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Ad Campaign: Chanel Fine Jewelry
Season: Spring Summer 2012
Models: Sigrid Agren, Sam Way
Photographer: Dominique Isserman
Website: www.chanel.com
Top model Sigrid Agren joined by Sam Way for a splendid Chanel Jewelry ad campaign by Dominique Isserman.

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Collection: Burberry Prorsum
Season: Autumn Winter 2012.13
Website: www.burberry.com
The turnout as always at Burberry was undeniable. Who would ever want to miss a show, or dare to and this was definitely not one to miss. It was the sequel to the last and just as good if not even better, if possible with even more visuals to feed the mind with. The inspiration seem to carry on from the previous season with similar ideas and shapes being revisited, from towns to fields looking at the energy and breadth of heritage available. The bomber jacket is back but this time finally cropped and tailored for a more elegant look where you're not just lost in the jacket but at one with it. Trench coats and field jackets were all equipped with a utility belt almost, of labelled bellow pockets and accompanied by a bow belt or ornamental detailed zip. Again the focal body parts were the hip and behind accentuated by the tiered peplum skirts, sculptural dresses and tiered cinched jackets. The British countryside was brought in through a new addition of the t-shirt with an owl print being the focal point.

Appliqué and embroidery were also something big we saw heavily featured this season, with brush stone embroidery highlighting the neck in place of a necklace. My most memorable pieces bar the outerwear were the blinding gold work studded leather cuff length gloves. They should come with a safety disclaimer : eye protection must be worn in order to operate gloves. Clear to see that jewelry is almost rendered useless when accessorizing with the integral pieces needed to survive any winter, in or out the countryside. Mixing colour with print and classic materials never goes a miss at Burberry, with plums, ambers and olives ever present alongside the camels of your traditional British tweed wool and corduroy.

If there's anything more to take away, it's definitely to dress for the field, but make sure youreready for the town complete with sparkle.

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Magazine: Harper's Bazaar Singapore
Issue: March 2012
Editorial: Before Night Falls
Model: Wang Xiao |Wilhelmina|
Stylist: Kenneth Goh |United Management|
Photographer: Simon Upton |United Management|
Website: www.unitedmanagementinc.com
Before Night Falls is another splendid story captured by Simon Upton with Kenneth Goh's styling for Singapore's Harper's Bazaar, starring in the shoo is Wang Xiao.

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Collection: Sophie Hulme
Season: Autumn Winter 2012
Website: sophiehulme.com
Collection of great nostalgia and wearability by Sophie Hulme. Really made my imagination run as wild as the inner child in all of us. Now, if I could just find my brothers old dinosaur toys, I'd resurrect them again to terrorize an imaginary village of barbies and trolls! A glamorous Jurassic park layout complete with gold mirror dinosaur, bloody marys and sandwiches, along with capsule collection. Sophie Hulme plays with the shapes of masculine and feminine to form the simple yet effective shapes to create a heavily knit collection combining mohair with cashmere and goat skin for a luxe feel. The bags of calf and eels skin were equally impressive complete with dinosaur charms and gold work.

My personal favourite pieces and trend look outs for a/w 2012 was the wool lace that ran across garments as dinosaurs, almost like they had been intricately cut from paper as a chain. The military gold work as well as the blouses with knitted pockets were intricate and had excellent attention to detail. A little gold childhood glamour never hurt anyone.

P.S. Also present was Sophie's capsule collection of suitcases in collaboration with Globetrotter. Let's get those dinosaurs packing, I feel an adventure coming on!

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