spring/summer but mostly summer

 photos from foto-decadent

Dreaming of dreamy everything for spring and summer. But knowing me, I'll end up mixing the edgy and the sweet/charming/fun-dainty anyway. Then there's the one flower print dress or two that hark back to the 80s and 90s I'm likely to throw in the mix once in a while. 

Other than that, we don't really having anything that resembles transitional spring in this side of the world...it's just straight up summer with some rains. Island living at its best.

style inspiration from Mary Kate

 (ph from olsens anonymous)

Still stuck on my mind: MK in a long vintage t dress and moccasins. This is so summer appropriate and thereby the apt inspiration for the incoming summer season so please go away now, low pressure areas-bringing rains and random storms and the moccasins look really comfortable. Like, more comfortable than regular flats, I suppose? Comfortable flats are pretty difficult to find and I can't really get into ballet flats either somehow so the moccasins might be a better option. They do look lighter, too. As for the t-dress...I have a few for the reason they're the easiest to grab and wear when in a hurry to go out and look slightly messily but still put together. Same goes for the oversized shirts. I'd kill to have oversized Da-iCE shirts as I lack some band ts...I don't think the vintage band t variety would be me as I don't really have favorite bands or artists from the '80s having been born in the later part of it and consequently growing up in the 90s. Just add a jacket or a vest on them and you're good to go...that is if you find just being in the t-dress or oversized shirts too dull. Fortunately for my case, they're classic but never boring even on their own. Accessories, of course, will always complete a get-up like this plus they save me, especially, from having to constantly upgrade the wardrobe you can tell I'm not really into anything fancy and frilly and girly so yeah with pieces of clothing from the latest season/s.

lounge & lingerie dreaming

(vogue japan 12-15)

Tonight is colder than the usual tropical islands December nights---thing is, it's usually not this cold but hello global warming?---but all I'm thinking about is comfort dressing in lace, silk, cashmere and even some faux fur and some other such shaggy clothing materials/details to keep...somewhat warm...inside the house, in bed, specifically. So the pages on this one from last year, December 2015's Japanese Vogue resonates with me somehow. Now if I only had a cup of tea or hot chocolate to go with this mood...hmn...

Vivi February 2016 Maggy and Reina

(photos of Vivi February 2016 pages by me)

Editorials---technically this doesn't seem to be like the ones on magazines like Vogue, Nylon, Teen Vogue and more however this should count as one, should it?---on everyday casual and cute wear always gets to me. Always.

These pages (Maggy Gibb and Reina as models respectively) resonate with me well on the February 2016 issue and seems so apt for the colder week nights and extremely early mornings ahead. These are definitely what I'm imagining wearing out and about for those.

for the rainy days, a polyvore set

rainy day wear by crysta17 featuring a rainy day outfit

Polyvore-d today because I had a headstart on what to do with wellies? All I know is...this would totally be something I'd love to wear out today while doing some random shopping close by...or maybe to tea or coffee with a friend or two.

For two days and a night now, it's been raining intermittently and mostly, it's strong rains hence the inspiration for this set. I'm still forever on the lookout for the right wellies to this day. Sometimes I look into what Zalora has or what Primadonna on their physical stores have...or I'm thinking of going True Value on this one as I found a few of those there last time. 

Hopefully there's minimal rain at the pool come Monday as that is the current plan with the best friend.

Oh and nude everything for the win! 

P.S.
Photobucket has been down for a couple days now. Says maintenance is ongoing and thus the reason why photos on this blog uploaded there have been nonexistent... Hope they fix that one soon.  

bye bye summer, hello stylish vision for fall/winter 2016 /17

 

(my collage)

 from left to right: ZALORA black cami playsuit with lace trim, MANGO black velvet dress, MANGO black zipped biker jacket, MAX STUDIO colorblocked shawl cape, ZALORA navy scalloped hem skirt,  RAM Jewellery gold elegant cross bracelet, RAM Jewellery pink gold/rosegold thin nail bangle, ZALORA beige or nude heel sandals with front knots, VELVET silver occasion bow heels, RUBI black croc dillon boots

What I'm currently thinking for the fall-winter season although fall/winter here in the tropics is all rain. I haven't been able to post any outfit shots this week due to it, rain. It rains in the afternoons lately this week.  

Yep, everything is from Zalora as when I'm not window shopping elsewhere for stuff---Forever21, UO, etc---I'm usually just settling for there. Zalora is actually a really convenient, one stop place online for me to shop stuff if I feel like my wardrobe needs updating. I also go there to window shop online to keep me from browsing shops in real time in the numerous malls we have here. I find malls, nowadays, a tad too crowded and it flares up my social anxiety issues. I'm not really very good with being around a lot of people as a natural-born introvert. I only go there now when I'm meeting with the best girl friend/s and maybe to watch movies but for anything else except may when accompanying the mum to the occasional sunday trip to the houseware section of a department store and the grocery store there...I don't really wander into clothing, shoes and bags stores there anymore much lately. Some of my favorite stores---What a Girl Wants, cue me, crying rn--- have closed down anyway so sometimes, I don't see the point of going. 

Shopping habits-wise...I haven't been shopping as much lately either. Before, when I stayed in Dumaguete City for school, thrifting was a norm. I frequently went when I'm done with school stuff that I find stressful. I went almost every other day or every weekend but I never bought anything as frequently either, I just go there to browse mostly. Lately, as there's little access here to those that carry good vintage finds, I hardly really go anymore. The last time I bought something from Zalora was a month ago or so. Before last month's purchase, I think my last purchase was when I came back from a Cebu trip around April or May. Last time I shopped from any mall boutique or the department stores...I don't really remember anymore. I've been more about investing on more versatile pieces lately, I'd rather buy things I could wear in whatever way possible than impulse buy whatever I can get my hands on or find wherever I am...although...I usually don't really have anything in mind I need and want to buy when I go online store browsing or window shopping in the mall/s or even the thrift store. Shopping online or offline at least twice or thrice a year is enough for me. If I could even go with shopping just once a year, I'd be good, even. I'd like to think I have a pretty good handle on my spending on most days. I'd rather spend most money now on traveling or something else much more useful. But don't get me wrong, I still do love fashion and everything about it, clothes, shoes, bags etc.

It's a dark colored palette for me this latter half of the year but I'm not exactly sure why. Haha. I guess they were the things that attracted me in the online store, Zalora. I've been dressing in lighter colors during the day however, as it is eternally sunshiney here unless the skies threaten to rain, then it's gloomy, dark-ish until the late afternoon and night time. I suppose it's a sign that sunny summer, my favorite season, has passed. Also, I've been feeling really cold lately. I woke up cold tonight from a quick nap from the late afternoon until the early evening. Hmn...faux leather biker jacket; trivial but yeah, yummy (?) velvet dress---the u-back detail is really, really good, though; black crocodile leather detail boots; and a random silver heels for going into parties to brighten up the dark-ish palette...yes, yes and yes. The shawl cape, I can picture being used in the mountains when I get the chance to go there somehow. I'm not sure when, haha. I've been itching to go however and to the hotsprings and beach as well. I know, crazy that I want to go there when it's been raining more and more, right? I mean it's not exactly summer anymore but an escape elsewhere but the city would still really be so, so nice these days. It should be enough to keep anyone (especially me) from getting too depressed. In my case, I've been known (mostly by myself) to get season depression at this time of the year so a trip somewhere else sunnier is always a welcome distraction for me. 

It's a good thing I have SOLIDEMO's Orange track to keep me perked up these days. It's a recent release. Such a feel good sunshiney summer track along with Da-iCE's Paradive one. Thank heavens for really good summery stuff from the favorite all-male jpop groups to carry me through the rainy seasons at least until early next year or so.