Bounce

Everything's old or thrifted except the bag and the sunnies. 

Sunglasses - i2i, Bag - Lulu by Lulu Guiness

Oh yes, I am alive.

I terribly missed this little corner of mine on the web. It's been more than a year since I last posted. There is no real reason for my absence. Sometimes life just gets in the way, and the inspiration goes out. I could just say that my sartorial creative juices dried up. The important thing is I feel myself slowly bouncing back and finding excitement once again in dressing up.

Something New for the New Year

Every new year's day, my family has this tradition of dressing up in a certain theme and having a photoshoot. For this year, our theme was florals and stripes.

My family. Yes, dogs included.

 

Happy 2013!

One year has come and gone by, but another has arrived. This is what I wore to welcome its coming.



What could be in store this 2013?

At midnight

Pose-y

Flowery

For the record, that's not how my leg normally looks.

Take a Peek

Do come in and take a peek.

An Invisible Drizzle

Well hello there, Mr. Sun.

 

A few words

Don't worry, I won't give you a knuckle sandwich. :)

 

The Essentials

sunglasses - i2i New York, top - from my childhood, shorts - random store, 

bag - a gift, sneakers - Surplus Shop

A pair of sunglasses and a smile always makes a difference in any outfit.

In a rush and off to the MIBF! To the book lovers out there, are ya comin? :D

Army of Me

Camo! This skirt is one of my favorites. I am thinking of having it altered to make it look more like a pencil skirt. The very feminine cut would heavily contrast the print on the skirt. OH, IDEAS!

top - thrifted, skirt - Artwork, shoes - Asianvogue

pictures taken by Risa

It's about time...

...I showed these pictures. They were taken at the opening of the UAAP games. My boyfriend and I commuted all the way to the Mall of Asia just to support our university's basketball varsity team. However, UST lost that day to FEU (by one point, hay). Still, they played a good game. Bilog lang talaga ang bola. And at least I got to see the new MOA Arena,  bond with my boyfriend, and meet up with our classmate from college.

The only thing in my outfit that's got yellow

on it (the university's color) is my headband

poncho - Market Market, jeans - Dickies, sandals - Payless, bag - my mom's,

headband - a gift: DIY by Carmelle, watch - Swatch, bracelet - a gift

photos taken by Justin

Pineapple

The first time I wore this dress, someone commented that I looked like a pineapple. I wasn't really offended by that person's comment. In fact I was amused with the thought of looking like a pineapple. The next time I wear this dress I'm gonna put my hair up in a (spiky) bun to make it look more convincing.

I think this dress makes me look like a real dalagang Filipina

dress - divi (I think), shoes - thrifted

photos taken by Justin

The Red Hat

Since May, I've been on a search for a cloche hat. I scoured stores, stalls, and of course, the ever trusty thrift shops, but I never found one. Not a surprise though. Since the Philippines has only two seasons, the hats that I usually see around are either big straw ones for the sunny days or knitted beanies for the rainy days. There was really nothing I could do but hope that someone would think of bringing back the hats of the 20's. Even if it's just the hats.

And someone did think of it. So whoever you are, thank you. I will forever cherish this red cloche hat. <3

blouse - a gift, skirt - thrifted, cloche hat - SM, shoes - thrifted

photos taken by Neil

In Love

One thing I love about shooting with film is that you don't know what you're going to expect after each roll is finished. Yes some of the pictures turn out wonky, with underexposed faces and failed multiple exposures. But every roll has that shot which you've thought a hundred times how it's gonna look once developed, and once you see that it turned out how you imagined it to be, you're gonna love the process all over again. 

dress - thrifted

photos taken by Justin

To see the rest of the album and more film photos, please do visit my lomohome. :)

The Green Dress and The Spider

This green dress is my (and my boyfriend's) absolute favorite. Whenever I'd be too lazy to think of something to wear, I'd ask him and he would eagerly say, "green dress, green dress!" Last Saturday was one of those days and I was happy to put on the green dress.

Getting all matchy-matchy with the background.

green dress - tiangge, ankle-strap shoes - Ferretti, bag - a gift

spidey tattoo - free (wala lang!)

Here's a close up of my temporary spidey tattoo. We watched the Amazing Spider-man last Saturday and I just wanted to wear this. It was my favorite accessory for the day and it made me feel like a kid, haha. 

photos taken by Justin

By the way, have you seen the movie? Andrew Garfield was great playing the web-slinger and he's just so cute. Hay, it should be nice to be an Emma Stone.

photo from teenvogue.com

Reappearance

So after breakfast, we freshened up a bit and then rode on a van to explore Baguio. But before I get to that in a separate post, here's what I wore:

The problem with sporadic posts is that a piece of clothing can make another reappearance just after a few posts ago. But that just goes to show how much I love it, as I've said before. :)

And if I do say so myself, this is just the right outfit, AND the perfect day, when exploring Baguio.

shirt - thrifted, pants - thrifted, boots - a gift: from Japan

photos taken by my aunt

No excuses

Shame on me, shame on me for being such a stubborn blogger. There's no good reason I could give you as to why I wasn't able to write for the past week. If any, I should probably blame (my growing addiction to) The Sims FreePlay. Teehee!

Anyway, here's an outfit from an unpredictable day weeks ago.

top - a gift, jeans - Bossini, wedges - Payless ShoeSource

photos taken by my cousin, Denise

Caught Red-legged

Here's a break from all the blue outfits I've been posting.



Accidental finds are perhaps those that end up being worn the most. This particular pair of red jeans are among my accidental thrifting finds, together with the maxidress in the previous post. I didn't really want to buy pants but these were too special to let go compared with the skirt I was planning to purchase. Probably because of the number of outfits that ran through my head when I saw them. Yes, life's like that.

blouse - a gift, pants - thrifted, shoes - Payless ShoeSource,

bowtie - SM, watch - Swatch

photos taken by Neil

Happy independence day to my homeland, the Philippines!