Islamic Fashion Week

It’s a grand event of the Muslim fashion. Islamic fashion festival was held at 23^rd June 2010 at JW MARRIOTT, KL.

YM DATO’ RAJA REZZA SHAH was the Founder & Chairman of KL-JAKARTA ISLAMIC FASHION FESTIVAL.

According from him, Islamic Fashion Festival (IFF) was launch in 2006 and this is the fifth year for the show now. IFF is a enormous creativity and enthusiasm from designers locally and abroad which is proof that the Islamic fashion has great potential in the local and global market. IFF plays a significant role in strengthening a dynamic and fast growing market.

IFF has travel to UAE with shows in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, New York and Jakarta. And the next destination they are heading to Monte Carlo and Qatar.

YABhg Datin Seri Rosmah will fully support this journey.

IFF has organized a “One Malysia” showcase featured creations by Malaysian designers from the three different race and cultural backgrounds. There are Radzuan Radziwill (Malay), Albert King (Chinese) and Leslie Variante( Indian).

Radzuan Radziwill

Leslie Variante

On 16^th April, Prime Minister and YAB hg Datin Seri Rosmah’s visit to the United States foe a cultural show which is held by IFF. It was hosted by Hollywood actor/singer Jamie Fox and they will honoured to have top celebrities who included Robert Deniro, Charlize Theron, Leona Lewis and Rachel Roy as the quest at the show.

One if the model that strutted the IFF runway in Islamic- inspired appealers at the showcase was Malaysian-born Ling Tan, a top model in the U.S.

A showcase will be held at the Hotel Dharmawangsa, Jakarta. The two day event will be a display of Malysian top designers Dato Tom Abang Saufi, Melinda Looi and renowned Indonesian Ghea Panggabean, Milo and Samuel Watiimena. This year marks Ghea’s 30 years in the fashion business.

A famous female designer from Malaysia.

For the Jakarta showcase, they will opted for “Cita Nusantara” as their theme. The showcase will feature creative Islamic designs using various traditional fabrics such as Malaysian batik.

After the Jakarta showcase, IFF will have a lot of upcoming show in Monte Carlo, Singapore and Qatar. Great news for those muslim fashion lover IFF will organizes 6 days fashion extravaganza in KL.

Special Highlights for the KL IFF include a show for the public on November 12, the launch of Yajameel fashion magazine and the second Yong Designers’ Award. The award was first introduced at the IFF in 2008 aimed at scouting news talents in the Muslim fashion business. We hope to see more participation from the new breed of designers this year.

“I believe that it is high time that we form an association for Muslim designers. This is in line with our mission to capitalize on fashion as a platform to bring together designers and fashion enthusiasts of different cultures, religious background and race,” Rezza Shah said.

Petaling Street, A Good Thing or A Bad Thing

Petaling Street is a place filled with stalls and shops that sells everything from foods to drinks, clothes to shoes, bags to toys, and many more. Many locals like to shop there because it is cheap but the things sold are fake. Petaling Street is also a tourist spot. Sad to say, tourist are more likely to be cheated because the sellers and owners of the shop will quote a higher price towards tourist then the locals.

Petaling Street

Petaling Street reduces government income in the sense that there are no taxes implied. Government doesn’t receive any income from there. Petaling Street also causes the original manufacturers to lose in profit as many will buy the fake goods instead of the real one. The demand for fake goods will increase while the demand for original goods will drop. This creates imbalanced sales towards the original manufacturers.

Watch Stall

Buyers will not feel secured as what they buy is fake and there will be no warranty. The goods that are sold are normally not in good quality therefore it will spoil easily and the buyers can do nothing about it. They couldn’t complain or demand for a change or even refund because what they bought have no warranty and most importantly its fake.

Clothes

HerStory Film Project

HerStory Film Project is a project by all women non-profitable organization to produce short films that involves around women’s desire, needs and creating a space where women would feel safer and secure with their sexuality to see it as something positive and beautiful rather than negative connotations society.

The five directors of this project have been announced and present during the press conference. The five directors involved are the multi-talented Bernice Chualy, award-winning filmmaker Crystal Woo, thespian Mislina Mustaffa, HerStory co-founder and filmmaker Mien.ly, and, making the directorial debut, film and TV star Sharifah Amani.

Bernice Chualy

Crystal Woo

Mien.ly

Mislina Mustafa

Sharifah Amani

The short filmed produced will be based on stories which have been selected from the thousands of entries by Malaysian’s women of all races, religions and ethnics. The stories are true story on women desires, needs, falling in love, and social expectations. The stories are collected by emails, posts and interviews.

Maslina Mustaffa quoted that, ‘I agreed to this project was not only because i am a women. But also its because i am a human too. This project will be a proof to myself that I exist and that, I, too, have something to tell. And most importantly, that it is okay for me to just be more, as long as I know who I am and where I am from’.

HerStory film project management will also hold workshops about sexuality and using creative storytelling methods in conjunction with the screenings. These workshops also aim to create a platform for women to contribute their stories.

Screening Dates:
1. Kuala Lumpur: 14 October 2010 (Annexe Gallery, 2nd Floor, Central Market Annexe, Jalan Hang Kasturi)
6 November 2010 (Black Box, MAP, Solaris Dutamas, Jalan Dutamas 1)
2. Penang: 23 October 2010
3. East Malaysia: 30 October 2010
(Venues for Penang and East Malaysia to be confirmed)

Our lecture is SUPER WOMEN!

This is our lecture, Ms Eena.
She started teaching last semester and taught us many knowledge about being a PR and Journalist.
Last semester we did a campaign, "Malaysia-Lah!"
Is was quite successful and well-done to us :)

Ms.Eena are working as PR consultant, Artist manager, Journalist and lecture.
Everyone in earth only have 24hours per day.
And sometimes we were wasted 10hours to sleeping, eating, watching tv or hanging out with friends..

But how does ms.Eena managed to arrange her time to work 4 jobs per day?
She will always arrange her time for lecture and night for her family.
Because family are important for her.
No matter how, she always will make it free for night.
Morning will lecturing us, but only for 2 days per week.
So that she can arrange her time to do others job.

What is the motivation that makes ms.Eena always moves forward?
Her aunt. She is so inspired because her aunt is a formal journalist.
Her dad. Her dad always ask her to leaning forward.

Does ms.Eena have anything that impressed or encourage herself when tired and down?
She said: This is our life. Things always change in every moment.
Today can be good but tomorrow might will be worse.
(make it optimism to face everything when it comes to us)

Working as a Malay Mails journalist is doesn't have to sit in the office all the time, can be flexible to plot those various job to fill the time in my daily schedule

She is the role model as a mother, wife in family, as a lecture in college and as a colleague in working area.
Everyone can arrange an enrich day, depends on what you want and how you arrange on it!