Summer shorts

  

Black and white pokka dots shorts

100% silk

Elastic waistband

Black cotton piping at pocket entries

Centre creased

Not deliberately chose pokka dots fabric. Just because I eager for a shorts in this summer, and I accidentally found this silk fabric from my old fabric collections..... With light and stretchy characteristics of the fabric, this shorts is incredibly comfortable. To add some classy touches on it, I ironed it with centre creases and used black piping to highlight the pockets.

Minus Sun Private View

I was in the private view of Minus Sun in Brixton Village last Thursday. It was such a successful launching party. I was surprised to see all the cardboard fittings in Circus match very well with Yuka's collection. The exhibition completely shows Yuka's effort and enthusiasm on her works in these 6 years in London. I highly recommend everyone to visit this exhibition which will be running until 22rd July!

Another lovely shop I discovered from Brixton Village is Leftovers. Selling antique fashion and vintage finds, most of the clothing and accessories were collected from France. In Leftovers, you can finds a lot of unique items such as hand-crocheted collar pieces, beautifully hand-made cotton dresses with initial embroideries from 1920's, vintage Dior childrenswear...... I love every single piece in this shop. It probably become one of my favourite shops in London.

Minus Sun Launch Invitation

My friend's label Minus Sun is going to launch in Circus on this Thursday. I am so excited to join the private view. Her products are always well-made by her own hands. She is selling handmade resin buttons, rings, embroidered bracelets and bags in Circus now. I am here to make some Ads for her. The exhibition will showcase her final collection for the MA Fashion course in Kingston University from 8th-22nd July. Welcome everyone to drop in and give some feedbacks to her.

New Designers Exhibition

My Mania

It has been rained all the time last few weeks. I was wondering how can I kill the time at home. I finally picked up my embroidery threads and started cross stitch samplers. I love designing cross stitch patterns on graph papers. By filling crosses on them, I got the overall proportions of the patterns. Once get started embroidering, I just cannot stop. Sometimes work until very late.....But still think they give me lots of fun :) Another recent mania for me is origami shirt. This is something related to my work. Online orders returns forms produced for the Couverture and the Garbstore, which are folded as shirts. We hope our customers are not going to return the orders after seeing this lovely origami shirts!

The Three Classic Elements 潮流三寶

When I developed the latest shop window for Couverture and the Garbstore, I thought about a bird inspired shop window. I started origami research and created some origami birds showcasing with the products. Looking at origami garments, I got inspired to make some spare button cases out of them. Origami shirt is very simple and easy to make. It actually can hold buttons very well like an envelope. I used tracing paper to fold it. But felt the shirt was a bit plain and dull. Suddenly, the 3 classic elements for shirts flashed through my mind. They are stripes, polka dots and checks. Therefore, I designed black and white prints for these shirts. In fact, I think girls must have these patterns in their wardrobes, because they are so lovely and never out-of-date.

My Birthday Presents

It was my second birthday in London last week.  Since I was busy with moving to a new house, didn't celebrate with friends. I got two lovely friends came over to have lunch with me today. I was so surprised that they brought me a beautiful cake, dinner set, hand-made pin cushion and brooch! The hand-made pin cushion and brooch are made by Minus Sun which is going to launch the 1st collection in Circus soon. Thanks my dear friends! I had a great time today with you guys~