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Bingo thrift find: Eley Kishimoto. I thought it was very celebration-appropriate ... Only I don't even know if my schedule would permit it, for that matter. So if I'm going to be realistic about it we aren't going to be able to celebrate in a big way until maybe next year... but that's okay. :)

Daul Kim

Maybe her wings are made of animal print. or snake.
It's tragic because she's so young. And she was so obviously sad, and yet people (myself included) just felt that she liked expressing herself that way, and than since she walks on runways and does all those cool things, she can't be too bad off. It's a wake up call to the different way people see things, and maybe the reaffirmation that repression and grief comes in all forms and that pursuing creature comforts and riches is never tantamount to being happy and fulfilled.
So never give up on choosing to exist for that which makes your heart at ease. Discomfort can be a propelling force, but it can eat you too.

oh my god. oh my god. oh my god.

Daul Kim found hanged in her apartment

Oh my God Oh my God oh My God oh my God.

Oh my god, oh my god.

oh my god.

oh no. oh my god.

oh my god.

This oh my god.

morning face

People Are People dress, Primadonna boots, vintage scarf, Folded and Hung necklace
I woke up today feeling rested and quite thankful, so that's authentic bed head right there. I have not taken this thing out since wearing it to the Project Runway viewing party (waaay back in August!) - time flies; sometimes much too fast for my liking. But these days, I find it easier not to count days, and to just do things, one step at a time. To be moved wherever the wind will take me. To wait with a firm hope and determination to pursue what I want. :-)

midnight

Thrifted black dress and Moschino cardigan
I realized that I hardly post photos of my accessories.
What I wore today - old repeats as usual xp. It's all dark because I wanted to get into the mood for a movie - went to watch New Moon, with tickets from the office (thanks bosses!!!). I asked for them because my mom's a twilight diehard, and I thought she would be thrilled to get free first screening passes. But she backed out on the last minute and so I ended up watching it with my sister Ahlee (and so tonight turned into a super sister bonding moment :D). Won't bother saying anything about what the movie was like because I never saw the first movie and I haven't read the twilight saga too - but I'm no snob anyways so I'll say I just liked the Jacob guy's abs. :D

Yucc.

The peg is comfort - for the nth time.

Yuck, this is such a repeat outfit. Hehe. And yuck, check out the effort on the layout for the shots because the outfit wasn't really post worthy. I had this weird idea to do an Alex Wang "model's day off" thing pero haha my officemates were all like, "O asan na yung kabayo mo?" (where's your horse?) hehehehehe.

Anyways, I'm starting to get very excited. It's almost December and that's gonna mean something. That's gonna mean something fantastic. Not the fireworks and fountain lights kind. As usual, the fantastic thankful steady kind of things. I like it that way.

Oh, oh. ♥

Lady Gaga x Lily Cole in the December Vogue

Image from Style.com

They were looking for new ways to "promote" her music. She finally appears on the spreads where she probably gets a lot of inspiration. Her wild get ups are becoming tiring to look at, though, aren't they?

Still ---- this looks soo FUN! I love the fish and root tree creatures in the other photos, too. :)

Anne Curtis In Vintage Slim Higgins

This jumpsuit echoes the marrakesh trend last season
Black opera cape=full on drama
This gown screams so 80s, so it's so now.
♥the inner layer is fully sequined and those are full strings of beads. Made for Imee Marcos in 1982. I wish I could get to see this in person.
Tassels on the classic Maria Clara sleeve.
Details and volume.

These pages are from Preview's cover editorial this month. Anne Curtis looks so sophisticated in these couture pieces, which were made by a designer who was one of the stalwarts of our country's ready to wear industry (SM waaay back in the 70s). Artista+Fashion love nanaman ito :)

I had a very steady afternoon. I'm finding my feet and gathering courage to push forward with the things I really want to do. *drumroll*

Spring RTW 2010 picks

I'm taking it super easy this weekend, especially since the weather's been bonkers since last night (and it's kind of apt how people say that Ondoy has given our country a storm-trauma). For me, "Taking it easy" rougly translates to going online all day since I've never been a person who can sleep in - no matter how tiring things go. My body clock is super whacked up. I cannot sleep for more than 6 hours in bed, but I always fall asleep immediately on moving vehicles, or even right on my chair while in office (and while in class when I was still in college, and highschool).

So: Might as well make good on my resolution to start posting more about designers or looks that I like here :) And so - I went into babad mode on style.com! (that's where I got all the runway shots here.)

Forget the bows or the short dresses silhouettes, but I would definitely include "add more print and color" to my wardrobe resolution list next year. I'm sure we can all dig up happy crazy prints like these from our Lola's closets.

Chloe's lineup makes me want to pine for Phoebe Philo again and again and again! But I liked the neutral colors and laidback silhouettes (even though nobody would really be wearing ponchos or slouchy socks in spring!). Band of Outsider's male-clothes-for-females line still inspires me to aspire perfecting that teenage-boy chic :D

Thakoon's collection was the most Spring-y among the lot I've seen so far. Balmain... because I'd always have a soft spot for futuristic looks henceforth because of El Laberinto. It makes me wish I could get a chance to design play costumes again! Here's to hoping that will become a reality in the near future.

So, there. :D

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Technically this is a fail outfit, because the agreed theme was hiphop, and my coproducers all showed up in bad-ass hip hop BOY outfits, while I ended up looking like this. T.T just a little early halloween dress up :)