Nectarine

soda pop

2009-05-07T20:45:00.004+08:00

Faceted sodalite rondelle with flower caps, I love this too, so refreshing.$(s)15

Mangosteen drops

2009-05-07T20:38:00.007+08:00

Black gold amazonite rondelles with flower caps, they look like mangosteens to me.i love this! $(s)15

Flower power

2009-05-07T20:17:00.005+08:00

Glass bead flowers , sliver ball, sodalite with flower cap and silver chains one of my favourites!$(s)19

jelly

2009-05-07T19:19:00.003+08:00

Square filigree, faceted aventurine rondelles, golden sheen obisidian rondelles.$(s)23

leaves aflutter

2009-05-07T18:32:00.004+08:00

Gold leaves, obsidian, faceted aventurine and carnelian rondelles.Very quaint.$(s)19

Tiger eyes

2009-05-07T18:20:00.003+08:00

Flat ovals of tigereyes with sliver chains, subtle and elegant.$(S)15

Fannntastic

2009-05-07T18:11:00.003+08:00

Faceted Carnelian rondelles, citrine and green quartz teardrops flank a fan filigree centre piece. $(s)25

Chunky candies

2009-05-07T18:05:00.004+08:00

Delightful colours of amber and rose quartz topped with with a gold leaf and star.$25

Sodalite delight

2009-05-07T17:52:00.004+08:00

A charming bracelet with faceted sodalite rondelles capped with flower petals , sea blue quartz faceted squares and silver stars .I love the colours of these.$(s)25

Squirreling

2009-05-07T17:39:00.005+08:00

Very delightful cute squirrel with faceted citrine and green quartz flat teardrops.$(S)25

locket love

2009-05-07T17:25:00.006+08:00

Silver locket may hold a treasured picture or other trinkets.
Interspersed with faceted mixed amazonite and sodalite rondelles.
$ (s)35

Got to clear stocks to make room for new

2009-05-04T00:13:00.001+08:00

All fish bags will be going at $ (s)36.
Catch them before they swim away!

Rosy Posy

2009-05-03T22:16:00.000+08:00

Rose quartz,obsidian beads,silver balls,shell and turquoise beads. Pale pink balls with the subtle glow of obsidian stands out with the blue flash of turquoise.$(s)12

Turquoise drop earrings

2009-05-03T22:11:00.000+08:00

Drop earrings of delicately curved lotus turquoises. $(s)10

Turquoise Rush Earrings

2009-05-03T21:54:00.000+08:00

Turquoise beads small and big with an amber nugget as a highlight.$(s)18

Peachies

2009-05-03T21:48:00.000+08:00

Cream and Peach coloured agate with black quartz and goldstone drops.Gold and silver chains set off the peach and quartz colours.$(S)18

Grapes Galore

2009-05-03T21:46:00.000+08:00

Green drops with silver balls.$(s)18

Carnival

2009-05-03T21:15:00.000+08:00

Plastic speckled beads ,orange crystals ,metal foil bead and gold filigree come together to give a very fun look.$(s)29

Circle of crystals

2009-05-03T21:14:00.000+08:00

Glass beads and crystals sitting in gold circles.$(s)25

Dazzle Frazzle

2009-05-03T21:11:00.000+08:00

Iridescent crystals with plastic beads and silver filigree square. Dazzling! $s(27)

Speckled blue flower

2009-05-03T21:04:00.000+08:00

Speckled beads with flower filigree. One of my favorite pieces.$25

Black Mistress

2009-05-03T20:52:00.000+08:00

Black quartz and gold stone give this necklace an edgy yet elegant look.$(s)30

Juicy olive

2009-05-03T15:49:00.000+08:00

A chunkier piece with an olive jade nugget. Flanked by goldstone and black quartz rondelle. $(s)35

Candy empire

2009-05-03T15:45:00.001+08:00

Rose quartz with tigers eye and amber.
I love the colours all put together just like little candy drops!
$(s)35

Green black delight

2009-05-03T15:31:00.000+08:00

Gold fan filigree with black quartz ring ,cubes, discs and gold stone.Very elegant with subtle flashiness.
Another one of my favourites. $(s)35

Peaches and flowers

2009-05-03T15:14:00.000+08:00

Peach Agate with shells and gold filigree , this piece gives me a very summery yet elegant feel, one of my favourites.$(S)29

Moon jellies

2009-05-03T15:02:00.000+08:00

Silver filigree with moon jellies - like beads
$(s) 29

Summer fling

2009-05-03T00:01:00.000+08:00

Multicoloured rush

Mix of crystals , glass beads , quartz and shells.
$(s)32

2009-05-02T23:26:00.001+08:00

Necklaces

An exploration into the realm of Gothic Victorian

2008-06-22T10:40:00.001+08:00

This was a collection I did for our final year graduation 2007. For the 4 years of school and before that I was fascinated by Victorian, Elizabethan and other garments of eras long gone. After that Goth came into the picture and got incorporated into my ideas . This collection was an expression of this fascination. To some people it speaks only of goth, to some people it speaks of Chanel (!) but I like to think of it as a mix and it is really up to people to interpret things in their own way influenced by what they have experienced.

The shoot was an exciting process and I had a great model in my long - time friend , Liru who was very professional and compliant and a very amazing photographer Jonathan so enthusiastic and easy to work with as well as a very helpful and accomodating makeup artist Cherylynn.Thanks to them all, I was very happy with the entire shoot.It was rather stressful, trying to think and decide what kind of look did i really want in the end, the mood, the style of photography, the make up, everything had to fit. Goth can very easily turn tacky and cheap and I had fears of that coming true.But thankfully,I loved the end result.

We took so many photos but here I have put up only a select few.Please enjoy and also feel free to comment.

Liru wears a corset top of cream and black polka dotted jacquard with netting overlay laced with cording at back. Her skirt of palace silk and black netting with a waist band trimmed with lace.

Liru wears a dress of cream polka dotted jacquard , trimmed with lace at the neckline, velvet ribbon at waist and a black netting over lay for the skirt.

Her turn shows off the skirt's volume.

Liru wears a White jacquard jacket with a mandarin collar and pearl buttons over the dress.

The jacket is worned open.

Liru is in an off shoulder cream polka top jacquard blouse with a paplem. Her pants in black polka dot jacquard with pleats.
I wear the layered skirt as a tube top and a pants of khaki and black jaquard with pintuck details. See below for close up of details.

Full view of the outfit, I love the way the light is captured here with the sun setting behind her.

Liru in a panelled corset of cream polka dot jacquard and black flowered jacquard with cording lacing at back.Her circle pants of black satin with a lace overlaid waist band.

View of the lacing at back.An empire cut damask jacket with pleats from the renaissance era, a lace shoulder panel and a 3- panelled sleeves with ruching .This is my favourite piece of the collection.

One of my favourite shots.
Another of my favourite shots .
As we walk into the sunset together , till death do us part .

My favorite photos were all the ones we took together as they seem to speak more, seem to be more filled with emotions.

Jonathan was more a portraiture photographer but I saw his work and liked it, trusted his style and sense of aesthetic, this was his first time at fashion photography and I loved the outcome. I wanted something more emotional that told a story, rather than just a regular fashion shoot. And his interest in portraiture in capturing a person's personality through photography accentuated this. See more of his work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonkk/ .

Red dot - June

2008-06-01T12:46:00.001+08:00

Geelafour will be at Reddot museum's MAAD bazaar this June on the 7th and 8th from 11am - 7pm.Do come down to check us and the other very cool stalls out!

Accessories

2008-06-01T12:14:00.000+08:00

Click on the photos to enlarge them.
Earrings

Bags

2008-05-19T15:57:00.000+08:00

Click on the photos to enlarge.

Customisation

2008-04-09T13:04:00.001+08:00

Some people have made comments on the size, strap etc . If you have something in mind that I do not have on sale, it can be customised. I do not have anymore of this black and cream polka dot fabric, but my prints are still available.I have a wide variety of other fabrics though, so if you have something in mind, lets discuss!

Yay!

2008-04-07T12:45:00.001+08:00

Our 10 day long participation in WOW Bazaar ended yesterday. I am so glad!It has been a tiring experience but also very fulfilling and exciting.It was a good chance to see what the market was like and to see who our potential customers were. Every one was so kind and so good to talk to , there were also some who volunteered some suggestions on how to improve our bags. Thank you all very much. We will take note of your comments!Please feel free to add on more!
We will be at Maad in June.
If time permits, we will also add on more things! Garments this time? :)

Thoughts on the entire process

2008-04-03T13:19:00.000+08:00

When we first decided to do this WOW Bazaar, I was very stressed, to have to produce enough to sell over 3 weeks while having a day job was simply tiring to even think about.
It was a learning experience and I did this production line style with my own datelines.I had helpers of course! Thanks to all who helped me!

Did all my drafts in 1 day.Tracing all linings the next. Cut the Interfusings and traced them. Got the bags fused with some help. Prepared the bindings and sewed thatonto the pockets, Sewing all pockets onto the linings. Prepared loops for the bags (Cut, trace, fuse interlining). Print all the bags in 1 day (we slaved from 3 - 11pm , the morning was spent experimenting with mixing the paints to get the color i wanted and playing with the screens to get more ideas).Attaching all the crystals and rhinestones and finally attaching the lining to the bag, sewing up the lining and top stitching the bag. In between various parts have to be ironed to get a nice finishing.Multipy that by 17 bags.Divide that by about 3 weeks.MInus of the time i needed to work on sats!And also the time spent looking for all the stuff i needed - cording ,fabric, rhinestones etc... It was a race against time. Right up to the night before the event starting , still sewing and sealing and top stitching.

For anyone who has even done screenprinting, they would know its not difficult but very tedious. The washing part in particular to ensure the screen does not clog. I brought in a drawer of water (yes i used a plastic drawer) , filled it with water and place it under my working table.The squatting up and down to wash the screen each time you used it was..enough to make your head spin.I think i might have developed leg muscles from doing that the whole day.

I was very happy when i completed the bags and was astounded that i had the discipline to do all that! The last time we did our final collection for garments (for me 9 pcs + another 5 mock- ups) of 5 sets for our gradution we had 4 months to do it.And we had to get our name cards ready and get the website up and all. I am amazed it even happened!

Even though we are not making any profit ..yet anyway!But what matters is people like my stuff, so that is an incentive to go on doing more stuff.

Whats next? lace? deconstruction? or?...any ideas?? hahaa :)

Gratification

2008-04-03T13:02:00.000+08:00

I just realised that this is the debut collection from Nectarine! From the bag line anyway. This is exciting! I am so happy that people are actually willing to pay for my bags and find them cute.
We often hear people who stop by gush about how cute the prints are ( OreaDuffy's work included). It is very gratifying because we really slaved over the bags , staying up late to complete them.Even if you did not purchase anything from us, we are happy that we brought some cuteness and sweetness and happiness into your life for that short moment. :)
I hate to say it, but i do think the fishes are cute, in a "duh" kinda way. As 1 lady said, they make you laugh, in a good way that is.

My personal style leans towards the elegant side, but I do like cute things. Hence this collection is a mix of that. Actually i also enjoy contrasting rather than matching things. My fabric is elegant but slightly cute because of the dots. And the fishes add the further cutness. I favor the cream color . People have voiced concerns over their cream bags getting dirty.

Washing instructions
They can be washed .
1. Turn them inside out to prevent the rhinstones from dropping.
2.When ironing into shape, do not iron the rhinestones.
3. Need further tips, please feel free to email me!

OreaDuffy and I have begin thinking of new ideas for our next collection, and it might just be clothes this time.

Drop us an email if you wish to be kept updated!
Thanks for reading and visiting our site. :)
With sooo much thanks.

Our Stall

2008-04-01T12:48:00.000+08:00

Our Stall, a nice photographer took this for us.
Our bags look quite cute I think.

Wow Bazaar at Cityhall Basement 1

2008-03-28T13:12:00.001+08:00

Oreaduffy and Nectarine will be at raffles city basement 1 from 29th March to 6th April ,opening hours are 11am - 9.30pm. We have a booth selling our bags in conjunction with the Singapore Fashion week.

All out bags are hand made, hand printed and are 1 design per piece!

Do come down to check out what we have slaved over!

All bags come with a felted fishie that you get to choose. Your fish can be pinned on the bag and interact with the other fishes on the bag!

Red Dot

2008-03-13T13:14:00.000+08:00

A dress made out of green chiffon , might make a lining for it though the initial idea was to wear it over a top and jeans or over another dress.
some accessories I made.

Didn't have any time to put up photos of the merchandise at Red dot on 1st March with my gila mates . We are " Geela- four "

Just some photos here, will try to put up more later!

Fishy bags!

2008-03-13T13:04:00.000+08:00

The black fabric side, its actually a polka dotted jacquard fabric.

my Little felted fish!
This is the cream polka dot fabric.

My fish prints!, Made this as a sample and will be making more! The bag is acually reversible and can be used on either side.

Nectarines and Mochi's

2008-03-09T12:18:00.000+08:00

Nectarines NECTARINES AND MOCHIS! All on a hot day!