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queengilda
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queengilda.com documents the ups and downs of fashion from a fashion designer/student's perspective! a straight-forward and unpretentious (hopefully), frank expose of a designer trying to climb up the ladder in this crazy world we call fashion, and all without losing her own aesthetic point of view.
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how a trunk show could save a designer’s sanity

as the days turn into nights and my big deadline draws scarily close, i’m getting so stressed and have the worst panic attacks at times. after dropping off a pair of my sequined harem pants at ...

11 apr 11

today’s get-up 02apr11 : print-on-prints

  how long has it been since i’ve done an outfit post? for the past couple of years i’ve been feeling like a frumpy, bloated, blimp of old housewife. yes, a direct result of sitting ...

04 apr 11

i took the tumblr plunge

  after much persuasion from a whole lot of people, i relented and got into tumblr. it will be used mainly as a platform for me to upload pictures, videos, quotes etc that inspire me on a daily ...

24 mar 11

Love and Peace 頑張れ日本! Pray for Japan

many of you may know that i lived in japan for 4 years, but my love affair with japan started at least 10 years ago, and besides the time i lived there, i’ve been there on holiday at least 10 t...

20 mar 11

i am not actually dead.

hello hello hello and a happy new year! i am not actually dead. i have been working my ass off, designing, styling, and working as the editor of RightyRightyRight magazine. but, the magazine and styl...

12 jan 11

debuting at debut nyc!

a group of 10 designers from parsons were selected to show their collections at debut nyc, a store in downtown new york. i was one of the lucky ones, and there was a little party to say hi and meet e...

29 sep 10

parsons benefit senior fashion show

you’ve all already probably seen photos of these, but towards the end of april, parsons held their annual benefit show. meaning a lot of people paid a lot of money to watch our designs coming d...

28 sep 10

gr-gr-graduation hallelujah!!

i’d been looking forward to this moment for only about 3 years. i mean, i loved my friends and teachers at parsons, but honestly can’t care less if the school burned down. unfortunately t...

29 aug 10

thesis review: pictures of some of my friend’s work!

as promised, here are some pictures from the presentations of my talented classmates!! i wish i had more and also better pictures, but unfortunately, my fingers and hands were shaking too much to be ...

20 aug 10

takoyaki and curry party at koki’s!!

on saturday, july 17th, i went over to my friend’s loft in brooklyn late at night after spending the entire day with the very lovely fashion hayley from australia! yayyy! haha! heres hayley tak...

25 jul 10

my housewarming party!

it was gay pride day a few weeks ago on june 27th. totally forgetting that it was gonna clog up the entire west village, i invited some friends over for a housewarming party/dinner/drink. there were ...

21 jul 10

outside my window

i thought i’d share with you my view of the sky. i love clouds. and i love sunsets. i guess, i’m a little romantic at heart? HAHAHA. i uploaded some random pictures of the view from my ro...

14 jul 10

LVMH on governors island

a little while ago, the finale to the LVMH x parsons project: the art of craftsmanship revisited, was held on governors island. such a long period of time had gone by since the fashion show that was ...

10 jul 10

4th of july: gotta love them home parties!

i’ve never been to one of those huge public events to watch the fireworks. i can only imagine myself sweating like a pig and getting itchy and painful skin allergies because of the heat, and no...

06 jul 10

random photos

i actually take pictures all the time. after all i have a dslr, a regular point-&-shoot, at least 10 lomo cameras, and of course, about 5 different photo apps on my iphone. so i don’t know ...

25 jun 10

the thesis process

the last year was such a whirlwind. especially the last 6 months. i guess bumming off last winter was really not the best decision i’d made in my life!! i don’t think there are words to d...

23 jun 10

LVMH x Parsons = my first foray as a designer into new york fashion week!

oh hello hello hello, remember me? i must have fallen off your blog radar a super long time ago with my lack of consistent postings. but i really have good reason! for the last few months, i have bee...

26 feb 10

my 2010 goals, dreams, wishlist – the whole shebang

it is about 11pm here in singapore as i type this, and in a couple of hours, it will be a new year and a new decade. i know it’s all cliche and i know everyone’s talking about the same th...

31 dec 09

today’s get-up 18dec09

i know some of you have seen me in several outfits that are meant only for crazies, and yes, sometimes i wear those crazy shits to school. then again, that only happens when i actually get up about a...

28 dec 09

celebrating the holidays back home

hi everyone!! i’m a couple of days late, but merry christmas! how did all of you spend your christmas? was it white? did you eat a lot? did you exchange presents? did you kiss under a mistletoe...

28 dec 09

here’s a christmas present – cold plasma!

thank you so much to everyone who participated in the perricone promo giveaway! a winner was chosen and miss jennifer p, an email will be coming your way shortly. thanks again!

26 dec 09

oh yay! perricone promo giveaway, a really nice $150 value!

i can’t count the number of times i’ve woken up, looked in the mirror and said, “oh great. here’s another mother of zits coming my way.” ever since i first broke out in ...

13 dec 09

bib came to nyc!

my sister, bib, came over to new york for a couple of weeks. it was her first american trip, and it was great but sucked at the same time coz i hardly had time to spend with her! she came with a grou...

30 nov 09 1 person likes this

today’s get-up 29oct09

you know, when h&m and comme des garcons announced their collaboration quite a little while ago, i think i did a war victory dance. not because i’m a huge fan of h&m – i do buy some che...

30 oct 09

Links à la Mode : Our Differences Unite Us

Our Differences Unite Us Edited by Fashion Pulse Daily Coming off of Ashe Mischief’s Independent Fashion Blogger’s Post (Good Cop/Bad Cop: Participating in Links a la Mode), you all broug...

30 oct 09

thesis collection: sketching, fabric choices, and final edits

after all that thinking and narrowing down of the direction and inspirations i wanted to take with my thesis collection and also my market and customer, my next step was the most painful one. doing s...

24 oct 09

testing bloglovin

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22 oct 09

thesis collection: my market and thesis statement

my next step was to think about my customer market, and also write my thesis statement. determining and narrowing down on a market is really important – knowing who my customer is will determine ever...

22 oct 09

thesis collection: how i began my design process

graduation day at bunka the beginning of a design process is always tricky, and it gets even trickier when this particular collection is going to define one’s entire fashion education. i gradua...

22 oct 09

oh look! it’s a totes new layout, yo!

sayonara! after using the old layout for about a year, i have decided enough was enough and that it needed to retire. so i switched things up and here it is!! a friend recommended the thesis wordpres...

27 sep 09

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