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Fashion can be a pretty confusing thing to many as there&rsquo;s people out there who dress to impress and also people who like to keep it simple.
<img src="https://cdn1.myc.com.my/image/upload/v1653626824/unsigned/n15c33eld37sbwo6eneq.png" alt="Lewis Hamilton who&rsquo;s dubbed the most fashionable athlete vs Mark Zuckerberg&rsquo;s simple fit. Okay to be fair, Zuckerberg&rsquo;s shirts do cost between $300 - $400 but you get what I mean." width="731" height="531" /> Lewis Hamilton who&rsquo;s dubbed the most fashionable athlete vs Mark Zuckerberg&rsquo;s simple fit. Okay to be fair, Zuckerberg&rsquo;s shirts do cost between $300 - $400 but you get what I mean.
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Recently, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob had made headlines all over the place. One of them being him receiving a degree from Nihon University, Japan.
Read: <a href="https://myc.my/articles/1282/pm-ismail-sabri-called-out-as-mqa-doesnt-recognise-his-awarded-honorary-medical-degree">PM Ismail Sabri 'Called Out' As MQA Doesn&rsquo;t Recognise His Awarded Honorary Medical Degree</a>
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This time around, he&rsquo;s been criticized for his fashion sense for not wearing a batik shirt during his meeting with the Prime Minister of Singapore HE Lee Hsien Loong. He had posted on his Facebook stating that the two had met to discuss a retreat for the leaders for both counties in Singapore, either in late September or in early October.
Initially, netizens figured that the shirt worn was a collection from one from of the brands by his son-in-law but how were they wrong. He was wearing something way more expensive which was a RM5,500 Burberry shirt.
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All eyes were on the shirt as some couldn&rsquo;t believe how expensive it was. I mean, its Burberry, I expect no less from someone to pay that amount for a shirt.
So, why is it so expensive?
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For starters, it is coming from a designer brand. The shirt is made in Italy, and it&rsquo;s woven from Italian cotton and also has mother-of-pearl buttons.
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Here are some of the comments about his shirt:
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Who tf is his fashion advisor? <a href="https://t.co/KBfNQ3abzo">pic.twitter.com/KBfNQ3abzo</a>
&mdash; 👾🏴 (@azmirliberty) <a href="https://twitter.com/azmirliberty/status/1529356924147617793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Last week, Ismail Sabri championed Malay to be the lingua franca for Asia This week, he's passing off a designer print from Burberry as Batik <a href="https://t.co/KxaIen25pc">pic.twitter.com/KxaIen25pc</a>
&mdash; Silly Chili (@SteamBake) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteamBake/status/1529961809108926464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Don't bully Ismail Sabri about not ironing his shirt la, that photo of him with PM Lee is iconic. Pakai Burberry without ironing his shirt IS something only a wealthy Malaysian with status can do in Singapore. The rest of us will be incarcerated in Johor for stealing Burberry
&mdash; Michelle Yesudas (@MichelleYesudas) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleYesudas/status/1529679676977086464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2022</a></blockquote>

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But among all comments, an eagle eye netizen spotted that our PM was rocking the same shirt as Caleb McLaughlin or better well known as Lucas Sinclair in Netflix&rsquo;s hit series Stranger Things.
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Pahal lucas pakai baju burberry ismail sabri <a href="https://t.co/X3kenbEcUf">https://t.co/X3kenbEcUf</a>
&mdash; raquib🏴 (@raquibahmadsyed) <a href="https://twitter.com/raquibahmadsyed/status/1530033901565259776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Fun fact, the latest season of Stranger Things drops today! You can tune to the new episodes on Netflix. 
Well, I don&rsquo;t blame the man for wearing a shirt that expensive. But it would have been nicer if he put some Malaysian pride into the clothing he wears when meeting with other international leaders despite it being formal or casual. 
What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments. 
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*Sources: Visual and Reference Credits to Social Media, The Sunday Mail, Malaysia Dateline&amp; various cross references for context.
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I don’t know what’s worse, him not wearing a Batik or the fact that he didn’t even iron his shirt…

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PM Ismail Sabri Criticized For RM5,500 Burberry T-Shirt

Kanye West or Ye (yes, he legally changed his name to Ye&hellip;) is no stranger to many out there. From his popular music, his Adidas Yeezy shoes to even him marrying American socialite Kim Kardashian.
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Let&rsquo;s rewind a bit to the 2022 Super Bowl LVI where Kanye had been featured in a McDonalds ad and everyone can&rsquo;t forget the well known &ldquo;Can I Get Uhhhhhhh&rdquo; playing the whole way through.
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This was only a small hint of what was coming up for Kanye and the famous fast-food brand and it looks like we can finally get that &ldquo;uhhhhhhh&rdquo;!
Kanye x Naoto Fukasawa
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He&rsquo;s finally taken to Instagram to announce his collaboration with industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa as they would be &ldquo;redesigning&rdquo; McDonald&rsquo;s packaging.
If you don&rsquo;t know who Naoto Fukasawa is, he&rsquo;s the man behind the product designs with Japanese retailer company MUJI.
Previously, Kanye had been banned from Instagram as he had violated the platforms policies on hate speech and harassment and bullying but he&rsquo;s finally back.
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By the looks of it, the box is designed to resemble a crammed sandwich in a tight space. Funny enough, the box is just as realistic looking like the burgers.
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His Instagram story featured a post with the words &ldquo;next week it&rsquo;s the fries&rdquo; which is referenced to his 2005 track Gold Digger as he rapped This week he moppin' floors, next week it's the fries.'
But so far, there&rsquo;s no official statement coming from McDonalds, and we&rsquo;ll have to further wait on what will come on in the future.
A big week for new music
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This Friday (27 May) we&rsquo;ll also get the release of Donda 2 single &ldquo;True Love&rdquo; which features vocals from the late XXXTentacion. So far, it&rsquo;s still unclear if the song is a rework from the version that Stem Player owners are used. Regardless, the song will be featured in X&rsquo;s Look At Me: The Album with the song also featuring in the end credits of the documentary of him which focuses on his career.
Muji is known to have very minimalist designs so its going to be interesting on how the McDonald&rsquo;s designs will look. Not going to lie, I&rsquo;m all down for something minimalist.
Not to forget, new music is also great. I&rsquo;m sure many would look forward to Donda 2 especially since it has vocals from XXXTentacion. &nbsp;
What are your thoughts on the collaboration? Let us know in the comments!
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*Sources: Visual and Reference Credits to Social Media, Complex, Malay Mail, Design Boom &amp; various cross references for context.
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Looks like Kanye’s “Can I Get Uhhhhh” has been answered. Also, new music drops this Friday featuring the late XXXTentacion. 

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Kanye X Naoto Fukasawa: Reimagine McDonalds Packaging 

Prime Ministers are normally some of the busiest people out there as they constantly need to travel from state to state for official events or even travel to other countries for diplomatic relationships.
<img src="https://cdn1.myc.com.my/image/upload/v1653533887/unsigned/qnxwslsoigxld5vse4dx.webp" />
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Recently, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri had flew for a trip to Japan for 6 days to meet Japan&rsquo;s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida and to hold several meetings with corporate leaders and businessmen to draw further investments to Malaysia.
Apart from that, he was also recently awarded the Honorary Doctorate in Medicine by Nihon University.
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The degree was awarded in appreciation of Ismail Sabri&rsquo;s efforts and contributions in the fight against Covid-19 and Nihon University is considered one of the most distinguished and oldest private universities in Japan.
The honorary doctorate was awarded by university president Dr Naoto Kato at the Itabashi campus in Tokyo which is within the compound of the university&rsquo;s hospital.
Dedicated the award to the entire Keluarga Malaysia 
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"Indeed, the award is a great recognition not only for me but for the entire Keluarga Malaysia who have proven our ability to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in our own way," he said.
Additionally, he also mentioned that Malaysia is also recognised by several international agencies. Two of them being Bloomberg and Nikkei who dubbed Malaysia the top 5 nations in the world to have succeeded in controlling the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
The efforts of Ismail Sabri had significantly contributed to the building of trust in international medical collaboration and improvement of technology in remote diagnosis and treatment as well as functional training said Kato.
Degree not recognized by the Malaysia Qualification Agency (MQA)
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While some congratulate him, a netizen had called him out for receiving a degree that&rsquo;s not recognised by the MQA.
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Mans got dressed up and travelled 7 hours by plane to receive an honorary doctorate by a university not even recognized by his own government <a href="https://t.co/JxRYacRPla">https://t.co/JxRYacRPla</a> <a href="https://t.co/Tuv1kMpZap">pic.twitter.com/Tuv1kMpZap</a>
&mdash; dzfrn (@alcremo) <a href="https://twitter.com/alcremo/status/1528997978283069440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2022</a></blockquote>

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The netizen explained that even a university such as Universiti Malaysia Pahang who are infamous for its black magic kit, is in the QS Top Universities ranking but not Nihon University. For the fun of it, netizens also poked around stating Rosmah&rsquo;s honorary doctorate from Curtin University (ranked 217th in the world) is also recognized by MQA.
The funniest comment in all this would be the irony of Malaysians not recognizing the current government too.
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receive an honorary doctorate by a university not even recognized by his own government. Worst is his government not even recognized by Rakyat Malaysia too
&mdash; j o h n . d o l (@JohnDol83) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnDol83/status/1529239073147490305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Who knows, maybe the MQA list is not updated, or the University isn&rsquo;t added into the list yet. 
Emphasizing the word yet cause there&rsquo;s a chance it will eventually update to suit and cater our Prime Minister.
What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments!
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*Sources: Visual and Reference Credits to Social Media, Bernama, Malay Mail, New Straits Times &amp; various cross references for context.
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The honorary degree was awarded from Nihon University as part of his contributions to fight against Covid-19.

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Collecting sneakers is one of the more expensive hobbies out there as many would like to chase the hype of owning the freshest kicks.
But one question that sets the bar is, how much would you really pay for a pair of sneakers?
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Recently, luxury fashion brand Balenciaga had unveiled their &ldquo;Paris Sneaker&rdquo; collection which features some limited edition of their high-top sneakers. The price is set at S$2,590 (~RM8261.33) each which sounds reasonable considering it&rsquo;s Balenciaga.
But the shoes feature a design that&rsquo;s &ldquo;fully destroyed&rdquo; and some with a distressed canvas and rough edges around it making it look pre-worn.
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Now these ones up here are the rough edges and pre-worn looking sneakers.
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The &ldquo;extra destroyed&rdquo; shoes are one real ones in question. They quite literally look like they were pulled out of the trash and was abandoned somewhere for years as it features extremely worn and scuffed materials, worn marks and dirtied.
Now why would someone do this&hellip; or is this a sign of Balenciaga calling out the French for being very dirty?
Currently, Balenciaga says that the extra destroyed sneakers will have only 100 pairs and is available on their website in either black or white.
&ldquo;Worn for a lifetime&rdquo;
The French designer company explains that the limited-edition shoes and more specifically the &ldquo;extra destroyed&rdquo; ones suggest that the sneakers were meant to be worn for a lifetime.
Unfortunately, despite their efforts, it seems like they received more backlash than support from consumers worldwide. Yeah, no one wants to pay that much for a shoe that&rsquo;s looks like that. In fact, you could probably look better in a worn-out pair of converse instead.
<img src="https://cdn1.myc.com.my/image/upload/v1653035601/unsigned/joqaffqp2xg1lerdcpqv.jpg" alt="See, even if beaten up, they still look good and hold its shape." width="500" height="333" /> See, even if beaten up, they still look good and hold its shape.
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Here are some of the comments from netizens about the beaten-up shoes:
As quoted by my senior editor, &ldquo;The shoe looks like s***&rdquo;. Yep. He&rsquo;s not wrong.
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Balenciaga is releasing a new pair of shoes, and I have to assume they are just trolling people at this point. <a href="https://t.co/IsJaBxCvy6">pic.twitter.com/IsJaBxCvy6</a>
&mdash; Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoePompliano/status/1523766418407571476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Alright, this is the worst sneaker I&rsquo;ve seen today&hellip; Balenciaga has to be trollin <a href="https://t.co/nmMTDePmB6">pic.twitter.com/nmMTDePmB6</a>
&mdash; Seth Fowler (@RealSethFowler) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSethFowler/status/1523737646836555776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2022</a></blockquote>

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I feel Balenciaga is using those &ldquo;fully destroyed&rdquo; shoes as a social experiment to test how far humans are willing to go all in the name of luxury.
&mdash; Precious Gaza 🌍 (@preshgaza) <a href="https://twitter.com/preshgaza/status/1525439228997513219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Balenciaga's new "distressed" range of shoes starting at $625 is basically the rich cosplaying as poor. <a href="https://t.co/1iX1WYq2Q7">pic.twitter.com/1iX1WYq2Q7</a>
&mdash; Dank Left (@LaterCapitalism) <a href="https://twitter.com/LaterCapitalism/status/1524063890157580294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Selling my brand new Balenciaga shoes, never been worn <a href="https://t.co/edZ7MXe8ze">pic.twitter.com/edZ7MXe8ze</a>
&mdash; Clutch's Twin Brother (@CrutchTheBear) <a href="https://twitter.com/CrutchTheBear/status/1524120551056420871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Heavy criticism from the Chinese consumer market
It&rsquo;s no stranger that the brand had sparked anger among Chinese consumers. Recently they had over 2 million consumers voicing their criticism over Weibo and saying the shoe is too ugly and said it shows how the wealthy can be insensitive and tone-deaf.
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Back in 2018, the brand was boycotted by many after a staff had roughly manhandled a Chinese tourist at a Balenciaga outlet in Printemps department store in Paris. In 2020, they received more backlash after having launched a series of bags for Chinese Valentine&rsquo;s Day where many say it was gaudy and insulting.
Well, I&rsquo;m no shoe collector (at least for those expensive hyped-up shoes) but I do love getting new pairs to use and rotate them occasionally. Even if I had the money, I wouldn&rsquo;t bother getting these shoes cause it seriously just doesn&rsquo;t justify the price. 
What are your thoughts on fashion in the modern era? It&rsquo;s getting a bit out of hand, isn&rsquo;t it? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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*Sources: Visual and Reference Credits to Social Media, Mothership, Balenciaga &amp; various cross references for context.
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Many had criticized the brand for being too insensitive and tone-deaf towards the poor. 

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Tired of slow internet or maybe your own area doesn&rsquo;t provide the selected internet coverage you need?
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Well, it looks like Malaysians will have something to look forward to as SpaceX had recently noted that their Starlink satellite Internet service in will be available in 32 different countries throughout the world in 2023. One of them being Malaysia!
Initially the internet service belonging to Elon Musk is supposed to be available here in 2022. In a post by Lowyat, they had enquired with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) if SpaceX had obtained the necessary regulatory operation approvals in Malaysia but had never got a response.
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Just as most Malaysians were wondering about Starlink, Azmin Ali who is the Minister of International Trade had tweeted about the government&rsquo;s view on Starlink.
You can read the thread below:
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Today, I had the opportunity to tour the <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpaceX</a> facility during my meeting with the Starlink team, Mr. Andrew Matlock, Mr. Jonathan Hofeller, Mr. Samuel (Chad) Gibbs and Ms Rebecca Hunter. <a href="https://t.co/Fe0M2Dza3K">pic.twitter.com/Fe0M2Dza3K</a>
&mdash; Mohamed Azmin Ali 🇲🇾 (@AzminAli) <a href="https://twitter.com/AzminAli/status/1527076398766075905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2022</a></blockquote>

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He is currently in the United States as he is on a trade talk tour where he&rsquo;s met representatives from Amazon and even Microsoft. As he goes to meet SpaceX, he was greeted by Andrew Matlock who is the Director of Commercial Sales alongside Jonathan Hofeller and Samuel Gibbs IV who are the Vice Presidents at Starlink.
Now accepting orders from Malaysia
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Even before it&rsquo;s officially launched, those interested can already reserve their Starlink by placing a deposit of USD99 (~RM435) and it will be fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis. The system will work as long as the area is within its satellite coverage and will require a Network Facility or Service Provider license (NFP/NSP) from the MCMC.
So, how much is it?
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If you&rsquo;re looking forward to Starlink, it&rsquo;s going to cost you quite a bit as the price had recently increased. The hardware alone cost USD599 (~RM2,638) and the monthly subscription fee cost USD110 (~RM485).
For the price, its expected that you&rsquo;ll get between 100 to 200 Mbps with latency as low as 20ms in most locations. This is possible thanks to their low orbit earth (LEO) satellites which revolves around at a much lower altitude compared to geostationary satellites.
All honesty, this is much better than the current ConnectMe satellite service by MEASAT. It does provide 100% coverage around Malaysia but has download speeds up to 30Mbps and a high ping of 500ms.
Is Starlink worth it?
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In my own personal opinion, only if you&rsquo;re in a more rural area where internet access can be limited, then yes, it would be worth the price, but you would probably want to share the cost among a few people, so it doesn&rsquo;t put a hole in your wallet.
But if you&rsquo;re still in the city like most of us, it would still make more sense to subscribe to the normal fibre packages from Maxis, Time or even Unifi as it is more cost effective and can provide higher speeds.
What are your thoughts on Starlink? Let us know in the comments!&nbsp;
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*Sources: Visual and Reference Credits to Social Media, Starlink, SpaceX, Azmin Ali &amp; various cross references for context.
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The Minister of International Trade says that he’s looking forward to welcome the service in Malaysia. 

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