Eva L in a Magazine!

I am so flattered to announce my first ever magazine feature!

Can you spot me in this video?

Dear Captain, Good Bargain!

Okay I look awful in this outfit photo but I have been just so much of a slug that I don't even bother about moisturising anymore. All I want is sleep. So ignore that, I have some great new after these mandatory outfit shots. :D

Outfit:

Huffer Navy PomPom Dress

Glassons Lace Tights

Miss Selfridge Patent Ankle Booties

P. Princess Necklace

Cross Earrings from ages ago

See this? Recognise it? Yep, that is the much talked about Dear Creature Captain Dress, also known as the Calivintage Dress (named after the amazing blogger by Modcloth). It is gorgeous, pleats and nautical collar, with brown-bronze-like ribbon over navy woven material, how purfect is that! Unfortunately, the price was more than a little bit out of reach for me, not even a bountiful minimum wage can salvage that. Here are some places you can get it from: BuyDefinition, Modcloth, Shopruche, and 80's Purple. The price ranges from US$118 to $129. Pricey no? I almost yell at my laptop when I saw that exception. HAHA. I snatched it up with my grubby tim-tam-covered fingers right away. Check this out. Penelope's is having a sale. $88, Buy it or forever hold your peace. OR pay $30 extra for it.

I am assuming that my purchase was successful just because the money had already been deducted from my magic card - I hope the sale went through alright :S. And one major reason to shop from expensive American online shops? Ian, my beloved brother granted me access to his US addresss. WOOT. I love my brother. :) Sincerely, not just because he did that huge favour without me asking. But because he had always been loving and nice. :D

Fabric of Zooey's Life

Hearts

Inspiration Blogs for March

one. Blushing Ambition;
two. The Cherry Blossom Girl;
three. Leproust Vintage;
four. Sacaton June;
five. Blooming Leopold Vintage;
six. Vint Junky;
seven. Calivintage;
eight. A Thought Is The Blossom;

It has been a while since I did an editorial post, so behold the links round up of these inspiring blogs of March. As the weather is finally turning decent for northerners, the weather down south had certainly took a sharp turn to the bad side. We have been having windy, cold wet days.

So I look to these pretty ladies for inspiration. These are some tips that I gathered:

One. Get an oversize knit jumper to keep you warm. Put it over dresses/top and you will feel warm enough to wear open-toed shoes.

Two. If that doesn't work, put on a pair of plain white socks or some tights. They go so well with brogues, pumps and even clogs!

Three. Lace is in and floral prints stay. These material brings a softer edge to your outfits and they are just the thing we need to add a twist to boring colours.

Four. Alter that dress! Check out the links above and you will see that most successful bloggers can at least do a bit of alterations or DIY. Thrifting may be the best way to recover pieces from the past but they usually don't fit perfectly. Go with what your heart tells you. Whether it is to chop off the sleeves or to shorten the hem, they will be pretty by the time you are done.

So ladies, may you be pretty through all the seasons of the year. As Tim Gunn says, "make it work,". Wink.

Karmaloop

Ahoy all ya happy campers!

Let's get shopping. Chinese New Year is around the corner, who cares if you're a yellow-skin or not. There's never a bad excuse for shopping. And I'm here to give you a good reason to.

Karmaloop is giving out discounts!!!

All you have to do is type in this rep code "ELE26" when you checkout.

This gives you 20% off your initial purchase and 10% off all your future purchases. :D

Cheerios!

I don't care what they say I'm in love with you

I suddenly remembered about shopaholics yesterday. Not the series of book, but shopaholics in general, well, mainly famous ones. Like Mary Todd Lincoln, Marie Antoinette... etc. It seems like most of them would have some kind of preference on things they spend on (as in Mary Todd Lincoln who bought 300 pairs of gloves in a day). Then I thought of my dad, who calls himself a "collector", he splurge mainly on cars, bikes, cameras, electronic devices, watches and men's shoes. He has tonnes of clothes too.

So I was taking my outfit shot after reading an article about consistency in blogging. It hit me. I knew it from the moment, my fetish was for coats. Make sense though. I grew up in a country with no cold weather. Seeing, touching or wearing a good warm coat means we are heading somewhere far far away for holiday. The thrill of holding a thick heavy coat is just exhilarating.

Naturally, now that I spend most of my year studying down south, I have to own some decent coats to keep this tropical shopaholic alive and buying. Of course, I don't need them here with me. But as I open my closet in search of a decent outfit to put together, I found lots of outerwear that I barely have a chance to wear. And they are just gorgeous!

The black trench that I wore on the journey back from NZ.

That cute pink corduroy jacket with with furry collar that mom and dad bought for me years ago.

All hail the Sportsgirl pinstriped boyfriend blazer. Every tall girl's best friend!

Meet my new favourite! The super comfy stylist military jacket from Forever21!

Thrifted denim jacket, literally cheap as chips. Worth every penny I paid!

My outfit of the day, remember to hype me in Lookbook.nu! :)

Much love,

Newly found jacket shopaholic

Frankie Magazine

Introducing Frankie Magazine, of art, fashion, music, craft and life. I found this bi-monthly magazine in Ruby's boutique. The magazine is based in the great land of Oz but nonetheless retain the artsy feeling that those big zines in the states have. I think it's awesome. Very much like what we see and speak about in lula magazine.





Since I was stuck at work until well after my working hours. And my bosses, being my parents thought it was appropriate for me work every minute while I was still at the office. I stole about an hour to do this collage while I could. That was before dad flood my desk with another stack of his dream projects and mom with bunch of long detailed formal letters.



Hope you readers like this mag as much as I do :) Toodles!

Muses

Photo credits: Why We Love nature by Tenteri , raphael by niebezpiecznygroszek, margarita's third eye by aksioma, The Clothes Horse, Before The Lights Come On by monislawa, Nancy Chang, autumn..nmutu by efedrina, We Were Damsels.

Le Blog De Betty

Do you speak French? No? Get Le Translator de Google, because you are going to need it soon. Here's why. I found Le Blog De Betty through one of the fashion community websites and it is simply awesome. So here's to entry level bloggers like me, watch out for Betty, she's a veteran in fashion blogophere!

I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Photos from Le Blog De Betty

Ladies With An Attitude

So I went to Weardrobe's blog on Tumblr and found this. How cool is that eh? Just love the background music. Fits in oh-so-perfectly. *wink*

The Photobooth from Rich Tong on Vimeo.

Officially Missing you

I love how the girls did a faster younger version of this song. True song birds. They make me want to brush the dust off my guitar and start playing again. :)

latest favourite link

Forever 21!

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Oh yea~ Don't you just love Forever 21? They are so cute & girly & fashionable! And now they have a blog too!!!

*Squeeeel*

Indulging in photos... & the embrace of Spring fashion.

http://blog.forever21.com/blog/

Savvy online window shopper,

Va

My Stuff

I figured. I probably want to share some of the music I have. Here.

-Eva-

BoA's MV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn1Iim7XK2M

Pretty cool moves eh.

Curiousity kills the cat.

Curiousity is turning its cruelty towards me!!! Help~ Alex keep asking me if I'm the blogger for "Dare to Talk Loud". NO! Eva is only faithful to this bloggg!!! MY BLOG. Duh! It bears me's name, for Pete's sake. How could I ever ever have an affair with another blog. Dreadful.

Anyway, the whole thing is making me curious who's the blogger for "Dare to Talk Loud". So if any of my dearest readers know, please tell me. And if I find it any good at all, I'll put that link in here just so my contagious curiousity won't kill you too. =)

So long. See you guys in a while. ^^

With love and a whole lot of curiousity,

Eva

P/s: I pledge me allegiance to this blog. I will be faithful and shall not depart from contributing to this blog an this blog only.

Windbreaker in Multiply!

Hey all,

Eva's got a second home for her blogs now! I first started using multiply last year, mainly for uploading and downloading songs. I hope you guys can check out my sites, all the blogs there are imported from here so it's the same. I uploaded some songs that I really like so hope you guys can go view it. If you like the songs, downloading it is free, all you need to do is to sign up.

Hope to see you guys there. And don't worry, I'm not shutting off this blog. =)

Here's the URL: http://homegirl76.multiply.com/

If you can't find it, try clicking the link on the right column. ^^ Love y'all!




-va-