baby... its COLD outside?!?!?!?!

yearly, when i made my way back to singapore for my year-end holidays, i would gag and gape at the women here that seemed to think that 25 to 35 degrees celsius temperatures warranted winter raiments.

maybe because of the christmas decorations in singapore that cause delusions of wintry climates?

~photo from sparklette

or the christmas jingles like that of below, that have now been replaced by chinese new year ching-chong-chiang?

i remember when i still used to live in beijing, towards the end of the year when the northern hemisphere starts to freeze over, the winter garb would make its way on my racks, and how even though i really adore winter getups, in those frosty temperatures they really do serve a functional purpose.

back in Singapore, on an average, when December hits, the temperatures are decisively lower than that in June... and it might even be forgivable when thick bomber jackets and trench coats are worn in the offices when the air-conditioning can be icy... 

but when i encountered the following... i really wasn't quite sure...

~photo by blowfish, 5th January 2009

the dress itself baffles me.  it seems to have came with a ragged dishcloth of a scarf. 

and even though the colour combination is as simple as it could get, the tree trunks on the border of the dress bottom seems to have extended beyond into her legs as exhibited by the opaque leggings and black boots.

for the not so colour co-ordinated, the following definitely caught my attention...

the fried hair, tight denim 2-piece, saggy triceps, chequered stockings & white mid-calf boots. 

i kick myself for not getting a clearer shot as i was leaving city plaza on the 4th January 2009, with temperatures which i believed averaged 30 degrees in the evening. 

i wasn't sure if i was baffled by her boldness at her age which i estimated to be in her late thirties to mid-forties, to be in this attire, until my friend nudged me and told me that we were very near geylang, the undisputed red light district in Singapore.

and how when i showed the-smelly-one the next picture, the-smelly-one immediately remarked, "she looks like curtains on legs".

showing bra straps, unflattering dress, mid-calves boots 

i would have to say the dress and revealing bra straps spoilt everything, and she looked really stumpy even though she does look like she has really nice legs.

or the following "girls" in the following apparel and were making their way into a particular chicken rice restaurant along River Valley.

~photo by the-smelly-one, 4th January 2009

those boots above would be perfectly gorgeous perhaps in New York or Shanghai now, but even as an avid boots lover myself with over 10 pairs in my collection, i could not even dare to imagine wearing mine in this humid and hot climate.

and what was up with the whole hoodie and boots assemble on a warm, balmy evening? some sort of uniform perhaps?

so remember baby, in Singapore... it is CERTAINLY NOT COLD OUTSIDE!