The Merry Traveller

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Review of the ASOS Curve Blossom Print Playsuit

Item in question.

You know me. I am like an unofficial ASOS Curve fangirl. Nearly every piece sent me ooh-ing and aah-ing and even if they are less than perfect, I live with it, try to make it work as long as it is not disastrous.

So far so good.

So I was in a hurry to order last week because it was the end of a workday, I was ordering together with a coworker and we wanted to consolidate our orders and just sent it off. The order arrived yesterday (kudos for the fast shipping though). I brought it home today and wanted to try it on. If I actually want to do a review this fast so much so that I took the photos myself at home, it only means that it is either so good I can't wait to share or so bad I had to stop the world. Yes, it's the heroine streak in me.

First thing I noticed when I took it out of the package - the material. The material is cheap and it is noticeably cheap. It is the kind of material I expect to see from a Bangkok wholesale market where clothes are like £5 a piece, not from ASOS, not at £35. Seriously, I can get this type of material from Chinatown or any textile shop at a low cost.

Second thing I noticed as I was attempting to unzip the side zip for the first time, there was a teeny weeny hole right next to the zipper. Now this is a nightmare. If the hole gets bigger, it will affect the zipping of the playsuit. And what's more, this is its virgin unzip. Can you imagine more unzips to come? Not me.

Next, the sleeves. The sleeves are tight. Even with a bit of elastic, it is still uncomfortably tight. It is the kind of sleeves whereby you expect your blood circulation to be cut off after a while and your arms to turn purple-black and drop off.

Next.

You mean there's more?

Discolouration. I have experience with cheap material since I buy from Bangkok ever so often during my shopping trips. I know material like this is prone to discolouration so I scrutinized the playsuit and sure enough, I found a discoloured blossom print. The start of Spring became the end of this playsuit's dream.

How about the fit?

Having owned one playsuit from ASOS and loving it, it is hard to conceive that I'll hate this one. This playsuit is short on me and I am no model height at 5'5. I'm positive my granny undies will have its heyday should I bend over. Because it is short and the material is so thin, it keeps riding up my inner thighs which is superbly annoying and I am just prancing around my room! Comparing it to the Exclusive Vintage Inspired Playsuit, this fit is far less generous and is the tightest ASOS Size 22 I've ever owned. It also broached on my major pet peeve - clinging to my tummy. The bust area is generous though. The only thing I like about this playsuit which the other one also has is the back of the playsuit. It has a button-on strap over the neck to hold the shoulders in place and I just found it cute.

Would I buy it at a fraction of the price, let's say £9 on a major clearance? Not likely.

Hey, how many bows for this piece?

I really find it hard-pressed it to give it even half a bow. So it'll be none. Everything has a first I guess. From the extraordinary six bows down to this. On the other hand, the other two pieces I have from the same order are quite nice.

Labels: ASOS Curve, Blossom, Bowdicts, Playsuits, Reviews

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

OOTD: Will You Be My Valentine?

Well a belated Valentines everyone! I strongly believe that Valetines is not only for couples. When I was in high school, singles would also celebrate it as Friendship day and give each other flowers so we are never really alone. It is nice! Last year this time, I was single and we celebrated by going out for a good meal. Any reason to eat at all is good!

Valentines is a Monday and I had to work and I don't relish the thought of overcrowded restaurants so I went out the day before. My friends asked me to go out for a Sunday morning breakfast and so I did. It was decadent! To be truthful, I ate my day away literally. Morning breakfast and afternoon tea were courtesy of the friends and dinner was with the Boy. I was very stuffed when the day came to an end!

We were at Jones the Grocer for breakfast.

My best friend whom I've known for 17 years now. Shocking!

Her adorable son, so tiny and so naughty.

This little girl ran up to him and molested him all over because he was wearing a tshirt that says "I'm Rich!"

Milk Rocky Road, a combination of marshmallows, caramel and violet crumble and milk chocolate

Valentines, not without some heart-shaped objects. These macarons are made of rose, lychee and passionfruit.

Deep fried towered egg with sauce

Thai food is not without a bowl of sweet and sour spicy Tom Yam soup

Barbecued squid with sauce

Deep fried sweet and sour Garoupa with herbs

All these food and I didn't even showed you what I ate for breakfast! A special mention to my cherry earrings which I adore and spent a long time finding. They looked very real and I have people telling me from time to time how delicious they looked hanging from my earlobes!

Review on the ASOS CURVE Exclusive Vintage Inspired Playsuit:

The moment I saw it, I knew I had to have it although there are a lot of things that I saw and knew that I had to have. First of all, may I say I love jumpsuits and playsuits? They are like dresses to me - easy to wear, no mix and match required and I am really a boy trapped in a girl's body. I tend to hop and sit cross-legged a lot and dresses are sometimes too inconvenient. This playsuit has the most beautiful plethora of colours. I love the flutter sleeves, the neckline of the playsuit, the slightly ruched bodice and to top the cake, there is a lovely cutout behind the playsuit. Now in our hot summer weather, I appreciate cutouts like these to be cool and in all sense of the word, this is a perfect playsuit! When it arrived, the material was thin but I didn't feel that it is inferior because the material is meant to be thin and cooling. The floral prints are absolutely gorgeous and the bottom flares outwards so I can fit into my usual size 22 with ease. The only thing that I did wish for was for it to be a little longer. In its current length, I cannot bend down without exposing my rump for the world to see. But other than that, perfect perfect perfect! Very true to size and a well-loved piece to pass the hottest summer days with ease.

Bowdicts for the ASOS CURVE Exclusive Vintage Inspired Playsuit:

I still gave it a full 5 bows even though I wish it was slightly longer. I think I should have expected it to be short from the pictures on the website.

Fat Aus is also rocking hers here!

Playsuit: ASOS Curve (here)
Green Clutch: ASOS
Elastic Slip-Ons: Charles & Keith
Ring: Topshop
Cherry Earrings: Fred Flare

Labels: ASOS Curve, Bowdicts, Charles and Keith, Food, Gastronomy, Hearts, Love, OOTD, Outfits, Playsuits, Reviews, Topshop, Valentines