Last Hurrah for Kate Moss for Topshop

(InStyle.com)

It's sad that this is the last collection supermodel and fashion icon Kate Moss did for Topshop. I loved her work with Topshop and I'm beating myself because I couldn't get any from it because one, I'm not in the US and two, I'm still saving up the bucks for such things (and working hard at it---either way, I'm a bit of a workaholic). So some of my favorite pieces from the collection. It's so vintage-inspired lovely as a typical Kate Moss for Topshop collection is. I'm sad we won't be getting any more of the collections right after.

Surprised about the blog layout change? I realized I had to do something about the layout and boom. This results. I think the header needs to be improved, still.

Oh and why a really early morning post at 2:30 a.m. RP time? Hmn...let's just say I couldn't sleep after waking at almost 11 in the evening from a rather long nap. Typical insomnia. I'm using the rest of the time to get some work done.

by default

Probably my default I-want-to-go-out look. It was raining hard and long this afternoon and I loved such weather. I used to not to but these days, I'm loving them. Gives me the excuse to wear a lot of thermals like this Mary Kate and Ashley one indoors.

Not the rain-friendliest outfit I could come up with but this was more for indoors than outdoors during the rain. Perhaps outdoor outfit once the rain comes to a full stop? The rainy season is definitely in.

Finished work earlier this time so I had more to waste on the piano, styling and shooting and the likes.

Mary Kate and Ashley gifted thermal; thrifted, DIY jean cut-offs; thrifted blazer; thrifted silk scarf; straw Fedora,

rainy day in

(my photos)

In my 23 years on Earth, I've never really learned to use the mascara. I'm getting the hang of it now and I'm loving how it highlights the eyes. I know. I fail, right?

The drapey brown dress is one of my favorite finds from the weekendly night market and it's quite the bargain, too. I love the way it kind of drapes at the back and the shoulders. I'll probably have a friend get the details on the dress soon. I might have to wear this dress out every so often and wear it to death. Definitely a current favorite. Everything here is thrifted minus the cuff, bangles and rings.

Was supposed to leave for the dentist in the more casual tights and shorts until I got rained in. Turns out the dentist was also at a meeting hence I didn't get to go. I stayed in and watched the raw for episode 1 of Nagareboshi instead. Ueto Aya and Yutaka Takenouchi are ba~na~nas! I'm definitely loving Nagareboshi over Q10 but not more than Keizoku 2 (SPEC). Jdoramas this season are basically amazing and hopefully subs come out for Nagareboshi and SPEC. I'd be damn happy.

dress, thrifted; laced up boots, thrifted; chain belt, thrifted; cuff, forever21; bangles and rings, random stores; necklace, souvenir shop via Eco Village, Malasag

boredom induces...

(my photos)
vintage slip dress; vintage blazer; What a Girl Wants buckled pumps; random rings and bangles; Rayban wayfarers; Eiffel tower necklace, local store

Boredom got to me and I'd ended up shooting like usual. I'm too camera happy for my own good and I don't even think I'm that photogenic enough. Long legs, sure, we'd got that covered. Everything else, I might not even pass as a model.

The vintage slip I'm wearing is an impulsive thrift shop purchase. I love it's velvety feel but it's really, really short on me. It's fine, though. I like my stuff short most of the time.

I might've collected as much accessories as I have through to this near end of the year but I'm looking to add more. The local shop where I buy my accessories is kind of awesome. Aizi Lim. It's near my place so I can just crash it whenever I felt like buying any.

The buckled pumps sure is overused. Beaten to the point of...hmn...it can still be used either way.

something totally different

Because it's another dull day in my rather boring life, let's talk random. Mostly fashion-related seeing as I meant for this to be a fashion blog. Think of it as a meme that no one really tagged me with.

Recent obsession: boots

I think it's been for quite a while now. It isn't really recent however I'm appalled to know I only have two pairs. Neither are sky-high heeled but they're great to break out in during casual days out with friends and the likes. I suppose it's high time I go back thrifting, hunting on anything vintage. I just might find a few interesting stuff on my usual haunts. It's been...awhile.

(Free People)

(smvblog)

Online shops: Free People and Spanish Moss Vintage

I rave about them on and on and now, thanks to Pobox (and my own paypal) and my freelance writing job, I can actually get a few items off of them. Never mind really that Pobox charges lots for their boxes and their shipping to provincial areas like mine. Cagayan de Oro is far from being provincial, I promise. It's a city. A developing city.

(Rumi for No Magazine)

Photography and fashion/style inspiration: Rumi Neely (fashion blogger)

Love her and her style to death like ba~na~nas! I'm a frequent fashiontoast visitor. I think it's appropriate for such a sunny city as in where I'm currently at. Not loving the fact that I can not layer much even on rainy days and nights like these. I do, though, when I get the chance.

(Rachel Zoe)

Stylist: Rachel Zoe

I'm a fan. Actually watched a few the Rachel Zoe Project episodes via ETC. One of my favorite shows to death. I think I'm mainly in it for the styling and I love Rachel and little B (Brad). Sweetest tandem ever. People nearest me know me a CSI-junkie but I've also got the glam side of me loving shows like the Rachel Zoe Project. It's a guilty pleasure. You can pretty much tell I'm a fan having read the way I write. Cue: terms like 'to death,' 'I'd die,' and even 'ba~na~nas.' It's all true to Rachel Zoe-language. :P

Let's talk: accessories

Is it crazy I want to have a whole lot of them these days? They do brighten up any outfit sans getting myself robbed in broad daylight for having much of them. The world's a crazy place and where I live in, it's quite the circus. I'm building on them these days, though.

Because I'm just as boy-crazy as the rest of them, boy-crush: Sato Takeru

I mainly love how he's so fashionable (and an amazing actor). You can't distort the fact how he's one of the finest male creatures, too. (And the cutest XD) Ah...uhmn...I go boy crazy too, like the rest of the girls except I don't probably go for the Edward Cullen-y types (like my favorite RZ) sans Rob Pattinson. I'm tougher than that, I think. LOL. Though the vamp sure is hot and Meyer did make it seem he is the ideal guy for girls everywhere. :) But here I go as I carefully mask how I'm not a big Stephenie Meyer/Twilight fan although it's all the rage these days. Yep, I'm not a big fan...nor am I of the movies. How did this become a Twi-discussion?! Let's stick to Sato. Yep, Sato. He stands out unlike any other as what bff Miura Haruma mentions in interviews. You should probably see how I rave about him and some others in the other blog. I'm basically a Jdrama/Jmovie junkie which all started with animes growing up with all boy-uncles (my mum's cousins) in the vast city up north (the National Capital Region which you'd probably know as Manila). I should probably say Q10 is all but loveliness all around. I'm crazy about it.

Other things, you'll be surprised to know I'm a literature junkie hence the distaste for Twilight. What?! Probably a lot of hardcore lit. junkies don't like it. I think I'm the perfect example. I'm a big Harry Potter and JK Rowling fan, though. Want me to start raving? I'm so much more on the books than the movies although I find movie-Ron and book-Ron equally amazing. You probably could tell he's my literature crush. He's too adorkably normal. But I'm a bigger Hermione-Ron fan since book 2.

Hmn...what else is there? I think I'm pretty much out in the open. I'll probably have to do more posts like this. Life has been...pretty boring so far. I think one of my girl friends was even bored with my company when we crashed the mall earlier this week. I'm the most morose of all people when shopping, I think I take it too seriously. LOL. Or maybe I just need to loosen up? Being cooped up at home, freelance writing mostly, drives me crazy as monkeys? I go ba~na~nas a lot these days. And I'm kind of...playing you...or not. This is...well, me. 100% me. :)

talking of rainy season appropriateness

Right now, all I ever dream about are hooded rain coats or parkas and jackets. When it's the rainy season, they're the things I can't live without seeing I don't really bring umbrellas with me. The folding umbrellas pretty easily get destroyed in a year or even less.

Thermals are the best things around in cold weather, too. It's going to be one rainy season from this month on to January or February next year. I suppose it's the time to bank on all things comfortable for the cold.

Pilgrim Parka, all saints; thermal, freepeople; denim shorts, siwy; tights, modcloth; boots, kurtgeiger.com

I'm beginning to see the necessity of the rain- and post-rain appropriate ones. They're best off with thigh highs either way. I don't have a lot of skirts to begin with but I rather fancy the idea of having one of these tough utility mini skirts sans the army green color.

These days, I'm so much into the bigger all-purpose messenger bags. They're the best things for overnights and the likes. You might've seen my post on a similar bag, it's the one bag that's taken a lot of beating. I happen to love it a lot considering I'd got it at an estimated 4-5 USD from my favorite local thrift store (220 Php). I'm still looking for more big bags.

skirt, rue21; tee shirt, Alexander Wang; over the knee sock, warehouse.co.uk; lace up rain boots, freepeople; leather navajo crossbody bag, warehouse.co.uk

Meanwhile, I'm in the process of acquiring stuff for treasurehaunt. I've actually already gotten a couple of things for it. S'pose you should watch out for the next pieces coming out in a week. I've a few interesting rain/cold weather appropriate ones up including the most beautiful white bohemian-ish top with the prettiest crochet details on the sleeves, the tie and the collar area. I've also found one good suede eyelet long-sleeved shirt to pair with anything edgy in the wardrobe like black lingerie. I'm looking forward to add more lace by next week so hmn...looks like this batch is one thing to look out for.

a rather rainy night out with the girls

(my photos)
distressed skinny jeans, thrifed; buckled platforms, what a girl wants (WAGW); straw fedora from the Ben Thanh market in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam; random rings and bracelets; random oversized white shirt

This is rather a different take on what I'd worn out to a night out at the weekendly flea market with some of my housemates. My aunt and two girls and a boy who happens to live in the same house with me anyway.

Didn't get anything from the flea market but a dress that's cut high in front and goes lower on the back. I'll wear it out sometime as it's the loosest dress I could find there. Really right for the weather we have here, too.

Rained at the flea market but at least I was wearing the jeans with my favorite thrifted laced up ankle boots and I'd also had my trusty (and the prettiest) white jacket from Aeropostale around my waist to shield myself from the rain. It was the rain-friendliest dress-up I'd done this week.

I didn't get to go out much this week hence this is the only outfit photos I could come up with. I'll most likely take photos next time on the streets given than most my clothes are street style worthy ones...I think?

10.10.10 obsessions

My current obsessions:
1. Cheap Monday Samantha Shorts
2. Stolen Girlfriends Club Cable Knit Shorts
3. Jeffrey Campbell Foxy Wood in Black via Solestruck

I'm, I think, currently obsessed with actually having leather shorts in my closet. It'd make a nice addition to my staples and a change from the usual denim shorts I wear most days. The JC Foxy Wood reminds me of one of Jessica Simpson's T-strap heels. The heels may be high but then again, I'm mostly a heel wore. As for the cableknit shorts, they're lovely. I do adore Stolen Girlfriends Club's collections.

Lovely rain outside. Weird how I'd just woken up and had late dinner for antibiotics. I'm on it after my dentist told me I had to before the trip to her clinic again this Saturday.

Staples

denim vest, Old Navy; denim shorts, gifted; tee, thrifted Theory; suede bag with studs and chain details, (favorite local) thrift store; flats, gifted Roxy; random accessories; wayfarers, Raybans

My staples on a regular hot day out would always include a vest. It's the one thing I have in abundance in my closet, I suppose. Outerwear like vests and some lightweight jackets. They're usually the easiest to pull out and style especially when you're in a hurry or you're merely having a regular day out with friends and such.

It is eternally summer here so there's not much options on what to wear. I'm trying to do my best searching for cool casual wear, though. I'm currently loving on anything LnA, Kain and T by Alexander Wang. I love how they're so apt for the weather/climate in this part of the world. I bet they'd be great to take with me on that trip to Bangkok with dad, an aunt and her neice who's a good friend come December!

rainy day out

sweater, Mango via Mango Outlet; shorts, cut-off vintage/thrifted; opaque tights, local department store; random rings; random cross necklace

It rained hard outside, I couldn't leave the house for Friday's usual piano lessons. The upside is that it was cold enough to don the oversized sweater I'd bought from the local Mango Outlet two days from my birthday. I love weather like this. I could only wish it continues being this cold.

mixed berry yogurt ice cream

(photos c/o Candice via my cam)

99 girl shirt, j crew tissue tee, xhilaration skinny jeans, 8daysaweek flower-print wedges, random rings and bangles, converse cap, thrifted vintage scarf as belt

Went out for ice cream today and ended with mixed berry yogurt ice cream over at Missy Bon Bon. I think I might have to carry on wearing sky high heels. It was amazing bringing these things out. There weren't a lot of mishaps with them. I think I can manage walking in heels regularly as long as they aren't as pointy and thin as stilettos---I still want to walk (and maybe run).

My friend (and ice cream date), Candice and I were talking about how the city's becoming more and more a dangerous place right now, I thought the massive heels would scare people with ill-intentions away.

flowers and sky high heels

Actually terrified wearing thes things out. It's the sweetest (and only---at the moment, anyway) 5"something heel I've got next to my 4-inch ones, though. But...I'll definitely bring them out. They're peeptoes.

Freepeople and catalogues

Virtually leafing through the Freepeople virtual catalogues. I would say they have amazing catalogs with equally amazing styling. The venues they shoot their photos in are amazing as well. One of my favorite online shops to window shop in. But I'm pretty sure I'll be buying a few off of them sometime soon.

Definitely a quick post this time.

Cleobella

(revolveclothing)

I'm rarely into bags (because I'm mainly more into shoes) but this one just takes my breath away along with the others in Cleobella's section at Revolve Clothing. This could complete any bohemian look in mind. Seriously.