December has always been the busiest month for me. I know it’s been a good couple of weeks since you folks heard from me but I’m now back with a few updates.
If you’ve been keeping tabs via Style Manila’s twitter (plus the PILL post), you know that I’ve been to the Bazaar held at the St. James the Great in Ayala Alabang a few weeks ago. Naturally, I did a bit of shopping and one of the things on the agenda was a major accessory haulage. I needed to …

Don’t you find it odd, sometimes, that you would go through a lot of things in prepping for a single event which will only last a good couple of hours or so? Energy and time spent picking out the perfect outfit, bag and accessories then planning on how you’re going to do your hair and makeup. Wasted time? Depends on the person really. And, at least, it was fun.
I wanted to wear something special to one of the events from the Inquirer Lifestyle + Nokia Lifestyle Series, The Look of …

Earlier, I had dropped by the PROMOD store at Greenbelt 5 to pick up the outfit I’ll be wearing for tomorrow night’s event. Plans were a bit last minute but I’m glad things worked out. Initially, I thought I was all on my own but having to work through an approximately 100sq m of store space filled with tonnes of fabulous options, not to mention that I’m already pressed for time, a little help was greatly appreciated.
Enters PROMOD’s in-house stylist, Carla Abdon.

It’s my first time to work with a stylist, …

Hats. There’s something about them that enamoured me from the start. From baseball caps to colourful straw hats. I remember visiting Baguio, insisted that my mum buy me a bowler hat that I spotted in one of the flea markets in Minesview Park. Another is when we went to Hundred Islands and brought home that wide and wavy brimmed straw hat.
Had I kept all these hats that I had bought since I was young, I would’ve set myself up with a pretty decent hat collection. But we all know how …

Earrings are a personal style fetish. These babies have found a new nest.

If there’s an accessory that I was really looking to buy whilst in Australia, it’s this one. I’m not saying that one can’t find something like this in Manila. I guess I haven’t been fortunate whenever I’m out shopping.
From experience, I knew it won’t be a problem when I set foot in Australia. People love to accessorise in this place. All you need is a bit of patience, a great pair of legs for walking, and money, of course! Armed with all these, you can be sure that you’ll …

You can either thank or hate Blair Waldorf for making headbands the current rage, however, we all know that wearing headbands is not a crime. There’s nothing wrong with it, really.
Though I never took into liking the wide and bowed headbands, I certainly was smitten with these babies. Braided (faux-leather) headbands. No frames, just an elastic band that holds the thin braid together at the bottom.
I found these over at DIVA Accessories over at Rundle Mall on my last day in Australia. It costs more than any of the …

One of the things that greeted me in my mailbox (the real one, mind you) is a package from my Secret Santa, who turned out to be Lynn Stevens. At the time the package arrived, I was still in Australia. Lynn actually was kind enough to send me an email to inform me that she sent the gift to my Philippine mailing address. She was concerned that with the current setup, it missed my getting it for the holidays whereas I was more concerned with the package reaching my mailbox! …

Er, at least, in the photo.
Something I put together back in November, during one of those chilly nights with nothing much to do. I had planned to blog an FOTD but I eventually forgot what I had put on. (Note to self: take notes next time!) All I can remember about my makeup then was that I had played around with TBS’ Shimmer Waves in Bronze. Makeup was especially for night outs. Dressed up in a black themed outfit, taking out a favourite mod blouse, for a mini shoot and …

As the year 2008 draws to a close, I reckoned that instead of doing a trend round up, I’d rather highlight the ones we can keep an eye on come 2009. This year has been a whirlwind of trend after trend and I’ve noticed that most of the fashionistas were well aware and in tuned with them all. it has been a fun year in fashion, wouldn’t you agree?
Though some may have grown tired of keeping up with them trends, we just can’t help learning of new ones and …