Unless it was your plan to wear a #twinning look, or to play a game of “Who Wore It Better?”, being seen in the same outfit can be a little embarrassing – especially if it came with an expensive price tag.
After all, if you’re going to spend good money on a piece of clothing that is singular with your personal style, wouldn’t it be a little ironic if you showed up to a party wearing the same dress as someone else?
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Thankfully, the easiest way to remedy this is to simply customise your purchases. And just before you start to worry about costs, there are plenty of affordable ways to get something personalised to your liking without dropping wads of cash.
These 7 brands are proving that having the luxury of buying something special to call your own doesn’t need to come with a hefty price tag.
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Owning a handmade pair of shoes is a luxury few can afford, but thanks to Pretty Ballerinas, shoppers have been able to choose their favourite design from a range of flats that are as stylish as they are comfortable.
Bringing this level of comfort one step further, the brand is rolling out a made-to-order service for a limited period of time.
Happening now till the end of March 2017, you get to pick out the colour or pattern you want for the main body of the shoe – known as the upper – as well as the grosgrain trim and the bow in front.
And with 68 different swatches to choose from, you’re pretty much guaranteed a shoe that is uniquely yours.
Each pair retails for $260, and you can get this service at the brand’s Paragon Shopping Centre and Takashimaya Shopping Centre stores.
With a tag line that reads “Let’s make it yours alone”, you know that you are in for a personalised treat.
Working entirely by hand, the leather smiths at this local brand will make you a notebook from scratch, according to your preferred design scheme.
From picking a cover and the type of paper to choosing the type of closure and even the colour of the ring binder, you get complete control over your prized notebook.
Notebooks start at $20. Visit www.byndartisan.com for more information.
The next time your S/O is asking for ideas on what you’d like for your birthday, skip the subtleties and send him to a Pandora store.
With plenty of charm designs to select from in a myriad of colours, finishings and unique designs, you (or he) will be able to find the most exact combination of charms that personifies who you truly are.
Visit www.pandora.net for more information.
Putting your initials on something is an old tradition that dates back to the early 1900s, when luggage of affluent travellers would bear their initials to help train porters identify luggage easily. Today, Luxemono is bringing that back for a modern, discerning crowd.
With everything from luggage tags and coin purses to cosmetic pouches and phone cases, make your leather goods extra special with personalised initials on the front.
Allowing you to emboss up to 4 alphabets or emojis for free, they make wonderfully personal gifts for anyone.
Visit www.luxemono.com to see what’s on offer.
Just as you want your clothes and accessories to be fashionably personal, consider making a scent that you can truly call your own.
Guiding you through the creation process on an interactive site, you get to decide if you want a feminine scent or prefer something more unisex.
The creation process takes into consideration the other scents you like and after you are done answering the questions, it feeds the data into an algorithm that picks the ingredients you would most likely enjoy.
Visit www.waft.com to get started.
Jewellery will always make for a lovely gift, but up your gift-game and put some personality into your purchase.
At Monica Vinader, customers can opt to have their pieces engraved with something special.
Instead of limiting you to a small selection of characters or typefaces, the brand is letting you put your own doodles and writings directly onto any of their jewellery surfaces.
Think about it – instead of hanging your daughter’s doodles on the fridge, you get to now wear her quirky artwork around your neck. Pretty nifty idea, we say.
Visit www.monicavinader.com for more on this service.
Making your kate spade bag your own is so simple, it’s like reciting your ABCs.
To start, customers can pick a bag from the New York brand’s arsenal of sac choices.
Then (and this is the fun part), you get to choose a strap to go along with it, as well as select the many bag stickers and patches to create a design according to your whim.
Not happy with the stickers after you leave? No problem, because all you need to do is peel them off and put new ones on for a brand new look.
One bag, millions of different ways to make it look special? Sign us up!
Visit www.katespade.sg for more information.