Spotlight on Jamie: houndstooth

Campbell's Plaid

Before anything else, I'd like to say that I hope everyone's doing fine here in the Philippines. Our country just got hit by the strong typhoon, Glenda. Our hometown got hit too, and I saw the aftermath of it just yesterday and it was frightening. I've been wide awake when this scary typhoon hit us, and I never stopped praying. We're so lucky that all of us stayed safe and dry, and I hope everyone's okay too. I hope my readers from the other countries (if I do have any) give a little help by praying too. It really does help.

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It's been a while since I last blog an outfit post! I've been trying new things like lifestyle and food blogging (which I apparently haven't blogged all yet), and I'm honestly enjoying it. Because, uhh.. FOOD! Haha just kidding. And apparently, I don't have a photographer here in my hometown, so yeah. Expect more of this background on my outfit posts in this blog.

This is what I wore on the grand opening of Bigg's Diner in our hometown. I got invited to participate as one of their bloggers. You can read all about it here.

I don't really know what to wear on these kind of events. I thought of wearing something blogger-ish casual, but not over the top. Striking but still comfy, so I can move around to cover the event. And here's what I've decided to wear!

A printed muscle tee from Romwe.

A pair of jeans, added a plaid button-down on my waist for a more detailed look.

A pair of platform sneakers to give my outfit more attitude, but without sacrificing comfort! A very light houndstooth tote bag that can fit my life in it, including my humongous camera!

Kept my accessorizing simple with this Forever 21 holographic chain bracelet.

So what do you think of this outfit, guys? Yay or nay? Leave your comments below! ^_^

WHAT I WORE

Muscle Tee: Romwe

Jeans: Herbench

Plaid Button-down: Thrifted

Houndtooth Tote Bag: SM Dept Store
Bracelet: Forever 21

Platform Creepers: Thrifted

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A-Fash

Olive Oyl

First shoot of A-Fash for this semester! Woot~!

Didi said I look like Olive Oyl in the Popeye The Sailor cartoon show, hence the title. Hee~

Just to keep and update~ I've just started my On-The-Job Training at Havaianas last week and I realized that I lack corporate pieces! Thank God our office doesn't require formal corporate attire. Laid-back corporate-ish attire would do. We can wear sneakers or even flipflops! As long as it's an original Havaianas. Haha. So yeah~ I was up to a challenge to wear a laid-back-but-still-appropriate attire on the second day of my internship.

Top & Sneakers: Thrifted | Skirt: Refuel Your Closet | Eyewear: @hhh_onlineshop

I've decided to base my outfit on my new fave houndtooth bandage skirt from Refuel Your Closet. And since it's so chilly in our office (I ended up freezing on my first day hihi), I wore my cutiepatootie sailor pullover. Thought of wearing black tights, too, to make my look cuter. And eyewear to look more mature. Mehe~ (I have issues with that okay haha) I didn't want to overdress so I paired my outfit with a platform sneakers. Shoes can really have a huge impact on your look, you know. ;)

Sailor top: Thirfted

Houndstooth Bandage Skirt: Refuel Your Closet

Infinity, Anchor & Bow Stack: Sassy Pink Shoppe

Platform Sneakers: Thrifted

After the shoot, A-Fash decided to hang out a little bit for a short planning/meeting, and we really missed the groupie! It was just some of the pioneer members because others are busy. *hashtag tampo hehe joke* We went to White Bean, a really cozy cafe for meetings and get-together's. They have a picture-perfect interior! I really love the place! I mean~ Lookie thaaat! *eyes sparkle*

(L-R, T-B) Sam, Danica, me & Didi

Why am I the only one busy consuming my order? Haha. Our A-Fash meeting was one-fourth meeting and three-fourths picture-taking, instagram-ing, tweeting and reading blogs. Haha. Love these gals! =))

More shoots and events for A-Fash soon! Hope you enjoyed this post! Don't forget to leave some love at the comment box! Hihi. :3

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P.S. Social Collectives x I am Polished Giveaway is still open!

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Ateneo de Naga University

Dolled Up in Green

Dolled up in green in our Dress Up Day! I've already blogged a most of my outfits in our past dress up days here. For those who doesn't know what Dress Up Day for Ateneans is, it is a one whole regular class day when all the students in Ateneo are encouraged to wear their corporate attires, for practice in the real world. Well, others are annoyed with it, others call it as the band-aid day (because it's a "tiis-ganda" day for them), but some are also thankful for it, like us A-Fash, it's a day to challenge ourselves and look extra fashionable even in our corporate attires! We still managed to have a theme for us even though a corporate theme is already given. This Dress Up Day's theme is monochrome!

So here I am, dolled up in shades of green! I just put everything up last minute! Good thing, my first class on Wednesdays is 10:30am. Hihi. I opted to wear super corporate attire in my past dress up days, because it's most of the time required for us business students. But now, I decided to go classy fash corporate!

Head-to-toe Thrifted!

I based my outfit on this mint blazer that I found in a thrift store here in Naga. My inspiration here was my forever fashion inspiration, Tricia G! I really love how she can wear slouchy blazers, but still manage to look sexy and classy! Err~ I'm not kinda sure if I had pulled this of. Hihihihi. Anyway~

The houndstooth trend is coming back! Been ransacking the thrift stores here in Naga for this trend! My mom and I always talk about fashion, and I've once shared to her that houndstooth print is a big trend today, and she told me that it also used to be a trend before. Actually, houndstooth has been around the fashion scene since 1800s in Scotland, and the trend just comes back every now and then. I think it really looks classy even with different colors! but black and white is the classic one! *u*

Heels: Thrifted

And to match everything up, I also painted my nails in a shade of green! I'm really lovin' this BK Scented Nail Polish from I am Polished! I'm actually addicted to the scent of it! Can't stop smelling my nails from time to time. Oh, is that weird? lol The scent is actually good. It smells really fresh, so I instantly feel I have freshly clean nails all the time! I'm really lovin' it, the scent, quality, and color! I think I might want to pick more shades soon!
Ayhoo, I have an upcoming giveaway in collab with I am Polished! (sorry I'm so two-thousand-and-late to post it, still haven't processed the photos! but I already announced this on my blog before. hihi) I'll be giving away one BK Scented Nail Polish and more goodies from I am Polished too! *wink*