An Interview with SUPERSWEET.org

So I was recently approached by the assistant editor, Tiffany Tondut, of SUPERSWEET.org to do a post about Supersweet. Of course I was glad too because I really did fall in love w/their site. But rather than do a regular post, with me explaining how much I love the site, I asked if I could interview the founder of Supersweet, Choltida Pekanan. I was granted the interview, and this is what was produced:

SD: How did you come up with the idea for Supersweet.org? Why did you choose to create this site? How did Supersweet start, and how did it evolve over time?
Choltida Pekanan: SUPERSWEET was originally started in Thailand by my then partner Note who runs a very popular [club] night called Dudesweet[more information about DudeSweet here] and me. It was meant to be a supplement fanzine for the night but then turned into a printed magazine. At the same time I started the website in English and Thai so we could keep doing more current things like album and gig reviews in London. Eventually we called it a day for the hard copy and the London team continues on. That's when we had the big revamp for the site in 2007. Now we have the visual and editorial directions we've always wanted.

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Band of the Month:
Animal Collective
on MySpace &
on Supersweet
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SD: Some of the main topics of interest on your site are Music, Fashion, Art, Television, and Games. Do you feel that all of these topics are somewhat related, or influence each other? Why or why not? How did you decide to focus on these 5 topics?
CP: Of course they do, I've always been interested in people's lifestyle but everyone's different so I mold it around my friends' and mine [lifestyle]. I thought these were wide enough topics for me to cover our interests, our everyday things from a voyeuristic and appreciative approach.

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SD: How do you scout content for Supersweet? Is there something specific that you look for, and what is it?
CP: All the writers and photographers are encouraged to pitch for article ideas and take on projects that they love to do. Nothing's contrived here, we all have fun doing it and you can tell. Even with bands, they have their own ideas to come up with things, like say a cookery show or a mini school play for the TV section.

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'This Trumpet in My Head'
fashion editorial
on Supersweet
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SD: What are you goals for Supersweet.org?
CP: Perhaps I shouldn't be so honest, but I don't have one. If we're approach[ed] for a business loan, I'll think of one then. This doesn't mean we don't have directions, but nothing should ever restrict what we want to and can do with it. I feel that if we're focusing on achieving that goal, we'll never take time to notice the other possibilities. I like to leave room for fate and good accidents.

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SD: Do you have any advice for people who want to break into the music/fashion/art/television/gaming industries?
CP: It's all one creative industry to me, you can always jump from one to another, so I have a general one - do listen to people's advice against something, but you should always try it anyway as long as it's not deadly, you need to find out for yourself. It sounds stupid, but it's always more valuable in the long run when you learn things the hard way.

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"Silent World"
Photography by Micheal Kenna
Featured on Supersweet
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SD: And finally, are you doing what you love to do?
CP: Absolutely, SUPERSWEET is THE excuse to do what I love to do, full stop!

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Supersweet is definitely a unique site, and i've yet to come across a site that blends Music, Fashion, Art, Television, and Gaming. Quoting the assistant editor who first emailed me, this site is definitely, "[. . . ]a place for the extraordinary, the strange and the ambiguous, the fabulous, the ugly and the downright weird[. . .]". Which may have just been what attracted me to the site in the first place. Because I definitely feel that fashion is exactly how she describes the site. I definitely encourage anyone and everyone to check out the site because I definitely feel that there is something for everyone: Supersweet.org
And huge thanks to Choltida Pekanan for taking the time to answer my questions.

[all graphics/images from SUPERSWEET.org]

yow the neck!!

So I was over at The Cut on New York Mag, and they mentioned something about the Paris Men's Fashion Week that I totally missed. Scarves! (though to tell you the truth, the week of Paris' fashion week, i was stressed as hell over school work so i didn't really pay attention to it). There Fucking awesome!!!! Some of the looks I might try:

Lanvin:

Givenchy:

Hermes:

Miharayasuhiro:


Dries Van Noten:

lately i've been hating wearing a scarf b/c i never know what to do w/it. But this has given me some new faith in scarves. Hopefully they'll produce something that'll make me look like a piece of hot ass (ahm i'm single if anyones asking ;])

all images from The Cut

ALEXANDER WANG FOR THE MEN!!!!!!

So their's a possibility that Alexander Wang will design a men's collection for Spring 2010........uhm..............
..........HELL YES!!!!!!!
Ever since i saw his womenswear line
i've hoped that he would put out a menswear line
here's hoping that i'll be walking around New York
sometime soon
and i'll run into Alexander Wang
and he'll let me nick some samples off him
;]

info from The Cut
& from Style.com

Chanel Couture 2009

So i'm assuming that everyone saw the photos from the Chanel Couture show online somewhere. If you haven't, GOOGLE IT! it's amazing. Though i gotta say, i'm a bit disappointed. I love you Karl, and your creations are freaking genius, but...............WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you couldn't spring for black models?!?!?! I'm not saying this b/c i want some diversity on the runway, i'm saying this b/c come on! if your gonna do a white/white collections w/really intricate detailing, why the hell would you pick a pale as hell model? if he would have selected black models, the details would be seen so much better. To tell you the truth, the first time i went through the photos i didn't get it. I didn't see much of the creativity, I had to look at the detail shoots to really see the splendor of the detail. Anyway here are some of my favorites:

Gorgeous Overall Outfits:



Splendid Headpieces:






Amazing Details (that would look better on a black model, just saying):

images from Style.com

2 of my favorites from Milan

Milan was disappointing. Filled w/black black and black. and i love! black so for me to say that it was too much black, is pretty surprising. 2 collections did stick out to me though. Vivienne Westwood, and D&G:

Vivienne Westwood Fall 2009: Milan

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D&G Fall 2009: Milan









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i loved Vivienne Westwood mostly b/c it was different to me. there are things that i would love to wear in that collection, and i know if i wear it, it'll cause people to stare(b/c i'm a attention whore like that) and i realy like the leggings w/holes in them. in the photos that i show, i would wear everything in them!
as for D&G i'm sorta just in love w/their band jackets combined w/the ripped jeans and formal pants. so now i'm gonna look everywhere for a band jacket, cause i really, really want one!
hopefully Paris will produce more things that i'll fall in love with! Paris Men's FW starts today!!!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!!!

CK ONE HAS THE BEST FUCKING AD IN THE WORLD

Busy Busy Busy

i've been so busy with random stuff this weekend that i totally forgot the men's fall 2009 milan shows. i just started looking at all the collections. and so far it's sort of...uh.......boring. one of the two things i'm totally obsessing about right now is from the Burberry Proprsum F/W '09 collection.

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i love the two tone thing going on w/the first jacket. and the maroon (?) inside of the second jacket is soo surprisng when i saw it i gasped. maybe b/c it was one of the few things of color i've seen. or maybe b/c i want it soo bad right now haha.

Some Junk I Wore

This is sorta something I threw together. Last minute. I don't really see it as something all that special. But i wanted to show off the leather jacket i stole from my dad, and to have a reason to use Poladroid.

leather jacket stolen from dad; blue cashmere sweater; black jeans; gray & black converse

The blue cashmere sweater isn't really my favorite piece of clothing, b/c of the fact that it stretches sooooo much and soooo easily; but, the sweater is unbelievably soft!!! and it was very cold that day.

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i've decided that i'm going to try to follow my editorial calender as closely as possible, but i'm going to look at it as more of a guideline rather than a set schedule that i must follow. post are going to be based solely on whether or not i have the time to make them.

dang it hurts

okay you ready?
brace yourself
brace yourself for the shitty thing i'm about to do
...i have to stop blogging
it hurts me to say it
because i loved blogging.
i may update periodically
like once a month
but it's just to hard to keep up w/blogging
and be able to handle all the things i have going on in my life now
i recently noticed that i have a lot of obligations i have to fullfill
and i can't fullfill my obligatins
and blog
so i have to give up blogging for a few months
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i'll still read blogs
and comment on them
i just won't be able to blog myself
ciao mi amor

not enough hours

i hang my head in shame
it hasn't even been 2 weeks yet
and i've deviated from my editorial calender
so much to do :[
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i haven't found the time to take any outfit pics
(may have to settle for mediocre bedroom pics)
and i wore something nice on my first day back to school
if things are going to persist as they have been
i may have to change my editorial calender a bit
changes will be announced
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Muse: Royalty

So considering my last inspiration post was kinda gold heavy (2 out of 3 whatever!) I kinda felt that my muse would have to be royalty. i'm really kinda in love w/intricate designs with a lot of pieces. case in point:

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some of these images seem to be a bit far fetched in terms to pertaining to 'royalty' but i choose all the images based on detail. If you enlarge any of the images (er..minus a few) you'll see that each of the pieces have a lot of detail in them. I love the opulence of some of the images i choose. I think all of the images that i picked really exude a sense of affluence.

Inspiration: A Fresh Start

AHHHH!!!!!! I can NOT believe that it's 2009. It's so scary. I remember when it was 2006 and i was starting as a Freshman in high school. Now I'm ending my role as a Junior and starting my title performance of a Senior. That scares the sh*t out of me!!! I'm still trying to figure out Junior year, and it's almost over. Regardless of my fear of finality(or rather, the fear of the beginning of the finality) of something i've been doing for 11 years, I'm confident that 2009 will be a good year. For one I'm going to SPAIN!!! in April. And i'm going to get my MacBook in 2009.......granted there is a huge posibility that I'll have to buy it for myself, but I'm not complaining, my parents are paying for spain, so it's the least i can do. 2009 looks spectacular right now, but i'm grateful for 2008, because it brought me soo much independence. Anyway, on to the Inspiration of the Day, it's a bit slim, but i've been obsessing over these three images for the past 3 days:

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i go back to school on the 6th. and i've got so much homework to do.