Black or White?

Rummaged through my closet for something to wear for our dinner and found these 2 dresses I bought last year. Which do you like more? I wanted to wear the white one because it looks fresh and summery (although Manila weather is getting crazier everyday, there was a typhoon named "Emong" the other day) but the white was kinda see thru and I can't find something to wear underneath so I went with black!!

The only good thing about the crazy Manila weather: I get to wear hooded dresses in the middle of the "supposed to be" summer!

The dress has a zipper in the middle, 2 big pockets at the side and a humongous hood!!
Dress: Refill, Cuff from Archeology at Powerplant, Shoes: Monica Fig, Sunglasses: F21

**Sorry for not smiling! I realized I look grumpy/angry in the pics!!=P**

What's your pick? And why?

The boy and I, Beyonce concert and my birthday Nov '07

-quote by Salvador Dali from kari-shma.tumblr.com

Favorite Couples

Lovey-dovey post because the boy and I will be celebrating our 6th year tomorrow!=P

Johnny and Kate

2 beautiful creatures
Photo credit: letg.blogspot.com

Chuck and Blair

I love how they fight and make-up then fight again plus they bring out the best and worst in each other.
Photo credit: flicker.com chesca_xoxo

David and Victoria

Posh and Becks are sizzling hot!
I love her because eventhough she cares so much about her looks she doesn't forget about her mummy duties..
I read somewhere that some of her Birkin bags are surprise presents from David! Lucky girl..
Photo credit: thebosh.com

Beyonce and Jay-Z
You must watch this photo collage. They are very cute and I love how they match outfits! My favorites: Beyonce in the white dress with zipper detail, Jay-Z in his all white ensemble with a striped cardigan, B wearing an Obama shirt.. And the last picture so cute!!

Ego is my current favorite song. Thank you Kanye for rapping again! Please stay away from the synthesizers..

My Fashion Police BF

I read fashionaddict's post (so interesting!!) a while ago about STRAIGHT guys having strong opinions about fashion and how we dress and I remembered the BF..

Usually he likes my outfits and compliments it most of the time.. I can not forget this outfit because he said it looked skanky!! Huh?? IT DOES NOT! He said that it looked like I forgot to wear pants.. The boy *never* tells me what not to wear but he kindly told me not to wear it again and I answered, "well sorry for you I have these in 2 more colors!!=P" And I have worn far more uhhmmm revealing outfits than this but I don't know what exactly about this dress that he did not like..

(dress: plains and prints; shoes: renegade folk; bag: Louis Vuitton)
After my sister's bday dinner, Aug '08

He finds the white button down skanky but does not think so about this one..=P

(Kate Torralba for Maldita dress; Centropel suede ankle booties)
My birthday, Nov'08
clubbing with my med friends .. I miss going out and dancing all night!=)

Oh, the boy is so weird sometimes.. i <3 him =)

Pacquiao Sunday + Dior blazer?

Parking lot camwhoring!

(Thrifted Blazer, Dress from Landmark dept store, SM dept store bandage shoes,
Vintage Nina Ricci bag, Folded and Hung sunglasses, Kenneth Cole watch)

my sister/photographer and her silly pose

Woooooohoooooo!!! Did you guys watch??? I'm super happy that Manny Pacquiao won!! He knocked out Ricky Hatton at Round 2, beat that!! I wore this fun dress because I anticipated that Manny will win and we will be in a cheery mood.. =) And damn right he did!!

I borrowed this blazer from my sister (I will slowly steal this..haha=p).. It is again thrifted and it has a Dior tag with serial numbers but I don't know how to authenticate. But I bet it's real because who makes a fake nowadays and intentionally sell it for 60 pesos (less than $2)? I bet the thrift store did not look inside the blazer and just sold it along with other gaudy clothes..hehe.. Oh, and the dress is a recent purchase from Landmark dept store I bought it because the polka dots remind me of Rei Kawakubo x H&M.. The dress is only 300+ pesos (less than $8..) Cheap thrills = <3
Real Dior or not I still think the design is beautiful.. I love it!

EYE CANDY: Fall '09 Accessories

clockwise: Givenchy brass & swarovski cuff; Delfina Delettrez earrings,
Herve Van der Straeten cuff, Lanvin mirror cuff
3 more reasons why I LOVE Tom Binns!

Amazing Dior bracelets with lovely names!
Idylle aux Fidji, Idylle Dans la Baie d'Along, Idylle a Valparaiso

Necklace, clockwise: Dries Van Noten, Herve Van der Straeten, Lanvin, Martin Grant
Karl Lagerfeld helmet anyone?


DIY inspirations for you..=)
Very DIY-able right?

Online window shopping is so fun!
Go to style.com and make yourself a shopping list too!
Photo credits: all pictures from style.com

Bandage Dress from SM dept. store (!?!)

So cute!
(davidandgoliath.com)

Wore this bandage dress on my graduation yesterday. The bandage dress is probably one of my favorite trends recently and I don't mind trying it especially if the dress is so cheap..=) I bought this dress in SM department store for 1,100 pesos ($25). I was surprised that SM had these kind of designs.. I was so giddy after accidentally discovering this dress!! "We've got it all for you!" indeed!! (For non-Manila readers: That is the SM's jingle hehe)

After graduation, the whole family + BF ate dinner. I was so full it was showing in the dress!!

Note to self: Bandage dress + Buffet = not a good idea haha!!=P

My GradBall Gown

Please ignore the severe looking hair color!! I'll have it repaired in a few months haha..
Oh, whatevs it's just HURR..

This is the gown I was talking about in other posts.. I think it turned out nice.. You know where I got the inspiration right? I almost panicked because I went to the seamstress last Friday and the gown didn't have any beads or those criss cross things yet!! But good thing it was finished on time.. My gradball was Monday and I had the gown picked up at 2pm on the same day! Buzzer beater!!

Our graduation ball had an awards night/red carpet theme. They were giving out awards like future secretary of health, future doctor to the barrio, loveteam of the year, nottie to hottie among others.. And I won Fashionista award!!=)

(with the coolest people in Medschool=P)

After the program we wanted to go to Luneta (uhmmm, how do I describe it.. a national park? a park with Jose Rizal's statue? haha) and take pictures.. trip lang! The 2 BFs don't approve of the idea but 3 camwhores vs 2 camera shy.. Majority wins! But there were no parking spaces nearby so we ended up in Manila Bay area.. Camwhoring is always fun!

After camwhoring in Manila Bay, my friend Maneesh wanted to drink again (because the open bar had diluted shots!).. So off we went to a diner in Makati Avenue in our gowns!! Drank and talked about our favorite childhood games. So fun! Went home at 530 am..

My graduation is today!! Yey for me! haha..
Have a nice day everyone!

My Bryanboy dress + Gradball jitters!

BB picture: bryanboy.com

I styled the boy. Who says you can't wear a printed tie with a pinstriped suit?
It blends so well, IMO.

(People are People dress; Celine shoes; Vintage Nina Ricci bag)

I bought that jacket/dress last July 2008. As usual, when I went home I went online to check out my favorite blogs and to my surprise Bryanboy was also wearing that dress! I was so delighted I blogged about it in my old multiply blog hehe..=P Yesterday, the boy and I went to the mall to look for a tie and afterwards I had eyelash extensions. Ahhh gradball preparations are killing me! I made a list because there's just so much to do. I'm nervous about my dress because although I saw it on the fitting day there weren't beads yet at that time..

Stop by my blog soon, I''ll be doing a post about my gradball gown in the next few days..=)

Collage Love

=)

Night of tong-its (card game) and strawberry kool-aid gin concoctions..
We were gambling with a 15 peso pot haha..=) I won 63 pesos yey!!
so fun the night ended at 5am..

The view near the cliff was breathtaking. I wish that balcony was mine.
My friends went cliff jumping, too bad I can't join because I don't know how to swim!

Playing with the self-timer while waiting for my friend to wake up..

I recently learned how to make collage pictures (yeah, I made that banner myself=p) and I am getting collage crazy!! These pictures are from an impromptu overnight beach trip the other day with my med school friends. It was so fun we were like little kids!You wouldn't understand a thing because we were always screaming and laughing..=P Stupid me I forgot to bring the battery charger and when we were about to go to the beach the following morning the camera decided to die on me..=(

Poor Girl's Balmain

Ooops!! Good thing I knowhow to edit a little.. haha
(Thrifted Blazer;Topshop Tank; Bayo tights; Centropel suede ankle boots; Forever 21 sunglasses)

This blazer is inspired by Balmain (again). I LOOOVVEEE Balmain!! Bought this blazer last year in the Summer Capital/Thrifting capital of the Philippines --Baguio City for 50 pesos ($1). Yes for a dollar!! Initially this was a blouse but I had it reworked into a blazer.

Which look do you like more the one with the tights or bare legs? I personally like the one with tights because my legs look uugggss plus the tights adds drama to the outfit but the bare look is more suitable in Manila's tropical weather.

Styled and produced by: Me
Photographed by: Rosemarie our househelp (Yey for her!!)