Sunday 21 October 2012

Digital Fashion Week: Day two line-up and day one highlights

What a whirlwind. Day one of Digital Fashion Week is over, my live presenting debut is ancient history and we're into day two.

Arriving at the venue early just made me more and more nervous. Watching as the red carpet got laid out (soon to be soaked by a tropical thunderstorm from hell) made me double nervous and then watching the TV cameras roaming around sent me into near panic mode.

But the awesome Yvette King (who is presenting live backstage coverage) helped calm my nerves, as did the whole crew producing the Google+ hangouts and to be honest, once it got under way and I could get down to talking to the guests, the nerves just melted away.

And what a day. It was an honour to talk to the likes of Thomas Wee (who revealed he is taking in Digital Fashion Week but doesn't have a website), JR Chan from -J-A-S-O-N- (who revealed an interesting story behind the name of the label in our chat) and the lovely Pauline Lim from Pauline.Ning (who also revealed why her label has a different name to hers)

So the scorecard from the first day of an amazing event goes a little something like this...

andrej pejic at Digital Fashion Week
The beautiful Andrej Pejic takes the 'Blue Steel' challenge backstage at DFW. Photo borrowed from the super talented Lenne Chai of Aetienne http://aetienne.net/

Positives:
  • The designers and the collections - so many beautiful things
  • The great comments and interaction from people
  • Sophie Sumner and Andrej Pejic are super nice in real life
  • Patricia Field's outfit and endless enthusiasm
  • Seeing Andrej Pejic on the catwalk wearing a Singapore label
  • The whole cast and crew who made me feel much less nervous
  • Seeing myself presenting and interviewing on screen
  • Getting to change outfits a lot AND wear Singaporean and Asian designers
  • My co-host Yvette King who is fasting becoming a fashion BFF (lots of girly squealing and flapping of hands over the amazing clothes on display) 
  • Lots of very hot guys running around and smiling at me
Negatives: 
  • The weather - it rained non-stop for about two hours. And in monsoon season, that means some damn serious rain!
  • My pronouncing Keith Png from Hide and Seek as Keith Pang...sorry Keith :-)
All in all, it's been an amazing experience and I'm almost a broadcast veteran now haha! I'll blog in massive detail once its all over and I can catch my breath. Until then you can catch up on my previous interviews on the Digital Fashion Week website Video on Demand page.

Rana Wehbe-Flinter and Yvette King at DFW
Yours truly and co-host Yvette King backstage at DFW probably discussing shoes. Photo borrowed from the super talented Lenne Chai of Aetienne http://aetienne.net/

Bonjour Singapore and Pauline Lim from Pauline.Ning
Me with Pauline Lim from the label Pauline.Ning - great to interview her. Photo borrowed from the super talented Lenne Chai of Aetienne http://aetienne.net/

Sophie Sumner at Digital Fashion Week
The beautiful Sophie Sumner is on my interview list today. Don't miss it. Photo borrowed from the super talented Lenne Chai of Aetienne http://aetienne.net/

Models backstage at Digital Fashion Week Singapore
The 'Blue Steel' contest goes viral at Digital Fashion Week. Photo borrowed from the super talented Lenne Chai of Aetienne http://aetienne.net/

You can also catch the live interviews, backstage and runway shows on the Digital Fashion Week live stream. Here is today's line-up.

1.30pm: Live from Digital Fashion Week Singapore Tze Goh backstage, featuring Yvette King and tiny bit of me!

5pm: Digital Fashion Week Singapore – Tze Goh Spring Summer 2013

5.30pm: Google+ LIVE Interview (by me!!!) with Singaporean designer, Tze Goh

6pm: Live from Digital Fashion Week Singapore Eugene Lin backstage

7pm: Digital Fashion Week Singapore – Eugene Lin Spring Summer 2013

7.30pm: Google+ LIVE Interview (by me!!!) with Singaporean designer Eugene Lin

8pm: Live from Digital Fashion Week Singapore OwnMuse backstage

9pm: Digital Fashion Week Singapore - OwnMuse Spring Summer 2013

9.30pm: Google+ LIVE Interview (by me!!!) with Singaporean designer, OwnMuse

9.45pm: Google+ LIVE Interview (by me!!!) with latest America’s next top model winner Sophie Sumner

Catch us EVERYWHERE!!! Here's how:

Youtube: www.youtube.com/DigitalFashionWeek
Website: www.DigitalFashionWeek.com
Google+: www.gplus.to/DigitalFashionWeek
Iphone app: http://bit.ly/T4Pkz2