When in doubt

For us southerners, winter is coming to an end. And what I hate the most about end of seasons is that trends seems to be so old and unexciting and most of us would stop caring about what we wear already. By the last month of the season we are convinced that there are no new on-season pieces or creative ensembles that we have not seen. Since I am new to this whole one-year-four-season thingy, I find myself surviving end of seasons like a fashion victim. Or I would just give up and go back to the sweater and jeans combo.

Well, what I did was to search up the street style shots from winter in the northern hemisphere for inspiration. Here's a little something I came up with:-

One. When in doubt, wear the fool proof classic big black coat.

Two. Crazy tights in winter = refreshing!

Three. Yes we know but we forget sometimes, to layer-up!

Four. In case you skipped washing your hair in the cold weather, wear a hat. ;) Nobody needs to know it is just a fashionable cover-up.

Five. This will last you till Spring, maybe even early summer, considering how crappy New Zealand's weather had been. - The nude trench had been in trend since last spring and still going strong!

All the best in your battle against end of season dullness! hugs*


Photos by: Mr. Newton, All The Pretty Birds

Winter Woes

Winter is getting a little more than frustrating. Gloomy days and ever-so-wet footpaths are not my thing. For some reasons, I have been stocking up dresses for spring. It should (technically) be weeks away from now. But looking at the way things are going so far, Spring break is not going to be much of a Spring break for me.

After spilling my first semester off wandering in blogs and online stores, my inner suppressed geek is eating me up with guilt. So I stocked up my uni locker with food and I am ready to sit in the library, drink energy drinks, chewing almonds and swallow my law textbooks and casebooks, and hopefully wrap my mind around some crucial economics theory.

But before I kill all the remaining readership (after neglecting the good old blog so much recently), I did promised a few girl friends to organise yet another vintage hunt around the beautiful city of Christchurch! So that is definitely something to look out for. ;)

What I wore: Forever21 utility parka, P.Princess lace top, Foldover button shorts, navy tights, vintage buckle shoes.

Buttons!

Oh and I bought these Neff x Skull Candy earmuffs-headphone. They keep me warm and mitigates the winter damages when they are not clamping my head too hard.

listening to Florence and the Machines - My Boy Builds Coffins.

Cool As Robyn

Am I the only one digging this 80's revival electro music?

Surely not.

Robyn - Hang With Me official video from Robyn on Vimeo.

On the Panel (again)

Yay! I love being on the panel for talks and stuff. The last one I was invited on was for our club's weekly event about relationships and tomorrow we will be talking about friendship. It is really cool how we still talk about things like this when we are in uni and can afford the luxury of time. Conversations like these will be so hard to come by once we start working and have heaps of other stuff piled up in our real-working-adult-world plate, no?

Not that I have that luxury of time that I speak of. Seeing how I have neglected this blog and left it neglected for quite some time. Rest assured that I still wear cool clothes, match them, wash them, remix them. But without the time to actually record my what-I-wores, I can only do this, for now.

Magazine cut outs! I think this is actually one of the best runway to real way ensemble that I have seen recently so sharing = caring.

Take care my darling readers, I will be back soon. I hope. :(

Up the hills

A few weeks ago three university students decided that they should hang out and have some bubble it. It was raining lightly. With sugar pumping in their blood and way too much fun at a conference before that, they made their way up the hills for a spontaneous photo session. Rain + cold +bubble tea = awesome photos and a cold.

Here are some that survived the editing process.

what I wore: Dotti leopard print cardi, Mango T-shirt, Floral Skirt, Dotti Swing Coat, Scarf, Vintage laced-up boots

Eva L in a Magazine!

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

Can you spot me in this video?

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Cleo NZ collaborated with Karen Walker for their June issue, thus making the pages a good source of style-copying. Opps, I mean inspiration. After a fashion parch dry period for me after the tests and assignments that sucked out every ounce of energy I had, it is great to restart by putting together an outfit that someone else had tried and pull off successfully. Fashion newbies and fried brain all time fashion lovers should try this.

Studded flats - checked

High neckline tunic - checked

Little shoulder bag - checked

Win!

Outfit: Victorian neck dress - thrifted; tassled shoulder bag - Mango, studded flats - Vinci; big ring - Bling.

Lavender for fingers

I have thinking about the O.P.I. lilac dusty nail polish since last autumn/winter. It's just the perfect colour even though purple is not the colour that most people want to see on nails. And since I cannot justify buying a tiny bottle of nail lacquer that I will not finish using, I held back that desire. If I were to describe my want for it I would put it this way: if it was a pair of shoes or a dress, it would probably cause physical pain on my shopaholic self. So thank God it is just nail polish.

And double thank God for running into a perfect counterfeit that costed less than half the price in Bling. Happiness happiness joy joy.

J Crew Summer Look

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