Since the 80s, Amsterdam based brand Scotch & Soda has created affordable quality garments that suit every individual. Today we give you an exclusive sneak peek video of Scotch & Soda’s denim line Amsterdam Blauw’s upcoming SS12 collection.

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Scotch & Soda got a brand new start in 2001 when it found 3 new owners in 2011. Soon after the Dutch brand’s successful relaunch through its SS02 collection, 3 new lines were born, Maison Scotch for women and the younger lines Shrunk and R’Belle. Just this year, Scotch & Soda introduced Amsterdams Blauw, their new denim line that was named after a paint colour that was used to paint Dutch porcelain between 1500 to 1750. The Amsterdamn Blauw colour was created by mixing indigo from China and Japan with an oil based paint and the colour is still used on street signs and house number plates in Amsterdam til this day.

Scotch & Soda’s new denim line draws inspiration from America and Japan’s denim aesthetics. Scotch & Soda is well known for their attention to expressing creativity to the littlest detail. For example, the Amsterdam Blaus denim features the “fly” button - a fly that’s literlly embossed onto a button and brand’s signature lucky coin pocket where you will find a lucky coin inside for its new owner. Take a look at Scotch & Soda’s sneak peek video of their upcoming SS12 collection titled ‘The Longest Breakfast’ featuring model Christian Göran.

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For more info log on to www.scotch-soda.com

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Get set to dance as American rapper Pitbull returns to our shores for a live show this December. Known for his many party anthems including recent collabs with a host of big names from Jennifer Lopez to Ne-Yo, he’ll be showcasing songs off his latest album Planet Pit. JUICE has 3 pairs of tickets (worth RM198 per-pair) for you. Details after the jump.

Date 1 December 2011
Time 7pm onwards
Venue Surf Beach @ Sunway Lagoon

If you’re keen for the chance to get krazy at the concert for free, all you have to do is answer the following question:

What is your favourite Pitbull song to dance to and why?

Send your answer along with your full name, IC and handphone number with the subject ‘Digi Presents Pitbull’ to contest@juiceonline.com before the Tuesday 22 November 2011.

Winners will be notified by the Friday 25 November 2011. Prizes not collected by Wednesday 30 November 2011 will be forfeited.

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Vertigo

RT-02 Rooftop, 6th Floor, The Gardens
Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra
59200 Kuala Lumpur
T: +60133515359
www.vertigo.my
Open: Mon-Sun, 8pm – 3.30am

One High You Won’t Forget…
If there’s one thing you shouldn’t be afraid of its clubbing in shopping malls - no longer a cheesy experience thanks to joints like the newly-opened Vertigo. Located on the top floor of The Gardens (next to G6 Club), the open-air entrance is a breezy welcome for clubbers. When you get in, there are 2 rooms with simple yet distinct qualities. Nero is more mainstream and caters to the r’n’b, techno and house crowds while Bianco is more edgy with pop art on its walls, reminding us of the atmosphere that Barsonic is famed for. Speaking of which, people here tend to remind us of old friends we met at TAG nights in the past (except that they are newbies and we’ve never met them before). Both rooms are moderately spacious and the air-conditioning is super-cold. But that doesn’t stop this place from getting packed at times when visiting DJs are spinning.

Clientele A healthy mix of old and young clubbers.

Drinks Forget fancy cocktails. Vertigo is about music and dancing so the drinks here are straight to the point as well. For beers, there are Tiger, Guinness, Kilkenny draught and Heineken bottles. Liquors: Long Island jugs, Jager Bombs, Tequila, Margarita, Hennessy, Vodka and so on.

Happy Hours If you really wanna get sloshed, best to go for the hourly shots promo which happens from 12md-3am. RM100nett for 20 shots of Sex on the Beach and RM50nett for 5 Jager Bombs? Nice.

Club Nights Bianco: Push & Play (Wed) featuring Asquared and VNRP of Deer Society; Dynamite (Thur) with hip hop DJ Kino; Hype’embeats (Fri) plays techno, fidget, dirty Dutch, electro house and more. NERO: A-Rox & MC Terry (Thur) spins and DVJs hip hop with r’n’b; Camp Fresh (Sat) is a new collective the Phuture Phow and 6-IDE AUM flag.

Dress Code Standard clubbing attire (no slippers and shorts for men). The air-con is pretty cold though so it might be a good time to try on that cool-looking winter coat you brought back from overseas.

Door Policy Cover charge Wed-Sat (inc. 1 drink). Wed, RM35. Thu, RM35 (Nero) + RM40 (Bianco). Fri, RM35 men & RM25 ladies (Nero) + RM40 men & RM30 ladies (Bianco). Sat, RM40 men & RM30 ladies (Nero) + RM50 men & RM40 ladies (Bianco).

Open Mon – Sun, 8pm - 3.30am.

Parking Weekdays, first 3 hours RM2. Weekends + Public Holidays, RM3. Every subsequent hour is RM1, no maximum charge.

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Absolut is all about honing creativity and here they celebrate the rise of upcoming fashion illustrators who not only draw their own path in life but are creating masterpieces with it.

Coordinated + text Sueann Chong
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Jessica Ling
Give Jessica a piece of clothes and she would turn it into a dress, give her an empty can and she will rock it as a headgear and give her paper scraps and make it into art she does. Truly multi-talented and creative, Jessica’s deftness lies in creating things out of the un-obvious objects possible. She’s also a wicked DIY fashion aficionado who would like you to play a game of search for the Absolut bottle in this picture.
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Manchien
Right now, Manchien is our little talented obsession. We’ve featured her in our previous Absolut Ingenuity shoot and you can witness why we’re so hooked on her designs in our Runway section. This piece she named “Rock My Horse” is about Swedish girl in a lace dress eating a slice of vanilla cake on a wooden rocking horse. Artists are so random or maybe it’s because your answer to where Absolut is from lies within this work of art.
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Kay Lee Ho
Saying that Graphic Designer Kay Lee Ho is creative is stating the obvious. She also dabble in photography when she’s not creating art and has an extremely unique sense of style – no one can pull off the ‘90s drop crotch jeans quite like her. Her piece is inspired by the Japanese ukiyo-e craft and the little ladies symbolises how all the good stuff in life makes you feel.
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Gael Froget
The fashion student from Limkokwing University Of Creative Technology may seem aloof and the guy too cool to approach but try playing match the art to the artist and you’d be in for a shocker. His paintings are colour crazy and leaves you feeling a little unsettled – like happiness that teeters on insanity. Still, they are paintings that are recognisably his.
www.wix.com/gaelfroget/art#!

Ng Siow Foon
Ng Siow Foon of better known as just Foon is the brainchild behind the really interesting collection of handmade accessories called Things Eye Made. Aptly named, Things Eye Made is basically a range of miniature frames of necklaces, rings and earrings to Foon artwork. Mostly dark and sad, her illustration is a favourite amongst those who find beauty in misery but just for Absolut she ups the joy factor here and even incorporates winter wheat in her design – which is the core ingredient in Absolut vodka.
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Elaine Gina
A fashion design student from Lim Kok Wing University of Creative Technology, Elaine who started developing her own style only towards the last year of her fashion design course has garnered admiration from those in the industry even before graduating. In this particular artwork, there’s a girl sitting in a bottle – which did you see first?
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Get the latest copy of HANGER right now at all good bookstores and news stands! For more info on Absolut, check out their website at www.absolut.com/my.

Need an initiative to lose weight? JUICE, Skechers and True Fitness are teaming up to give you exactly that. We are offering you a chance to win 2 pairs of Skechers along with 7 months worth of True Fitness membership.

All you need to do is complete this very simple sentence;

I want to lose weight because…

To be eligible of the contest, like Skechers Malaysia’s Facebook page here. Then send your answer to contest@juiceonline.com before 16 November 2011 with the e-mail title ‘Skechers Weight Loss Challenge‘ along with your full name, IC no., phone number and your current weight. Winners will be announced by 18 November 2011.

The 4 best answers will win a pair of Skechers shoes along with 1 month free trial at True Fitness. But that’s not the end of it just yet.

The real test lies once the winners have received the shoes. After a full month (18 December 2011), we will contact them again to check on their weight. The winner with the most weight loss will win another pair of Skechers along with an extra 6-month worth of membership at True Fitness!

They are no losers in our book though, first 50 to join will receive a 14 day pass plus 1 session at Bikram Hot Yoga.

Bedroom DJs, pay attention. Here’s an opportunity to transition from holding a podcast with little to no listeners to actually playing live to a crowd of thousands, Heineken is holding another Found @ Thirst DJ competition! With reputable alumni that range from the now ubiquitous DJ Blink to last year’s Phil K Lee, the competition has proven itself as the easiest way to cheat your way to fame (provided you have the talent).

As per tradition, this year’s edition offers a whopping RM10k in cash to the winner. In addition to that the winner will also get an introductory DJ course at Mile High Sounds DJ Academy, professional media grooming sessions, their own Heineken Green Space party with up to 150 invites for friends and other prizes from sponsors. In short, the winner will win a chance to be treated like a real DJ – to complete this metamorphosis from bedroom to stage, they will also get a 30-minute opening set at Heineken Thirst alongside past winners DJ Blink and Phil K Lee AND DJ Tiësto!

To join, upload 10 minutes worth of video of your live set on YouTube or any other video sharing site along with a 20-minute audio mix posted on Soundcloud or other similar sites and complete the form here along with the URL here. It’s not enough to just hear you mix, they need to see if you can perform too.

Curious of how life is like for past winners? Just look at Blink’s current career or watch the video below of Phil K Lee’s journey post-Found @ Thirst.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Contest ends on 17 November 2011, so get cracking pronto! Find more info on Thirst and Found @ Thirst at www.heineken.com/my.

Our little bi-annual sis HANGER is back better than ever! The A/W11 edition dropped on Halloween 2011 at all major bookstores and newsstands! You’ve got to get your hands on the ‘Culture Issue’, inside we feature our cover boy that graces our cover KL-based Japanese hip hop MC Shinji Moriwaki aka Figure of Speech as he talks about the Levi’s Go Forth Campaign. We’ve also got interviews from our very own Dato’ Bernard Chandran to Verbal, MC of the Teriyaki Boyz and Japan’s most well known style icon.

From multi brand stores in Singapore to a feature on fashion designer Hana Tajima, HANGER A/W11’s got the list of of KL’s new crop of fashion scenesters as curated by Maggie Abang Saufi and Jiman Casablancas. To find out who they are and plenty more, don’t forget to get yourself a copy of HANGER A/W11!

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