First off, our tremendous bad for MAYSAA getting overwhelmed by traffic.  We sort of passed out with so much love and attention, but now we’ve had our smelling salts and come round, we’re back on our feet.  And because of that dizzy spell we’re extending the sale another day!

And so to my last pick of the sale.

No.1 Stripe Cropped Cardi

It’s deliciously comfortable, made out of cotton modal, and a great coverup for warm weather.  The fact that it’s cropped means you can wear all sorts of fancy stuff underneath and have it peek out.  I love it, a lot.

Was £24 NOW JUST £15 get yours HERE

no.2 Kimono wrap maxi dress

OK, so I didn’t go anywhere that would warrant me in my finery (the bank. I went to the bank).  So instead of getting to wear my pick of the sale today, I’m showing you rememories of a video I made once upon a time, and a girl wearing it far far better than I could.

Was £45 NOW ONLY £35 go get one and make your own rememories HERE

Proper photo by the ever wonderful Emilie Muller

No.3 Pleat Front Wide Leg Trousers

Reaching a momentous moment right about now.  3 days left of the MAYSAA SALE and half way through my creme de la sale. These palazzo pants, a.k.a. Pleat front wide leg trousers are in at number 3 (I feel like I sound like I’m on Top of the Pops, like).  These are a couple of sizes too big and rolled up for styling effect.  Wearing different sizes gives a whole new ‘hang’ on the body.

Was £39 NOW ONLY £29 and you can find them HERE

No.4  Open Front Jumpsuit Maxi Dress

Want a jumpsuit and a dress, how about a dress that thinks it’s a jumpsuit. Deal?  I remember being sat at my desk sketching out a jumpsuit and then erasing lines until this appeared.  Suitable for equator-weather-friendly layering. The skirt is lined an’ all.

Was £65 NOW ONLY £45 get yours HERE

No. 5 Jersey Maxi Dress

So please excuse technology for not allowing me to post this yesterday, but here it is.  The LAST 5 DAYS of the MAYSAA SALE and me picking between my ‘children’ for favourites.  I’ve had to console myself by thinking not which is my favourite? but what do I want to wear today?

The first is one I wore yesterday, I wore it yesterday because I’d been inspired by a wonderful girl I’d met at the Reflections event.  She looked stunning in it, and my head was telling me ’see this is why you design’.  Because the first thing I noticed was that she was (and she is) beautiful, the second was ‘holy crap that’s my dress’. (see how pretty)

p.s. I think I’m still on a 90’s kick judging by the colour editing.

To say a big thank you for supporting MAYSAA this past year (an incredibly exciting and wonderful year), and in welcoming another I am cordially inviting you to a SALE.  Apt since I’m rediscovering all the MAYSAA pieces I left here in Malaysia and still getting the giddy excitement as I did when I first stole them off my dress form (pins and all) to parade around my (conversely, very unglamorous) apartment in.

While writing this I was absentmindedly singing Sleeper // Sale Of The Century… The 90’s were kind of great.

Once upon a time in Malaysia, we shot for the MAYSAA scarves.  If you’ve ever wondered what happens if you (a.k.a. guy with camera, a.k.a. Faris off of Ikanpaos Kolektif) film all access, and then you (a.k.a. I) edit it into just under a minute of behind the scenes footage, well wonder no more.  This is exactly that.

Continuing thanks to Faris, Bibo, Daya, Shareeta, and the rest of the gang.

I hope you are all happy in the newness of another year.  As timezones catch up and we’re all stood in January feeling a little perplexed that a year of much goings on has lost out to a year where anything could happen.  MAYSAA has some newness that is slightly alluded to in this picture, though more shall be revealed soon. Resolutions or not, this year, stuff will happen people!

p.s. Thanks for all the lovely birthday messages yesterday.
p.p.s. Malaysia, I’ll be with you in a week.

Music // Sleep Tight – THE YOUNG FRIENDS
myspace.com/theyoungfriends

Shot and Edited by // Ahmad Faris of Ikanpaos Kolektif

Photographer // Bibo Aswan
MUA // Daya Yunus
Model // Shareeta

Wardrobe // Maysaa – get yours here

Our other little video, 30 seconds of creative outpouring from various talented individuals.  Big thank you thank you to The Young Friends for the track.

The reason I love denim is texture, indigo in varying degrees of come-off-ness (it’s a word).  I actually like putting jeans in the wash, it’s quite exciting seeing what’s faded, where colour has given out to creases and seams.  It’s also a great carrier for most any other fabric, so you can get a bit lost in textures and print and have it look interesting rather than a big old mess.  Having said that, when it’s (and it sometimes is) done wrong, it can be a little tragic.  But if you’re going to experiment, it’s a good place to start.

I own three denim shirts, two of them are vintage, all of them are mens.  Hardy stuff is denim.

p.s. Bonus points for spotting the lyrics in the title- subtitle. Minus points for me for copying.
p.p.s. This was from a set of styling test shots which is why I am utterly un-madeup. That’s the for why of my pallor.