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25
Jul
2010

A big part of Sneaker Sunday is the different types of sneakers we see! It’s all about audience participation and that’s why Violet and I just love it when you guys all send your photos of how you wear your different sneakers. The best part about sneakers is that you can own all types of sneakers and no one would complain because they’re all different! :D The different sneaker brands available in the market make for such a wide variety of choices too!

So today is all about showing you all how much we appreciate all of your efforts in Sneaker Sunday! All of the photos showcasing the different types of sneakers have been submitted to us and are credited to the owner’s they’re linked to.

Knock yourself out by taking a look at all the different types of sneaker posts and if you would like to take part in Sneaker Sunday, just email your link to either Violet or myself.

Click the photos to have a look at these awesome blogs.

BGDino

Sylvia

Jessica

Super Kawaii Mama

Pure Girl Blue

The Fashionate Traveller

So what have all of you got planned this Sneaker Sunday? If you havent gotten your pair of sneakers, go get one now! Everyone’s got different types of sneakers that they like and I want to see yours. ;)

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4
Jul
2010

Shoe laces are meant to be on shoes right? Well, most of the time they are, but not when they’re pretty shoe laces. The next time you’re thinking of throwing an old pair of sneakers out, keep the laces because I’m about to tell you what to do with shoe laces.

Puma was having a promotion with Foursquare just last month. As long as you checked in at either of their Puma outlets with a soccer tip, you got yourself a free pair of shoe laces! I picked out this pretty blue pair of laces and decided they were too pretty to go onto my shoes. I wanted to show case them in another way.

Inspiration struck me and I figured some other things I could do with the laces include:
- using them as a hair/head band
- tying it around the neck as a choker

Using them as a bracelet is another good option, but instead of just tying them around your wrists, let’s make a proper bracelet with them laces. The laces I used here are brand new ones, but if you’re going to reuse one from an old pair of sneakers, it might be a good idea to wash those laces before you start anything.

Step 1: Put the two laces together and fold them in equal halves. Tie a knot to secure the top.

You should have 4 laces to work with.

Step 2: Start with the right most lace and weave the lace over the lace next to it. Go under the next one and again, over until you reach the end.

Step 3: When you reach the end, use the same lace to go under the first lace before weaving over and under again. Remember, the key is to alternate the pattern of going over and under each lace.

Keep the laces woven tightly together and you’ll be able to see the zig-zag pattern on your bracelet when you keep weaving.

Step 4: When you run out of lace space, simply tie a knot to finish off your lace bracelet!

Your bracelet will make a perfect accessory to wear on Sneaker Sundays with your favourite pair of sneakers. But if you need a pair of sneakers to match your bracelet, Violet has the perfect solution on how you can customise your own pair!

Welcome back to Sneaker Sunday.

It’s good to be back.

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23
Jun
2010

Other than Sephora, Victoria’s Secret was the other store that I was dying to step into here in New York. I’m a BIG die hard fan of Victoria’s Secret and my underwear closet is pretty much made up of all their stuff. I also refuse to wear any other work pants other than theirs thanks to the great length and cut of their pants. And it’s such perfect timing that Michelle and I are here in the States because it’s time for the VICTORIA’S SECRET SEMI ANNUAL SALE!

Now, THIS is the sale that most girls would die for. Panties go for USD$3.99 while bras are reduced by almost half price. Everything on sale is put into pink bins only differentiated by their sizes, and girls dig through it pulling out items like hungry vultures.

Because it’s a Monday afternoon, this crowd is mild compared to the one we first encountered on a weekend.

In fact, all the shelves are neatly packed and nothing is strewn on the floor. Haha.

After my virgin experience digging through the buckets of adorable underwear and bras and discovering treasures, it was hard not to walk out of there feeling like a million bucks. The red/pink bags are absolutely cute too! It’s probably hard for guys to wrap their minds around how much money women will spend on inner wear that no one else can see, but I say a cute underwear and good bra will serve to keep your spirits up in all situations.

Lingerie is not all that Victoria’s Secret stocks. Beauty products also make up a good part of their product range. The Secret Garden collection is one of their more famous ranges, and they too were on sale! I got mini bottles of fragranced hand sanitizers from the Secret Garden range, some lip glosses, lip palettes and body mists from the Dream Angels collection alongside some really cute undies which I obviously will not show. :P

Even though I am such a big fan of VS, I only just found out they have a standalone Victoria’s Secret PINK store that caters specially to their PINK range! This particular range targets younger girls with their collegiate collection in vibrant colours. Graphic tees, hoodies, underwear and lounge wear emblazoned with the signature PINK logos can all be found in this range.

PINK by Victoria’s Secret is located at the junction of Broadway and Prince Street.

Victoria’s Secret stores, on the other hand, are located at:
Broadway (SOHO)
591-593 Broadway
New York, NY 10012

Fifth Avenue
115 5th Ave
New York, NY 10003

South Street Seaport
19 Fulton Street
New York, NY 10038

86th St – Upper East Side
165 E 86th St
New York, NY 10028

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21
Jun
2010

Abercrombie & Fitch is the brand hunks, jocks, surfer dudes (and whichever good looking group of people you can think of) are synonymous with. The models on the posters are sexy, gorgeous looking and all have chiselled bodies. But that’s just an ad right? Or so I thought too. Walking along Fifth Avenue the other day, I spotted the store next to high end label Prada. I have NEVER been to an actual A&F store and had no idea what was in store.

This 4 storey store looked decent on the outside, but little did I know it held exciting and yummylicious things on the inside.

Step through the front doors and a half naked dude is the first thing that greets you. Oh hello. Sorry, you say there was a girl? Oh yes! According to my pictures, there was a girl. And she’s actually pretty cute. But I’m not exactly interested in girls. Let’s get back to the guy. He’s half naked. And has a good body to match that nakedness. Even the two “bouncers” are pretty delish. Mmm….

The interior of the shop is dark akin to a club, and the music is bound to set some heads nodding and feet tapping. You browse the wide range of adorable clothes and browse the good-looking boys, sadly wishing it was them you’d cart home. Alas, the store is where the boys will stay and it’s the plush clothing that you take home.

It is a little hard to want to leave this haven full of delicious goodies thanks to its seductive atmosphere; I swear the boys have nothing to do with it. I wish we could show you photos of what it was like to be inside the shop. But, one, they didnt allow photography inside. Two, it was hard to take any photos because Michelle and I were both busy gawking. How is it possible they managed to find so many good-looking people all housed in the SAME building?! Even the dressing rooms were incredibly sexy. Soft orange lighting and music playing, it was hard not to want to cam-whore inside.

Tank tops go for about USD24 while bottoms, both jeans and skirts, start from USD50 and go anywhere up to USD70. Pretty pricey if you ask me. But everything about this store is delectable and I walked out of there with two skirts. They were too cute! Yes yes, I was so busy shopping that I missed Sneaker Sunday this week. But Violet and I are planning to do something exciting next week once I get back.

So anyway, back to my shopping. I bought one skirt from Abercrombie exactly like that of the girl in the group photo. If I wore the exact same getup as her, do you think I could fit in and get a job there? Hahaha.

Abercrombie & Fitch
720 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019

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13
Jun
2010

Sneaker Sunday is literally going places. It has thus far, been written in the Philippines and now in New York! Whooooooooohoooooooooo! Hello New York! I’m living on Wall Street in the financial district and the buildings are really pretty.

The flight here was long especially the one from Hong Kong to NYC. But hey, I’m here in The City that Never Sleeps, so I’m not really complaining. I’m definitely thankful we had a stop over in Hong Kong cause you know how you cant really stay too long in the airplane. Michelle and I spent a solid 9 hours in the huge Hong Kong International Airport and it was tough trying to keep ourselves awake. The whole trying to tune your body to a different timing was difficult. We had a long battle with the sleep monster because when we got on our second flight, it was close to a full 24 hours that we hadnt slept.

Since this post is about travelling comfortably (the New York flight was a long haul one – 15 hours) and how you dress is highly important, sneakers were of course the obvious choice. Violet used them when she was moving and now Im using them for travel!

These sneakers were made for walking.

Pink Ed Hardy

I brought my bad a*s Ed Hardy shoes out for a spin. They lasted me through the Hong Kong and New York flight and probably will take me to some cool places in the City.

I got these babies in Philippines and no, they dont come with laces! :D That’s what I love most about them – they were made not to have laces. Everytime I wear them, people ask if I took the laces off and if I did, how come the sides never seem to fall open. Heehee. That’s because they were meant to be without laces and there are buttons on the inside to secure the sides. How clever!

Since I’m back in the City where these shoes originally came from, I wonder if I can get more Ed Hardy sneakers. Please excuse me while I head out shopping. Violet, in the meantime, I’m sure will entertain you with her Sneaker Sunday post. I think I just found me another pair of new awesome sneakers!

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6
Jun
2010

Umm.. Hi. I’m Ethan. I’m not an expert in the field of men’s fashion but Valerie has asked me to guest write today for some mysterious reason. She could have found someone else. Apparently it’s Sneaker Sunday or something? I cant remember what the name is cause she interrupted me in the midst of playing my PS3, but it’s got something to do with sneakers I think.

The reason I’m writing here today is because Val’s busy at the moment with packing for her trip to New York this Friday. She’s also trying to catch her runny nose. She’s almost used up a whole roll of toilet roll and she still hasnt managed to catch it yet. I told her to get a lasso cause toilet roll just breaks, but she wouldnt listen. What is it with women and listening? I dont get it.

Anyway, despite catching the common cold, she still managed to force me in front of the camera to show you what we dudes wear.

When she asked me, “What do boys wear?” I stared at her and thought she was crazy. I mean, what else do us guys wear except for clothes? We dont wear leaves or trucks or tanks or gadgets. It wasnt till she explained that she liked boys who wore sneakers that she made sense.

Sneakers. Now that I can do. I personally like sneakers because well, they’re comfy. And good.

What? She just yelled in my ear asking me to explain what I mean by “comfy”. They’re comfortable that’s what I mean.

No? Umm.. Well, comfortable means, nice. And good to wear. What do I wear my sneakers with? Umm… My hands? Oh. You mean an outfit? I have to talk about my CLOTHES now? Uhhh.. Okay. I usually wear my sneakers with jeans, a shirt and/or tee inside. For this photo, the jeans are Levi’s Engineered Jeans, white shirt from FOS in Kuala Lumpur and cotton v-neck tee from Cotton On. Oh. I almost the forgot. The sneakers. They were a gift from a friend who bought them in Korea. They were white, but got my friends to step on them to “break” into them. They are now a shade of…… dirty white. Why are you looking at me like that? Didnt you ever do that to your white school shoes previously?

Well, I think that’s it from me for Sneaker Sunday. I’m exhausted. That was quite a whole load of words for me to say. I hope you got a little insight into what guys wear with sneakers. How’s my first ever Sneaker Sunday post? I have a feeling she wont be getting me to guest post for her again. Maybe my friend Vic might do better on his friend’s blog. Now, where’s my PS3 controller.

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