Mad Mad Fashion

What happened yesterday

2008-09-14T18:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my mum and I went out to purchase a digital camera (among many other things!).

So this is what I wore today:

D.E.I. tank top, Mixed Bolero, skirt and belt from our own garage sale and a "Chanel" watch.

That's my "ambitious" skirt. I decided not to do anything with it as I can do a lot of things with it without sewing on a stitch.

Just tuck it in! :D (Still a work in progress- i need to fix that lining peeking out)

We had lunch at Pho Hoa, dessert at Chocolat (mmm... cheesecake) and bought clothes (mostly for mum). We spent a lot today, so we won't be spending a lot anytime soon :) But all is good- we finally have a digicam!

Expect more colorful posts in the future.

Cheers,
C

P.S. I might sell some of my clothes here. Some I've never worn :) Mostly thrift finds :D

Frames

2007-08-04T00:44:00.000-07:00

Long time no post! Well, whatever.

This post are about Abigail Breslin's frames in the wonderful movie Little Miss Sunshine. These frames are much like the ones I lost in the MRT station. I'm having my eyes examined tomorrow and if ever I need glasses, I'll go for lola ones (picture to your left) or beautiful wayfarers, because everyone wants to be Lisa effing Loeb.

OK Ukay!

2007-04-19T02:37:00.000-07:00

Last week my mum and I went to SM to watch the movie she thought was "Little Miss Sunshine" (it turns out its the sci-fi movie Sunshine. lol). On the way there, my mum points me to this ukay-ukay near the overpass and told me there are really good finds there. My mind muttered: "Sure."

I generally dislike Manila Ukays because they're just old shirts and bad bad jeans. These people who own these ukay-ukays have already filtered out the interesting pieces and left us with the boring shirts that are better off new and store-bought.

Anyway, so we went in and I started looking around and I spot this checkered "lumberjack" Giordano top. I've been looking around for one that doesn't scream "tree logging" and this was it. It was hanging in the '3 for 100' rack. Oh joy.

My mum points me to these pink suede platforms that scream adorable and "sucks to have big feet". They were a size to small for my mum so we let it go. It was only 150 so not bad no?

So while I was looking around I spotted this mod dress and I ask for the price.
50 pesos not as cheap as Baguio but it's not as bad as the other ukays who charge 75 pesos for a top with foundation stains. So I grabbed it and decided that this Ukay had promise.

I was looking at the trouser rack and spotted this:

These pants!! They are made of slightly skinny and the most glorious color: purple. They fit just right and the price? 60 pesos. just raised the ukay's level from 'has promise' to 'must visit every pay day'. Amazing amazing.

While my head was swimming in the glorious find, I remembered the Giordano top and grabbed it. I also found a green mini-polka dot top that's made of fake thread but would be lovely piece to layer :3

All in all this is what I call a good haul :D

I KID YOU NOT!!

2007-04-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

I want these things. They're kira-kira and cute and funky all at the same time! Lovely-overload!!

More here! Yarr!

http://www.kidpirate.com

Wanted

2007-03-28T07:06:00.000-07:00

Aside from select pieces in SM, I would like the following in my closet.

- Oxford shoes. Basic and smart-tomboy. Would go great with a girly dress and leggings.

- Barrettes. Because I have short hair pa rin. I'm kind of sick having wavy headbanded hair.

- Dresses. Girly, preferably short. So I can wear tights and my dream shoe/oxfords.

- More opaque tights. I don't care for color. Neon, earth, black or even nurse white. As long as it fits and stays opaque when I'm wearing them.

- More flats. :D
OMG. These are from Topshop but they're sooo ADVAN!

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Thought I'd mention how much I love Topshop. I love the items and the online store is so easy to load and navigate! :D

Es-Em

2007-03-25T07:49:00.000-07:00

You'd be surprised what you can find in your local masa mall, SM (ShoeMart to some). I came from the unfinished Bonifacio High Street after having donuts with the family (here in the Philippines, at least with my family, having Krispy Kreme is a family event.) and on my way home I asked my sister to drop me off at SM so I can finally buy the Fiorucci shoes that star in my dreams. After buying the shoes, I discovered I had a bit of money left! So I decided to splurge a bit and buy a shirt.

I was looking around SM Department store and I was blown away with the selection and choices they have. I mean, it was craaaaaazy. There I was looking quite fasyon (with a big box of krispy kreme. luwlz) and I was gasping, oooh-inh and aahh-ing at the incrediblosity of the SM Department store. Feeling ko, feeling nila na Promdi ako. Hahaha.

I was passing by the bag section (on my way to the shoe section to get me a pair of Advans) when I saw these HUGE, PATENT bags. I don't know if I'm in my sporadic trenzoid mode (and honestly, I don't care) but they were LOVELY. They had BLACK, RED and I think I spotted a BROWN one. They had them quilted (Chanel was a very obvious inspiration), a YSL Muse lookalike/knockoff/reincarnation with studs and chains and trendy fasyon. BASTA, I thought they were surprisingly lovely.

It's a shame I only had 400 left, so I drifted by them, blowing them kisses and muttering "Mummy will get you soon, loves. Muwah muwah." With a smile still plastered on my face, I went to the shoe area (I know I said I was getting shirt, but it was a floor up.) and saw ze incredible finds. Animal print flats, peep-toe pumps (Louboutin lookalikes/knock-offs/reincarnations), gold sequined and glitter flats (I was looking for red glitter ones, ala Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz) and even pointy-toed TRANSPARENT Jelly shoes. Shet! Ang crazy ng SM!! I went wild- inside. My inner-trenzoid was thrashing around, cursing my wallet to high heavens for carrying so little money.

So I turned to shirts, and I was not disappointed. The "teen" (i'm not sure what Ia m now) had all these great tops and bottoms whcih got me asking "Do these people even know what they have here? What is so readily available for them NOW? OD they even know how to work these damn pieces together?" and "Did they raid Susie Bubble's closet??" Hay. I can't describe the shirts I found and the skirts I long for because my brain refuses to cooperate. BASTA, everything was good and nice.

I'll post pictures tomorrow maybe... And I'll probably rewrite this. :D

I LOVE SM na.

Smart Casual

2007-03-21T15:47:00.000-07:00

Whenever I go to parties (debutant balls, birthdays, reunions, anniversaries), I always almost wish that the invite would read "formal" or "semi-formal". For one, it requires me to purchase a dress and I can never be overdressed. And I'm sure, together with my dress, my mum would buy me a pair of sparkly strappy shoes to go with it. So when I see "Attire: Smart Casual", my brian kind of freezes up and refuses to wrap itself around the concept of "Smart Casual". What is it? Does it require to you look lax or professional? Should I wear my slick jeans or whip out my corporate skirts? Do I have to wear glasses to look smart? Ha ha ha.

I have approximately ten minutes to finish this post because in an hours time, I should be in a cab to Makati Shangri-la so my group and I can pass our portfolio so we can apply for a coveted internship slot. My professor, who we're going to meet up with, told us to go there at 8:30 am, bring our portfolio and be in Smart Casual. Uhm, what?

So this morning I actually asked my good friend Wikipedia to define what the hell smart casual is. This is what it said:

Smart casual (as distinct from Business casual) is a dress code which generally consists of a suit or sports jacket and/or a sweater (and other appropriate clothing). A tie is optional. As "smart casual" is not formally defined, the lines between it and the other casual styles are often blurred. See the link below, "Cracking the Dress Code", for details.

Current interpretations of Smart casual may vary from the more gentrified description above through to conservative, tailored street attire. This may include denim jeans with a collared shirt for men.

So uhm, what now? I'm still confused as ever and that's sad considering I turned to wiki and it tells me nothing.

So what do I do now? I'll rummage my closet and look for a safe and clean top with safe and clean slacks.

This entry has no resolution. It's just me telling how I hate "smart casual" because I'm pretty sure I have none in my wardrobe.

♥

UPDATE: A co-worker/batchmate defines it as "preppy and chic". Preppy I get, chic is just as obscure as smart casual and "sporty".

Monogram

2007-03-18T04:39:00.000-07:00

I'm a big bag fan. I'm a bag lady. Ask my friends, I have no shame in telling you that one of my life's dream is having a swimming pool brimming with bags of all sorts. Then I dive in and emerge ala Ariel from Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' and LV's, B-bags, Kellys and Japanese bags would be flying in the air. Craaaaazy.

So naturally, I blame Khan for this post.

He and I were taking about the unfortunate slashing of his mum's bag that happened to be an LV. I grabbed my hair and squealed NOOO. Because having your bag slashed--double points if it's LV or Rafe-- is horrible.

Now I'm window shopping at eLuxury drooling over LV bags because I'm kind of a social-climbing ukay-whore who just needs a bit of monogram in her life. I'm so over Multicolore I think it's kind of tacky.(But if anyone wants to donate/buy me a Multicolore, go ahead. I'm kind and I appreciate gifts! :D Just make sure it's a BIG bag because tiny bags are kind of eh.) I'm loving Perfo though. In fuschia! :D :D Maybe I should get myself a fuschia Perfo wallet? Hmm...

So cute!

I'm also drooling over a Trouville, the ever classic speedy and the Bucket (I used to think it's really fug, but now I think it's really cute and odd!).

I don't like anything Monogram Denim. It's so pa-chic but I think it's hick and ick. >P

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My mum hates anything monogram. She says it reminds her of the bad 80's. The eighties I hate as well. She thinks they're ridiculous, tacky and just BAD. I try to convince her that it's all getting better with more interesting bag structure and treatment. She still says its ugly.

It's amusing to see one of the best designers of all time, Vivienne Westwood, take a sweet fresh and rather mocking spin to monogram.

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Monogram anything has this tita/matronly feel to it. It's as if it's a big "HAH!" to everyone who told her she can never be rich. Baka nga yun yung appeal ng monogram bag sakin. Because I want to be rich. Pero I'll never pull a Gretchen. Please.

Villains!

2007-02-27T07:53:00.000-08:00

I don't thwart them, I dress them!

For my long due fashion sketchpad:long gowns, I've used Disney movie villains as inspirations/muses. Basically, if the villains were all female, lived in our time and is, obviously, part of the upper crust, what would the wear?

The Queen isn't so hot since she was the first one I recreated, but it gets better I promise! I'm currently loving my Ursula because of the "coral collar" detailing and I love my Anna Wintour/Cruella de Vil hybrid. Bobbed hair and a love for fur! Evil indeed (even though I praise Miss Wintour for her impeccable style. Just ditch the fur!!). My big finale will be Miz Maleficent because she's one gorgeous baddie. I mean, I should have a ball with the dark palette, gothic feel and free flowing evil glam.

I so psyched with this!

Or maybe it's just the coffee.

So far so hum

2007-02-25T02:32:00.000-08:00

So the fashion show was a success =. I'm trying to refit Christel's clothes so I can wear it. She's a model and I'm not, so expect a difference in size.

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I've been wearing a bit of skirt lately. And not the long goth-y ones, mind. I mean, knee to above-the-knee kinds. I've also purchased a cute gray shirt dress from the Chunky Far Flung Gallery street sale for 20 pesos. Heck, all the clothes were 20 pesos!

I dug up a handsome Gucci men's shirt and thought about buying it. I dismissed it as another men's shirt in my slowly shrinking closet space and tossed it back to the pile. Of course I can't get over the fact that it's an original Gucci in this gorgeous darkdark navy blue-almost black so kept dropping hints (read: told him) to Petter to buy it. After all, it's only 20 pesos! She he picked that up and a jacket with fringes. Bless it that the jacket is too small for him. The shirt, however, is purrfect. I mean it. I asked him to try it when we got home (read: my house) I went *GLEE*. I'll find the perfect opportunity for him to have no choice but wear the shirt. >D >D

Anyway, back to the skirts! Yes, skirts. I care little about my scars (though I expect them to worsen when summer comes around. Heat heat heat!) and I mean, they're there and they're in the process of healing anyway. Besides, I've realised I turned into the shirt and jeans kind of girl which I absolutely dreaddreadDREAD. So I want to come back into my little made up scene looking fasyon and chica.

Mind, I've seen the good side of being a shirt and jeans kind of girl. You're simple and low maintenance. But you can look fashion and low maintenance if you're a shirt dress + salmon pink shrug + black opaque tights + red w/ silver lining flats kind of girl. And the Monokuro Boo bag of my ♥ Feeling ko, ang cute cute ko. Lulz.

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After hogging 7 pieces of fabu-finds from the Chunky Far Flung Gallery street sale-- where I got the shirt dress-- (I could have gotten more if I didn't have to eat dinner!) and 2 unique stuff-friends (Pon Pon Pets and Tuhog-kun) I feel the incredi-need to shop. Sure buying something from Mango and Topshop is great (but Brit-topshop would be loads cooler), the subtle seduction of ukay calls out to me. Oh, if only I had the moolah.

c:
Creole

Ever Beauty Precious

2007-01-31T05:58:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow's itinerary:

. Give mum the Teriyaki Boy letter for Cherrie.

. Go to Tubu Foods to discuss co-presentor deal and get hi-res logos for creatives.

. ~~Bug~~ Follow-up Pepsi for their sponsorship plan. Ano ba? Come 3pm and there's no response, I'll give Jopay the 'go' signal for them to release the Coca-Cola letters. Bitches, we need drinks!

. Call Shakey's, Holy Kettle Corn, Lee and JAG about sponsorship possibilities.

. Do animation plates !!!

. Finish Life Painting plate !!!

. Contact dressmaker about fittings on Friday.

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Fuckshet. I love my work and I'm kind of loving the stress!! Luuuulz.

Marilyn

2007-01-25T15:54:00.001-08:00

Marilyn
Originally uploaded by Eloerc Htur.

She's one of my models for our Sidewalk Fashion show. I think she's beautiful. She also happens to be one of our house helpers.

I'd have to teach her how to walk in a catwalk and project because she's terribly shy.

Nyetpa post #2

2007-01-21T02:16:00.001-08:00

Fashion Show 1
Originally uploaded by Eloerc Htur.

It's over designed, a tad too costumey and a real "trying hard" piece. It depresses me a little that this will be my first collection. I will have this smudge in my fashion career.

I can save it by loving it. Loving it real hard. (Not dirty at all)

Maybe I should subdue the colors para mas-OK siya.

Kind of fug, I know

2007-01-21T02:12:00.001-08:00

Fashion Show 2
Originally uploaded by Eloerc Htur.

Get a move on!

2007-01-19T17:42:00.001-08:00

03.2.2
Originally uploaded by Eloerc Htur.
We're actually moving with the sponsorship for our fashion show. An unknown (at least for me) company called Tubu Foods (sp?) is giving is 60,000 for the show's production. I've been told that they planned on shelling out fifty grand for the show so I wasn't all that surprised when I recieved a message from Nathz telling me they wanted to co-present with us. But I'm still pretty happy because that means less pressure to get Penshoppe!

Is it really wise to read Perez Hilton & The Superficial when you have an exam in two and a half hours and half a fashion plate to finish? It's not.

I don't think blogging is the ay to go either.

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Speaking of sponsorships, one of my major problems is financing my collection. Going out with 4 ~~rather shiteous~~ designs is ambitious and expensive work.

But thank you Artoo for sponsoring me in this major event!

Yes! I am that desperate (but not that desperate) to finance my fashion show! I ~~mooch~~ ask for help from my friends!!

I was in tears when he agreed to help.

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My brain is no longer working properly. So here's a picture of me looking slightly creepy but quire fashionable during our class' make-up competition. :D

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Later! A post about my one true can't-do-without-luxury: Fashion Magazines!

Things to buy

2007-01-14T07:48:00.000-08:00
First off, welcome to Mad Mad Fashion, the Madame Madman Fashion blog. I'm a fan of fashion and everything related to it.

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I've always wanted boots. Since the Spice Girls entered my life (and made permanent residence) I've always lusted for an awesome pair of boots. I do not like ankle boots (or whatever you call those "trendy" ones Hollywood whoreites wear with cute dresses) because the cut is awful and awkward. The thing is it's so hard to look for boots in thrift stores (boots are expensive) because I'm a big girl with big feet. So as a brave fashion choice, I'll be wearing Advan brand rubber boots, the same boots you see the Maynilad trabahador in.

I'm not sure if it's awesome or if it's "too brave it's stupid". I'm going for the first one.

I want to mock the hollywood whoreites and social scenesters with their really amazing boots, because they can afford drugs (not that I'd take them even if I could) and so they remain skinny and so fabulous boots could fit.

I'm Creole and I'm a bitter bitter girl.

I wonder how much a pair costs, because if it's really inexpensive I'll buy two. One will remain plain black and the other I'll paint with white arcrylic.

Ambitious.