Child’s Play: Color Blocking for Plenary

What I wore

Mini-Floral-Dress-Worn-As-Top: FOVL (Japanese brand)

Polo-Blouse-Worn-As-Blazer: Rosella (Japanese brand)

Skirt: Vintage

Dark Brown Boots: Janeo

Sleek Belt: SM Accessories

Bag: Secosana

Earrings: Gift from Mom

Necklace: from England

Bangle: from England

Two days ago was our Thesis Plenary (final defense), and I’m just so glad and proud to say… I made it at last! We still have a few things to add for our final draft though, but what I’m sure of is that my sacrifice for this major subject is about to end soon. I’m ultimately stoked to don our school’s famous sablay for our much-awaited graduation come 18th of April. Now that it’s nearing the finish line (and it's only a month to go), it’s becoming even more nerve-wrecking! The anticipation is killing me!

Now on the glam side of this post, presentations at school has always been the BA Communication Arts students venue for dolling up. A fashion enthusiast like me would miss chances like this under no circumstance. Of course it’s uncommon for a shutterbug like me, to play dress up without photography. What good are lovely clothes when you don’t get to capture them? That’s just what I personally think. Maybe that might wrinkle your brows, but for me it’s something that I totally dig.

I always plan my outfits days ahead, and with that I mean I have a sort of “dress rehearsal” so that I won’t go panicking in front of my closet on the day itself. I chose to throw in some vivid hues for this get-up to uplift my mood, because I’ve been in some neutral colors like white, black, brown/beige lately. I also decided to wear my mini floral dress as a top, and my blue button-down top as a blazer. I tucked the dress in the skirt, put the blouse over it and cinched everything with the sleek belt.

I love that my printed top and bangle made it pop in my plain color-blocked ensemble. It’s like having two fashion fad in one – print popping and color blocking. How ‘bout that? I also love that the combination of this vibrant blue and yellow shades made a cheerful effect in my mood for this day. Blue is associated to the calm waters and yellow to the bright sunshine, so putting them together definitely helped me be in good spirits that lasted for the entire day, and hopefully for the whole week as well.

How could I not be in a pleasant disposition when I wore clothes that look so happy, and I got one of the best news in my college life? Color therapy and good news indeed have the power to make us feel so great about ourselves! Thank you so much dear God for the blessing! Now I’m off to write the abstract, acknowledgement  and biographical sketch to cap off my final thesis draft. I’m almost done! And oh please hype this look in Lookbook. ‘Til next time and have a good day, lovely dolls!

Child's Play: Vampire

I'm not a huge fan of The Twilight Saga or Vampire Diaries, but I find the fashion sense of vampires very appealing. There's something about their style that can make you go prying over them. They definitely dress to kill. I love it how they are associated with dark colors, specifically with black. That hue just makes them look even more fierce and mysterious. For me, that's a deadly combination but it's very attractive. Stunning, I have to say. I wish I'm a vampire, so I have the power to entice with just one look and by dressing up.

For my pilot episode of my new blog series, Child's Play, I am going to show you how I become a vampire. I don't have that much of a sophisticated vampire-looking garments, but I do believe that we can do so much of what we own. Am I right my friends? Oh before anything, let me apologize for some shots that are blurry and noisy. My youngest sister, Mikee took them. Janine was not yet around when we had that "photo shoot". But it's okay little sissy. I'll teach you how next time. So, here's my Vampire get-up folks!

Kat the Vampy

I used Avon blush-on as an eyeliner, so I can achieve a vampire-ish look somehow.

My Outfit

Tank Top: Secret Possessions
Hand-crocheted Bolero: Next
Skirt: Topshop
Boots: Le Donne
Bag: Secosana
Bangle: SM Dep't Store

Studs: From England
Necklace: Marcella's

Do you think I achieved what I want to achieve? So, that's it for my first ever post for Child's Play. See you again next time. I'll keep you posted as much as possible.

How do you dress to kill?