Marrying Leather & Denim

I miss thrift shopping. I super miss it. I miss all of my vintage dresses (which I sold on Archive Clothing). I miss the thrill of finding that one amazing dress hidden behind a rack full of useless shiz. I will come back for you ukays! Soon. You are my true love. :) Heh. Anyway, enough with my senseless rambling. Went to a focus group meeting at Unionbank earlier! I had fun making chika with Unionbank EON's marketing manager Ms. Paola and of course mah girl Pia!:) Thanks for inviting me. :) Guys, you should all get an EON card. It's super convenient (more than BDO and BPI, sorry). I use it for online fund transfers, online shopping, getting my salary via Paypal, plane ticket booking, etc. etc. Best part? You just have to pay P300 as initial deposit. Oha. So this is what I wore earlier...

nasilaw look. sorryyyy hehe

Heir Line top, Thrifted vintage leather skirt, Asian Vogue yellow pumps, Pinkbox studded bangle

I love this denim buttondown shirt from Heir coz of the sheer sleeves, which could save your life in this unbearable heat. Countered the preppy-ish top with this leather mini skirt for that preppy edgy look. Labo. Haha. Finished off with my yellow pumps from Asian Vogue for that sudden pop of color. And that ends the how I styled this look portion. 

I hope you're all saving up for the much awaited blogger event of the year-- the Bloggers United Bazaar! Follow our facebook page for updates and to see our cool new poster (aztec tribal y'all). See you all on June 2!:)

 P.S. To my giveaway winners -- I will ship all your prizes soon. Sorry for the delay (as always). You all know how crazy my days are. So thanks for being patient. Love you all!

I ♥ Thrifting

I really really do. I've gotten over ukays years ago but then I fell in love with Lullie Vintage (an online store in ebay and also visit her style blog). So now I'm back to thrift shopping armed with a sharper fashion sense (and so I believe) and a more creative perspective and intuition. :P I also got my vintage online store inspiration from her. I'm now thinking of taking up a course in clothing tech or just a plain sewing lesson (so I won't have to ask my mananahi to get the work done) and buy my own steaming iron, then I'd be all set. I'm hopeful I'd be able to do that this year.

So anyway, as I've said I love thrift shopping and thrift shops are my playground. You should ask Mich, she said I go gaga whenever I enter one. Well, that's true. Just thinking how I can have a vintage dress repaired, or a skirt shortened, or a top tightened to fit me or my buyers, it pumps up my adrenaline.

Here are some of my buys when I visited my Lola's hometown in Bacolod and La Carlota 2 weeks ago. My sister and I were able to buy 2 dresses, 9 tops, 5 skirts and 2 bags for only more or less P1,300! FUN.

Left - super cute blue skirt with sheared bottom; Right - Blue/white stripes skirt (both highwaist and both only for P50)

nice vintage LV bag (i'm sure fake naman haha) - P150; And nice clutch bag - P100

... next week my cousin and I are going to my favorite thrift shop in Cubao. I'm sure I'd be able to buy a lot of dresses again. Eeee, can't wait!