Sunday, March 9, 2014

My Street Style x NUN Bangkok



March is all going to be about collaborations and fashion events since it's already Summer in Bangkok, Thailand! Ha, this is why I love being in Asia due to its lovely weather, great food and generosity of people. However, I'll get my feet back to UK around August/ Septemberish, so I'd better live my life to the utmost here. 

A few weeks ago, I received this must-have top from NUN Bangkok, Thai designer with a passion in street wear clothing line. Personally, I've known the designer of the brand for a while, so we had decided to launch a project together by creating this collaboration in order to push forward "Street" fashion to be more distinguished in online media. It's a great teamwork not just because we are attracted to each other but also me and the designer have something very in common. Therefore, it's super easy to work with her :)

In this outfit, I paired NUN Bangkok top with Missguided skirt and the jacket purchased from H&M. 




1. Tell me a bit background of Nün Bangkok, and the designer itself?

Nün Bangkok was founded by myself, Nün Visitsak and my boyfriend Tom Shigeru Stannard. We met whilst I was studying in London where street fashion strives and everywhere you look, there is a clear sense of style and individuality. After we wrapped up our degrees, Tom moved with me to Bangkok, Thailand where we now reside but our love for street fashion and its charms never left us.
Thailand's fashion scene is extremely different from the London fashion scene in a sense where feminine clothes dominate the streets, malls and workplace. As I have never really been a girly-girl, I sometimes feel a tad out of place in such a feminine world and shopping in Thailand for me is not easy as frilly dresses are not my first choice!
After soul-searching for a couple of years and working in the film industry as a television commercial director, I decided that my true-calling is fashion and that I could never be truly happy if I don't take that risk and jump right into it. I spoke with Tom about doing our own fashion line and he was ecstatic. We agreed that street fashion would be our take on this fashion line, bringing the London street fashion vibes to our designs, incorporated with a splash of femininity. From there on, it was decided. I quit directing right away and we got the ball rolling for Nün Bangkok! 


2. What is the style of Nün Bangkok?
In the simplest terms, Nün Bangkok is minimalistic street fashion. But to look closer into the style of Nün Bangkok you'll see fun touches of femininity juxtaposed with tom-boy elements. Also, at Nün Bangkok, we are not afraid to show some skin! This is not about being revealing, but it's about being proud of who you are no matter what size you are! It's about being comfortable in your own skin, showing off your confidence and really owning your own style! 


3.  Who're the targeted customers of Nün Bangkok?
Our target audience are people all around the world who loves to shop online to find interesting different design pieces from different parts of the world! They could either be fashionistas in their full-bloom, looking to add to their wardrobe with our statement pieces or they could be newbie fashionistas who are looking to explore and expand their own style with our more muted yet fun pieces! 


4. What's your inspiration for this collection?
Initially, we wanted to create an edgy, 'tough-girl-chic' collection that focuses on light fabrics that is comfortable to wear. So we decided to tackle one of my favourite pieces in fashion, the leather motorbike jacket. Because I live in Thailand, the weather here has never allowed for me to be able to wear leather jackets, so we decided to create a 'non-leather, leather jacket'. This piece of ours looks like a motorbike jacket, but extremely airy and light. The body is made of linen, lined with silk, and the sleeves are made of see-through Italian silk mesh, making this piece very breathable! But in colder countries, this piece is perfect as a layering piece!

From that, we decided to make our very first collection in the theme of 'biker chic'. We spent weeks researching and trying to find a different take on the 'biker' theme. Then we found an image of the motorbike engines and thought that it looked very interesting and intricate. We decided we wanted to base the entire collection on the design of the motorbike engine. Our centerpieces of this collection is our 'Engine Dress' and our 'Engine Top'. The slanted lines on these two pieces are inspired by the motorbike engines, and other than making them very unique pieces, the slanted lines also compliments one's figure by elongating one's body and slimming down one's waistline. From there, we decided to make these slanted panels the main theme of this collection, now seen in our 'Lane Splitter Leggings', 'Lane Splitter Bomber' and the 'Burn Out Dress'.


5. How do you plan for the future growth of the brand? 
Right now most of our customers are from the United States and the United Kingdom and in the future, we hope to attract more attention from the Asian market and hopefully open a store front at some point!




Top-NUN Bangkok
Skirt-Missguided
Shoes-Jeffrey Campbell
Jacket-H&M
Hat-H&M



Much love ขอบคุณมากน้ะคะ :)


80 comments :

  1. your hair looks AMAZING love the blue ! the top is really cool love the mesh detail and your skirt - umm can we share ?
    Lauren x
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  2. I love your hair <3

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  3. your hair looks gorgeous like this! and the top looks really nice as well:-) xx

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  4. Love the hair and the outfit so much ! Such a nice blog post !
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  5. You have such an extraordinary style :)
    Great!

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    you're so pretty :)
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  7. Your hair is soooo cute! And love the outfit. Ps. new follower, lol finally!

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  8. Now I want immediately also such a great skirt! You look very very good!

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  9. Love your hair <3
    I follow you :D

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  10. Lovely interview, Gail:) And that Nun top is sooooo you.

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  11. Beautiful pics honey...your hair color is looking fab....:-)

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  12. You look beautiful love the top and hat is a blessing 5o live in asia bangok is gorgeous. Congrats on the interview.
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  13. Amazing look and great pics!

    have a good day!

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  14. Que linda. Amei o look!
    beijos,

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  15. Looking fierce dear, I love everything about this look! xo

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  16. love your had and skirt :D

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  17. Great interview! Your style is absolutely brilliant - you always look fantastic!!

    xx

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  18. Oh I love these pictures and the outfit you're wearing! Glad you got the chance to go to Bankok and escape the Londonish weather! I'll maybe be in Brighton around October (but nothing's sure) and I'd love to meet you there!

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  19. I always say this (but it's always true) you're rocking this look to absolute perfection! And your hair... major girl crush alert on that! So, so gorgeous! Really enjoyed reading this interview too, you're collaborations are always very inspiring and motivational.

    Enjoy the summery days in Thailand & it's all very exciting you're coming back to the UK, sounds like the best of both worlds and I don't blame you for making the most of summer over there, the sun is where it's at!

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  20. Cute hat Gail! This is a great interview. Thailand sounds beautiful, I'm jealous of the sunshine!

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  21. Such a great outfit, that skirt is amazing I can't wait to go back to Bangkok this summer xoxo

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  22. so in love with your skirt! you look extremely cool and chic!
    very nice blog by the way :)

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  23. Hello from Spain: Your styling is very trendy. I like your hat. Keep in touch

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  24. Your hair looks fantastic and the hat is fabulous!

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  25. you look great, I love this hat ;)) and the skirt is adorable ;)

    xoxo

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  26. What a lovely top! A cool brand :D And I loveee your hair!

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  27. I have to admit that I'm slightly jealous it's summer where you are :( Oh, and I love your top X

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  28. Gorgeous outfit and I love your hair! Will definitely check out the brand :) x

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  29. Sounds like a wonderful brand! Love the top and skirt in this look! Great outfit!

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  30. great HAT!
    love the hair too!

    xx.M
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  31. that's an awesome collaboration, congratulations again:) however, I would love to see the top more. It probably looks really pretty as I have seen some on the side.

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  32. Oh my gosh! That skirt is AMAZING! I'm in love :D

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  33. Really cool outfit! Love those shoes and the hat and the hair! wow!

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  34. You rocking babes from hat,hair to shoes. Love your spring/summer look, Haut!
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  35. OMG your hair looks amazing girlfriend!! xx

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  36. This skirt is sublime and your hair looks sensational!

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  37. Thanks for visiting my blog, I thought I'd check yours out! That skirt and those shoes are actually amazing!!
    Your blog is so cool!

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    xx

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  38. love the skirt,so pretty
    keep intouch
    kisses

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  39. love the color scheme of this outfit! and that skirt looks AMAZING on your, really cool.
    thanks for the interesting read as well, best wishs to NUN Bangkok/fashion.
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  40. Cute look ka Nong Gail. Bangkok is the great place for shopping, I just don't like the traffic. UK's moving for you is sounds like fun. Enjoy the rest of your fun time in Bangkok before August :). ox

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  41. Your hair!! Oh my gosh it's so cute! Love it! <3
    (Also I might steal those shoes shhh hahaha)
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  42. Great interview & of course outfit on the Thai designer :)
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  43. Awesome style! I like the hat and the metallic shade! Good interview!
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  44. wow♥ your hair looks amazing!:) cool outfit!

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  45. Such a COOL look !!
    xoxo
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  46. I love the cropped top!!! SO gorgeous!

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  47. I want that skirt! You are amazing!
    xoxo
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  48. Nice photos ;) Thanks for your comment ;) xo

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  49. Loving this look!!! You're amazing :)

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  50. Love your top and skirt so much dear :D

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  51. Love all the photos! you girls did a great job on this shoot! Miss you both so much, can't wait to collab more with you when you return/my trip back to Bangkok! ;)

    Boonya of the arty wardrobe
    xxx

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  53. Great interview! Loving your look here- that skirt is killer and your hair looks fab :)

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  54. ok, i just had to come&comment again to tell you how much i love your hair<3! xx

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  55. Great look! Love it!

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  56. LOVE IT! great blog :))

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  57. nice post
    fun blog
    Love the hat

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  58. Really great look that skirt is adorable.
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  59. i love this look of you so much, your hair is amazing and the hat is so fun yet so lovely♥

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  60. What a fab brand! You look great! xxx

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  61. WOW you look so adorable - your skirt ist crazy lovely - LIKE!!

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  62. how adorable is that silver skirt??? so cool my friend!

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  63. cool hair! love the skirt such a cool texture! xx. gigi. www.gigikkitchen.com

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  64. Stunning look, and I loved the interview. Your hair looks fabulous too! I’d love for us to keep in touch via bloglovin’ or GFC! Let me know on my blog, I’ll be sure to follow back!

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  65. Great post! Fabulous outfit. Stunning look and photos! LOVE your hair!!!! Would you like to follow each other on GFC? Please let me know on my blog so I can follow back. Thank you.
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  66. very interesting combination of colors and textures,I like it a lot :D

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  67. I love the look!! you look gorgeous!
    xx

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  68. Perfect style beauty ! I really love your hat. Very nice interview too :)

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  69. wow, so exciting! Good luck with this project :)

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  71. Love the hat and silver skirt is mesmerizing!! And your blue hair, ah fantastic!
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  72. I love the entire look and the interview was very interesting.

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