Monday, April 26, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
SWAN BRAND REDISCOVERED!
I have been busy hunting out treasures from the local shops here in Singapore. I plan to make my own customisations from the t-shirts and singlets from ‘SWAN BRAND’ Chinese Clothing.
In the meantime I wish to share the fruits of my searchings in its raw form as to inspire the more financially challenged amongst us to create their own fashion masterpieces.
Following is my new trial listing on ebay...
“SWAN BRAND REDISCOVERED! Originally sold in Australia during the late 1980's as part of the oversized fashion trend by such labels as 'CHERRY LANE' and 'SPORTSGIRL'.
'SWAN BRAND' is a Chinese Traditional Basics clothing brand made in Shanghai China for Chinese locals.
Sourced by Australian clothing designer living in Chinatown Singapore. Purchased from local stall holders.
Plain 100% cotton white plain t-shirt perfect for DIY customisation projects. LIMITED STOCK pending on local suppliers.
Sizes 36 & 38 currently available (sizes sml to med)
*larger sizes available on request
http://www.ebay.co.uk
SEARCH for 'SWAN BRAND' or 'DIY CUSTOMISATION' or '5005Rainbow'
Please note that even though the products are listed on the UK site (and US and Singapore sites), they are of course available in Australia; my initial motivation for sourcing this stuff with Australian buyers in mind.
**Please also note that I am embarrassingly new to this concept of online selling so I apologise in advance for any confusion of details X )
To be continued...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
5005 RAINBOW
'5005 RAINBOW' SINGAPORE 2010
T-shirts and homewear sourced from Chinatown Singapore
Products include:
Original 'SWAN BRAND' 100% cotton T-shirts and singlets
Original 'TALENT' 100% cotton T-shirts
Original 'GOOD MORNING' teatowels iconic to Singapore
Original 'FLOWER BASKET' hand towels (5005 Rainbow towel pictured)
"FULL MOON" Singapore Reportage for Sticky Institute March 2010
FROM OUR SINGAPORE CORRESPONDENT with Donna Lipowitz
This month: FULL MOON
WAH LAU! What happened to February!
The moon is full again, hence the Lunar New Year Celebrations are
drawing to a close...
..not quietly though, with the 'Dance of the Dragon' and Drum
ensemble' guys driving all over town unseatbelted in the backs of
utes, doing the annual duty of scaring away the bad spirits with
a dragon dance and an eardrum-shattering drum beat'.
It is just a matter of an advance booking and a donation and you
too could have a dragon dancing round your living room.
Guaranteed to be loudest but maybe the shortest party you ever
had. (there are many evil spirits to be scared away this time of
year : )
I finally visited the "Dinky Doodles' shop in Bali lane
Singapore, and met the owner Xin. I talked to her about trying to
drum up some more local interest in Zines.
As we discussed it is very difficult in Singapore to get people
interested in printed media these days; however I proposed to her
that we try to encourage a few people we know who have made zines
in the past to actually make a new zine! If there were a larger
collection of zines she mentioned it might be more worthwhile to
sell them in her shop.
In any case, I gave her my most recent zine and she gave me one
of her old ones I hadn't seen yet. She does lovely illustrations,
kind of like a comic strip merged with a personal diary. I hope
to encourage more artists and writers to make zines in Singapore.
The general response about zines here in Singapore is that
younger generations do not actively read printed matter anymore;
all information is via the internet and TV - and Art without
financial benefits is essentially a confusing notion amongst the
prosperous conscious society that is Singapore.
Doinky Doodles 33 Bali Lane Singapore
www.doinkydoodles.com
*Wah Lau (singlish for Oh My! or Oh, My God!)
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This month: FULL MOON
WAH LAU! What happened to February!
The moon is full again, hence the Lunar New Year Celebrations are
drawing to a close...
..not quietly though, with the 'Dance of the Dragon' and Drum
ensemble' guys driving all over town unseatbelted in the backs of
utes, doing the annual duty of scaring away the bad spirits with
a dragon dance and an eardrum-shattering drum beat'.
It is just a matter of an advance booking and a donation and you
too could have a dragon dancing round your living room.
Guaranteed to be loudest but maybe the shortest party you ever
had. (there are many evil spirits to be scared away this time of
year : )
I finally visited the "Dinky Doodles' shop in Bali lane
Singapore, and met the owner Xin. I talked to her about trying to
drum up some more local interest in Zines.
As we discussed it is very difficult in Singapore to get people
interested in printed media these days; however I proposed to her
that we try to encourage a few people we know who have made zines
in the past to actually make a new zine! If there were a larger
collection of zines she mentioned it might be more worthwhile to
sell them in her shop.
In any case, I gave her my most recent zine and she gave me one
of her old ones I hadn't seen yet. She does lovely illustrations,
kind of like a comic strip merged with a personal diary. I hope
to encourage more artists and writers to make zines in Singapore.
The general response about zines here in Singapore is that
younger generations do not actively read printed matter anymore;
all information is via the internet and TV - and Art without
financial benefits is essentially a confusing notion amongst the
prosperous conscious society that is Singapore.
Doinky Doodles 33 Bali Lane Singapore
www.doinkydoodles.com
*Wah Lau (singlish for Oh My! or Oh, My God!)
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