I know the metrosexual fashionistas out there are already decrying my bold pronouncement ( possibly preparing to pelt me with last year's sartorial disasters ) but let's face it, what choices do we actually have? A few brave souls dared parade about in avant-garde kilts and dashing sarongs but I doubt that particularly ballsy movement is gonna gain any sort of momentum soon.
Sure we do have our daringly progressive line of see-through / figure-hugging rags usually seen in the Philosophy / Key Ng stores - but honestly, have any of you seen them worn outside of the usual gay club scenes? And hell you do know you ain't gonna look good in them unless you have the low-fat, zero-calorie body of a built gymbot!
Dammit, what to wear!
So we're back to our basic shirt and pants ensemble. Even then we find our choices sadly limited to wishy-washy pastels and lifeless neutrals. There is some room for personality in our ties and cufflinks but that little infinitesemal change is barely noticeable to the unwashed masses. Occasionally I try to inject at least some tszuj into my office wear only to find the rest of my colleagues staring as if I'm a stark-raving lunatic from the mental asylum. Just stray but a little and you'll have them threatening to lock you up.
Spicing up our dreary lives with maroons and electric blues isn't recommended in the conservative bastion of medicine! So you can easily imagine the horrified faces on the Victorian fuddy-duddies when I defied the dreary conventions of the day by opting for a bold shade of pink.
Albert : Dear me, is that pink I see? Surely that's rose or fuchsia!
Victoria : Good gracious, I am not amused. Call the guards! That.. that pink person shall be escorted out of the hospital immediately!
So I wonder what they will think of my delicious multicoloured striped Ted Baker shirt. All the rage, I should think. The old-fashioned biddies are just gonna die of a synchronized spontaneous heart attack! So what if it did cost a bomb by the way - almost as much as what I spent on my entire Christmas list!
Yes. Don we now our gay apparel!
But anyway, for the endlessly curious ( and for the desperately wealthy / generous ) here's my grown-up Christmas List.
Heroes Season 1 DVD
Hairspray 2-Disc Shimmy & Shake Edition DVD
Monarch of the Glen Season 2 and 3 DVD
Mirage of Blaze OVA : Rebels of the River's Edge
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Robert Sabuda
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen McHugh
Red Mandarin Dress by Qiu Xiaolong
A Nameless Witch by A. Lee Martinez
The Mirador by Sarah Monette
A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette
The Bone Key by Sarah Monette
Without Reservations by JL Langley
Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
New X-Men Graphic Novels
Thomas Pink shirt
Bruno Magli leather boots
Jim Thompson silk tie
Tiffany silver cufflinks
See. I am flexible. Alright, Tiffany's a bit too much ( unless Bill Gates is reading this ). There's also these amazing Scorpio cufflinks I saw in Cuffz at Bangsar.
13 comments:
hey there. i'm new here. =) like ur posts.
got a email or so?
hehehe. santa's coming early to penang? :)
i want Heroes too.
Men fashion? I love back to basic. Like no need to wear anything but cover the private part with just a small leave?
Without Reservations by JL Langley
I've read this book, it's alright. It's a cute story. However booj 3 in the series, is much better, in terms of writing and storyline.
oooo sriking stripes.... i'd love to have one of those, i bet the lecturers gonna pay all his attentionto me while giving lecture... or that the clinician will stare at me during rounds... i'm so gonna be the attention! yeeeeha! :P
Majority sucks, yeah. I'm glad there are still those who bother to think about what clothes look good on them.
i love them doctors who wear striped shirts, printed shirts, and boldly-colored tees beneath their immaculate white coats. i find them interesting. and HOT.
and not to mention tasty, er, tasteful, i mean.
hej! real man wear PINK! just found one at the Burton - bold pink stripes shirt...hot
i think you should add one more for your xmas list... iPhone! cool gadget...
Confident REAL men wear PINK and look fantastic in them. I love a man who wears pink and has a scruffy 5 o'clock shadow and a dazzling smile. *faint*
Bankers and medicine men have drab rules of apparel. Michael Kors states that you don't have to buy the most expensive, but you do need to purchase the best-made, well constructed stuff to look sharp, classy and smart. (which sadly, usually means, many money needed).
Nina Garcia of Elle magazine says SHOES are the accessory above all - because we'll always have the same shoe size and it never goes out of fashion - unless you own a pair of go go boots.
OMG!! Tiffany silver cufflinks!! It costs a bomb in Malaysia leh!!
Not cheap at BSC either..
"Sure we do have our daringly progressive line of see-through / figure-hugging rags usually seen in the Philosophy / Key Ng stores - but honestly, have any of you seen them worn outside of the usual gay club scenes?"
Yup, saw a guy wearing a see-through at Heeren.
For a while there I really thought you wanted a red mandarin dress designed by someone called Qiu Xiaolong for xmas...i was wondering where/who you're going to wear it to/for :)
You can check out the links, anon! :)
Well closetalk, you can get heroes in penang as well :)
Only a leaf! But that would be cold, ryan!
Will have to look for that book then, gaia.
Trust me, bong, you don't want to be the centre of attention during a clinical lesson!
Try my best, reyville. Though I gotta say it's hard when the canvas is only so-so.
It's tasteful I swear, ruffnurse :P
Wish I was that rich, danial!
Totally agree with the shoes. The boots I saw were meltingly soft like butter, annieieieieiei....
But the ones in bangsar were cheaper, lifebook!
So didja make a move, jeremy?
Muahaha. Never looked at it that way, ry!
paul
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