Stacked x Military-inspired; Tog du jour

Sasha Manuel, Military, Army, Khaki, Dress, Tog du jour, Outfits, Lookbook, Australia | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

A provocative, avant-garde twist to a typically mannish military-inspired style with its body contouring form, roughed up with ruching details and silver hardware, add to that the alluring dip of the neckline that can go deeper, zipped down. The modest hem length balances out the sexy, just a couple or so inches above the knee; [...]

Palazzo Pant x Rope Around Your Neck; Tog du jour

Sasha Manuel, Tog du jour, Outfits, Lookbook, Palazzo Pants, Zara, Rope and Gold Coil Necklace, Sportsgirl | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

Make all your decisions without fear or favour. Don’t listen to the voice of the masses or to the ingrained belief that you can’t or you shouldn’t. Wouldn’t it be better to ask, “Why not?” Trick is to know how, and how to know. Train your brain to see what works best and never be [...]

Oz Online Shopping, Sportsgirl; Marino Rocks, Tog du jour

Choker, Chain, Snake, Necklace, Sportsgirl | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

All in the name of research. Save for the strain the activity would put on my wallet, it’s one of the things I appreciate about what I do. Who can say no to online shopping? And though I can easily pop in at any Sportsgirl store, I’ve been curious on how they go about their [...]

Oz Online Shopping: Cotton On

Large Parcel, Cotton On, Rubi, Typo, Online Shopping, Australia | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

What started out as a simple FB-messaging-slash-online-window-shopping — a pair of expensive Miu Miu sunglasses, browsing through shopping websites, and general chitchat about needing more boys boots in our lives — turned into an online bargain shopping at wee hours of the morning (my time) to kick start my Australia Day Weekend. Online shopping, 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 [...]

Colour Crushing on Rose Gold

Ice, Strapless Sequin and Tulle dress, Rose Gold, Australia | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

Veering away from my apparent partiality to neutrals, I try to create a compulsive spin on my colour preferences. It’s already a given that I’m currently experimenting on prints across all style elements, such as leopard print and striped tees (more on prints on a later post); understandable that I further extend the reach of [...]

Stripes x Stacked Rope x Blue-Grey Mix; Tog du jour

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

Challenge for the day: Casual dinner plans + dry heat No biggie. Solution: Easy pairing of light pieces; denim cut-offs + thin t-shirt Threw on a new Lucy Raglan striped tee from Cotton On I recently bought with an old pair of cut-offs and thought of a blue-grey mix with my usual tough zing. I [...]

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 [...]

Fixated: Ear Cuff, et al.

Sasha Manuel, Sportsgirl, Ear Cuff, earrings, Pinkie Ring, Accessories, Australia | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

Current fixation: Ear cuff. Must be the short hair. Easier to accessorise the ear or perhaps makes more sense to pay more attention to ear ornaments since it won’t get lost in the mess of my hair. But, yea, ear cuff. It’s unquestionably something that I’m experimenting on at the moment. One of the fashion [...]

Fever Accessories by Hotline

Hotline, Accessories, Earrings, Australia | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

Though I’ve been on the lookout for great fashion finds — clothes and shoes — while I’m here in Australia, I can’t help but check out all the gorgeous accessories as well. I shouldn’t be surprised, really. All the trips I’ve done to the place, I ALWAYS end up bringing home fabulous accessory finds. I [...]