having just recently relocate back in Singapore from Down Under, i am having some serius culture shock. Singapore to me means one thing... Orchard rd! i basically walk all the way from Forum down to Paragon every single day everytime i happen to be in town.. which is just perfect for someone who is short on time but has a long shopping list to fulfil... but since i am to live here semi-permanently this time... i decided that its time to explore the island a little...
so i trek all the way to Ann Siang Hill..
the place has been recommended by many.. which include locals, guide books and even blogger fashionisspinach!
shop#1 - style:nordic
racks and racks of filippak, one wall of nudie jeans and various other similar looking clothes from other scandinavian designers... and a lil bit of houseware (which i think was a bit out of place seeing that there was only such a small collection of it) service-wise.. the owner seems to be in the middle of an interview of some sort (either that he has some stalker as customer... :P) there was another guy behind the counter but all he did, really, was checking his own hair in front of the mirror...
shop#2 - asylum
various weird books (advance economics being displayed next to poetry books??), a very cool collections of cds (i bought directorsound ( http://www.myspace.com/directorsound )... have to go back for "random").. mihara yasuhiro shoes (i'll find a picture later) and some other random things... service... the girl was all smiley which was nice (the fact that she complimented on my handbag probably score her many many points)
overall cool shop with even cooler music...
shop#3 - front row
first floor was a cafe... but they give off this aura that says "DONT ORDERRRR!!!" maybe its just me..
second floor...APC, eley kishimoto, and cds...
i'm sure they have third floor that is a gallery of some sort but i really felt not welcomed that i just had to flee right away...
there are a couple more shops that i went to but just couldnt recall anymore...
there are some nice stuff that i might just go back for... but overall it was definitely underwhelming... i definitely didnt expect it to be like those small lanes in melbourne thats filled with treasures... but even compared to perth suburb it was just simply plain... nothing to be excited about...
a bigggg minus was also the cold stares i get from the shop assistant... i'm not expecting the usual "hihowareyou" "whatreyouuptotoday" type of conversation that i get when i was in Ausies... but can these people at least smile???? is that too much to ask??? SERIOUSLY!!!!!! can someone explain it to me?????
anyway... my next "trek outside orchard" will be to the guerilla store! not sure when... but i will.. i've promised myself... :P
speaking of orchard... i'm still anxiously waiting for marc by marc jacobs to open this month... has it? has it not??
