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The Cruise season is sending fashion people all over the world, with Dior showcasing their resort collection at the Calabasas desert set in California, Chanel bringing it back to home soil in the most romantic city, Paris, Prada’s first solo cruise collection held at Milan where they first opened their doors, and Louis Vuitton enriching their guests with Japanese culture in Kyoto. Needless to say, every venue is spectacular, and the pressure is on for the next Cruise collection presentation. Held at Palatina Gallery of the Pitti Palace, we think it’s safe to say that Gucci has exceeded all expectations.

It goes without saying that the Stan Smith will always be best known for its clean, minimalist aesthetic, but Adidas has also been recently experimenting with more unconventional designs to ensure that the silhouette stays fresh and relevant in the ever-changing sneaker game. After draping the shoe in a paddle pop-esque colourway and giving it an embroidery-covered “Summer” makeover, the brand with the three stripes is now aiming for a streetwear aesthetic with its latest “Camo” iteration, and if the massive hype surrounding last year’s camo-covered BAPE x Adidas NMD was any indication, these are going to be a pretty big deal.

Of course the fashion capitals of New York, London, Paris and Milan are wonderful – but if we were to be honest, it’s Seoul Fashion Week that holds a more special place in our hearts. Perhaps it’s a proximity thing, or maybe it’s how the citizens of Seoul seem to be so adept at dressing up (even when it’s not fashion week season), so the street style snaps are always so much fun to look at.
The most recent edition earlier this year saw more than 58 fashion shows take place over 5 days, most at the iconic Dongdaemun Design Plaza, which had over 80,000 visitors over the week. One of them was Natalia Ng, singer and actress who’s now based in Singapore. Already a familiar face in her home country of Malaysia, with a Mandarin single – complete with music video – under her belt, Natalia will be spending a lot more time in Singapore now, after landing a role in the film adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians, which will begin production soon.
As to which crazy rich Asian she’ll be playing, that’s still under wraps, but we’ll definitely be seeing more of her real soon. For now, here’s her photo diary from her time at Seoul Fashion Week, where she blended right in with Korea’s stylish set with vibrant ensembles combining luxury pieces and high street labels from around the region. To see more of Natalia, she’s also featured in Editing Beauty II, by NYLON Singapore‘s Editor-in-Chief Adele Chan, where she shares her entire beauty regime.
Photographs by Adrian Jiun.
 

Outside the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), wearing a Bally coat and Zara top.
 


Seoul street style never fails to take it to the next level.
 


At the LIE F/W ’17 show.
 

The Supercomma B Fall ’17 presentation, where the theme was sporty streetwear with plenty of layers.
 

Model Irene Kim did a live stream as she walked down the runway.
 

Natalia is wearing a denim coat by Fwardrobe, top by H&M, and jeans by Guess?.

 

Dressed for the Vassilly show in a piece from the brand’s Fall/Winter ’16 collection, and a furry purse by Singaporean social enterprise label FlaxByWise.
 

After the Vassilly show, with (from left to right) singer Jung Ah, singer NS Yoon-G, and actress Cho Hyun Young.
 

Live streaming at the Metrocity show dressed in a Bally outfit, and clutch from Metrocity.
 

Rosie Huntington-Whitely in attendance at the Metrocity show.
 

At the J Koo show dressed in a Khoon Hooi ensemble, paired with a Bally bag and Fendi shades.
 

Front row at the J Koo show.
 
Follow Natalia Ng on Instagram @natalia__ng.

If you’ve been keeping up with streetwear trends recently, you probably already know that skateboarding magazine Thrasher and its signature flame logo is one of the hottest — pun totally intended — looks that you can rock right now (based on the number of thrasher tees we see on our Instagram explore page, it looks like everyone got the memo). So far the brand’s aesthetic has been limited to apparel, but according to Italian magazine IOBI it looks like Thrasher might soon be entering the sneaker game, and they’re bringing none other than fellow skate brand Vans along for the ride as well.

Admit it, girls: half the fun in working out lies in building your workout wardrobe. You know it – those cute tights and sports bras that we all love to keep buying more and more of, but for some of us, wearing it to an actual workout session is a whole other matter altogether.
If you’re one of those who actually does sweat in your workout gear, kudos to you 👏 No judgment if you don’t, and we can all do with more cute activewear anyway, so we’ll take today to introduce one that you might not have heard of. Lorna Jane is already an established brand in its home country of Australia, and its founder, Lorna Jane Clarkson herself, has been designing activewear since 1989, in an era when the term “activewear” was far from even being coined yet.
We got acquainted with the brand recently, which has a Singapore online store in addition to a showroom at Ann Siang, and we found that it stocks a very impressive quantity of workout tops, sports bras, tights and an assortment of other accessories like bags and bottles. The styles are quite varied, ranging from the standard black/white/grey to neons and pastels, as well as slogan tops and loud prints.

When it comes to the classic black tights, we guess you could purchase one anywhere, and for cheap – but if you’re really serious about getting a pair that can keep up, Lorna Jane’s iconic Active Core Stability tights feature the brand’s proprietary technology, the LJ Active Core Stability™, which is found in the LJ Excel™ fabric these tights, and many of the other pieces, are made in. The magic’s in the power mesh and waistband, which helps better support your core muscles during physical activity while still feeling comfortable, with a bit of a firming effect to boot.

You’ve probably been eyeing those shoes on the runway shows worn by fashionable bloggers, celebrities and street style stars. You take a screenshot and favourited them. And then you browse through Net-a-porter, adding those shoes to your virtual shopping cart BUT you ain’t got the money to buy them all. Bummer. So what do you do? Don’t just sit there and wallow in tears…get cracking and look for the next best alternative: the less expensive versions of those luxury shoes! Our solution, you guessed it, Zara. Our go-to fast fashion retailer that never fails to keep us up to date with high-fashion’s latest trends. So we thought that we should highlight some of the key shoe trends that you should look out for the next time you head to Zara. Without further ado, here’s a compilation of every it-girl’s must-haves:
Pearl embellished shoes:
As seen on Gucci and Miu Miu, pearls are adorned everywhere, from accessories to bags and of course, shoes. What’s not to love about milky pearlescent balls? These shoes are definitely a statement piece that will instantly upgrade the look of any outfit. We would style them with a simple outfit so they take center stage or pair them with a tweed jacket. Tweed and pearls ALWAYS go together.

 

Adidas has never been one to shy away from graphic-heavy designs — sneakers like the floral-covered Adi-Ease and polka dotted NMDs should be evidence enough of that — but we can all probably agree that the brand with the three stripes still does it best when they stick to a clean, minimalist aesthetic. Silhouettes like the Stan Smith and Superstar have become as iconic as they are because of that exact “less is more” philosophy, and it looks like the Turbular Viral 2 is now trying to recreate that success with its latest “Icey Pink” colourway.