people I know might track me down, but honestly, I cannot take it anymore. Need to post this here before my brain cells completely explode from the sheer delusion on my feed.
Every single week, I see the same pattern. People surrounding me—friends, colleagues, influencers—complaining they got nothing to wear, nothing fits them nicely, or that local fashion labels “only make clothes for ants.” Then what do they do? They go and drop $500 on some high-end designer dress or premium label from Orchard Road, genuinely believing that the price tag comes with an automatic Photoshop filter for real life.
Wah lau eh, wake up your idea can or not?
Let’s be absolutely brutally honest here: a $500 dress is not going to magically make you beautiful if you are fundamentally out of shape. You can buy the most expensive silk, the most intricate lace, or tailoring done by some French master, but if you are trying to squeeze a body built on pure sedentary choices into a structure that demands fitness, you are just going to look like a premium, luxury-branded zongzi (rice dumpling). The fabric cannot perform miracles. It cannot burn your visceral fat for you.
The math is so simple, but people just refuse to face reality. You want to look like those sleek, effortlessly chic people walking around CBD? The secret isn’t their wardrobe budget; it’s their body fat percentage. If you are slim and fit, even a $5 plain cotton tee from Bugis Street or a random unbranded piece from Taobao will look elegant on you. You will look like a high-fashion model doing an off-duty look. But if you refuse to take care of your physical health, even a thousand-dollar gown will look like a curtain wrapped around a pillar.
But no, instead of hitting the gym or actually tracking what goes into the mouth, the daily routine is what? Wake up, order iced latte with extra syrup. Lunchtime eat heavily oiled cai fan, must ask for shou zi (extra gravy). 4 PM bubble tea break, 70% sugar because “today office very stressful, need reward.” Nighttime go home too tired to move, order GrabFood McDonald’s for supper while scrolling through online boutiques, clicking “add to cart” on a $500 dress to “motivate” yourself. Then when the parcel arrives, you squeeze inside, look at the mirror, and blame the boutique’s lighting or say the cutting is “weird” and return it.
Siao ah? Stop wasting your hard-earned money trying to mask the problem with expensive textiles. The best outfit you can ever own is a healthy, fit body. It makes literally everything you wear look ten times better. Invest that $500 into a proper fitness routine, a good pair of running shoes, or just stop buying liquid sugar every day. Slim the fk down first, then talk about fashion. End of rant, bring on the downvotes, I don’t care.