fashioneering

ok..some might ask wat is fashioneering.. i dun think there is any such word..just simply put a title coz this post is somehow related to engineering and fashion..(i dun know about fashion at all, just copy and paste from somewhere..) just a few days ago, i read some article about fashion..but i will just talk about some of the things that caught my attention.. one of it is the DKNY cozy scarf.. it is quite an interesting product coz by using oni 1 simple cloth, u can wear it to anywhere u 1 by just folding it in different ways.. if the price is not too exp..it is quite a good "investment"..can save money buying other apparels..

just in case u r interested with this thing or u guys are thinking of buying this for ur mum or gf or the opposite sex(women obviously) just visit http://www.dkny.com/nshop/product.php?view=listing&section=womens&category=apparel&groupName=TheCozy . they is also a short video demonstrating how to wear it in different ways.. ok..some of u might ask wat is this related to engineering anyway..erm..at least this thing is practical, wearable and the most important thing is its an ingenious design..to me..usually those fashion items are not really wearable nor practical..they are designed to impress but not to be practical.. donna karan really impressed me with this piece.. maybe she studied engineering before taking fashion design courses..hehe..

after talking about dkny cozy... lets talk abit about ZARA.. i'm gonna emphasize on their operations rather than their design( i am not competent to say anything about that)..1st of all, do u know that in ZARA, each store manager is provided with a PDA that enabled them to directly communicate with the product manager at the HQ.. this is somehow something like concurrent engineering.. its more effective and new designs that is wanted by customers can be designed and delivered in a relatively short time.. within 2 weeks, the new design that has been communicated can be found in the store..super fast.. those designer sure very stress working here.. on the other hand, in order to reduce the inventory cost.. each store will oni be provided with limited stock at a time coz they can reorder it in 2 weeks time..they place orders every 2 weeks.. other than saving inventory cost.. it has something to do with psychology too.. when every item is limited..it will make u feel as if that particular item is so special and treated it as some limited edition item..although the items sold in this outlet is not really exp compared to other brands..they will always place a store in those high class or luxury areas so that the consumers will feel like they are buying some very high class stuffs..

and finally, this is the the watch section.. the first ever women wristwatch was introduced by "Patek Philippe"(a brand name)..this is not impressive to me as they oni add the straps on..but this watch below is extremely impressive..

the Calibre 89

ok wats so great about this old fashioned watch.. its simply because its one of the most complicated mechanical watches ever made( reminder, not digital but mechanical system).. it has 33 indicators on it.. wat u can see from it is:

1) date of Easter

2) a thermometer

3)time of sunrise

4)equation of time and sidereal time

5)able to add a day to February for leap years

and maybe many other that i didn't know..impressed? i sure do..