Distorted Concept of Casual

we might be living on an island but i don't see why everyone has to dress like they're going to the beach everyday. i was a never big fan of the tshirt, shorts and slippers get up and i dont think i'll ever be a convert. to me, this whole ensemble just makes you look down right sloppy. stores like Newurbanmale, Mooks, Billabong's existence proves nothing more than to bastardise our local fashion scene.

its bad enough that our nation's dress code seems to revolve around sloppy, however, the so called 'fashionable' ones are merely clones who lavish in past season's immitations from far east plaza. the death of the gladiator sandals arrived when every single shoe store in far east plaza decided to carry a hideous lookalike, nothing compared to those of Balenciaga's. and now, i suspect PVC leggings will be making an exit from trendy into tacky very shortly. also, in the line, the extinction of frivolous online shops. do i hear an amen?

you see, the problem that our local fashion scene faces is that singaporeans are still a little reserved. we somehow want to be fashionable yet we are afraid to create our own unique identity. therefore, we follow trends so that we are seen as fashion forward yet still being able to fit in. imagine if you were to wear the gladiator sandals 5 years back, nobody would see u as fashion forward as it wasnt the trend at that moment. and that is what a lot of singaporeans fear, standing out.

therefore, i conclude my theory that most singaporeans are fashion-impaired and thus, we follow the trend so that we can be seen as fashionable to the extent of that accepted by the public as being fashionable. in other words, a bunch of dumb copycats.

while many gave me the same phrase whenever i question them about their lack of respect displayed thru their attire to an educational instituition, which is, 'it's just school what?', my idea of a casual attire to school somehow deviates from everyone else's.

while everyone else seems to view casual as a newurbanmale tshirt paired with billabong shorts and havaianas slippers, my casual garb to school usually looks somewhat like this.





Top: black and white checkered long sleeve shirt from Topman
Belt: black leather belt from Massimo Dutti
Bottom: grey bermudas from Giordano Concepts
Shoes: metallic charcoal lace-ups from random store at Far East Plaza.





maybe my perception of casual for school is a little distorted from yours. maybe i'm different. maybe i'm weird. maybe i like it.








ciao!