THE REIGN OF CYNTHIA

 " You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are? "

CHRISTINA PERRI-JAR OF HEARTS

WHEN I FIRST STUMBLED UPON THE HONG KONG-BORN FASHION DESIGNER'S WEBSITE, I WAS MIND-BLOWN. I AM A GIRL WHO LOVES AND APPRECIATES GREAT WEBSITE DESIGN, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST. THE IMAGE  FROM ONE OF HER COLLECTIONS CHOSEN TO DEBUT AS THE WEBSITE'S MAIN IMAGE WAS CERTAINLY THE RIGHT ONE. LIKE FINDING MR RIGHT, BUT LOOKING THROUGH FILES OF MODELS DRAPED IN YOUR DESIGNER WEAR TO CATCH PEOPLES' EYES AS SOON AS THEY HEAD ONTO YOUR SITE. THE MODEL SITS IN A POSITION THAT EXUDES FIERCENESS AND A I-DON'T-REALLY-GIVE-A-SHVT ATTITUDE, SO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT MOST CHINESE GIRLS ARE TAUGHT TO BE FROM YOUNG. BEING A CHINESE GIRL MYSELF, I REALLY LIKE THAT POSE MYSELF. BUT WHAT GARNERED MY ATTENTION WAS THE SLICKED BACK HAIR OF HERS, THE ICE-COLD, ALMOST BLUE PALENESS OF HER SKIN, AND THE GLACIER-LIKE CHEEKBONES ON HER FACE. HER EYES DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THEY WERE WEIGHED DOWN WITH A LOAD OS MASCARA, LIKE MANY OTHERS DID, BUT INSTEAD LOOKED SHARP, CRISP AND CLEANLY LINED.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A SORT OF UNIFORM LOOK THROUGHOUT HER LATEST COLLECTION.

THERE ARE WIDE-BRIMMED FEDORAS AND RED-AND-WHITE SKIRTS THAT ARE SO ELEGANTLY COLOR-BLOCKED, AND LONG PLEATS AND RUFFLES ADORNING THE SKIRTS PLAYFULLY-AS IF SHY TO BE PATTERNED. 

THE MONOCHROME BLACKS AND WHITES GIVE WAY TO ORIENTAL PURPLES AND REDS.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD'S FROCK WITH A DOTTED, RETRO TWIST.

THE BREAKTHROUGH INTO HAUTE COUTURE WITH ASYMMETRICAL LENGTHS AND CUTS-ALL IN A DAZZLING COBALT.

WITCH-LIKE FOR HALLOWEEN? FINALLY, MOTHERS CAN DRESS-UP.

THE SUBTLEST CROP TOP EVER.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A FEMALE VERSION OF A STORMTROOPER'S UNIFORM.

ORIENTAL-PLUS-MONOCHROMES MATCH YET AGAIN, EVER SO CLASSICLY.

THE ZEBRA HEMMING'S GOT ME.

IMAGES FROM CYNTHIAMAK.COM

OVERALL, THIS COLLECTION IS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN. ONE OF THE MOST REFRESHINGLY MODERN YET FAIRY-TALE LIKE AS WELL. A CROSS BETWEEN DOLCE & GABBANA AND ALEXANDER MCQUEEN'S [A/W 14]. IT'S A COLLECTION SO COLD IT'S UNTOUCHABLE.

THE BADLY TAKEN

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p.s CRITICS REFER TO THE [LAST] LINE: UNTOUCHABLE.