This blog is a collection of my essays that I have written over the years. My main interests lie in the inner workings of the fashion industry, socio-economics studies and philosophy. My day job is running and designing ROSEN and its diffusion lines.
Humans are strange creatures. We pin our self-esteem on our beliefs. When our beliefs are validated, we feel good about ourselves. When they’re being contradicted, we often take it as a personal attack.
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Homogeneity in fashion – both in design, and especially in its material use – is on the rise, owing to the transfer of decision-making power from the creatives to the marketers and merchandisers under the diktat of the managerial class, who prioritises quick returns over risky creative ideas in a bid to remain competitive in this social-media driven market.
With the passing of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Issey Miyake, I prepared my farewell to the incoming end of an era, while facing the tsunami of celebrated mediocrity.
In the previous segment of this writer’s outfit project, I went into great detail about…
In which I started designing an outfit for myself because I got bored of my sweatshirt and cargo pants combo, which I wore to work everyday for almost the entire holiday season.
A tale of creative pain and suffering encapsulated within a single garment
It is time we recognise that we live in a rentier fashion ecosystem. Corporate earnings are funnelled to the upper echelons off the backs of workers from distant lands. There’s no changing the status quo unless we figure out how the game works.
A look into how this predatory form of transnational capitalism manipulates fashion industry for the benefits of the 21st century landlord class
How to compete in this cutthroat industry we call fashion by building a brand with meaning and humility.
In which I wrote another essay on the train, zipping from the South to the North of China on a pilgrimage to seek a master.
In late March 2020, the pandemic was beginning to grip the Western hemisphere. A few…
Some time ago I wrote an essay regarding the initial considerations you should mull over…
It is hard to believe that Shangri-La exists as an actual place. Unlike Yunnan’s other…
We have to come to terms with the ugly truths on how the world is run before we can determine our purpose in life
As fashion is becoming more fashionable, especially through the rise of visually-driven materialistic social media,…
A couple of weeks ago, I had a dream that I could still recall clearly.…
Contemplating destruction and decay while walking around Shanghai’s old neighbourhood
Prologue Four months ago, I embarked on an ambitious journey to design ROSEN-X garments I…