End of Season

Spring Summer is ending.. which means many boutiques be having sales in order to make way for Fall Winter collections.


and the first to kick start the end of season sales is Melium group as their sales has started since 16th June . Melium group members are entitled to extra discount of 10% for the first 2 days. Though i only visited M Boutique for Men since i have restraint myself from entering other boutiques as I know i would be too tempted with their offers and most likely I would blow the money that i have been saving on unnecessary stuffs.

Anyway their Spring Summer collections discount varies from 20% to 50% depending on the brands. As for Comme Des Garcons Play, none of their stuffs has any discounts. I pretty much bought everything I wanted from them already so i am anxiously waiting for their Fall Winter collection now.

So here is what I got from their awesome sale a high quality D & G v-neck t-shirt with super cool tiger graphic , which made from Italy for only MYR330 from the original price MYR625, with 30% discount and extra 10% discount because i am Melium member plus with my extra MYR 30 Melium group voucher that i received from purchasing a CDG Play Collar T-shirt for MYR 695 without discount (Made in Japan) . This has to be the bargain of the year for me, i am so happy and excited.

Aww the tigers are so adorable .. Feline frenzy just like Kien Koh of Men's Folio Malaysia pick in their latest issue.

For this T-shirt I dont have to flip the label out since they already stamped D & G at the back.

I look alpha as hell with this tiger t-shirt

It looks well with my green Y-3 by Yohji Yamamoto green cotton twill chinos. Actually i prefered grey (like the one showed in New Man magazine Malaysia) or black unfortunately those colors are sold and only left with white. Its not that I dislike white color its just that I am a clumsy eater who eats like a barbarian..

Club 21 sales will begin later in 24th June in case you guys have anything to get from Club 21 boutiques better wait for their sales or you will end up in regret.

Fashion Show

Last wednesday I attended a closed door event from Melium Group that I was invited to. It was a mini fashion show that was held in Casbah , Mandarin Oriental. The fashion show showcased new collection from M Boutiques and Hit Gallery. Guests were given free flow of food, wines,champaigne and cocktails. I myself had 2 glasses of Cosmo.

This is the entrance where you sign the guest list (exclusive because its a closed door event), the bar is situated underground. I was impressed and shocked that most of the Melium Group employees recognized me and know my name! impressive since i just recently frequent their boutiques.

This is their bar

The girl on right is a model, they went around displaying their products, guests were also allowed to talk to the models as they walk around.

I might get this one the next time i go to M Boutique. Maybe next month because I just bought a Giorgio Armani t-shirt before I went there, it is by far the most expensive t-shirt i have bought , more pictures about it at the end of this post.

5 preview it is a very interesting brand with designs cue taking from other designer brand logos.

so flat

The picture of the crowd, spot me if you can. The guy with the vest carries a Giorgio Armani ,glad to see another young Giorgio Armani buyer. There was many socialites that I often sees in magazines.

The guy sitting with suit he has a very nice suit from YSL (Yves Saint Laurent) , he wore it with a YSL t-shirt. I sat beside him without saying any words because I was too shy to socialize!

and lastly the picture of me (I am wearing a t-shirt from GF Ferre) with Dato Farah Khan, Creative Director of FARAHKHAN & President of the Melium Group. She wore a very nice dress with feathers or fur i am so sure but it looked very good.

It was an enjoyable event, I was very happy to be invited to this event and hope that I can attend more events like this in the future.

Also prior to the event I had a haircut at Centro in KLCC. Quite disappointed because I wanted to try the MYR 120 normal hair cut for men by their creative director but I think that might require appointment? because only their lowest hairstylist was available for MYR 60. But it was a good haircut i receive many compliments later for my new hair lol. Also I manage to get myself a cool t-shirt from Giorgio Armani for just MYR 1200. This is the first time i paid full retail price for a Giorgio Armani stuffs , they are just way too expensive to pay full retail. This will also be my most expensive t-shirt i ever bought even more expensive than Gucci's collar t-shirt. (collar t-shirts are always significantly more expensive than t-shirts) .

I just cant help myself and have to buy it because it think it has a very cool design which look great for casual wear, but this will be the last time i buy any casual shirts for more than MYR 1k . As I mentioned in my previous entry I need to save money for something special, so Ill just stick with cheaper diffusion lines for my daily and casual wear.

They have new cool paper bag

Giorgio Armani T-shirt MYR 1200 (Made in Italy)

The label inside that tells Made in Italy and size . You must be thinking no I did not wear the t-shirt with the label hanging like that when i am outside, i must be hanging the label for the blog shot purposes..

Nope you are wrong i actually wear it like this all the time!

Diffusion Line

Recently I have cut down my spending on fashion, as i am currently saving money for something special (still a long way to go sigh) .. but of course I cant totally put complete halt from shopping. I have to help contribute to the economy by spending! furthermore I surely need to refresh my wardrobe (cant be seen wearing the same clothes twice right?) . An obvious choice when I was looking for more affordable, casual and streetwear fashion stuffs I would go for Emporio Armani, the diffusion line of Giorgio Armani as getting casual wear from Gucci,Giorgio Armani and the likes are getting way too expensive for me. However I've been disappointed by Emporio Armani's collections not only in term of designs but also in price and quality. Their lower end commercial stuffs are uninteresting in designs, lacking in quality and also overpriced compared to other diffusion lines. Their ads campaign and higher end stuffs however do have better quality and are made in Italy. But that comes with a price, which would defeat my purpose going to Emporio Armani. Emporio Armani stuffs that are equivalent in price (as in shirt to shirt , jacket to jacket) with Gucci and Prada its a no brainer that I would choose Gucci and Prada over a diffusion line and being in Malaysia, Gucci and Prada are the mainstream designer labels.

What is Diffusion line? diffusion line is a cheaper line that aimed at younger audience with fashionable , funky and more street styled designs made by Fashion Houses.

example like

Just Cavalli by Roberto Cavalli
Emporio Armani by Giorgio Armani
D&G by Dolce and Gabanna
CDG Play by Comme des Garcons
Y-3 By Yohji Yamamoto
GF Ferre By Gianfranco Ferre

Although all of these brands do not have their own stand alone boutiques in Malaysia (except Emporio Armani) , Melium Group that brings us Tod's,Ermenegildo Zegna,Hugo Boss,Aigner and many more has brought these brands under their variety boutique Hit Gallery and M Boutique (for men & women).

Hit Gallery is located in KLCC has been around for quite some time , carries not only diffusion line brands such as Just Cavalli,Galliano,GF Ferre and D&G ,a brand based from John Galliano which is the former creative director of DIOR that was recently sacked from DIOR and his own fashion label Galliano for his anti semitic comments in a cafe in Paris.

M Boutique is separated by 2 , M Boutique for Men and M boutique for Women. They have wider variety of brands from Boss Orange, Fred Perry, 5 Preview,CDG Play, Y-3 , C`N`C, and just like Hit Gallery they also carry D&G, Galliano and Just Cavalli.

And so as Emporio Armani kept disappoints me, I have tried to explore other diffusion lines and ever since I found out about M Boutique and Hit Gallery, I have never looked back(well at least not until Emporio Armani can give me better offers) . Apparently they are not only cheaper, but they also comes with superior quality. Their quality is comparable with other full line designer labels stuffs , the only thing they are lacking is the "made in Italy" label which is totally fine to me as these are just casual and streetwear stuffs for casual wear.

So here are the stuffs that i recently bought from Hit Gallery and M Boutique for Men. Also I am now a member of Melium Group , just Gold membership that entitles to 5% discounts . (for club 21 to become Premium Member you need to collect over 30 thousands points within 2 years no idea for this one). Discounts are not stackable with normal discounts. But for Melium Group you are eligible to be upgraded to Platinum Membership with the total spending of over RM5,000 in a single receipt on non discounted item.

my recent purchases from them are :-

Just Cavalli V-neck long sleeves t-shirt from Hit Gallery MYR 695 (Made in Greece)

GF Ferre T-shirt with buttons on shoulder from Hit Gallery MYR 425 (Made in Turkey)

Y-3 Jacket from M Boutique MYR 1150+ with 40% discount (Made in Indonesia)

M boutique's paper bag

Just Cavalli long sleeves t-shirt

GF Ferre diffusion line from Gianfranco Ferre

It has cool 3 back pockets

Compared with my similarly priced EA7 Jacket (Made in China) this one is superior in quality from the zippers to the inside. But both has unique and cool colors.

lol not really a diffusion line but this is something I bought recently at the Gardens. My first purchase from Hugo Boss! Well I am not really a fan of German brand.. that could explain why this is my first and only purchase from them so far ,but in the future we will never know.