RiRi x MAC

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RIRI HEARTS MAC Finally! This whole shebang about lipstick is finally getting to me. Hooked on the famous Ruby Woo, imagine my excitement when I heard of MAC’s first collaboration with pop icon (style icon! Queen!) Rihanna which has her whipping up a mix of colors and textures that will suit the lot of us. [...]

Sun vs Scissors: Dirty Ice Cream; Team Manila Vintage

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TM shirt found from my black hole of a closet, bought from their garage store at Ecoville. My fave among the 3 other (lost) designs puschased summer of ’05. Originally a square tee until this girl ran with scissors. Blame the heat. Boy, if this shirt could talk… DIY cropped Team Manila tee Feel free [...]

On Style Weekend, Manila Bulletin: Lovely Days

Lovely Days, Woman @ Work, Style Weekend, Manila Bulletin, Press Mention, Sasha Manuel | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

More than two weeks ago, shortly after I landed, I updated a few of my SocMed accounts with a partial photo of a feature that carried a caption that stated, “Manila welcomed me with coffee and a feature on Manila Bulletin’s Style Weekend ♥ oh yea, and traffic. Great to be back!” It certainly took [...]

Chambray

Chambray, Sasha Manuel, outfits, lookbook, Tog du jour, Australia, denim shirt, Esprit, Trends | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

cham·bray |ˈ sh amˌbrā; -brē| noun a linen-finished gingham cloth with a white weft and a colored warp, producing a mottled appearance. Shirts, fashion tops, dresses, jackets, even rompers, skirts and trousers. It comes in different colours, too. Red, Black, Grey, and several shades of Blue — from deep indigos to faded light blue — [...]

Denim Dilemma: Printed vs Distressed

Sasha Manuel, Collage, Printed versus Distressed, Printed Jeans, Cotton On, Distressed Jeans, Ripped Jeans, Denim, Mango, Outfits, Tog du jour | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

Livening things up in the t-shirt and jeans front are two fantastic details in active rotation: Printed Jeans AND Distressed Jeans. Casual and hip, tough and urban. They’re just the right amount of oomph the simple look needs to make the style staple a little more interesting. But you can’t wear them both at the [...]

OOTD: Maps, Bags, And Printed Vintage; Navy Fridays

Maps, Prints, & Bags | Brown, Navy, Circle Sunnies, Vintage

“We shall sail like Columbus..” A few days after I saw the movie Life of Pi, I saw a particular item that quickly reminded me of this line from the movie. Sometimes I wake up and have “today I feel like vintage” days aside from my usual…Old soul tendencies? Brown x Navy has always been [...]

Oz road trip style mémoire; The Great Ocean Road x Melbourne x Sydney

Tog du jour, Outfits, Sasha Manuel, Sydney, New South Wales, NSW, Australia | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

Australia tri-state road trip: South Australia > Victoria > New South Wales (then back to SA). A good 10 days with roughly around 20kg of fashion presented a style challenge for this particular fashion blogger. I was absorbed in playing tourist and keen on staying cool — quite literally since temp shot up to 40degC-ish [...]

Road Trip Stop: Melbourne and a pair of #JCShoes

Sasha Manuel, Tog du jour, JC Shoes, Australia | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

Seriously, road trips are loads fun but can be exhausting. First time to do something like it so the adrenalin produced by all the excitement plus all the amazing sights I encountered along the way made up for it. ‘Twas Day Four when we finally reached Melbourne CBD (crossed South Australia – Victoria state border [...]

Stay Gold, 2013

December 24, Camo, Rings, Black, Gold, Ruby Woo | Style Manila

“You’re gold when you’re a kid, like green. When you’re a kid everything’s new, dawn. It’s just when you get used to everything that it’s day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That’s gold. Keep that way, it’s a good way to be.” – Johnny, The Outsiders (1983) Lip: Ruby Woo by MAC Some [...]

Ozone Holidaze: Print Crazy at St. Kilda & The Great Ocean Road; Melbourne

Graffiti | Obey | Long Skirt | Sunnies | Christmas Summer | Citygirl | Melbourne | Australia

Land of Oz, land of 15% percent higher exposure to UV rays. Yeah, I was warned. I’m +/- an hour drive away from several pretty beaches around, so what the heck, right? Just slather on some extra sun protection and adiooos, skin cancer! St. Kilda Temperature: 37 C First hottest day of December in Melbourne [...]