Fashion Fun Taipei! Lanvin Cashmere Cardigan & Wool Trousers & Dior Accessories At SongShan Cultural and Creative Park

Lunar New Year

Taipei Taiwan

Etymologically, Taipei derived from Tai, abbreviates ‘Taiwan” and Pei “North”in Mandarin and Hokkien Chinese. It’s been always lovely to revisit home city for the family and friends moments. In February, early spring as already arrived at the park: the wind blows slightly chilly at busy streets, the rain drops hard during the midnight, and the plum blossom do not fall far from the trees at SCCP Taipei SongShan Cultural & Creative Park. 

 

SongShan Cultural & Creative Park was initially constructed in 1937 as a tobacco factory under the name Matsuyama Tobacco Plant of the Monopoly Bureau of the Taiwan Governor’s Office (臺灣總督府專賣局松山菸草工場) under the Japanese Occupation until 1945. The factory ceased to produce cigarettes in 1998 for concern over urban planning and the decline in tobacco demand.

 

In 2001, the Taipei City Government redesigned the defunct tobacco factory, converted it into a historic site and architectural highlight with galleries, boutiques and cafés. Together with Taipei Dome, the site is known as SongShan Cultural & Creative Park.

The outfits at SCCP are LANVIN 100% cashmere cardigan in ivory white, with Lanvin 100% virgin wool trousers with hand pockets in bleak black. Made in France, Lanvin cashmere cardigan presents with delicate wool buttons; its feather-lightweight piece is comfy and easy to carry during the weekend trip. 
 
I adore a lot toward straight shaped trousers this season. Made in France, buckle up with ruthenium YKK zipper, presents merely the off-black abbreviation logos. LANVIN ready-to-wear collection shows the design details and consideration of materials still remains at house of haute couture. 
 
CHLOÉ calfskin loafers have accompanied through Helsinki, Tallinn, London, Dublin and now marching toward to Taipei, its matte leather and golden logo design enhance the a rather comfort yet elegant silhouette. CELINÉ cat-eye acetate sunglasses are somewhat futuristic, yet they turn out very stylish to crown on the vertex. Under the sunlight the pair transform into bleak black mode, while it approves olive green hue under the drizzling day. 
 
The Guldknappen Award BY MALENE BIRGER offers both chic and soft personalities from the essence of fine fibers. The long coat with slightly puffy sleeves during the weekend holidays contains 34% kid mohair, 34% wool, 27% polyamide and 5 % of elastane as well accompanies me via Stockholm, Oslo, Amsterdam, Paris and Málaga. The logo By Malene Birger carved on the bleak buttons, bestows the Nordic design of both detailed simplicity and high quality.
 
As for accessories, I decide to go for royal blue and dark beige hues. DIOR Oblique pouch in loads mini-size make-ups and skincare essentials, always being my mini travel must-haves. Its supple touch a pleasure to carry, and the interior lambskin linen can prevent the collision from the surfaces of tube or flask; while pouch can be used as handy accessories and the belt can be mixed-and-match with outfits, which is highly photogenic enough at SongShan Cultural & Creative Park garden yard photo shoots. 
 
TOP TIP 1: Always carry a fine cashmere sweater for the late-night chill on the easy trip
TOP TIP 2: Tuck the sweater inside of rolling-up straight trousers to show the ankles so to reduce a rather puffy silhouette 
 
Special Thanks: Malaysian 

Magazine Madness: Jessie Buckley The Chameleon ELLE USA 2025/2026

ELLE USA December/January 25-26

And the Oscar on the Best Actress of the Leading Role 2026 goes to……

Jussie Buckley. 

Born in December 1989 Killarney, Irish actress Jessie Buckley with musical background studied Shakespearean acting at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and first trod the boards in a production of The Tempest at the Globe Theatre. Her breakthrough role from HBO 2019 limited series drama Chernobyl to 2022 Alex Garland’s Men, Buckley has always been drawn to the language of Shakespeare the Bard, which, a question Buckley is interested in posing, not just through her roles, but increasingly through other modes of storytelling.

In 2025 Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of MAGGIE O'FARRELL's novel Hamnet, it was one of many subconscious moments that made it into her performance. One of the striking aspects of Hamnet is the way it shows how grief can isolate and divide the grieving. Performing William’s wife Agnes Shakespeare, Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal have vastly divergent ways of responding to tragedy and need to find their way back to each other. Jessie Berkeley masterfully portrays Agnes' humble yet radiant maternal role, from her rebellious nature, through the pain of childbirth until the loss of her beloved to the complex emotions of curiosity, confusion, astonishment, anger, listening, understanding, relief, and gratitude in the frame-in-frame scene at the Globe Theatre. 

In 2026 springtime, Buckley is again collaborating with writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Bride!, a reimagined Frankenstein set in 1930s Chicago. On working with female directors back-to-back, it’s not been a conscious priority for Buckley, while the material and women’s singular language as directors have been the most seismically interesting. 

 

Photographed by NATHANIEL GOLDBERG and styled by Alex White, Jessie Buckley on the cover shoot of ELLE USA December/January 25-26 issue is showcasing Ralph Lauren’s silk blouse, reddish scarf and high-waist shorts, with BVLGARI high jewelry and CALZEDONIA tights; as well LANVIN leather coat mixing and matching MIU MIU black dress and bra with PRADA shoes, the dark brunette cut allows Buckley a more of casual but yet still elegant oxford style of presence. 

 

As the collective tones of ELLE USA December/January 25-26 Women in Hollywood issue Jessie Buckley cover playing between the bright red, the off-white and the bleak black, as well echoing Jessie Buckley’s CHANEL gown at the Academy Awards, CHANEL ROGUE ALLURE Velvet Lipstick 00:00 and CHANEL CC logo pearl earrings placed atop, while CHANEL Le Crayon Lévres lip pencil #184 Rouge Intense together with the lip pencil sharpener are displayed at bottom.

N°1 De CHANEL Sérum Revitalisant 5ml x2, N°1 De CHANEL L’eau Rouge Fragance Mist 1,5ml, Bleu de CHANEL EDP 1,5m and CHANEL Quadra Eyeshadow are at lefthand side; while Rouge Allure Liquid Powder #958 Volupté marches toward to ROUGE ALLURE Ink #150 Luxuriant and finally meets #152 Choquant.

As I always love to complete the magazine photography by placing minimalistic rings to highlight the composition, besides my all-time favourite CHAO&EERO Bubble Ring Collection, I add up some surprising hunts from LORWEII PIER 2 ART CENTRE KAOHSIUNG designer’s markets, and with 25-26 holiday issue am pleased to read TEYANA TAYLOR, CHASE INFINITI, RENATE REINSVE, EMILY BLUNT or even JOE KEERY at every page turn. 

 

Further Reading ->

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a69225685/jessie-buckley-elle-women-in-hollywood-interview-2025/

 

Fashion Fun Tallinn! Louis Vuitton Les Bijoux, Le Blouse & le Cardigan avec Malletage Slippers at Tallinn Old Town

21 June 2025 

Tallinn Old Town

Tere hommikust! The raining June still offers the best moment to embark a day trip to celebrate the Juhannus! Booking a daily round trip tickets at ECKERÖ LINE, at 09:00 from Helsinki West Terminal departure and at 11:15 Tallinn arrival, we Taiwanese gang would very much like to discover the never-been-before passages in our favourite medieval town. 

The outfits of the day in Tallinn old town walking tour are LOUIS VUITTON 100% brass studded earrings and capital V necklace, together with Louis Vuitton 100% polyester navy blue former uniform blouse and wrapped around my shoulders with this soft-touch 100% cashmere cardigan with golden brass buttons, plus the 100% malletage patent lambskin slippers to make the symmetrical matching. 

Malletage was originally a hidden detail in the now-iconic LOUIS VUITTON trunks, functioning as padding, With the GO-14 reintroduced by the Artist Director Nicolas Ghesquière in October 2014, this invisible luxury becomes a defining feature. This pair of patent lambskin slippers rendered in bouncy, padded metal plates aligning the gaps in diagonal directions, which the pattern also features a graphic signature of malletage, with a LV abbreviation engraved at the corner of the malletage metal piece, showing the detailed sophistication yet a more subtle totem of Louis Vuitton. 
 
As for the jeans, ZARA Mom’s Fit has been always my essential while travelling on the road. They are easygoing still holding the strong fibers for the outdoor activities. For the accessories, originally a CHANEL silk hairband in off-white with has its black CC logos, now styled as a waist twilly to enhance the rather blueish outfits tone; last but not the least, le sac de Silver Seaside Villa from CHANEL 2019 Cruise collection is one of my best collection to mix and match at the diverse events.  

We dodge the summer rains and scout around the old town to discover the fresh spots for the fashion fun photography. Only right after the SANDRO boutique checking, the building of co-sharing space WORKLAND pops up in our visions, the navy blue iron gate, the lime green paints and the bleak black window bars, mix and match perfectly with outfits of the day. 

TOP TIP 1 Mix and match the High End and High Street outfits to have a more of dynamic vibe

TOP TIP 2 Blueish outfits are perfect to mix with baby pink or off-white colour hues of accessories

 
Special Thanks: Wendy

Further Reading -> http://www.mindyyuan.com/2021/05/accessories-accede-whats-in-my-

chanel.html

Fashion Fun Aalto! Vivienne Westwood Beloved Bijoux & Chic Corset & Hollow Hosiery & Silk Skirt at Promovendi 2025 Aalto University

Black Friday 2025 at Aalto University 

It’s Black Friday, it’s almost midsummer, yet it is Promovendi 2025 School of Design and Architecture at Aalto University. 

To be invited as closed member to attend the ceremony and after-party at Aalto University on June 13, 2025, is truly my great honour. I completely comprehend that the final achievement, simply a piece of paper, constantly requires timeless craftsmanship and experimental spirits to reach the title since I have been through countless dark nights to finish the very page turn, from the methodology introduction to the works of references. 

The Dress code of the ceremonial conferment for invited guest female shall be black gown with length free, preferred high necked, long sleeves, black shoes without headwear nor prominent jewellery. The whole black outfit is never an impossible task for me, while for this special formal occasion, my lust craving for Vivienne Westwood dress has been lingering in my mind since I was informed the code in April. Unfortunately the summer sale hasn’t kicked off yet, the mix-and- match styling ideas has been haunting me as if I immerse in a continued Black Sabbath. 

Inspired by Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne, the outfit of Black Friday on Promovendi 2025 consisting of Vivienne Westwood pink orb earrings, that feature a classic two-dimensional orb, a signature motif of the house, elegantly outlined with shimmering colored crystals, effortlessly merging tradition with the future, and finished in polished gold-tone plating. 
 
In order to match with the golden tone bijoux, VIVIENNE WESTWOOD ANGLOMANIA corset, made in Italy with 76% cotton, 15% viscose and 9% polyester fabric, features delicate drapery at the neckline and shoulders, falling into a structured boned bodice, fastening with black-coloured carved Vivienne Westwood in gothic font buttons. Moreover, the ANGLOMAINA corset equips with wrinkled touch of drapes to wrap around either at waist or tie a knot at the back, to create an elegant still highly Rock ‘n’ Roll touch. 
 
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD 100% silk wrap-around skirt lends the piece a sense of faded nostalgia, complete with three buttons carved VIVIENNE WESTWOOD font in a high-rise waistband, the style elegantly flows into an asymmetric pencil silhouette, accented by a side split detail, which, can be either worn at any direction, for the delicate design of orb logo hosiery in black, I decide to slightly display the right ankle at Promovendi. Yves Saint Laurent 100% silk kimono with golden threads is the great bargain found at vintage shop in Helsinki. According to the design of the label, this 1970s glimmering robe can be worn with mini or ankle-length skirt, ribbed or casual jeans, or even the solo style. 
 
CARVEN 100% black suede high heels with 100% pink lambskin innersole have been my perfect match at any formal occasion since 2017. My favourite part of this pair aiming the suede bowties, that cutely highlight the whole asymmetric hemline of Vivienne Westwood silk skirt, balance the styles into more of chic and cool fusion. 

 

As for le sac at Promovendi 2025, Louis Vuitton LOCKIT I rarely carry it on the road, since this AW 2011-12 collection designed by then Artistic Director Marc Jacobs always holds a special occasion exclusively. Explored the mysterious allure of ‘objet du désir, the padlock of the LOCKIT design, was originally created in 1958 and revisited in a myriad guise.
 
LOCKIT BB collection plays on the juxtaposition of matte and shine in patent lambskin, contrasting its shiny finish with Monogram embroidery in polyester bouclette, with the silver tone padlock and keys, looks deceptively demure but yet really metal rock style. 
 
The whole ceremony takes approximately 2 hours and a half, an hour faster than we expected. The after party is filled with exciting laughter, champagne glasses and fresh strawberries, we proceed our fun photo shooting at Aalto Sali, the information centre till the Baltic seashore. 

As being a proud guest slash AP slash academic researcher, herewith I announce you ladies Master of Arts. 
 
Special Thanks: Ning, Wendy & Matteo 

Cuisine Crush Tampere! Beer Taste & Sausage Lunch at Brewery Restaurant Plevna

June 2025 Tampere Finland

Itäinenkatu 8, 33210 Tampere 
+358 3 260 1200

Morjens! Tampere! Located in Finnish Lakeland, Tampere is wedged between Lake Näsijärvi and Lake Pyhäjärvi, the earliest known permanent settlements around Tampere Rapid, Tammerkoski, were established in the 7th century. In 1775 by Gustav III of Sweden, Tampere was granted full town rights, founded on the lands of the Tammerkoski manor, while its inhabitants, besides being farmers, began to rely on trading and craftmanship earning a living. 

 

In the 19th century, Tampere grew into an important market town, the industrialisation of Tampere was greatly influenced by the FINLAYSON textile factory, founded by the Scottish industrialist James Finlayson in 1820. At the turn of the 1990s, Tampere's industry was heavily focused on bilateral trade with the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991, the industrial town went bankruptcy. In the early 2000, a huge amount of vacant industrial space in the city centre, gradually put to art galleries, innovation labs or even more alluring, the brewery restaurants. The historical interior design of PLEVNA blended with red bricks and exposed wooden beams are among of them. 

 

Invited by the PLEVNA for the beer taste and lunch tryout, the 2 hour and half commuter train trip from Helsinki Central Railway Station merely is a piece of cake. Introduced firstly brief history between Tampere and Plevna, the Germanic area exclusively for OKTOBERFEST standouts a touch of Middle Age: frankly frugal and simply sincere. 
 
Beer Tasting allows us to select 5 various flavours out of 20, in cute 0,2 liter mini glass placing on the wooden board. Medium-dry apple cider beer contains 4,5% alcohol, made in the PLEVNA premises, perfect for the appetizer drink; Honey Sima is 5% alcohol with PLEVNA mead. A traditional fermented alcoholic beverage, made of honey, brown sugar and fructose, lemon and hops, which impart a nice aftertaste. The Medium dry, sugar content is 50 g /litre suitable to match with rather Dark, slightly sweet, Czech-style lager, Tumma, in 5,6% alcohol by producing with fine hops to brew this reddish lager of rich aroma, and quality malt imparts the delicate softness and roundness of taste. 
 
In order to release the Medium-Dry taste, Traditional lager beer TÄHTI III from Tampere, its 4,7 % alcohol contains a touch of Corona Sol while the recipe is from the 1930s. And the golden German-style beer PILS in 4,7 % alcohol contains the slight malt taste, definitely suit rather salty sausage and every occasion.
 
PLEVNA Á la Carte SAUSAGE PAN presents Thüringerwurst, bratwurst and Kraków sausage served with sour cream sauerkraut, tomato, pickled cucumber and creamy smoked bacon potatoes. Thüringerwurst produced only finely minced pork, beef, or sometimes veal, which come the upper part from around the shoulder blades, in addition to salt and pepper, caraway, marjoram, and garlic are used. Bratwurst is mainly made with pork, in comparison with the smoked Kraków sausage, which is made from cuts of lean pork seasoned with pepper, allspice, coriander and garlic, is rather greasy and fatty. The wurst basket lunch team up with the sweet, light and fresh beer selection, surely make our day pleasant and pleased. 

Special Thanks: PLEVNA & ROSANA