Written By Jo Yee When it comes to fashion, Malaysia hasn’t always been known to be the most daring. With society obsessing over the next plagiarised bag more than fresh designs coming from emerging designers, Zuusaha is one brand that shakes up the atmosphere with an aim to create a new niche within the market… Read more »
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Why Spooky Wet Dreams’ Politically Driven Album Matters In This Day And Age
Written By Aida Rashid Picture Credits: Yung Meraki/Faiz Zaharuddin Gone are the days where mouths are shut and hands are tied in obedience to the wealthy and the filthy. Now that we are embraced by a political accord that wouldn’t make its existence known if it was not for the change we all made on… Read more »
SevenCollar T-Shirt Return To The Music Scene With MURDER
Written By Aida Rashid After almost a decade, Malaysia’s favourite alt-grunge band, SevenCollar T-shirt (SCTS) is back with a long awaited album release — marking this one their 4th record to date. Co-produced by Jeffrey Little & the band themselves, MURDER is said to be their most promising & comprehensive release yet — as it… Read more »
Shurén Projects Steps Up The Game With Machine Made Collection
Simple, is what best describes Shurén Projects, and with their new ‘Machine Made’ collection only serves to accentuate the thematic further. The new menswear capsule for the holiday season explores on the “perceived harshness of machine made garments,” all the while employing the best techniques modern technology can offer in order to construct wearable pieces for… Read more »
Meet The Malaysian Band That’s Making Shoegaze Pop Cool Again
Picture by Azrul Zainal Written by Aida Rashid Hailing from Cyberjaya or what they’d call as a ghost town, Youth Portal are Ikram Hakim, Zaki Aryoseno, Asyraf Zamli, Aimaan Syamim and Ysfin Tazky — your quintessential boys next door who survive through the post-Strokes era as they make shoegaze pop music cool again. More importantly… Read more »
KL Major: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Written by Yim Kian Seng The first ever major of the year and the first ever major hosted in Malaysia has just concluded, with mixed results. Let’s take a quick look at what went down at the KL Major and what we thought they did right and wrong during the course of the event. Picture… Read more »
Good Times Debut “Calm Oasis” Collection
Timeless Utility Simplicity. Most often the hardest to achieve after subtracting all the unnecessary complications during the process, and Good Times has sought just that in their design ethos, and their debut collection, ‘Calm Oasis,’ wholly reflects the thematic in a very calm, and subtle way. The ‘Calm’ in ‘Calm Oasis’ is the emphasis of… Read more »
Aina Abdul Debuts New Single Titled Shadows
Channeling Yuna and Jhene Aiko In Her Style Written by Aida Rashid Aina Abdul is no stranger in the music industry, having entered the national prime reality television singing competition, ‘Mentor Legend and was the first runner-up of the show with the guidance of Malaysia’s Queen of Rock, Ella. She is also internationally-acclaimed as she… Read more »
Local Accessory Makers BEHATI Collaborate With Hatta Dolmat and Kittie Yiyi For New Brooch Collection
Written by Jo Yee Homegrown brooch brand, Behati launches a limited collection named “BEHATTIE” in collaboration with local designers Hatta Dolmat and Kittie Yiyi that’s a bit Gucci, and that’s no bad thing. Both designers sport bugs to be their signature spirit animals for their brands which is highlighted through the arthropodic elements in this… Read more »
Jeff Staple Remixes The Staple Pigeon Suede
Better, Or Worse? All in the midst of heat releases, PUMA has tapped longtime collaborator Jeff Staple for another sequel to the Pigeon collab back in 2013 and more recently, 2016. The story of the Pigeon is an interesting one. While we don’t usually encounter with pigeons here in Malaysia, they’re ridiculously ubiquitous in… Read more »