Ripped!

Here's another stripey item from my closet...

 Occassion: Holiday Shopping [12.21.2010]

[Very casual, jeans, cardi and ballet flats [easy to take off when trying on shoes ;-) ]

I thought it was a little warmer today than usual so I just put on my white H&M tee and topped it with my striped black & gray cardi and wrapped a lilac scarf around my neck... and then I'm good to go!

Mom of the birthday boy



Occasion: Gabe's birthday celebration @ McDonalds [12.12.2010]

White tee - H&M

Lilac cardigan - unbranded

Skinny Jeans - H&M

Belt - unbranded

Boots - local store

Double strand silver necklace & heart pendant - local boutique

Celebrity Outfit Inspiration - Hilary Duff

I never used to like Hilary Duff's fashion sense, let alone notice her,

but things changed after she got married... She seem to exude a certain aura nowadays,

i find her getting  prettier and prettier,  

i guess married life suits her...

I've been looking for inspiration in dressing up for fall, which means scarves, boots and layering and she is almost always pictured with a scarf and big chunky earring on, whatever she is wearing...

Here in her photo above, I tried to copy her outfit and I really liked how it turned out!

I love her style instantly! I will be paying a li'l bit more attention to her now and her choices of clothes...

Click here for outfit details and here for the close-up of shoes, and here, here and here for the jacket and accessories.

The search is over!

I have been searching high 'n low for the right pair of ankle booties to wear this fall, I even searched some on the internet and collected this set for inspiration, and then after seeing this Givenchy ruched wedge ankle booties, i thought this was it! It was perfect! I love the color, love how it is ruched, the peeptoe and of course, the wedge heel, oh, wedge! How I love wedge!

And then I thought it's Givenchy! Oh right, I forgot, I couldn't afford it  :-(

But these gray ankle booties I found are just as awesome! It may not be as awesome as the Givenchy booties but these will do... They look fab with my skinny jeans, my shorts and leggings, I may even wear them with my mini-dresses...
Lots of outfit possibilities! And it didn't left my wallet empty... ;-)

Too many shoes, so little time!

Guilty as charged! I'm addicted to buying shoes I don't wear enough...

[Some even have tags on them! Never been worn...] 

It's starting to pile up but I just can't bear to part with them :-(

Pictured are not even half of them, but who's counting?

Go ahead and judge me!

Stripey Outfit No.3

Who says you can't wear shorts in the fall?

In this post, I talked about how i went crazy shopping for stripey outfits and ended up having one too many stripey outfit in my wardrobe, so wearing them and styling them differently becomes a challenge...

Thus, i'd be featuring one stripey outfit at a time in the following posts,

and this is 'stripey outfit no.3

We went to christmas warehouse in SZ city, it suddenly felt like I'm in the middle of Divisoria, sans the garbage!

[stripey outfit no.1]

[stripey outfit no.2]

Scarf season!

[different ways to wear your scarf]

Make a statement!

Let your accessories do the talking for you!

To maximize the full potential of any outfit, it's important to accessorize. With statement-making jewelry everywhere, upping the glam-factor of your look is now as simple as throwing on a bib necklace over almost any top.
[Now, I don't remember where i got that!] 

This necklace says a lot, right!

But it doesn't even have to talk,

it just stares right at ya! And then you fall in love, just like that!

Must-have shoes this FALL

'nuff said!

What I Wore - My Birthday!

Here's another one of those 'stripey' outfit I was telling you about in this post.
Told you they'll keep on comin'!



Stripey outfit no.2

This is what i wore last Sunday, 10.10.10

Black & white striped maxi dress - local shop

A&F flipflops

Multiple chain silver necklace with turquoise flower pin [which i just added for a pop of color]

This time I ditched the pink and gray and gold.

The whole outfit is, believe it or not, only 160yuan [excluding the bag, watch & stunnas] which if converted to peso is roughly around Php1,100.00!

My birthday was last Thursday the 7th, we decided to skip the celebration that day and just planned a birthday lunch with Filipino friends that Sunday after church...

But then again, we still had dinner at our favorite resto after I came back from a day of, what else? SHOPPING!!!!

Outfit Inspiration for Fall - Stripes+Pink+Gray+Denims

I recently been to a shopping trip and all I saw displayed in stores were stripes! Even some of the shoppers were wearing one, either in combo of black & white, gray & white, gray & black, and so I said to myself, maybe i'd buy a few! A few? I ended up buying almost every 'striped' thing I saw...[I hope my husband doesn't get to read this!]

Tsk tsk! I really have a problem, I know! I need a good spanking right now!

So, now that I have one too many striped thing in my closet, how i'd wear them is a dilemma!

And so, when I saw this,

a light bulb inside my head suddenly lit up [I watched a lot of cartoons]...

I instantly thought 'inspiration'!

I especially liked the idea of combining pink, white & gray with a pop of turquoise and gold,

I never would've thought that gold would go nicely with gray...

So, here's stripey outfit no.1!

I modified it a bit since I'm dressing up for Fall... I ditched the gold sandals and put on my slouchy pink/old rose boots with a strip of silver on each side, it's really, really old like 3 years old old, and it's also really, really cheap like Php200.00 cheap! I'm not kidding! I bought it at 25yuan (x6.8 more or less) in March 2007, at the tail-end of winter. It's my all-time favorite boots coz it has wedge heels which adds a good 2 inches to my height but despite that it's very light and comfy to walk on in, and it's pink, of course! Also, I used my pink sweater [also old, 2004 or 2005 can't even remember], in case it gets chilly in the afternoon/night, just wrapped it around my neck, instead of the short-sleeved blouse.

Did I mention that I bought almost every stripey thing i saw? Yes? So, you know this is not gonna be the first and last stripey post of mine that you're gonna see, right?

What I Wore - Family Photoshoot

Last Saturday, hubby was in the mood for an indoor photoshoot of our family... He set up everything including the white wall and lights so it would turn out to look like a pro's work...

It did turned out great! We got lots of compliments from the photos...

One outfit, two ways to accessorize:

Left photo: For daytime wear
Wore it with a fedora hat, gold earrings, and a nude wedge sandals.

Right photo: For a night out
Wore it with a turquoise peeptoe wedge and turquoise bangle for pops of color.

House of Harlow necklace knock-off

Have you seen the Black Resin necklace from House of Harlow?

Well, here it is!

I found a cheap knock-offs, only US$2, can you believe it?

Would you wear this trend?

Korean fashion is the 'IN' fashion... They are mushrooming everywhere via online shops. Here in Shenzhen, i see them everywhere! So, when I shop, i get the luxury of choosing them personally, touching them, feeling the fabric, and most of all, i get to try them on first before buying them, something you can't do when buying online...

The 'trend' I'm seeing of late is the LACE shorts, or EYELET shorts... I've been seeing them in online shops and stores here and actually saw a couple of girls wearing them and it looked sooo cute on them i had to buy them!
I tried it on and wanted to know your opinions and IF you would consider wearing them...

ROMPER Stompin'!

I never really consider myself a romper kind of girl... but after seeing it as the 'outfit of the season' this sweltering heat of summer, it eventually grew on me.... and a 'love affair' between rompers and me started...

I love it because it's so comfortable... and you don't have to worry about
mismatched top and bottom.

The only challenge is when you need to go to the bathroom! *wink*

Outfit Inspiration #1

Summer Legends by Wardrobe Stylist featuring American Vintage tops


Technically, it's still summer here... And the outfit above is perfect for leisure strolls on weekends... One day, i'll try to recreate this outfit, i have the same colored (is that coral?) tunic top from Bershka and a similar looking black sandals found in this post. Yep, one of these days...

Juicy Couture charm bracelet

[ super-girly charm bracelet!]

What I Wore - Going home from the beach

We spent 2 very woderful and relaxing days in a beautiful private resort just outside

Shenzhen City...

This is what I wore on our 2nd day there...

[Details of the whole outfit below]

I found this really cute jumpsuit on SALE at Bershka [Bershka is a company belonging to the Spanish Inditex group (owner of Zara), that was created in April 1998 as a new store and fashion concept,

aimed at a young target market.]

You can say it was 'love at first sight'!

And what are the odds that it was the last one, on sale and in my size!

That's a sign, right? You just cannot pass that one up!

Tube jumpsuit - Bershka $22

Gold gladiator sandals - local shop $12

Accessories:

Turqouise bangle - local shop $7

Necklace - local shop $3.99

shades - Aviator shades by Ray-ban

What I Wore - 2nd day @ the beach

On our 2nd day at Shell Bay Resort we set our alarm at quarter before 6 to be able to catch the sunrise, but we just cannot get up, had to blame it on the bed! lol! It was so comfy,

we slept like a log!

Not to mention, what time did we retire the night before, 2? 3am?

[Details of the outfit]

Paisley print rompers - local boutique $10.50

Tankini - 6ixty8ight $19

Flipflops - Abercrombie & Fitch

Accessories:

Hat - local shop $4.70

Turqouise bangle - $7

Necklace - $3.50

Beach bag - $6.60

Shades - Aviator by Ray-ban [knock-offs]

Beach Outfit Inspiration No. 4

On The Beach by g0sia featuring Roxy

More beach wear/summer wear

Untitled by Sholpana_Lotus_07 featuring Missoni dresses

Untitled by Sholpana_Lotus_07 featuring Emilio Pucci bags

Beach Outfit Inspiration No. 3

Green and yellow, very summer! Plus gold accessories, i like!

Green & Yellow by Minni featuring Vanessa Bruno Athé dresses

Beach Outfit Inspiration No. 2

Hello friends! I'm back with beach outfit inspiration no. 2, just like beach outfit inspiration no.1 it is also a dress yes, yet it's not as 'dressy' as the maxi in that set... And I think I can move around comfortably in this one and still look stylish, my two requirements in dressing-up.

I can easily pull the dress over my head if I want to swim and put it back on fuss-free!

And WEDGES! Oh, I love [cork]wedges!

Bez naslova by ivaa:) featuring DAY Birger et Mikkelsen dresses

Beach Outfit Inspiration No. 1

Sorry if it may seem to you that I've been neglecting my blog, I'm not... Blogspot.com is having issues with postings lately, i just don't know why...

Anyway, I have been browsing Polyvore lately for beachwear coz we're gonna be hitting the beach this weekend, YAY! I'm so excited!

This is beach outfit inspiration no. 1 - it's nice and stylish and I think it'll look good on beach pictorials and some lounging around, but I don't know if I'm gonna go for this look - the dress is so high-maintenance [mental note to self: Be reminded that you got an 11-year old and a puppy! LOL!] I think I'm gonna need something I can run around with... Need to browse some more, be sure to drop by again coz I'll be posting more outfits in my future posts!

Bez naslova by Aida - B featuring Rampage shoes

"So nice, buy it twice!"

When I told you I don't have problem buying multiples, this is what I mean... When I see something I like and if I can't decide which color to get, i usually just go ahead and buy both! That is if and when it's really, really cheap!

....coz If I don't, then when I get home, i'd be thinking about it nonstop until I want to kick myself in the butt for not buying it in the first place... Hah!

I think what I have is a shopping problem! A serious one...

[i just don't think i'll ever want to recover! *wink wink*]

'Bling' it on!

Amy Adams' necklace and mine.. [my necklace - H&M]

i love finding pix of celebrities wearing a particular item same as/identical

to the one I have...

...such as the 'key' pendant & necklace Amy Adams is wearing.

[it flatters me no end that I kinda' exhibit some fashion sense as some hollywood celebs do!]

Eye-candy

Accessories make a big impact on a somewhat 'blah' outfit... I love wearing accessories that I sometimes feel 'naked' without them...

[colorful bead and chunky necklaces - price ranging from $1.50 to $6]

Maxi Dress

I have the same exact white maxi dress that i haven't worn yet because it's too long... I tried to wear it once by pulling it up and folding the upper part, hiding the straps making it a tube maxi dress but the lining ended up too short, making it look funny... so I didn't!

I don't know what I'd do with it, should I cut a bit in the hemline? Not sure...

Oh, I could wear a platform sandals just like what's the model's wearing...

What I Wore - Gabe's Taekwondo Culminating Activity

What: Gabe's Culminating Activity in Taekwondo

When: Sunday, July 11, 2010

Where: at our village clubhouse

plaid top - bought 2 Sundays ago, see here

denim jeans - thrifted $5.50

shoes - peeptoe wedge espadrille sandals $12

[i just love this back shot i had to include it in this post! lol! ]