Kee Hua Chee Live!: DEBENHAMS AUTUMN WINTER 2012/13 WAS A GREAT SHOW AT KL PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE IN SENTUL

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DEBENHAMS PRESENTED ITS LATEST AUTUMN/WINTER FASHION SHOW AT KL.PAC AS IN KUALA LUMPUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE IN SENTUL'S YTL PARK TO GREAT ACCLAIM.

Datuk Professor Jimmy Choo, Alison Collingridge and Dato Mirza Mohammad Taiyab, Director General of Tourism Malaysia

Mollie Jackson, artist from Glasgow and Kee Hua Chee, greatest journalist from Kota Baru

Andy Jackson, Managing Director of Debenhams Malaysia and Mollie Jackson

Organised by the indefatigable Dodi Mohammad who I knew from our London days when we stayed together in the same house owned by Charles Tyler, the show was glamorous, stylish and great fun. Dodi now runs Tradisi Busana PR and you can get him at dodi@tradisibusanapr.com

Guests turned up with high hopes and were not disappointed as the show was truly revealing and there was a party afterwards with free flowing wine and delicious food.

Being so famous and a celebrity writer (or at least I think so) I joined Datuk Professor Jimmy Choo and fellow VIPs in the holding room upstairs while peasants mingled downstairs.

The curry puffs were phenomenal and to this day I still think about them! I ate 6 or maybe 7 and busted my diet as they were that good.

Datuk Jimmy Choo was not his sprightly self and appeared to limp ever so slightly. Of course I asked him why.

"I cut myself in my own bathroom!" he exclaimed. "I was carrying a scented candle in a crystal case. It slipped from my hand as I was walking and I stepped on the broken glass! The cut was quite deep and required 11 stitches outside and God knows how many more inside. I was hospitalised for 3 days and was in a wheelchair for a week. It was that serious! Now I can walk but slowly."

One assumes one is safe as houses in your own house but accidents do happen frequently inside your own home! I once cut my palm and arm while trying to push open a window. My hand went right through the glass!

Blood spilled everywhere and luckily Buddha and Jesus saved my life as I did not faint. I still have minor scars on my right palm and arm to this day!

Anyway we had a jolly time in the holding room before being summoned downstairs to our front row seats.

Shirley Khor, Personal Assistant to Dato Professor Jimmy Choo OBE, Sandy and Stanley Wong
Dato Mirza Mohammad Taiyab, Director-General of Tourism Malaysia

Dato Prof Jimmy Choo OBE and Alison Collingridge, Prosperity Promotion Manager of British High Commission Malaysia

Dato Jimmy Choo OBE, Alison Collingridge and Dato Mirza Mohammad Taiyab, DG of Tourism Malaysia

Sonia Dhillon of Debenhams Malaysia, John Kennedy Director of World Health Organisation and wife Maria

Dato Tan Boon-Pun Group CEO of Wawasan TKH and Mohd Shahrir Mohd Ali

VIPs enjoying themselves in VIP Room

Busy chit chatting

Mollie Jackson and Kee Hua Chee

Mollie Jackson and Kee Hua Chee

Yong Yoon Kit and Rachel Ng

I like her dress!

Dato Jimmy Choo and fans

That's more like it!

The one at right spoils the picture!

As a gentleman, I cannot reveal what this blonde bombshell was proposing into my ear

Women cannot get enough of me

Dato Joshua Chong of Puncak Central and his Datin

Tom Tizard and Carla Violante

Jenny Tang

Jenny Tang and Dato Jimmy Choo OBE

Datin Sheena and Dennis Chong

Datin Sheena and Dennis Chong

Dennis Chong and Kee Hua Chee

Dennis Chong and Kee Hua Chee

Kee Hua Chee and Datin Sheena

Kee Hua Chee and Datin Sheena

Dato Professor Jimmy Choo and Dennis Chong

Debenhams Autumn/Winter 2012 – A KL Fashion Weekend Presentation

Debenhams’ Autumn/Winter 2012, a KL Fashion Weekend presentation was supported by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and Tourism Malaysia.

UKTI is the government department that equips and helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. It is also instrumental in helping overseas companies bring their high-quality investment into the UK’s dynamic economy.

UKTI director Tony Collingridge is excited that Debenhams has made its mark in Malaysia and looks forward to introducing more British brands into the country.

Collingridge said: “The UK’s fashion industry is currently worth £21billion to the UK economy, with UK designers exporting two-thirds of the clothing they produce while the footwear industry sells over 90 per cent of its production worldwide. Malaysians have a keen sense of fashion and UKTI looks forward to bringing in more British brands to add to the diversity of the local fashion retail industry.”

The Kuala Lumpur Fashion Weekend (KLFW) Autumn Winter 12/13 which is modeled after the London Fashion Weekend, London’s largest and most exclusive designer shopping event open to the public, aims to do just so - provide consumers with first-hand look and information on directional trends for hair, make-up and fashion from the Autumn/Winter 2012/13 collections.

KLFW Autumn/Winter 2012/13 is an event supported by Tourism Malaysia and participating retail giants Metrojaya and Debenhams as a platform for promoting the vibrant local shopping scene while providing excellent brand exposure and creating an important revenue stream for the local retail industry. Held in conjunction with the 1Malaysia Year-End Sale 2012, KLFW Autumn/Winter 2012/2013 will feature a rich mix of labels from these leading retailers which will be on sale in stores for the duration of the sale period.

Dodi Mohammad (Tradisi Busana PR) at 012.3876709 or email: dodi@tradisibusanapr.com

H! by Henry Holland