floral freedom

On Monday, I got the free top that I won from Forever 21's Twitter Tuesday contest in the mail. It looks a lot better in person and when I'm wearing it than it does in the picture. Oh yeah, beware -- I'm forced to show some belly in the next few pictures.

H81 Floral Crop Top = Forever 21 FREE
Brown Shorts = Forever 21 $12
Formal Shortalls = Urban Outfitters $30

Decided to use my red walls as a backdrop for the next few pictures. One of the main reasons why I chose red for my walls [other than it being my favorite color] was because I knew it would look great for picture backgrounds. However, I have failed to utilize them at all so finally figured I would!
This is how I would wear it out when it would be necessary to be a bit more modest.

Sigh, I need to learn how to look happier in pictures. For now, you get the half-glare, serious look.

Also, the reason I haven't been posting too often recently is because I have been reading tons of blogs, with topics ranging from fashion and art to just cutesy DIY things, and been trying to pick up some tips for better blogging. Have also been majorly inspired for everything else in life. Too bad there is not enough time in the world to do everything that I want to do!! =(

brothers bloom

Elaine and I both happened to end up at Movies 10 Friday night to watch an indie flick, Brothers Bloom. It was a really really good movie -- the plot, especially nearing the end, was fantastic!! We both agreed that the stars of the film [Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi] had some great fashion.

PS: Random Fact of the Day - Did you know that Elaine and I have known each other since we were 4 years old? That means we've been friends for 13 years. CRAZY!
PPS: We almost have 200 members in our Facebook group and almost 1000 page views here. YAY!
PPPS: Last night, I was whining about shakos being everywhere on Twitter ["... i see another marching shako on another korean pop celeb. ... why??? why shakos? why are they fashionable? =|"], and Mr. Lipe [former student band director] replied: "Shakos are the way of the future. You can't deny it; you might as well embrace it! You should wear one on the first day of school." Touché, touché.
PPPPS: Also, guess what I realized? The vest that CL of 2NE1 is wearing [in the previous entry] is the same as the one in our banner! That means it's a 3.1 Phillip Lim vest. Pretty cool. I am still hunting for my own military vest/jacket. Hmhmhm.

mish mash

This is just a bunch of random stuff that I wanted to share.

First, two Twitter-related events. I told the Uniform Project brains [AKA Sheena Matheiken] that I blogged about her and got a reply!

AND, I won something off of a F21 Twitter Tuesday contest! LOL. So they first asked a question regarding a twitpic. You were supposed to name the Summer Must-Have according to their website [the romper! -- I agree!], and then choose which of the three tops you wanted. However, no one claimed the first one, so they said to name the name of their blog [The Skinny] right as I refreshed my Twitter homepage. Therefore I was the first to reply! YAY! Here's the conversation, and what I won.

Top #1 [It's short so I guess I'll have to work my belly and/or layerlayerlayer.]

If you guys have twitter.. well, I guess you can see my username in those pictures, so follow me if you so desire! (: Click here.

Okay, next subject, Chictopia. I made an account like, maybe a week ago. But wasn't really sure about what outfit to post first so I haven't uploaded any pictures yet. But, if you guys have Chictopia accounts, befriend me there! Click here.

Remember zippers? Well, here's another great accessory that I found on F21 with zipper accents.

Zipper Trim Flower Headband $5.80

Also, military/marching-band style jackets are everywhere in Korean pop fashion right now. And what's even weirder to me [I'm down with the jackets] is that shakos [AKA the hats worn for marching band] are too!

The ever-so-fashion-forward G-Dragon of Big Bang in their newest Japanese music video, Gara Gara Go. [I know these are not the best quality pictures or the most flattering, but I had to work with screencaps and uncompromising YouTube videos. Also, later in the video, you see TOP wearing a red military jacket.]

Another picture of GD, this time in a red military jacket and a single white glove [MJ style!!] for the filming of Big Bang's Hite Beer CF.

House Rulez in their new concept for their 2.5 album. [shako -- far left, saxophone -- center, military vest -- far right]

CL of 2NE1 for their first mini-album cover photoshoot with a military-style vest.

SNSD for their new military concept for Tell Me Your Wish (Genie).

The Plano Band style. [Although no one is actually wearing them in these pictures... but that is besides the point. Photo credit: Grace Suarez]

Also, I have some kind of top-secret info regarding something that may be coming up with Shake the World hehe. I am very excited, so I'll keep yall posted!

Also, TOMS Shoes just showed up on my sidebar on Facebook. FB is such a stalker [it probably got TOMS Shoes from me and Devin's wall posts about them].

Okay, I think I'm done being random. Also, I would like to apologize for how image-heavy all of my entries are. I just like pictures =( They're worth a thousand words, right? Haha. Also, I would like to apologize for my incessant use of "also."

[Because this is so random, look at how many tags I have for this. Crazyyy.]