Good morning ladies! Happy weekend is finally here isnt it?
Yesterday while driving to work, I turned up my favourite playlist and a particular song caught my attention. The song is 'Brave by Sara Bareilles'
I have a tendency to download songs that will remind/have a positive impact once I hear the songs. Last year was an extremely tough year for me and this song was one of the few songs tt I kept listening to in order to keep my spirits up. 

Back to the car ride, I often wonder how it is for any curvy ladies to be able to withstand bully and stigma and constantly being joked at just because we are different in size. I get that alot from my slim friends and they kept laughing at me, telling me that it is just a joke and theres no harm to their 'fatty' jokes. I used to laugh it off but now I don't. I will nicely tell them that if they treat me as a friend, they ought to look beyond my physical size and look and TALK TO ME from inside. The real Kayde is NICE and REAL and LOVABLE, look past the size and then talk to me again, will you still say 'fatty jokes' again? I made my point nicely and confidently and often they finally understood what they did was hurtful instead of being cheeky (trust me, most of them do not know that they were being hurtful, they just thought it is funny, but we are better than that, we are classy and magnimanous)

Back to the song, I hope this is in your favourite play list as this song reminds me that in all areas in life, from work to personal to family etc, be brave and tell them how you feel. Even if you do not wish to tell them or explain, be brave FOR YOURSELF, calm your heart and tell yourself that it is okay and you can do better than them. Forgive them as they do not know you and your body well enough. Be brave and face the world again for the time on earth is pretty limited.

Brave by Sara Bareilles Look at her MV here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4

And here goes the lyrics, do take a read! I find it so meaningful...

You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do
And they settle 'neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
Everybody's been there, everybody's been stared down
By the enemy
Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing
Bow down to the mighty
Don't run, stop holding your tongue
Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

Innocence, your history of silence
Won't do you any good
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don't you tell them the truth?

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
See you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you

Everybody's been there, everybody's been stared down
By the enemy
Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing
Bow down to the mighty
Don't run, stop holding your tongue
Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

Innocence, your history of silence
Won't do you any good
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don't you tell them the truth?

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
See you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you

I hope I can send some positive light by introducing this song to you. The next time when you hear this song again on the radio, hum along with it and smile! For you are the brave girl the singer is singing for!
Is there songs that you have heard and find it inspiring? Tell us and we can always share! I have alot of songs in my playlist about reminding me to be grounded and true to myself, what about you? Share it with us! After all, this is a place where we ought to share nothing but good things!

Advertorial: PURE to the Power of Crystals

Hello ladies, 

How exciting! This is technically my first advertorial post for a newly set up business. Pure to the Power of Crystals is owned by my dear friend, Karen and yes, when she asked me to do a advertorial on this product, I agreed! I have been using this special product since she started experimenting (we love it when we are the guinea piggos!) so its been approx 5 months since we have been using it. We got 1 time free trial, the rest we paid for it and has been using it because we love it! This product has since been introduced through word of mouth amongst our circle of friends and seems like they enjoy it as much as I do!

Pure to the Power of Crystals is owned by Karen and is a life coach, who has keen interest in alternative healing therapies and came across this form.
Hence, it was a natural progression (in my opinion) for her to start shifting her interest in 'potion' (i honestly dont know what is a better word) My dear friend here, being her 'everything must be the best she can be' she did alot of homework on coming up with various formulas and understanding the history and the properties FOR EACH INGREDIENT and the next we knew, her first trial batch arrived at my door step. 

For now, she has completed 3 types of 'potion' namely Abundance, Magnetism and Self Love. She will be introducing more products in time to come!

Being in the business, naturally I am using alot of 1st two... So now you will ask me, what has it benefited me and what are the results? Did I really make tons of money after I spray them? 

My answer is: I don't know. 

I honestly dont know how it works and I have no scientific proof to answer (maybe karen has it, ask her!) when Mr Ling asked me one day after me spritzing all over my body on whether if I truly believe in this product and show him the science behind it. I honestly DONT HAVE. But I did realise that everytime before I leave the house and spraying this potion all over my body, I keep manifesting that good things will happen to me and good sales will come because I deserve it for the hardwork put in and that I will face all obstables with positivity. And interestingly, when I stepped out of the house, I really feel good about the day ahead. In business, we literally get ups and downs everyday and it is very important for one self to feel good and feel grounded before we set out to our day to day duties.

Since I started using the spray (I also changed my mindset alot since early this year and I changed my lifestyle drastically) I realised that this spray makes me feel good and confident to step out to face the world again. I cannot explain the theory behind but for me to take a big lap of faith to take part in a prestigious fashion show recently is not my usual 'style' as I will be too afraid. I seemed to be attracting only good things now and even if I don't, I have the capacity to contain the emotion and keep moving on. It has now become a habit and I wont go out without it. I have the 3 blends on my make up desk at this moment and one in my travel pouch. Whenever I feel down, I spray it all over me. It reminded me back to my purpose in spraying it and that is to look forward to new and beautiful opportunities...

And for those who may be keen, I particularly want to introduce self love. It is believed that using the spray helps to give the strength of taking care of oneself and helps to heal the pain of being hurt by others especially negative things said by others... (like the upcoming festive period on why you have not lost the weight or why are you still not pregnant, or why you haven't gotten down to your second child?)

It is very important to understand how special we are and no one can strip us down to our lowest through verbal abuse. I know many girls have this experience and it does pains us to witness how cruel people are towards us plus size girls. Self Love is a good choice to those who wish to make a stand for herself. Everyone deserves to be loved and be treasured yes? And for sel love, there is a nice unique rose and geranium essential oils inside and yes, these top grade essential oils are very pricey and Karen was extremely generous in her concoction..

There is 2 versions of these potions, with alcohol and without and you may ask Karen for more info on the difference and she will be able to fill you up on the details....

So there, now that you have read about my take on the cute 'magical' uplifting sprays, why dont you try it? You may try their small bottles (30ml) first in ala carte form or you may wish to take their promotion pack!

Pure to the Power of Crystals potions are available for sale and doing a Xmas promotion right now, do click on her fanpage and understand more about this product! For orders and information on Pure to the Power of Crystals click here >>> Pure to the Power of Crystals

2015, How I love and hate you...

Been thinking about typing this and really didn't wish to find myself reading this again one day... But Mr Ling reminded me that I need to responsible to people who believed in me and trusted me and the brand. I asked him what are the consequences on this blogpost and all he replied calmly was 'I don't see any consequences at all'

2015.... has been a very difficult roller coaster ride. As much as I try to be positive about it, it does sting (maybe the hurt is still 'raw') from time to time again. Theres just so much to talk about for 2015 and all are squashed up in my brains, hence I decided that I will put them in order for easy reading...

If any one of you recalled 2014 December, I made an announcement that I will pull out from Big Box. This huge investment (for small timers like me) has led me into an approximate of $60,000 debt. I used to be so happy and confident with no financial stress. Well, it wasn't a lot, but definitely not in the red. It was a very painful period where suppliers chased me every week for money and all I could think of how to find money. Mr Ling helped me tremendously ( I really cannot ask for more already, he helped me too much) and was my pillar of support. I did managed to pull through and in 2015 February, I was so thankful that I paid up 90percent of my debt in a mere short 1.5 months.

But happiness didn't last too long. By March, I had to make an important decision as to whether I had to leave Far East Plaza or to venture new space. Mr Ling and I did all the calculation and thought out the risk. I am extremely sensitive to the plus size industry in Singapore (and I work darn hard by doing loads of reading and forecasts) so I KNEW that moving out to Far East Plaza was necessary. I needed to improve on my selection of apparels and products because I knew that my promise to customers on improving Kaylene was way overdued. I needed to make a decision to take another round of painful and tiring round of 'financial depletion in our bank account'

July was the kick off for 38A Seah Street. Remember I barely cleared off the RED zone only in Feb, how am I to produce additional 2.5times of the stocks just to sustain for the 1 month launch? A little info incase you are not aware, our boutique has expanded from 375sq ft unit to a 1772 sq ft space. Can you imagine how much of investments I needed to put in to make sure that I can fulfil customers needs and wants? Again I was back in the RED. Oh my gosh, for someone who has been comfortable with finance to 2 reds in less than 6 months, It was a freaking big deal for me. I couldn't take it, I knew it was necessary but my mind was not in the right state at that point. Mental wise I wasn't in the best shape.

Shortly after, in September, I pulled myself out of this and I was so proud of saying it is time to build up the finance all over again. I was so ready to go and then came an email which I LOVE and HATE so much. Mercedes-Benz STLYO Asia Fashion Week invited me to showcase our work in KL. For those who are unaware, it is a FREAKING BIG DEAL for indie plus size shop like me. Kaylene for the ONLY plus size boutique to represent on the main stage (YES, not small stage) and it is almost every designers dream, and that is to showcase the works to the rest of the world. BUT BUT BUT, I barely recovered from my finance! Mr Ling once again told me that this is something which we will never get a 2nd chance. I thought about how much this project can increase Kaylene's portfolio and bring the brand to the next level. You may say I am silly and theres no need to brand Kaylene at this point of time. But no, in my honest opinion. The whole 8 years journey to what we have achieved this far was only to ensure that there is a value add to all customers. To us, branding is part of value adding to our customers and because of this, I took up the project which estimated to cost $12,000.

During this period, I was diagnosed with 2 things, pre cancerous cells were found and also 'unidentified cells' The doctor told me that I had to do MRI scan immediately and gosh those are a hell lot of moolah. I just kept paying and paying. Yes, I have insurance, but upfront cash first remember? Again, allow me to highlight that I was barely afloat for my finance.. Thank God, the results shown that there was no cancers spread to other parts of my body (I don't really know why he said those) but I needed to continue to fix my pre cancerous cells. Medication and further D and C (some day procedure) is needed.

Today is December that that simply summarised the whole year I have gone through. It is really scary roller coaster and sometimes I wonder why the heck I have to go through all these. But I thought hard about it. These were necessary moves for the better of everyone. It is painful, but definitely for the better.

I had learnt a lot from this years of lesson actually and I am so glad I have realised these despite the crazy stress I have. I have learnt that I have an extremely wonderful team and family to stand by me. I remembered declaring this to my girls just 1 day before the official VIP party, 'Girls, I have $296 left in my bank as of till today. I don't know how I am going to make it work, but lets do it' They told me that they will stand by me and work damn hard to ensure I will cover back all the 'losses' in no time. And they did honour their words. My family is best too, they helped my financially and kept telling me that everything is going to be fine... This is something not everyone gets to hear and I am extremely thankful for that. I also learnt that I have a super wonderful husband who didn't judge me and my decisions. We were so broke once till we joked who has the lesser digits in our bank account. For him to go through this with me, I sometimes find it embaressing to be his wife.

The important thing I have learnt about this 2015 journey is that I am stronger than I think I am. And I tell you, whoever is reading this and going through whatever painful  circumstance you encounter, TRUST ME, you can overcome it and you are stronger than you think. I know my story may not be terrible enough etc, but everyone has their own 'terrible' moments. If I am to compare to someone who is dying with illness, I am considered very fortunate and I KNOW THAT. So to whom may be going through tough times, You are a lot stronger than you think. It is times like this, then you will know how incredible you are. Last but not the least, I found that despite all the financial difficulties I have finally pulled through (yes, I have conquered the debts, well except Mr Lings, give me a few more weeks babe!) we still managed to give back. I know I don't have big budget to do it, but every single bit counts. This year we are not doing 1 but two charity donations (together with friends like Prissy from Pristique Make Up Artistry and Karen from Pure to the Power of Crystals.) It was purely by chance I got a way to help little children in Cambodia! It must be God's calling or something, because the opportunity to give back was through a customer!

So there, this is my 2015. What was yours like? After typing this blog post, I will be preparing myself for 2016 forecast. I am so determined not to go through a '2015' again and I am so going to make sure it wont happen again! For it is time for my staffs to stop worrying for me, anxious for me. For it is time for me to start really understanding what life is all about and not run like a headless chicken.. I am going to make it things change and I know I will be able to do it. So now the question is, 'will you stay with me and ride through 2016 and do you trust that I can make it through this upcoming year?

Before I sign off, remember that you are stronger than you think, more awesome than you believe and more beautiful than you think...

Kayde Ling

New LOGO, New Beginning for Kaylene - Plus Size Designer Boutique

Well, theres been a slight delay...... when I decided to change logo upon moving to the new unit. To be honest, I had advice from a wise lady and she advised me to give the company a fresh start since I am moving to a brand new place! I thought to myself, 'since it has been a tiring 2 years and that I have taken a big jump on this expansion, I might as well follow her advice!"






I really couldnt think of anything that will suit the brand new Kaylene because I didnt know how else I could make the logo look good with a 'hourglass (must be) in the logo' I mean, how did an hourglass has in relation to my brand? I wear plus size apparels! I thought hard about it and decided that maybe a plus size mannequin can replace the hourglass! I asked for approval and the next I know I decided to zoom straight into coming up with a logo with a mannequin...

I figured and doodled, ouuuu mai gosh.. it was tough and I got no inspiration. I was so desperate and that was when I decided to ask for help. I got 2 professionals for help on seperate occasion and it still wasnt speaking to me. There wasnt a nice 'ooomph' feel to it. It was not getting anywhere and some samples here for you to understand why I thought it wasnt 'the one'

 

I was that close to pulling my hair off because time was running out! How can i go to the upcoming Mercedes Benz STYLO Asia Fashion Week 2015 without a logo? I was really stressed out. The name cards, the printouts, the stand up banner all needed a new logo... I was on a brink of giving up when one day it just happened. As crazy as it sounds, it was as though the universe heard my desperation and decided to give me some help! I was staring on my notepad and miraculously I just started to draw....

I was very clear with what I want. I want my mannequin to be dressed in a nice flowy dress because this is our signature! Kaylene is all about flow and sass! I added a globe because I wanted a representation and reminder that Kaylene - Plus Size Designer Boutiquue deserves to have a international presence and attention. The rest were simple, Firm fonts with clean words, clear to read.




With the clear direction I had in mind and approval, I engaged the 2nd designer again to help on making my logo into reality. In the end, I made some final tweaking and viola! A brand new logo has born...

I hope this brand new logo will enhance and have a better representation on the brand. Let's grow Kaylene - Plus Size Designer Boutique and bring her to greater heights! Let her shine bright across the globe so that more will be able to dress pretty and be confident!

Casting Call - Mercedes-Benz STYLO Asia Fashion Week - 4 to 7 November 2015, Kuala Lumpur

Click on image to see bigger picture. Kindly read the criteria.

AND YES, WE FINALLY GOT THE DETAILS!

I recently got back from my business trip and oh my gosh, the response for the catwalk is OVERWHELMING, incredible ladies! Thanks to many wonderful support from Ratna (Adevi Clothing), Aarti (Curvesbecomeher), business friends from Kuala Lumpur, ladies from Kagumi Group, the word spread and yes, there are so many plus size ladies on fire and want to be on stage to make a presence in the fashion industry! Thank you ladies, you are soooo kind and too kind to us! 

The ladies from Kagumi are TOO WELL CONNECTED! They were so kind to introduce me to a celebrity in KL and after exchanging conversations, she would like to hop on and help us out!

I am so thankful for the support and indeed blessed. After a late night meeting yesterday, we have concluded that this event is toooo important to even just 'pick some girls and go'. We need the highest calibre of girls who knows how to be able to handgle hundred of people staring at them while they take on the stage. This casting call is absolutely necessary and yes, from this event, we will be on a lookout for Kaylene's next face as well. Same rule applies for our product shoot model; she has to own the 'stage' and give us specific looks for the product shoot.

For this project, I have been humbled by Cate Lim and Prissy to lend a hand on the casting call. They will be your 'big sisters' for this project and giving you tips and training (we will fly to KL and get trainings there and give back to the selected models) to make sure you will be equipped and ready for the final big walk.

***KINDLY note that for the KL ladies who are keen in this walk, there WILL BE ANOTHER CASTING CALL with a celebrity and cheorographer in Kuala Lumpur. The dates will further announce for the KL LADIES yes?
For those who are keen in taking a bold step, kindly wadsap kayde at 94777028 on the time you will arrive to prevent a sudden influx of ladies and long wait.

Are you one of the 15 to rock the stage in Malaysia for Mercedes-Benz STYLO Asia Fashion Week 2015? Are you the one?

Opportunity only knocks once.... right?

Hello ladies!

Last week was indeed a week of Highs and Lows for Kaylene and myself... 

First:

We had some production issues and I had to make the painful decisions to reject the goodies to retouch on them in order to make sure you girls get the best pieces. Some of the designs will be delayed but we are positive you girls will fall in love with them instantly the moment you see the images.

Second:

My day surgery (it was no incision procedure) went well but the report didnt come too good. I did my crying already and I am ready to embrace what I was given.  It sucked isnt it? At times like this, I am scheduled to do MRI soon and pray nothing more will happen that what I have already found out. Don't worry about me, I am under medication and I have already told the girls to cut down my schedule drastically in order to be able to change my lifestyle. During this period I may encounter fatigue and irrational moods as side effects so I ernestly hope you can bear with me if I am not up to service to you.

Third: 

I finally paid off my HUGE LAST debt incurred during the massive move to 38A Seah Street! I am now back to ZERO again but then I told myself it is okay, all the planning and decision for the move was calculated. I could finally say it is time to rebuild the finances when I received an email....

Fourth:

I am invited to showcase KAYLENE in

In case you are not familiar.... this fashion show is DA FASHION SHOW OF THE FASHON SHOWS LA!!!!!! Okay, maybe not, but definitely one of the most high profile ones. 

About this show....

Mercedes Benz STYLO Asia Fashion Week

The Mercedes Benz STYLO Asia Fashion Week is the first ever Asia wide collaboration of top emerging designers in the one media event, taking place once a year in each Asian host city. The event is a collaboration of 12 official fashion associations across Asia, with the likes of China, Korea, Japan, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam, showcasing their best designers in one central location. This international platform also plays hosts to the top buyers, media, editors, retailers, celebrities and VIPs from around the world.

Asia – The 5th fashion capital of the world.

Another link on Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Fashion_Week

From my understanding MBSTYLOAFW will be held during Malaysia Fashion Week. Isnt it cooool? Mr Jimmy Choo will be involved in this show too and he will be selecting 3 of his favourite designers to London and be mentored by him! Wooot~

To be honest, when I got the email, I threw my mouse and it flung a few centimetres away from me.... I WAS SO BL****Y ANGRY!!! Why? 

Because just when I am all broke and ready to build this Kaylene's funds back to normal again, I have to be invited of ALL times to take part in this show. I was FURIOUS! I felt why God has to be so cheeky and made fun of me. I was really upset because I really wanted to focus on my health too. So I texted Mr Ling and he simply replied: 

'Good. isnt it a good news?' 'Didnt you always dream of being in such big scale show?'

Yes, I know many of you will say it is an opportunity not to be missed. I also know! I am willing to eat bread just to be able to bring PLUS SIZE FASHION onto the main stage and above all, ITS MERCEDES-BENZ LA!

This show is not free, we estimate a total of 5 figure to complete this event. AND just when I am ready to eat bread, I was informed that...

There is no plus size models for me for this show 

I honestly do not blame or peeved with them. Because we potentially are THE ONLY plus size (till date) to showcase to the world (there will be guests from Asia including Japan, Korea, Middle East, Europe) and it does not make sense for them to hunt plus size models for us. Yeah, you got it right, Again another expenditure.... I spoke to Mr Ling about it and he was thinking why not get help from you ladies. because it is a very prestigious event to be part of and for those aspiring models, it will be a dream come true for them as well. The problem is this.

I do not have enough funds to sponsor my 15 models 

 
Yes. I did my calculations, I have just enough to bring Kaylene to the show, I do not have capacity to bring 15 models to KL for the show. So far, I have 4 volunteers from Singapore and they are willing to fork out for their own. I am eternally grateful for these wonderful girls. I still need 11 ladies. To cut the story short, I am in desperate need to look for:

1) girls who are plus size and knows how to rock the stage (there will be training we promise but confidence is something that comes from within which cannot be trained overnight)

2) girls who is willing to come to KL for 2 days (1 day for actual show and 1 day for the briefing and training and fitting)

3) girls who can pay for their own trip. I am seriously very embaressed about this but I really need help in this. The math is simple, no show = no models, no models = no show =  no way to show the world that plus size models exist, plus size clothing industry. I have done all I can to try do the sums but we know it is really impossible for now. 

4) girls who are willing to have Kaylene vouchers (amount yet decide) as a token of appreciation.

5) girls FROM KUALA LUMPUR!!!!! We need you! We really need more girls from KL so that we can reduce the stress for the model head count.

6) We are looking for 10 models from bust 42 to bust 52 (approx UK 12/14 to 20/22)


I know it sounds really crazy and ridiculous, if you know anyone who believes in Kaylene, in the plus size industry and is as affectionate as we are, please recommend them to us. Get them to email us at kayleneonline@gmail.com with header 'Mercedes-Benz Fashion Show Models'

Please help spread the word. This show is really our 1 golden ticket to showcase to the world that plus size designer exist and that we are capable of modelling and dressing up! 

I know many will ask me just like my fellow designer friend Khun Wat, he asked me to wait till next year. After serious consideration, my reply to him was 'Opportunity only knocks once, right?' Do you agree with me? Do you want to embark this journey with me? Do you believe you can rock the stage, potentially the first in Asia?
 

Updates on Kaylene

Hello ladies! Its been a good 2 months since I posted something here and I thought since tonight I am nursing this very odd gastric (I took pills in hope it will be okay) and I cannot sleep, I might as well do a blog post now! 

Since 19th July when Kaylene - Plus Size Designer Boutique has reopened her doors to you, we have been settling down pretty fast. It was really crazy and almost everyday we worked really hard to make sure things will settle down ASAP. Stocks arrangements is one huge issue on top of the massive stock take. Preparing for our online sales is also another issue. We STILL are lacking some vital tools to complete the unit but for now we are counting our blessings in every possible ways. Afterall, one step at a time right?

I have been in the shop almost everyday since early July and yes thank God for awesome people, past few weeks was good, I get to have 2 days rest (but I dont 'rest rest'... how is it EVER possible?! Not complaining though... enjoying max!) Things are really settling and during these period, we constantly asked customers if they liked the new premise. Their response? They LOVE it. The only glitche to this beautiful place is that we have a flight of steps and customers find it tiring... I know ladies! It is tiring, but this is the best place we can find. Although they hate the steps, the moment they enter this spacious unit, they melt. In this gorgeous place, we have ample space to relax and rest with refreshments like Nespresso coffee machine, soft drinks, water and even 2 huge bowls of sweets and chocolates! We have solved the aircon issue and had fixed up fans and now the boutique is so much cooler, sometimes even cold... All are really falling into places and I am very thankful for that.

Stocks wise has been more or less been settled as well as now we have firmed up with new factories to produce more pieces for our customers. We HEAR you requests too, by increasing our sizes from XS to XXXL which is a whopping 7 sizes! It is indeed a big deal from the old 4 sizes to now 7 sizes.. Increasing sizes is not a fun thing to do although we felt it was extremely necessary. Increasing sizes actually means we have to increase our quantity per designs and it can be really tormenting in terms of the budget. The Kaylene Babes and I ALWAYS debate on this issue but in the end we really felt it was necessary to work on 7 sizes in order to cater to the needs of a plus size lady. We have significantly cut down on 'Free Sizes' as we do feel that it is not true one size fits all.... It is not easy! But we are weaning off, bit by bit, step by step...

Finance wise, hmmm... lets just say we are very thankful for very good suppliers and factories who allowed us to clear of bills bit by bit. While I am still having a huge load of bills that yet to be paid, it is heartwarming to know that I am almost debt free soon... I just need a couple of weeks and I believe I can clear up all the $$$... Except my boss.. his bill... has to wait a little longer la! But on a serious note.... Thank God I am clearing off these huge debts in no time and I am so looking forward to a fresh new start! In case you are wondering, YES it takes alot of money to build this brand new place. With higher rental, higher electricity, doubled increase in stocks and more and more money spent on our designs, it is unavoidable to incurr a debt. But we are positive with it and hence still went ahead with the expansion despite the prediction of this problem.

So you can see, things ARE REALLY falling into place and I am loving this place. Kaylene is now a respectable plus size designer boutique with ladies across the globe visiting us. In just 1 week, we have tourists from Germany, Indonesia and Australia! How awesome is that? We are counting our blessings though, proud of the achievements but humbled by the opportunities given...

Thank you for being such a wonderful person supporting us all the way. You indeed has seen us grow and through your love stretched us into making ourselves better for you. For the new customers, Thank you for trusting us and allowing us to dress you. This is extremely heartwarming to know and we will keep working on impressing you with our designs. We want to let you know that it is you who makes us evolve to where we are today. We aim to impress you with our own designs and match your status. Because we know you are unique and special and we want to do this together with you... Thank you once again for all that goodness that is happening upon us.

(okay, I need to rest. This gastro meds IS NOT working...))
Till then ladies! 
Good night!