Taste Of Malaysia

Date:14.10.2008
Location: Shangri-La Hotel, Shanghai

"Taste of Malaysia" was a fashion show introducing batik couture, hosted by the Consul General of Malaysia in Shanghai, collaboration with iKarrtini Malaysia.
About 15 students from the Malaysian Student Association of Shanghai (mostly committee members) were invited to help out with the event. After class that day, we rushed there hoping we're not late but seems that we were rather early...
So before further busy stuff came along, I took some pictures of the settings...

Most of our "job" is to help to jaga & promote the iKarrtini batik that was on sale that day... These are the little booth & some of the pieces... Cantik kan?!


1.MOST IMPORTANT: MUST take picture with the designer & main designer, Pn Kartini Illias~
2.The 2 amcee of the day, wearing designs of iKarrtini with Consul General of Malaysia, En Azmil
3. amcee with another designer of iKarrtini, Alex, a talented person with sweet personality...


Other than the iKarrtini batiks, there's also some other batik-made items for sale at the other corners of the lounge, not iKarrtini-branded though, i think...

Outside the balcony, there's a batik-drawing demonstration. Demonstrated by one of iKarrtini's artist, En Amin Loo... Initially I thought of asking him some question but then found out he can't hear so I just asked his permission to take some photos...


Soon after I finished "scouting" around & took pictures, the guests started arriving & thus the event began. Judging by the looks of the guests, I figured some of them (kebanyakan mat saleh) are consul general or ambassador as they have the leader temperament.
After some meal (Of course got meal lah, Malaysian punya event mesti ada makanan~ *at least most function that i've attended sure got*), the fashion show began~!*WOW, my FIRST ever fashion show*
First, they had a dance performance...

Then the MALE COLLECTION of batik designs...

Did anyone noticed the model in the 2nd & 3rd paragraph has a bit of Taiwanese boyband Fahrenheit's Wu Chun look? （飞轮海的吴尊）... erm... from specific angel lah...
I was basically standing in front of the stage with other professional photographers trying to take the best look out of the models *but well, obviously i am not pro myself & so wasn't my camera & skills*Due to the light setting & the insufficient battery of my old camera, the pictures were a little dim-lighted but still the design shines...

After a slight break, then the FEMALE DESIGN of the batik collection starts...
The model in the first photo look a bit like Carina Lau,刘嘉玲...*at least the few of us on the spot thought so*

And this is MY FAVOURITE of the day *wished that i could have it... :P * Later i found out Alex designed it...

Pn Kartini Illias walking down the runway with her models at the end...

Last but not least, after the guests left... GROUP SHOT!!


For more photos, check out facebook-Taste of Malaysia(fashion show part)
facebook- Taste of Malaysia (random part)
or

I realised I have quite a lot of pending post, so i flipped through my photo folders & realised that though i've posted up photos on this event, I didn't post a blog about it so i'm posting it now...