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finally a backpack streamlined enough for me to overstep my geeky school days
WHAT I’M WEARING: WALLIS RED BLAZER, OASIS WHITE TANK,FOREVER 21
DENIM SKIRT, PRIMARK PLIMSOLES & KIPLING YARETZI LEA LEATHER BACKPACK
Do you remember the Kipling era at school? The colourful backpacks with the fuzzy gorilla keychains that swayed as the kids walked the halls? Everyone had one, I always wanted one. But the Hello Kitty backpack we hauled all the way from the Sanrio shop in Singapore had to do, or so my Mom said when I begged. Fast forward a decade and it seems Kipling are back, well actually I have no idea if that’s true, but for me, personally, the brand is back. And I found a style a little more suitable for a 26 year old, in my favourite colour and instead of that gorilla, I added my own keychains. Because I’m grown up and I can do that now. I can buy a backpack without asking my Mom. I won’t lie, I do miss all my Hello Kitty memorabilia but her signature bow is the same shade red, so I’m paying tribute to the only cat I really loved in a more mature way, I guess? As a girl that wears glasses, backpacks are always a dubious handbag choice for me – I am all for looking dorky but refuse to ever return to painfully geeky 10 kilo backpack school days crammed with enough books to cause a backache. But this one I quite like, streamlined, simple and it fits my enormous Canon I insist on carrying with me everywhere, as well as some Caitlin Moran (not to mention 2 dozen receipts, zero cash and my lipbalm that strangely melted into liquid). And kudos to this cafe I like where the waiters always respond enthusiastically to my ‘almond milk’ coffee requests as well as the perfect cushioned spot to sit in red and blend right in.
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