8.08.2010

REPRESENT & REJOICE!

A few months back I got an email from H&M asking if I wanted to participate in this Style Guide section where they pick a blogger each month to feature on their website, and this month, that blogger is me!!!! I'm featured all over their international sites too!!! It didn't hit me until I realized that my homemade red bag and my sketchbooks are there for everyone to see. All these years of not giving up, kept creating and expressing myself, I'm just happy they recognized my existence!

For me, if one of us make it, we all make it. If there is a spotlight on one of us, it's on all of us. The reason why I keep on doing this, blogging, dressing up, and creating is because I'm fighting that good fight everyday. I do it for us underdogs, I do it for the people who can't. I express myself to inspire others to express themselves too. We are young, we should be ambitious!

You can go to www.hm.com, choose your country, click Fashion > Style Guide > Guys.
OR you can click below:




THE ORIGINAL PHOTO THAT H&M USED:



THE SKETCH H&M USED FROM MY SKETCHBOOK:


REPRESENT & REJOICE!







UPDATE - 8/10/10
oh my god!! my very good friend, Peter's latest blog entry is making me cry right now!!!! I'm incredibly honored to know him. Everything he said in that entry, I feel it, because I know it's genuine. Gosh. We were there for each other wayyyyy back then, and we STILL are. We were doing our thing even back when Xanga and Asian Avenue was hot for a quick minute, when blogging was not as popular as it is now! (click to view)

20 comments:

  1. Wow!!.. congrats on being featured!! :D

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  2. YES YES YES!

    Way to go Quan. Loving it!

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  3. congrats on the feature, you look amazing!!

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  4. Very well deserved. You're gonna go far, that's for sure :D

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  5. Congratulations! That's a great feature.

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  6. it's really good once in a while, i can't eat it like i eat rice :P
    i don't know what the soup is called and how to make it really, but i found this when i searched for "banh cuon" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bc_ch%E1%BA%A5m

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  7. Hey, I am so happy that you left a comment on my blog that way I found your's ;) anyway it is super awesome and I actually can't believe you got less than 90 followers. I just think you deserve more. Anyway congratulations on being featured! :D ( btw I follow) xx Simona

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  8. grats quan! found your blog about a year (?) ago, can't wait to see where you go in another year!

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  9. Excuse me, how fabulous are you!? That is awesome! And I am totally with you on using something a little lighter next time that I make those truffles. ; )
    www.poolovesboo.blogspot.com

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  10. Hi Quan.....WOW! That is beyond incredible, such recognition makes all hard work worth it!! Thanks so much for stopping by The Fashion Smoke, I will be sure to keep a close eye on your blog.

    Oh and the shoes are crimson red ;)

    PhiePhie x

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  11. Wow! I'm so happy for you! =D
    I really like your style and sketches! ^^

    I follow your blog now! =D

    *X*

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  12. Hehe, yeah I saw your comment on my other post too but I think I was just a bit delusional that night. And thanks for your comments! The other day that I checked out this post, I was so focused on the Style Guide thing that I didn't even pick up that they used your sketch too! Wow, congrats! Haha I love how the girl's eyes look Asian.

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  13. wow thats so awesome!! love. it
    come follow me xoxo

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  14. wowsie. thats amazing. and im completely LOVING your blog. its so vibrant. wwow.
    thanks again for stopping by and for the birthdaywishes!
    have a great week!
    turkey was smashing. hot and wonderful.

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  15. wow
    you are amazing dear
    i really love and admire your work and you.
    <3

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  16. congrats! thats amazing!!! you def deserve it, i love your blog



    come by sometime,
    The Ballon Rouge

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