Huney'Z World: Comme des Garcons

Hi Huneybees,

As some of you might have already seen from my Instagram pictures, I have pink hair (fringe) done for the upcoming Chinese New Year.

I was super excited and I knew what I wanted to do to my hair when I was approached by Shunji Matsuo. My hairstylist was Fannie, the latest stylist at the salon (Ngee Ann City). She recently started working with Shunji Matsuo and she's great with cut and perming.

The shop was teeming with people, I sat there for more than 5 hours and the customer flow was non-stop! It was very impressive! It is a 3,800 square foot salon, which can seat 50 customers at one time. The whole salon is modern and minimalist, enhanced by accents of wood, glass and steel with wall finishes that have special anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties to enhance indoor air quality.

About Shunji Matsuo

Shunji Matsuo, celebrity hair stylist brings to Singapore over 40 years of international hair styling experience gained from working in the major fashion capitals of Japan, Europe and US. His creative hairstyles has been featured on fashion runways of Jean Paul Gaultier, Oscar de la Renta, Comme des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto, Donna Karan and Calvin Klein.

Shunji's hair creations have also been featured on magazines like American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, New York Magazine and The New York Times.

Wave good bye to my dull black hair. My hair was a little too short to play with that day, so I fulfilled my dream of pink fringe hair like my idol, Show Luo!

After showing Fannie some pictures of what I wanted to do with my hair, she began to section out my hair and bleached it. Actually the gold looks good too right?

Afterwhich it was time for the pink to go on. I was very nervous as I can't see what the end result will be like. Maybe it won't be a shocking pink?

The basins are adjustable for better head fit and customer comfort.

Then it was time for the big reveal. I had rinse off at these comfy seats and I kinda spent an hour there for rinse off, conditioned my hair, leave in and then rinse off again. Imagine my excitement when everyone walked past was telling me they love my hair. Woohoo!

TA DA! This is the finished look! Fannie even helped me straightened my hair with a straightener to show off those fringes even more! Same same as Show right???

The whole fun part of this hair is that I can flip it on side to blend in with the black or flip it the other way and I have full blown pink hair and then I can pin the hair down as though I have a undershave. Super fun and it is definitely the colourful me!

So, when I finally wash out the straightened hair and went back to my own curls.I'm still looking like my idol! I've played with a few looks and one of my favourite was to braid my fringe, letting the pink fuse with the black hair.

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It's been months since I dyed my hair pink and I'm super happy with it, coz the pink is still going strong! I used to dye my hair like crazy and if you remember, I had tie-dyed / ombre hair (Click here and you can see) like multi rainbow, but the colours do not last.

See this picture of me taken last week...

Going strong right? I only have some faded ends. The rest of the colours are still very vibrant!

If you are looking to revamp your hair, head on over the Shunji Matsuo Hair Studio on the 5th floor of Ngee Ann City and look for Fannie. *She's the one who looks a little like Kelly Chen*

Shunji Matsuo Hair Studio

Ngee Ann City, Podium B,

391 Orchard Road, #05-23

Tel: +65 6238 1522

Hi Huneybees,

Here's Day 3 of the Men's Fashion Week 2012. It was Japan Night and yes, designers and performers from Japan. I was super hype that day because anything Japan, Jpop is my life! I practically grew up listening to SMAP and watching Takeshi Sorimachi 反町隆史 & Takenouchi Yutaka 竹野内豊, on Beach Boys. (Oops, did I reveal my age? LOL!)

Hehehehe, none of them were here in Singapore, but performers like H Zett M, Yusuke Kamiji and Yuna Ito, blew our minds....

Okok, so here's the designers that had their collections on the runway - Diet Butcher Slim Skin, Jun Hashimoto ジュンハシモト, Pascal Donquino and FACTOTUM.

The models were accompanied by the beautiful tunes of H Zett M.

Designer Hisashi Fukatami started wanting to integrate his ideas for a sleek version of modern street fashion, without conforming to the normal ideals of what street fashion was at the time. Diet Butcher Slim Skin consists of jeans, slim pants, footwear and T-shirts, with a decent variety of options for men.

Fukatami claims that much of his inspiration comes from his experience with punk music, including bands such as That Jam, The Clash and Sex Pistols. Through his working experience with a fashion house after graduating from university, he has cultivated passion and drive for fashion and desire to link it with music.

With this stong influence at the time, he opened his flagship shop "Venom" in Nakameguro, the centre of the designer's district, at the heart of Tokyo. He has presented his collection in various ways that does not adhere to form, such as the catwalk show, installation and audio-visual.

I'm infatuated with the prints on the clothings. The gradient blue and red suits made a very deep impression on me. They are definitely something not seen before, and when you wear it to events, it will definitely be the subject of the night.

Super shy Designer Hisashi Fukatami.

More photos here.

With a background of working and being inspired by Maurizio Altieri, designer of CDIEM in Italy for 3 years shows that designer Jun Hashimoto has been living and breathing fashion. Upon returning home in 2004, Hashimoto set up his first fashion house "wjk" at Shibuya, Tokyo in 2004, which was then distributed all over Japan.

2008 was a turning point for the Japanese fashion designer as he had the desire to build up an original brand with his own name "junhashimoto" making him stray away from "wjk". Its flagship store is located in Japan's fashion sanctuary, Omotesando Hills.

Long scarfs were the statement piece of this collection and the bright orange is nothing you can run from. I love bright colours and if they had these in ladies cut, I would surely fly to Japan when it's snowing wearing them...

Designer Jun Hashimoto.

More photos here.

After a stint as a pattern maker for Comme des Garcons, designer Akira Takeuchi dirst started out with the ladies in his line Theatre Products, a common face at the Tokyo Collection. His long awaited men's line Pascal Donquino debuted in 2009, exhibiting casual elegance with a hint of the British Dandy.

Making no compromise to the standard of material used, sourcing takes the designer from rural Japan to some of Milan's best manufacturers. Though his forms take on relaxed styles, they are collectively well put together and executed alongside a bright colour palette.

I can totally see Chuck Bass (Gossip Girl character) in this collection. There's clothings for work, for play and even weekends on a yacht! It's definitely for the sophisticated men who don't want too much fuss and still look sharp and smart where ever you go...

"Fashion to me is anincredible and miraculous way to express oneself." --- Akira Takeuchi, Designer of Pascal Donquino

Designer Akira Takeuchi with his models.

More photos here.

Japanese fashion designer, Koji Udo is the designer for the Japanese fashion label FACTOTUM. Esthablished in 2004, FACTOTUM made its international debut at Tokyo Collection in 2006 when the first flagship store opened at Shibuya, Tokyo.

The name FACTOTUM was derived from the Charles Bukowski novel. Koji is inspired by his travels around the world and has been inspired by countries like Ireland, Berlin and India. Each season, he is inspired by a new place that he visits. FACTOTUM is sold in Isetan Japan, Beams Japan, United Arrows Japan and around 40 dealers.