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My Travel Feature with St Giles Hotel

October 5, 2016Karen Woo Leave a Comment

Remember back in July this year, I took Dee, my best friend for a trip of a lifetime to Kuala Lumpur to work on a #StGiles360 #BeCentral campaign? Well exciting news, the travel campaign is finally live!

Watching it has brought back so many happy memories and I want to go back again!

Thank you once again to the creative team at Piranha and St Giles Hotels to be a part of this incredible opportunity xxx

Here is the official anthem #StGiles360 #BeCentral Campaign:

The one for Kuala Lumpur:

Wait…. if that’s not enough, here’s more of my KL travels here:

If you haven’t been to KL, I suggest you do now and the last time I’ve checked the flights are now on sale at Air Asia, and of course book your stay at The Gardens – A St Giles Signature Hotel & Residences at Kuala Lumpur.

Finding rest in Penang

July 11, 2016Karen Woo Leave a Comment

“He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.” —Benjamin Franklin

I wasn’t expecting to go overseas with my family this holiday season, but Alan whisked me and JJ away for a week of family fun and soaking in the warm golden sun. We had a few destinations in mind: Hamilton Islands, Bangkok Thailand or Hong Kong, but we decided to go back to Penang, Malaysia; to the place we first had our overseas trip together when we started dating.

Our little family flew with Qantas and Jetstar Asia, and we checked into the Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa (Batu Feringgi Beach, 11100 Penang, Malaysia) for a 6 nights stay. Besides devouring bowls of Assam Laksa, sipping endless supplies of Mocktails and Teh Tarik, I spent a majority of my time braving the humidity and 37 degree heat exploring George Town. This little town was perfect in every way – a photographers and art lovers haven to say the least. There were plentiful of hidden gems to discover such as 3D interactive street art, textured walls, piles of ruins, and odd combination of coloured buildings which eventually grew on you. We were really lucky to come at a time of Hari Haya (Malaysian New Year) because the streets were quite deserted which made walking around town a breeze.

Here are some of our most favourite places spotted around George Town. Pictures of me taken by my love, Alan Woo, and the rest are from yours truly x

black jumpsuit // ALICE MCCALL purchased from Very Special Kids Sale
red dress // ZARA
rose gold sandals // BARED FOOTWEAR
clutch // OLGABERG

CHARLES & KEITH SUMMER STREET STYLE CAMPAIGN 2016

May 4, 2016Karen Woo Leave a Comment

CHARLES & KEITH SUMMER 2016 draws on a tale of one’s journey to self discovery, a delivery of self expressionism. Pushing forth the idea of self identity, a series of visual narratives portraying the dialogues of one’s inner thoughts.

Supporting their official Summer campaign, I was really humbled when CHARLES & KEITH, an international brand approached me to create a street style campaign which depicts the story of a city slick girl living a carefree life accessorised in CHARLES & KEITH.

I must admit, it was mammoth task shooting 11 different looks in one day, running around like a wild cat in an orange vest (safety comes first ok!), jumping up on bins to take a bird’s eye view whilst making sure every little detail of the product was in clear view and the shot list nailed. However, I had the best time of my life, and I couldn’t have done it without the patience, professionalism and commitment of my dream team.

Ok so here it is! Hope you enjoy the street style campaign now debuting digitally and in store across Asia – Singapore, Korea, Japan, China and Thailand.

talent \\ INDIANNA ROEHRICH
stylist \\ DANIEL PACIOCCO
hair & makeup \\ KATE RADFORD
assistants \\ ZOLI DINH, JESSLIN GUVANI, PEPE SIYAVONG, SHAYNE TINO
photography assistant/retoucher \\ STEPHANIE BOLGER