Missy Teo on her daily fashion broadcast preached to fashion naysayers that autumn and winter outfits can be worn in Singapore despite of our mad tropic weather. Humidity with extra thanks to a certain Global Warming makes blazers and leggings almost impossible to wear.

Yes indeed, one must suffer for vanity. Sky high stilettos that result in blisters the size of boils. Skin tight body conscious dresses that require days of starving and constant breathing in. Extremely short rompers that give you a permanent wedgie and in which one is unable to bend over or even sit in. But Blazers and Leggings?

Missy Teo can carry it off. But not Awful here. Beads of sweat running down my neck like tiny rivers and down from my armpits to my elbows just from the eight minute walk from my house to the mrt station. Mt T-zone moistening the moment that I step into the outside. Unfortunately, the worse worse thing is the dark semi circle that appears on the underarm of the clothes that I wear just after a few minutes outdoors. It is the cusp of embarrassment. Also known as Armpit Stains or Pit Stains for short if you insist.

Once, I walked to certain mining company to conduct a client meeting. This was not unusual, some weeks find Seow and me trotting the fifteen minutes or so to the mining company almost every day. I usually bring my jacket and only put it on when inside the building. However, the weather that particular afternoon seemed deceptively fine so I wore my little sand cropped trench like short sleeved jacket on the walk there. Oh, did I underestimate Humidity thy enemy. I realised to my horror when I reached that sweat had seeped all the way to my jacket armpits and I spent the meeting trying very hard not to move my hands as I spoke about tax and what not (which if you know me is very difficult).

I did lay my hands on this particular Daiso product: Armpit Patches. Like panty liners for your armpits! But do they work? Well, if you are sedentary and the weather is relatively good. The patches are like panty liners which you stick on the inside of your top beneath your armpit and where pit stains would appear. Each pack contains 3 pairs for each armpit. But my sweat glands are hyper active which means, these patches do not absorb quick enough for me to remain pit free. Though I was very pleased with them on my first outing with them, it was to Zouk and showed Jackie on the way there. Heh.

Maybe this will work? Muji’s camisoles and slip dresses that have a double cloth layer beneath the arm area. Perhaps this warrants a trip to Muji. Maybe with the double protection (sounds like sanitary pads) the armpit patch plus the Muji tops will keep me from shying away from waving hello to you! But then again, there is still the issue of the chicken wing arms. Heh, one issue at a time.