Christmas Collection!

Christmas day is just around the corner and I've been so busy that I haven't had the time to update this space.

Have you gotten your dresses for this festive season yet? 

We are bringing in on Royal Troika dresses suited for day and night parties in 4 different colours!

We got up really early to go down to MBS for the photoshoot. 

I was unwell and so tired that I left the dresses at home! >_<

Here we are using our very first prop.. the Piano.. We hadn't warmed up yet and so we took really long to complete taking pictures of the first set of outfits..

Here are the closeup details of the bustier. (:

I like this picture.. but sadly my hand blocked Yvonne's mouth zzz..

Can't have a photoshoot without my amazing boyfriend. He skipped MacR training just to help us out. (:

the pic one the right was taken by me.. trying to be funny lol.

me.. on my way back up the escalator! (:

Totally random but I really like this pic. Too bad we couldn't use it coz it doesn't really showcase the dress.

As the day wore on, we took better shots.. Check out this photo. (:

I found some props lying around heehee.

Tired feet.

Fooling around some more..

And lastly, my favourite dress, AND photo of this collection. :D

That's all for now.. See you 9pm on Thursday Evening at Royal Troika!

the second collection

As usual, I'm always one step behind in uploading previews for RoyalTroika before the launch ahaha.
I only have time to update post-launch. 

Some thoughts on this launch.. 

As it's our second collection, we have a little bit of experience under our belt already and were so much more efficient in preparing for this launch. The photoshoot probably took half the time, and we had a system and clear timeline to follow and keep track of our outstandings. Overall, I'm extremely pleased with our progess! (:

Anddd.. I really like this collection ahahha. I mean liked the first one, but I like this even better! =D

We took our pictures at MBFC this time round, with a mix of shots outdoors and indoors. We had wanted a more corporate venue for the shoot with less people and we heard MBFC would be like a dead town on a Sunday... SO UNTRUE! There were loads of tourists walking into all our photos.. Cleaners as well.. and cisco trucks lol!

Anyway, I wanna share some behind the scenes photos! (:

Group pic! You know, when I first saw this dress I was like... I LIKEEEE THIS! WE HAVE TO GET THISSS! 

We are all wearing the Alyssa Chiffon Dress.. I feel it's a really versatile piece. You can match it with a simple blazer and heels for work, or boots or flats for a casual day out. (:

It was a really hot day out.. Imaging being out and taking pics at ~1pm! =P

Yvonne always looks so photogenic! (:

ok this isn't a candid shot.. But it's one of the rare nice pictures of me closeup! =D

This is how we take pictures.. with Huiqi looking super unglam in the Annie Tweed Dress and birks. =P
(and i'm barefoot lol)

my superhero.. the bulk of our nice pictures came from him! He's becoming such an expert photographer...

tak glam..but huiqi says nice. hahaha still pretty la babe (:
(see cisco van photobombing all our pics zzz)

oops yvonne is barefoot here too!

zipai! (:

Another nice closeup taken in Eric's cam.. I'm wearing the Omega Cutout Dress in white..
The details are so pretty!

Yvonne looking super cute here in the Summer Florals Vintage Dress! (:

me (in background while yvonne is working hard) : -shaggg-

Me in the charcoal version. Eric says I'm too skinny for this dress.. but i likeeee. how?! :(

Last photo from the shoot. MY FAVOURITE PHOTO!!!
I'm using it for my twitter and whatsapp profile. =D

Special mention to our dear Yvonne for being such a rock star. She had a mega sprained ankle from falling down in Kota Kinabalu and she still put on platforms and heels to model for this collection. You're awesome babe.



Sadly it's another month before we launch again coz I'll be in Vietnam for 9 days, and then Huiqi will be flying off for another week or so.. :(

Do check out our collection here! We just launched one hour ago!

On an end note, I'm really grateful for the support from everyone..

Tanks everybardi tanks~ **barbarella wave**

the debut

I have said it at least a thousand times to all my friends, but I never really thought I'd do it..

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I've finally started my own blogshop. =DDD

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hehh. i know this blogpost has been a long time coming now, it's just that October has been a really busy month.. with MEGA outflows zzzz.

SO ANYWAY, I've started my blogshop with two very awesome girls Yvonne & Huiqi. We three loveee shopping and we each have our very own unique styles and skills we bring to to the table. (:

And I must say, having a blogshop is wayyyy more work than I expected. Plus I had no idea I was supposed to make so many decisions on a ton of different things. Things like the name itself took weeks to decide.. Which blogging platform to use? What are the different accounts that we need to create? Where to go take pictures? Who brings home the stock? How to design the logo? How to design the site, do I want it in pages or blog posts? How big are the pictures that we want to upload? Do we showcase items with all colours or separate items of different colours as well? Do we want descriptions? Are measurements taken to maximum stretched length? How many pictures to put up on the site? the list of things that needed decisions goes on and on...

It was such a headache for a first launch. The biggest scare occurred when I accidentally deleted the pictures in my memory card where the bulk of the pictures were taken!! I spent a good 6 hours trying all sorts of ways to retrieve the pictures. Thank god for google.. I managed to find a free program to do the recovery. *phew*

That said, I'm really really happy with the way things turned out and how our different skills complemented one another.

Huiqi's our photoshop guru. She claims she doesn't really know much, but I feel that her work is very good and there were certain effects we wanted on the pictures that she didn't know how to do, she went and researched on how to do it and came up with some really good work. (:

(she's so happy in this photo)

Yvonne's the driving force of our group.. She's so full of energy, and is very thorough in her planning so that we don't miss anything out. She's amazing, like.. seriously. She sets agendas for our meeting, writes minutes and creates an excel ss for us to keep everything organised. (:

(another happy photo coz we don't know what we're doing lols)

I'm the IT person LOL. Not IT per se, but I designed and manage the blog entries, created all the random accounts for the widgets that are currently on our site. Anything html-related is my baby.. I sound like a real slacker oops.

(me and my ahlian hair omggg)

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Anyway, so here are a few behind-the-scenes of our photoshoot. (:

fresh-faced and all ready to go!!

me to yvonne: errr... so are we supposed to smile???

checking out the photo.. with my super awesome bf helping out as our photog. (:

yayyyy done with the day's work! (:

That's all the photos i'm going to post for now. 

I'm really excited for our next lauch which should be coming up in the first week of November, just before I fly off to Vietnam. Exciting stuff! :D

You can read Yvonne's thoughts on our first lauch here. And do visit our site ya? 

Click on the below image to be directed to Royal Troika!