My Favorite Sweater

I suppose everyone has favorite clothes to wear. My friend loves this motorcycle jacket, so he wears it like his second skin. I have a partucular disco shirt I'd like to wear all year around, because it gives me such pleasure when I put it on.
I usually wear shirts more often than I wear sweaters. In fact, I didn't wear sweaters at all last year. It doesn't  mean that I dislike sweaters. I've just missed wearing them!
I finally had a chance to wear a sweater tonight. A friend of mine invited me over to his wedding aniversary celebration, and I'd been lucky enough to get off the work early, so that I could attend the party.
I didn't feel like wearing suit and tie, yet I wanted to look adequate and elegant. So, I picked up my favorite sweater.

This is a beautiful piece, and I absolutely love it. It is a turtle neck sweater by Tom Ford for Gucci. If my memory is correct, it was in 2001 S/S Collection.
I have reraly worn this sweater, but I'd wear it in the special occasion like this.

I was wearing this with DKNY cargo pants, Louis Vuitton boots, and a vintage Bristol Leather jacket.

Well, party was all good. I was very thankful for the invitation, I really hope for a great year for him and his wife. 
    

To Become My Own Jeweler

In early post, I complained that it's become hard to find the accessorise I like to wear. I'm not interested in those mass produced accessories. Things I like tend to be too expensive to afford, yet I do not want to complomise my style. So, what can be the solution?

Well, I would design and make my own accessories then!

Therefore, I started taking a basic jewelry making class. That was a 6-weeks-course, and 7 students were in the class. We had the instructor from a local jewelry shop, and she tought us all the basic skills.

Those are basic tools for jewelry making. Hammers, a forming block, bezer rollers, files and  etc... Our class assignment was to make rings. So, we used those tools to cut, bent , and filed metal and formed it into the shapes we like. It was very time consuming and frustrating. Sometimes, it took me hours to file a part!!

This is the picture of the soldering station. We used this torch to solder the parts together. Soldering was the most fun and the hardest part. It could go wrong so easly, but we had to do it right to finish our assignment.

Here is the finished product. I could have done better, but this ring is totally wearble, and concidering this is my first time making anything like this, I am satisfied.
The 2nd session of this class has just begun. I hope I can report what I am working on right now in future post.

Reloaded!

Happy new year!! I hope this is going to be a good year for those who love fashion.
I've taken a long break, for I started this blog with no directions at all, and I was sort of burned out.
End of the last year, a friend of mine called me up and told me that he was still looking forward to the updates on my blog. So, I'm back.
It was properly cold day for a fur coat, so I decided enjoy this cold weather. After I'd had a lunch meeting with my friend, I took a long walk on a local college campus. I was pretty much the only one there, for all the students were still on winter braek. I could really enjoy this moment of silence while I was walking.

People often ask me why I wear fur coats. I can see it's not so common a thing for guys to do especially in the USA. The 1st reason I put on fur coats is I found them very practical and adequate for my style. Fur coats have good wind-breaking function because they are leather, and air warmed up by body temperature stays among the hair thus they keep me warm in freezing cold days. I usually wear a shirt or a t-shirt even in the winter time, so I can really use a fur coat when I have to be outside. Why do I not wear smothing like down jackes? They surely are warm, but they don't have glam!!
I was wearing a vintage pony fur coat, 70's Nik Nik disco shirt, Diesel "Daze" jeans, and vintage motorcycle boots.

I got back home and took care of the things and tasks needed to be done.
I could have a little time to relax later on, so I had a little tea break. I always love to have a good and hot cup of tea, but it tastes the best in cold winter days like this. Sometimes, I live for this moment!
Anyways, "Happy New Year!" again, and best wishes for you all!!