sharing this information I found on my trip to 1 Utama last weekend. I’m not related to 1 Utama so please don’t hold me to any changes in the schedule.
And I’m not being paid for any of the posts I’ve done so far though it would be nice if they did or at least send me an invitation to those invitation-only events, eh ?
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Woo-hoo, the stage is being set (literally) for Fashion on 1 at One Utama this week. I see that the construction crew is busy at work on the runway.
It looks like the runway is much narrower this year. Maybe they’re planning to have skinnier models who won’t take up as much space .
Apparently they have 3 invitation-only events but not to worry, you can still go watch it from the balconies overlooking the Oval on the lower ground floor. You just don’t get to mingle over cocktails and sit comfortably alongside the runway, that’s all.
The event is from April 24 - May 4, 2008. Details later.
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Look what I’ve got here. Yes, the shopperista has a brand new toy, her very own GPS so she can get to every shopping mall on this planet.
Just as I was leaving on my weekend shopping with my kids, I mounted it on my windscreen and off we went, my trusty GPS and I!
The kids, well, we all got a big rush from watching the screen change with every turn we took. It was amazing how the locations on the screen never quite matched the actual roads we were on, but then again, we haven’t fully tested this thing out yet.
For now, it works well enough. I’ve got all the directions I’ll ever need. And when my GPS chimes out “you are lost!”, I know I’m not lost - yet.
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