Playing Stylist: Fille d'été

It's scorching hot in Japan right now and I would love to bring you the hottest styles in this summer - florals, nautical and nude. And since we're not one for the regular trend reports, I thought I could make things more interesting with a Playing Stylist instead!

Playing Stylist: Mixing Casuals with Corporate

By: Xiao

Layering clothes is one of my favorite aspects of studying in a four-season country. The frigid weather allows full liberty on the amount of layers we can pile on ourselves. For this Playing Stylist post, however, I styled the outfits to suit our heat-laden country. Just because it is a sweltering 30 degrees outside doesn't mean we shouldn't have our fun too!

Playing Stylist: Mother & Daughter Special

I love playing stylist and it's even more fun if you can play dress up with your friends and your mum especially! As we know that Mother's Day is around the corner, thus for this week playing stylist, it's gonna be a mummy & daughter special whereby my mummy and I took turns to dress each other up!

Playing Stylist: Reusable Bags for Every Occasion

By Ying Nee and Grace Chin

For their first assignment as Tongue in Chic contributors, we asked these two very fashionably fearless girls to demonstrate how they would dress up their reusable shopping bags. While many  would cringe at the thought of having to forego their 2.55s and Birkins, Grace and Ying Nee prove that there  are countless of ways - and not to mention bag designs, that can be incorporated stylishly to your everyday outfit. Here's one of my favourite Playing Stylist and the most amusing we've had!

Playing Stylist: 80s Punk-Rock

I can never understand why people insist on referring to the '80s as the era that fashion forgot. I personally think that the '80s is the most inspiring era to work with new trends. I just can never get enough of '80s fashion - tights, acid washed denim, leather jacket, black boots and studded accessories. I love '80s fashion because it's cool, chic, edgy and it never fails to amaze me. So for this week's Playing Stylist, I've decided to show you some outfits inspired by the glam punk-rock fashion of the '80s.

Playing Stylist: The 90s

Thank goodness my mother didn't get rid of all of her 90s clothes!  I love 90s fashion because fluorescent colours were so in back then. I'm going to take on the decade's distinctive style for this week's installment of Playing Stylist since it's already in the throes of a comeback as you can see from the runways.

Playing Stylist: High Waisted

This week, I styled my bestie in different types of high-waisted bottoms and got her to pose for the camera. Personally, I love high waisted bottoms because it hugs the waist and hip area -thus creating an hourglass illusion for most. It's also a quick way to "prim" up an outfit without having to have a belt to do the trick. Enjoy!

Playing Stylist: Striped Tee

This week for Playing Stylist, I used a horizontal striped tee as my focus and changed it up in five different layering styles. Since horizontal stripes tend to make you look broader, here I've used the trick of having either a lighter coloured bottom or one that balances out the bottom half of my body. Hope you like it...

Playing Stylist: Prints

My best friend, Jojo and I are huge fans of prints and patterns. We have prints from head to toe; dress, top, blazer, skirt,  boxers, bathrobe and leggings! So, this week for playing stylist, we've decided to do prints and came up with five different looks for five different occasions.

Playing Stylist: Harem Pants

Yes, although you've seen it last year on the runway and your nearby malls. Harem pants are making another round this season! Brand giants like H&M and Topshop are embracing the fun of the some would say "ugly" and hard to wear pants.

Playing Stylist: Recycled Holiday Pieces

The aftermath of holiday season is that you're left with a mountain of clothes on the floor that are only "season appropriate". Usual procedure would be; we shove them back in our fully packed wardrobe for until next December. With new trends coming and going, we tell you honestly that these clothes will just stay where they are until you've forgotten about them. So for this week's Playing Stylist, I asked my friend Shannon to model for my take on incorporating holiday outfits for everyday affairs!

Playing Stylist: Amanda Choe AW77 Hoody Challenge

How many ways can you style the same hoody without looking like you're a repeat offender? Especially if said hoodie is of a very prominent, bright colour? Blogger Amanda Choe shows us how you work several different looks with the Nike AW77 Reversible Full Zip Hoody.

Playing Stylist: The Little Black Dress

As cliche as it sounds, I insist that every woman has a little black dress - and if she doesn't, well, it's time to hit those Christmas sales! There's a lot of mileage in that skimpy dress, and well, I've decided to put mine to the test! Here's the same dress (okay I cheated and used a different dress in the first outfit because I couldn't for the life of me find my favourite LBD yet!) worn five different ways!

Tongue in Chic Holiday Special

There's so many things to love about the holidays and I don't mean just the extra spare time on my hands to feed stray animals, save lives and grant wishes - yes Santa I've been good this year, now can I have my 2.55? Ok I lied, the only stray I've fed is now my household pet, Henry and the only life I've saved this year is the said cat. I'm not sure about granting wishes but we do have a Tongue in Chic Holiday Special for you that hopefully will lighten your shopping woes and will be somewhat useful for you.

Playing Stylist: Tie-dye Bleach Tee

This week, I've decided to show you how you can work a colourful tie-dye bleach tee in five different ways easily. I've gotta admit that my favourite shirt which makes me happy whenever I put it on will be my colourful tie-dye bleach tee!

Playing Stylist: Floral Print Cropped Top

Fashion is all about recycling ideas. What may be old and passe is suddenly new and shiny again. The fashion cycle has now taken its full turn with the resurgence of the 90's trend. "Think Flashdance". We have seen colossal comebacks of the shoulder pads, big teased hair, neon tights, and now the cropped top. This midriff-baring trend has gotten approvals on the runway and on the streets, and will be reigning over long tops for a while. There're umpteen ways on how you can play around with cropped tops, and here are my 5 takes with a floral top from Cotton On.

Playing Stylist: The Alternative Rock Concert Look

Going for a concert is a wild experience but dressing for one  can tricky business! While your ears will be entertained, your eyes will be treated to a wide array of concert clothes and you do not want to be the odd,  frumpy one out! In this series of Playing Stylist we thought we can break it down according to the type of concerts. Right now we're imagining attending a Radiohead concert, so here is Playing Stylist: The Alternative Rock Concert Edition.

Playing Stylist: Ribbons

As I previously wrote about ribbons for TiC Surf over here, I thought it would be fun to play with them again for this week’s Playing Stylist! I called upon one of my closest friends, Ching, who is affectionately known as the Queen of Ribbons among us, for her expert assistance too. Here are five looks we put together to embody the flirty femininity of ribbons!

Playing Stylist: Borrowed from Boyfriend

I know we've featured the Borrowed from Boyfriend trend a couple of times previously, but yet we still can't seem to get enough of it. Perhaps it is because it's a surefire way to extend your wardrobe and it can be very useful for days when you're feeling a little bloated - if you know what I mean...  To prove our point a little further, Karen and I have decided to go Playing Stylist on you with clothes borrowed from our 'boyfriend'.

Playing Stylist: Purple

This week, we've decided to show you how you can work some purple into your wardrobe without looking like a frumpy eggplant!