Lady Qomash: Handdrawn Art Shawls

I am always seen wearing a Lady Qomash brand shawl. I own no other brands for shawls asides from Lady Qomash, and own all basics and printed shawls - square and rectangular. My favourite collection is the Hydrangea collection - you can see me wearing them at least once weekly.

Have you heard of Lady Qomash? If you haven't, you need to know more about this unique brands. Founded by Liyana, an artist with arts and illustration background, LQ was a pioneer brand in Malaysia to produce shawls with prints that was hand-drawn, before it was digitally scanned and produced into fashionable apparels.

 
Clearer photos of the Hydrangea Pink shawl.

What makes Lady Qomash so special is all the art pieces are painstakingly hand-drawn. During it's launch years (2016 onwards), it focuses on shawls (square and rectangular), to provide elegance to the modern Muslimah wear and boost confidence, making you glow and your day shine. LQ was also the first to focus on beautiful florals, especially Hydrangeas. Only now, the Malaysian fashion scene is bursting with hydrangea inspiration.


All Lady Qomash shawls are high quality, undergoing stringent quality checks to ensure there are no defects, especially "wonky" shawls, which are more common amongst some other brands.

To purchase the Hydrangea Pink, visit https://ladyqomash.com/collections/new/products/hydrangea-pink-collection-1

View the full print and collection at their website: https://ladyqomash.com

Address:
J-18-1, Jln SS 6/16,
Dataran Glomac, 47301,
Kelana Jaya, PJ, Selangor, MY

Opening Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM

Tel: T: +603 7499 7332

E-mail: hello@ladyqomash.com

49. recycling

Everybody has big dreams. Fancy car, fancy house, fancy wedding, and so forth. This year I was eligible to "contribute" to my country and pay taxes. So I started rounding up all the receipts I had spent this year to organize for tax rebates and reliefs.

I'm not much of a saving person; I'm ashamed to admit I'll spend the money until my account is dry. When I started analyzing why I was barely surviving, the two main reasons why I was hemorrhaging money was because I spent too much on food, and retail therapy. I spent way too much on food. Let's assume:

Breakfast: RM 1.30 (Iced coffee) + RM 3 (whatever fatty food there is =.= ) = RM 4.30
Lunch: RM 6 (mixed rice/noodles/whatever)
Dinner: Usually between RM 10 - RM 20; let's average it to RM 15

So on average, I will spend around RM 25 for food, daily. If you times it by 5, I spend around RM 125 for food on a weekly basis during working days. On weekend, it's even worse. You know, you're out with your friends, you're spending on coffee, pasta, sushi, all the expensive things. 

On average, I spend approx. RM 400 - RM 500 on food/month!

Isn't that insane? I swear, when I move out of my current place (which doesn't have a countertop/gas stove), I'll move somewhere where the prerequisite of any eligible house will be to have a countertop and gas stove. I'll save so much more cooking at home.

I also spend way more on retail shit than I should. I don't even wear half of my wardrobe anymore. I usually wear the things I have bought within the last year or so.

Top: F21

After analyzing my finances, I decided that I needed to conserve and recycle my wardrobe, if I ever wanted to purchase my dream house, or dream car. So far, I've worn the top in the OOTD above thrice; pairing it with leggings, jeans, and a skirt on various occasions.

I also spring-cleaned my wardrobe a while back, and chucked all the clothes I haven't worn/too small/out of fashion into a plastic bag, thinking I would either donate it or sell it off online...

Then I discovered H&M was doing a promotion:-

Isn't that a great idea? For every bag of clothes you bring in, you will receive ONE 15% discount voucher for an apparel? It's not much, but at least you swap in like five pieces of clothes you don't wear, which is collecting dust and mothballs, for a voucher, and you can spend it on a new item? I love it when fashion does something like this. Why are they doing this?

All H&M stores in Malaysia accepts this barter trade system. You can find out more info at http://www.hm.com/my/longlivefashion#path=1.1.2&transition=10&duration=500

So get rid of wardrobe clutter, get a voucher, do your part for the environment, and all while you're doing something you love: shopping! Get it, girls!

3. diamonds and sparkles

I love sequinned/glittery/sparkly dresses. Granted, that you need a super toned body and cool haircut to pull off the intricacies of such a dress. But if I had that much money and haircut I don't think I would have given a damn on how I look. How amazing are these FARAH KHAN dresses?

L. amanda, rm 4749 (my favourite). R. hilary, rm 3682.

L. kathleen, rm 2700. R. michela rm 2951.

Completely gorgeous and stunning, i hope to see them on more celebrities for more exposure. I would wear any of these dresses with nude pumps, hair slicked up in a messy chignon and diamond studs. simple and elegant. Those are from the Farah Khan collection [source].

P.S. I am proud to add that she is a Malaysian-born designer :) Much like our Jimmy Choo.

Cheap things + little gestures goes a long way.

I went to my mom's new house in Putrajaya today, and it seems to be a really nice neighborhood. There are no fences, everything is open air concept. Thieves would probably have a ripe picking, but I do not think they will attempt it as police surveillance is medium, and all the neighbours are the types you see from The Stepford Wives.


The back of the house. You can walk your dogs here or whatever.


The neighbour's awesome porch. It's a really nice place to relax and drink tea after work.


My mom's gorgeous dining table!

He came over the other day to the house, and I was utterly thrilled to find this at my dresser when I went into my room. Such a small present but it really warmed my heart! I used to be the girl who did not like flowers, thought it was an absolute waste to buy something that eventually would rot anyway, but I guess it is different when it is from someone you have given your heart to.


<3

Typical shisha session we had at this new place called Damascus Gates which was good the first time, but it sucked so much the second time round. Bleurgh. The architecture is very fanciful, though.










Scary cat lady.. Only joking, this is Sha.

Lunch at Kenny Rogers in Times Square. Man alive! I love chicken.


My three sidedishes. I loveloveloooove their potato salad, and this is probably the only place where I don't like the chicken much.


The bf's plate. The pasta thingy was horrible, eurghhh. Sorry baby, my three sidedishes were way better and slightly cheaper!

I found these two cheap tops I purchased in Times Square; yesss I admit, I'm a cheapskate when it comes to clothes. I would rather spend RM 100 on 5 dresses than RM 100 on a single dress from a "high end" store. End of the day, you only wear it less than 5 times, they are both mass produced, and it's not like people even see your label. Working in retail for close to two years made me realized; no matter the brand name, they all are usually made from China or Mexico, with cheap fabrics.


RM 19; approximately USD$ 6/ UK pounds 3.39


RM 25; approximately USD $7.36/ UK pounds 4.46

*according to University Currency Converter

It has been raining heavily for the past few days. I love curling up in bed, the warmth of the sheets enveloping me and him sleeping next to me. The skyline is blurred and foggy, all you want to do is bake warm cookies, the smell of home wafting in the air, and sleep.



Getting ready for a night out, I discovered my mom's old boots. How wrong I was, eight years back, scoffing at her boots and its lack of style. My feet have grown and though the boots are slightly too big, I am in love. It reminded me of Alexa Chung and her stick thin pins plodding around urban cities with boots, she looks amazing!


Almost 9 years!


Her boots.


Short and stumpy me!

I bumped into my cousin whilst shisha-ing (a regular daily thing now, my lungs will be smoked out by the time I am fourty). I was thinking to myself, why is that girl squinting at me. Then she and I broke into a grin, recognizing each other's familiar face.


Yes, she is the one pointing a "gun" to my head.


Amir and Dennis contemplating chinese poker.


Stainless steel and Moroccon tea.


I love this orange wall, it's a perfect colour to do shots against.


The fluffy pink pipe. First I have ever seen of its kind in Malaysia!

And that concludes the wonderful night I had. Will be visiting this place soon (Damascus Gates, Jalan Damai, Ampang - look out for the one with a big yellow sign).

Vultures wait to strike.

It is so hot in here, my iced frappucino melts before I can finish it. The fan blades swirls and rotates 160 something degrees, but in this warm temperature, it's just a second of bliss for hours of hotness. Dunkin Donuts of a certain branch is too damn cheap to switch on their aircon in this heat, customers enter to escape the maddening weather but all they have is a low budget fan, to share between nine people sitting on their faux leather sofas.


Lunch at Ampang just now with him For 80 cents per piece, these little fried thingies are a taste of heaven on earth.


Souppp! It was hot but this stuff is so delicious, you cannot resist.


I wish we could wear like this in this weather. Or this country for that effect. But it's just too darn hot. (Topshop). I thought it was a skirt at first but in truth it was glittery shorts. Kind of like a ballerina's winter in Russia. Sighhh.