Dressing Up For Me

If by chance, you´ve been following my sporadic posts for a number of years, you would´ve known by now that my style choices have changed drastically from too colorful to too plain, hahaha! Don´t get me wrong, I still wear color from time to time although a lot of them doesn´t get documented here for some reason aka  no time to edit and post,oops! Anyhoo, the weather´s still goes loco on this side of the world and while it may already be full pledge summer in your place, we´re still experiencing the four seasons in ours(in a day). So what do I usually bring with me on days like these? A light blazer or to be exact a gingham blazer which I bought from the tail-end of the winter sales late February of this year. It´s light, in a classic monochrome color, long enough to cover my bum and in a discrete print where it doesn´t clash with what I´m wearing. Just the perfect all-around blazer to lug around during spring and early summer actually. blazer - Pull & Bear, kn...

Good morning, everyone! I´m showing you another outfit from my short Portuguese escapade about three weeks ago. As I was telling you last week, the weather there was still summery and so I made use of this shirt dress again and went for a monochromatic look in khaki: I always love a good monochromatic get-up because it´s pleasing to the eye, elongating and it looks chic. The funny thing was that I didn´t notice that the background was in green (and white)   as well until my aunt and my friends pointed it out to me when they saw these pics in my FB page. Looking at it now, my look blended really well with the background. 😊😉😃 shirt dress - Zara, tote bag -Longchamp le Pliage, sandals - Primark, sunglasses - Massimo Dutti I first wore the shirt dress last spring with a multi-colored chevron weaved bag and flat gladiator sandals: I´m planning to remix this dress again as a duster coat  but when, that´s the big question because the weather...

Good morning, darlings! I´m still on the dress mode these days. This burgundy cutie with embroidered flowers on the upper torso were one the first floral dresses that came out of Zara at the end of summer this year. I´m partial to burgundy especially during the fall/autumn- winter season and so I didn´t think twice when buying this: And....it´s quite difficult to find a dress which fits a vertically challenged  girl like moi in Zara but after trying this one on, it fell  about 1 1 /2 inches above my knees. Hallelujah, no going to the tailor and so it came with me back home!😃 I wore a light green colored cross body leather bag to match with the light green floral accent of the dress and my favorite flats ( I lived in these all throughout summer) et voila , autumn outfit completed! So what´s your take on this autumnal color? Do you have anything burgundy in your closet? Hugs! Che

Good morning, everyone! As usual, real life has gone hectic lately and so blogger life had to take a back seat the nth time. ;) The hub z and I are making the most of what´s left of his summer vacation and that includes visiting old faves like Saint Jean de Luz in the south of France. You know that summer´s about to end when you find an almost deserted beach on a weekend. It was a cool day yesterday, cloudy but not so cold either and so I wore my good ole pair of jeans with a flowy top with lace see through trimming and flats coz there´ll be lots of   walking strolling near the beach. No dipping for this ga l unless it´s 30 ºC outside, hahaha! I´m favoring tote bags  (to store the cardigan/ light jacket once it gets really cold aside from my kitchen sink, lol)  and mustard lately, they´re perfect to pair with black or white and is a classic fall color. You know me, I aways like to dress a season ahead although most of the time I´m always late in catching up ...

Hello, everyone! I´m still on the road but will be home much later. I know, I owe you lots of travel posts/stories but since real life´s making me busy right now, here´s a little peek of what´s to come in my future travel posts, the ¨Elda Footwear Museum¨. Click here for the museum´s page. This museum boasts of having the most complete collection of footwear since the ancient times to the modern times. Below are just some snippets of the collection from the Grecian and Roman age to the 60s and 70s: to different styles of shoes like clogs and rows and rows of other types of shoes for men, women and children: Elda also has a booming shoe and bag industry and as a Christmas gift ( yep, this trip was done last Xmas 2014, lol!)  from the hub z to me , I bought  a ¨trapeze like¨ bag in calfskin leather and suede. I don´t normally use this bag because I´m afraid to damage the suede part, hahaha!. It has a zipper and packs a lot at a very affordable prize. It´s a grea...

Good morning! I´ll just make this short because I know everybody´s gong to have a hectic week except me  ( still on vacation mode) . This is a tried and tested combo whenever I travel, a button down and dark pants. No fuss, easy breezy and tried and easy old basics which I´ve had for years. The loafers are from the Coach Outlet in La Roca Villlage in Barcelona, one of my best buys this season. button down - Pimkie, pants - Zara, bag- Misako, loafers- Coach I hope you had a lovely weekend! :) Hugs, Che PS :   Linking up with  Lauren ,  Molly  and Lauren .

Good morning, all! I´ve been wearing this white boyfriend jeans non-stop nowadays. Here´s another very casual combination which I wore the other month when we went museum hunting in Barcelona, with a lightweight gray sweater and silver loafers: Although white jeans are very easy to pair with anything, it can be a pain to maintain it pristine white the whole day. Case point, after visiting the Joan Miró Museum, a kid accidentally touched my lower right leg while trying to sit down on the bus seat leaving a very nice curved dirty smiley and  just when I thought that everything´s going to be fine after that, a girl on a bike accidentally bumped me on the back leaving a perfect tire imprint on the back of my right leg while the hubz and I were walking along the  Passeig de Gracia. So the day ended with a smiley on my left leg and a tire print on my right leg, hahaha! So what´s the lesson learned? Never wear white especially jeans when traveling in crowded places, hahaha...

Hi, all! I hope you still remember me. ;) Just checking in to say hello. I can´t stay for long though and maybe will be gone again. Just wanted to know that I´ve missed all of you and your blogs. Anyway, just before winter sets in, here´s my fall unfiorm: top(old )- Pimke, sweater and jeans(old) - Zara, booties - local store, clutch - Mr. Joe A preppy mix of jeans, flat boots, a plaid/ plain button down and a sweater whose thickness depends on the average temperature outside. I live on this outfit the whole season especially now that I´m back at school. It´s comfortable, quite simple and not over the top for school. The perfect uniform for a no-fuss gal like me! And here are some of the ways I´ve worn the gray sweater since two years ago:                  winter 2014                                             ...

Good morning, darlings! And so I left again without saying a word, hahaha! Pardon the almost weeklong absence, I didn´t know that going back to school would take almost all of my blogging time. I´m practically swamped  with research and article writing assignments in almost all of my subjects and exams are coming too. I even had one last Friday! Gosh, I didn´t know that I would be studying this hard since my Chemistry Licensure Examination a million years ago, lol. So if you´ll find me gone again, you would know why. ;) Anyway, I´ve been starting to air out my favorite colored pants for my autumn outfits. You might have already seen this printed pair in a number of my posts and this time I paired it with an ivory colored cropped sweater and a white button down. The embroidered anchor on the sweater´s so cute not to take home and besides, it was 50% off, a too good of a deal, no? The weather´s still mild in here to wear thick sweaters/coats and so I make do with light layer...

Hello, world! :) I´m still busy with schoolwork nowadays and so here´s a short post for you today. When I get lazy, I always go for my tried and tested monochrome look, this time with a silk blue top and a pleated skor t( yes, it´s also a pair of shorts aside from looking like a skirt!) Just add an eyecatching clutch( I used a leopard printed clutch) and colorful jewelry and you´re good to go. As for this pair of shoes, it´s quite tricky to walk on this for a flats- wearing girl like me but I managed to sashay without embarrassing myself for more than an hour. Not bad at all, not bad. And there goes my monochrome look for this Wednesday. top and bangle - Massimo Dutti, skirt- Zara, clutch- Blanco Suite, shoe s- Janilyn( Filipino brand) So what´s your look for today? Kisses, Che PS: linking up with Lindsey , Shanna , Ayana and Keren , Victoria,   Tara and Sharon .

Do you remember this chambray combination that I wore when I went on a weekend trip to Bordeaux this summer? Well yours trully hasn´t been a very creative blogger. The backdrop has changed though if that adds a little help to remixing my Bordeaux look. What do you think? On the last day of my Galician trip, I just changed the bag color, wore a different pair of sandals and put on a hat. It´s not the best look but it was certainly one of my comfiest and nothing beats that! ;) I had most of my outfit posts taken at the scenic La Playa de Las Catedrales ( As Catedrais in Galician) in Ribadeo, one most visited beach and natural tourist spot in Spain because of it´s HUGE and spectacular rock formation which only manifests itself  during low tide. More of this place in one of my Friday Flyday posts soon. dress , sandals and hat - Zara, bag - Longchamp le Pliage In the meantime, I wish you a Happy Monday and let´s have a great week, shall we? Hugs! Che PS: Linki...