Forget Me Not

Wedding Weekend

2011-09-12T17:27:00.002+08:00

This weekend was a hectic, wedding weekend. 2 of my friends got married, and one of which asked me to be in her team of bridesmaids. I had lots of fun dressing up for this eventful weekend!

Left:

Black Dress: Asos

Belt: Zara

Strappy wedges: Shubar

Bag: Chanel

Necklaces: Pearl (gift from Aunt), Crystal (gift from Grandma)

Right:

Olive Convertable Dress: Smooch (gift from the bride to all bridesmaids!)

Shoes: Anna Nuci

Bag: Chanel

Corsage: One of the bridesmaids got in in KL, so pretty!

It was such great fun with this group of sisters!

Red with Passion

2011-09-10T17:40:00.004+08:00

Red hearts shows my feelings for the day, all passionate! It was my wedding anniversary (090909)! Thus I was decked in my husband's favourite colour: RED. A red dress and red hearts to show him my love.

I don't know why but I had been craving for Korean food quite a lot recently. Guess I love the spice and I had been watching one too many Korean Dramas. The red dress nicely hides all possible stains I would get from our BBQ session.

Dress: H&M (Got it in Switzerland)

Belt: Zara

Pumps: Newlook

Socks: Topshop

So what did you wear for your anniversary? :)

What happened...

2011-09-05T17:41:00.000+08:00

I must really apologise for being such a bad blogger. It's been more than 1/2 a year since my last post. SO much had happened. I went to Europe (Switzerland and Paris). Love it there!

Shifted into my own flat! It was more than a year of saving money, planning and now it's the final touches of packing and decorating.

I left my job of 5 years. A job that I love and I miss my colleagues a lot. But I am doing it so that I have a chance of pursuing my passions of fashion and make up. So I am looking for a job now. Wish me luck :)

In the mean time, I have set up a blog with a friend who is in Sweden now. Check Ftashion@blogspot.com out. :)

I have also started posting in chictopia and took up DIY projects like making accessories. Life is exciting. :) Hope to be blogging more often now.

Brother's wedding 2

2011-01-18T20:39:00.005+08:00

Bro's wedding in Singapore finally came. It is at the beautiful Hort Park. So of course I must dress up for it.

Being so busy at work I had no time to shop for a new dress. So I took the same lace dress I wore to his Kluang wedding and matched it differently. If you remember, my first match was with a white slip and now I paired it with black puffy skirt and tube. Which look do you prefer?

I realised that styling short hair needs more effort than long hair. Do you like it? I pleated one side and curled the other side the added a flower pin.

Bro and sis- in- law... sweetest moment for them!

Brother's Wedding in Kluang

2011-01-03T22:59:00.003+08:00

1st post of 2011, of course it must be about my brother's 2nd Jan 2011 wedding in Kluang.

I have never been to Kluang, it's quite a quiet little town. But I must say the wedding lunch was sumptious ! Slurp...

My brother and my mommy :) Do I resemble them?

My bro and sister- in- law having their nuptial toast.

Me and my hubby :) Sweet?? :P

Of course, my outfit :)
Lace dress from Topshop

Shoes and earrings from Tokyo (bought during honeymoon!)

Coach wristlet from US

He is having another ceremony in Spore and it's garden theme... hm...what should I wear? :)

Issn't winter just wonderful

2010-12-28T21:15:00.004+08:00

It's been so long since I posted! Happy belated Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

It was a hectic year... but a beautiful one... now here are some pictures of my HONEYMOON!
WEEE!!! It was a fantastic trip to Japan!

Tokyo Disneyland!

At Hakone, Owakudani

In my ryokan where they let me choose my yukata! Pretty!

Spore is hot 365 a year, so it was a great break in the cool weather and the best chance to wear something different from my normal garbs!

What say you? Winter wear? Summer wear? :) hmm....

K... My new year resolution is to take more time to do postings!!! :)

Mango Fashion Show

2010-05-01T22:30:00.006+08:00

Ooo, this is my first time going for a fashion show! Singapore is having the Audi Fashion show this week and my dear friend FT has got free tix to Mango's fashion show, and I was so honoured to be invited along with her!

The dress theme stated on the card was "simplicity", so this was what I wore.

This is my favourite dress from the whole show! Layered lace! Should I get it?

My 2nd favourite dress, a lace dress in heavier lace fabric.

Love the sequined jacket!

Love her hair...

Love the skirt..

Love this whole look , including the bag....

My photography skill is not good, so I could only show these few pictures.

That Ribbon Girl

2010-03-17T23:01:00.003+08:00

Oh... it has been months since I came up to blog...or even read blogs. This year at work is MADNESS. 12+ hours working days, and weekdays are also spent catching up with work. This is my short breather period of 1-2 days, so I decided to show you guys my new passion. RIBBONS!

I wear them everyday on my hair to work. Now I am termed the "libbon" girl, ya...ribbon that is pronounced with a L twist to it. I never really counted them till today, and I have 16! I am sure it will be increasing, yeah! I am also so fortunate to have great friends who help to add to my collection (the grey, the studded and the nautical ones are from my friends! Cool yeah!)

This is the few that I wear the most...

I have been quite into make-up recently. Mainly because my friend is taking a make up course, stirring up my interest (I am certified:P Took a course way back). Also because of the many wonderful make up tutorials I see on you tube. Two people whose uploads influenced me are Catalina and Gregory Gorgeous. Two very different people with totally different styles but one thing in similar, amazing make up skills! I love how both of them break down the steps of each style, and recommending the products that can be used. (I went shopping with a few items that got inspired my Gregory! Yeah)

The little stash that I got! All Mac and one Benefit.

My Melody

2010-02-08T22:43:00.002+08:00

Life have been so busy recently. Bought myself a soft toy to cheer myself up. :) Here are some pictures of My Melody in action.

Studious My Melody....

Listening to my MP3.....

Helping me with my work....

Issn't she the cutes rabbit in a red hood? :)

Finally pic of my romper

2010-01-23T17:31:00.002+08:00

I haven't had any outfit photo for so long. This is my first romper. I wanted to get a romper for a very long time and finally found one that fits me at Topshop.
These photos are taken at the foyer below my flat. The Chinese New Year mood is up. Wonder what I should wear.
Anyway my friend just set up a online shop, do check her out :) http://partyatwork.wordpress.com

Balloons and Me

2010-01-13T18:56:00.004+08:00

How is everyone's new year! Hope these past 2 weeks were fantastic!

I had my highs and lows. My boy and I went for our pre-wedding photoshoot. Wonder if this is popular in other countries too, here it is quite common, just that the style and locations for shoots vary.

Mine was due for shoot at 3 outdoor locations with 3 dresses! I was so excited. I studied many magazines and sites and thought that balloons are the best props! So my boy and I ordered 15 balloons, 12 pink and white balloons in a bunch, and 3 red heart shaped balloons.

However the weather conditions were not on my side. It poured so heavily after 1 location and we had yet used our balloons. Our photographer was nice enough to take some random shots with balloons (not these you see... I can't get my pics yet). Towards the end our big bunch of balloons flew off before we decided to let it go.

I would be having another shoot cause I am determined to have outdoor shoots. Do help me pray for good weather. :P

Delayed Christmas Posting

2009-12-28T23:40:00.006+08:00

Merry Christmas! Oh, but this post is so delayed that I should be wishing a Happy New Year!
This holiday season has been quite hectic for me. New working term is starting soon, so there are lots of things to prepare and meetings to attend. This is also the time where I try to meet as many groups of friends as possible.

Christmas eve was memorable, with my new, 1- year old collegues. This happening bunch organised a gathering where we played board games, ate good food and dressed up one guy as a Santa. A simple event but with lots of laughter.

Christmas Gifts

Christmas Cake

Christmas Outfit

White T-shirt: Cotton On

Black Tank: Giordano

Black Pants, Bag, Shoes: Far East

Mini Santa Hat: Some shop in AMK hub

Initially my friends and I wanted an elaborate Christmas theme, but realised that most have no time to prepare. So in the end most of us wore santa hats or came in red and green. But me and my boy were in the black and white theme with santa hat.

I am really going to miss the holiday season.

Pink love

2009-12-21T20:35:00.003+08:00

It has been so long since I had a outfit post. I usually take outfit posts when I go out with my Boy, so that is how long since we had any outings. This weekend we finally went out, and we watched "New Moon".

I thought it would be the best time to wear my new boots, since the cinema would be cold. There aren't many chances to wear in a country that is sunny almost 365 days. In the end, it rained and I had no chance of taking any outdoor photos. I only managed a pic at the subway.

Cardigan, boots, bag: Far East

Tank: Cotton On

Pink skirt (with cute bows and polka dots): Zara

Pink Tights: Online (Gmarket)

Hee, I forced my Boy to take this goofy pic. Doesn't he look like a big present? :P

Trip to an eco- farm

2009-12-07T15:39:00.004+08:00

Hi! I have been absent from the blogsphere for quite some time. Missed reading blogs. This however has a very good reason. I was away at an eco- farm (part of my work to go there), and was deprived of internet connection for almost a week.

I do not have any outfits to post (cause it was a bagpacking kind of trip). The top pic is a goffy one of me wearing 3 straw hats (the other 2 were for my friends).

This beautiful farm is in Malaysia, Kahang. I had the most memorable experience of going down the padi fields to try transplanting of rice.

Realised that Singapore is very fast paced and it was a real great getaway to just slow down and enjoy the nature around. I will miss the fresh night air, the cute rabbits there, but not the insects (sorry I have phobia for them).

Do you have any farm experience of this sort?

Restyling of DIY ROM dress

2009-11-29T20:59:00.004+08:00

I couldn't bear to just wear my ROM dress once, since I took so much pain to make it. My cousin's wedding was the best time to wear it again! I was the MC for the dinner that night, hence it was the best excuse to be slightly dressy.

I did not want to wear it all white like my ROM, hence decided to restyle it. My original dress had a self- made white lace belt. I changed it to a black belt.

You can see my original post here.

Since the dinner hall is going to be cold, I wore my thrifted black velvet bolero with beaded edges. I also brought along my vintage suede purse with gold edges. So glad my bag and love for vintage became a talking piece between me and my aunt.

This is the beautiful scenary of the Clarke Quay from the hotel where the dinner was held. And below are my goofy pictures around the hotel.

Vintage Dress outing

2009-11-29T10:45:00.003+08:00

Nothing much to post. This is just a vintage dress outing. Had this dress for the longest time but yet to wear it out. Had to get the hem shortened, but hecked too much of the lining such that it could be seen.

Bought the dress because of the embriodery and the flower designs at the collar area!

Dress: Vintage

Straw Clutch: Thrifted at flea market (for S$1!)

Belt and shoes: Far East

Holly Golightly

2009-11-22T19:49:00.004+08:00

It's been some time since my last outfit post. This week was a perfect opportunity for a new post as I had a theme party for a dinner at my workplace. The theme was "Of Hats and Wigs". After little consideration, I knew my direction had to be vintage. With my new obsession for black and white (influence from Chanel), I decided to go as Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's.

It was a really fun party. Much more, the fun started before the party! My collegues came over to my house to dress up. I helped a few of them with their make up. I had a cert, but with little practice I was very nervous when helping them. Am so glad they liked it.

About my outfit. My dress and bag are vintage, both from Etsy. The highlight of the dress is the cut out lace below the bustline. It's so beautiful and a couple of them thought it was a beautiful belt. The hat was dressed up with my old white sash to look the part. I also took a old make up brush and my collegue helped me attach his cigerette on it.

So do I look my role?

Happy Closet Family

2009-11-14T19:41:00.003+08:00

Recently Strawberrykoi Vintage made a post on comfort dress. I just made 3 purchases recently, and I think they are my comfort dresses.
Boy is so busy recently, so shopping comforts my lonely heart. :P There are also some unexpected changes in work that is making me really worried about my work life next year. I am also wondering about my future, "What is it that I really want to do for the rest of my life? What is my calling?".
Now I am waiting (not very paitently) for these dresses to come and join my newly set up family of vintage clothes!
Oh, just to share that I am the ONLY one wearing vintage and second hand among my friends (though I just started recently), and I am super happy when I get compliments recently about my vintage finds. *Big Smiles*

Market Publique : chitownvintage

Vintageagogirl Etsy

Ebay: Midwest Vintage Modern

Favourite looks

2009-11-11T23:17:00.009+08:00

Hi! How are you all doing? It's been a long time since I last posted. Sadly during this period I had no outings whereby I could dress up. How I yearn for another trip out with my Boy (who is ever so busy now).

So during this period, I kept my mind busy with outfits on other girls who inspire me! So this post is dedicated to these amazing ladies and tribute to some beautiful pictures and my favourite outfit they have. (sorry for the long list of photos...cause they are all so beautiful...I can't choose)

The Clothes Horse

Rebecca is ever so amazing in mix and match, blue and green is something I have never tried mixing. The dear creatures dress is one dress I would so love to have.

Blooming Leopold vintage AND Liebemarlene vintage

Lauren and Rhiannon are a pair of beautiful sisters with an amazing eye for fashion! I totally love Rhiannon's 50's day dresses and Lauren's velvet dress.
Strawberry Koi Vintage

Aya is a beautiful lady with a beautiful wardrobe of vintage dresses. Her day dress looks very Betty Draper and the can you believe it that she made her hood and the little max suit her self. (Doesn't her son Lucien look so adorable!)

Calivintage

Erin always looks so lovely and she has this amazing roof top where she takes her pics! The girl scouts outfit made me want to snatch one from students, and the scallop details of the jacket is just amazing.

Sally Jane Vintage

She has the most beautiful day vintage dresses that looks chic and photos taken at amazing places, need I say more?

Elinkan

Elin is such a stunning young lady. She makes me want to have her red hair and all her pretty frocks!

The Snail and the Cyclops

Beautiful lady with a dream closet full of romantic frocks. I love lace and pink... need I say more?

Bag outings and a concert

2009-11-02T19:21:00.006+08:00

Thank you once again for the sweet comments on my crochet dress and A's lovely wedding!

This week my Boy and I went round for hotel hunting for our chinese wedding next year. It's such a tedious job, but I tried to make it slightly more fun. Each time we went for a hotel outing, I had a different vintage bag outing too!

Bag Outing 1: Vintage Aigner Bag from Ebay

This lovely bag was my 2nd vintage bag! Totally love the reddish brown leather and the amazing clasp with the Aigner logo. My collegue was so in love with it that she asked me to search for a same one for her. But I think I have yet to find any "twin" to my bag.

Pink sleveeless dress from Far East

Pink T- Shirt with DIY lace collar

Shoes from Topshop

Book "Coco Chanel A Biography"

Bag Outing 2: Vintage Tapestry Bag from etsy

I have always wanted to have a tapestry bag even before I started buying vintage. This lovely bag has a velvety feel to the floras and they "change colour" when seen at different angles! So far I do not have very good ideas on how to match this bag and am looking at other blogs for inspirations.

Grey T shirt from cotton on

Black skirt given to me by friend C

Belt and shoes from Far East

Bag Outing 3: Vintage Black Suede bag with gold rim

This is my latest buy from etsy! Pictures really don't do justice to it's lovely suede texture, which is still amazing despite the age. The gold rim just makes it even more lovely!

Dress from dorothy perkins

Black stockings from uniqlo

black oxfords from far east

Book "Coco Chanel A Biography"

This weekend my Boy and I had a special concert to go to. The concert had lots of elderly performing traditional chinese songs, and the crowd was mostly double our age.

Grey dress and black cardigen from Far East

Vintage Suede bag with gold rim

Black stockings from Uniqlo

Black Oxfords from Far East

The age of performers and crowd wasn't what made it special. It was the performers. My mom sang in the choir for the starting and ending (she's the one on the extreme left!) and my dad sang solo for 2 songs! While I met boy in my uni sports club, my mom and dad met years ago in the choir! Now that they have retired they are back singing. Wonder if boy and I will take up activities together next time when we are old.

A beautiful Wedding and an expanding dress

2009-10-26T21:04:00.008+08:00

This weekend was a beautiful one. I witnessed my dear friend marry the love of her life. The reception was at this amazing restaurant, it was open air and next to this beautiful garden.

We even found a couple of beautiful peacocks gracing this memorable occassion!

A is an old friend of mine and boy's. We go back all the way in our uni days. She was my teammate and a great training partner, where we practised hard and went for competitions together. My boy was our senior and trainer... hee... that's how I met him.

Thrifted Vintage crochet dress: Salvation Army

Slip: Metro

Gold Rim Vintage suede purse: Etsy

Stockings: Uniqlo

Shoes and layered pearl necklace: Far East

All well ends well! I was still worried about the dress before the wedding. It shrunk for 2 inches after wash, though I stretched about 1 inch back after the wash. This amazing crochet dress decided to expand by itself throughout the day of my wear! Now it's back to the original length! (Now I have to mend the few big holes created by my violent stretches...hee)

Wonder if this outfit looks Chanel- ish, cause she is my inspiration! Black and white and layered pearls!

This weekend was the most beautiful, also because it's me and boy's first attendance to a wedding as a married couple. It feels so special just witnessing our dear friend take her vows when she just witnessed us take it a month ago.

Beautiful place card for me and my boy! A drew it and coloured it herself!

Bag lady

2009-10-24T23:50:00.004+08:00

Thank you so much for all those kind comments left for my previous post. All of you are so sweet, I am truely blessed. I was perhaps on one of my more cranky moods during the other post (as I had no one to vent to regarding my mistakes, as boy was not in town). I have since then learnt to love my sleeveless version of Chole dress, and tugged about 1 inch back from my crochet dress (but not so gently, creating a big hole to mend in front...won't bother me that much). I have also decided to heed the advise and take the velvet jacket to the cleaners, with the beads intact!

This weekend is super sweet, cause I recieved my goodies from etsy! So my outfit today is meant to match my beautiful vintage tapestry bag! I realised I didn't have much clothes that were block coloured, I had gotten several dresses with prints recently. I didn't want to overpower the beautiful flora on the tapestry bag, hence layered two plain slips.

Dress: Layering of 2 slips (Cotton On/ Far East)

Shoes: NewLook

Vintage Tapestry Bag: Etsy

Boy and I went for dinner at a Hong Kong style cafe. Boy loves bread with loads of butter, hence the 2 huge toasts. We had cheese baked rice (served in a chinese style steam basket), I was so hungry that I ate it before I took my picture (evident in the photo).

Tomorrow is my good friend A's big day. I plan to wear my crochet dress and carry my another new vintage bag that just came today! Hope the look turns out nice and I am sure I will have a great time at her dinner. So how was your weekend so far?

Liberation and disspointments

2009-10-20T23:38:00.005+08:00

I'm back! Recently work had been so hectic that I could hardly breath and now I finally feel liberated. Thank you so much for showing your love to The Banana Legs, she is happily sitting on my laundry hangers and yearn for a next outing. :P

I hardly had anytime to dress up or take any pictures the past week. But before this hectic period I did go for some thrift shopping and did not post my finds. So with liberation I decided to picture and launder them tonight since they have been sitting there for so long.

This beautiful navy silk dress is apparently from Chloe, and this lady at the flea market told me it is brand new but a factory reject. However, I cannot take long sleeves in this weather so I hecked the sleeves off.

Dissapointment 1) An idea initially beautiful did not turn out that fine. Sigh, due to my bad sewing skills when trying to hide the seams at the armhole. Now I wonder if I should have let the beautiful sleeves stay with the dress. Alas, no turning back, as the sleeves are rather ruined.

My next find is this beautiful long crochet vest like and dress like thing I found at Salvation Army. I intended to wear it over a slip and attend my friend's wedding that is coming this weekend. So, I brought it for a wash as the texture felt a bit funny.

Dissapointment 2) I have too little experience washing vintage items and I washed it in soap and warm water. To my HORROR, it SHRUNK! Now it's 2 inches shorter and could hardly be worn as a dress! I almost wanted to cry out, I ruined 2 beautiful dress in one night! I wonder if it would be longer when it's dry? Anyone have advise on how to launder vintage clothes?

My last find is this beautiful velvet bolero jacket with an amazing beading at the cuffs, and the edges are lined with beautiful black trimmings.

I initially wanted to remove the beads as I had no idea what kind of look the beads can match with. However, they look just so beautiful that I just can't help but admire. I did not dare to launder it yet as I have no idea how it would turn out. Any suggestions? Also, any suggestions on how to wear this? Or, should I just sell it to someone who love the jacket more than me? Hmmm...

Journey of the Banana Legs

2009-10-10T22:41:00.000+08:00

The Banana Legs is out on a great journey. She is a little bored sitting in the closet, and decided that a little walk in the park would perk her up!

When tired from the walk she sat on benches and trees.

After which she continued her adventure.

Dress: Cotton On

Tights and Shoes: Far east

Belt: Isetan

Little Hat hair pin: Aries

Unfortunately she couldn't find her way home and was left in the bin.

Will The Banana Legs return?

First Etsy purchases

2009-10-09T19:41:00.000+08:00

My recent obsessions all have a name to place to them on the source of inspiration.
1) Tapestry bags - Jessica of What I Wore(as seen above), Effie of The Snail and the Cyclops
2) Velvet dresses- Lauren of Blooming Leopold, Rhiannon of Liebemarlene Vintage, Rebecca The Clothes Horse

The list of coverts goes one but I am very glad that I am able to find these two items, and velvet dress was actually on my birthday wish list in September too.

I've not gotten anything on Etsy before, though I have been doing window shopping for months. I think I am off to a good start with these 4 purchases!

I have no idea why I got 2 black dresses, when I set out to find dreamy coloured 50s day dress. The velvet dress just caught my eye with the cute lace, and the black tux like dress just looks so versatile. Both from Hold My Gold Vintage. Which era do you think they are? How should I style them? Exciting!

My shopping list for bags actually consists of brown satchel and tapestry bag. So I was very excited when I saw this cute and big one from GreenDragonLady. However, the suede black bag with gold rim caught my eyes from Hold My Gold Vintage, when I was searching for the dresses. Since they have a promotion for shipping of 3 items, I knew the bag had to be mine. A brown bag would have to wait.

The total damage = USD$84 including shipping !

Not too bad, considering shipping is usually so expensive to get here from the states.

I can't wait for the items to arrive!

Donuts and Birthday

2009-10-08T00:01:00.001+08:00

I usually don't have time during weekdays for any outings or outfit photos. But it happened to be boy's birthday this week! We met up after work, and decided to go for a simple dinner. But before dinner we went past Dunkin Donuts. They closed down in Singapore for the longest of time, but now reopened at Ion! I decided that I must go in to savour some memories. They have the funniest of local flavours (cheezy floss...green tea...), I chose the safe choice- chocolate! Yum!Since it's boy's birthday, it's my treat! I brought him to this lovely restaurant, P.S Cafe. Sadly, the cafe does not allow photography. So I only managed to sneak a photo of myself in the beautiful rest room (the top photo).

Not to be mistaken, this is not my work attire. But since the weather turned cooler recently, i took the chance to wear my blazer and stockings over my newly thrifted mini brown dress with lovely ruffle details at the bodice. Boy said I look a few years older in this outfit... hm...

Dress: Thrifted from Salvation Army

Belt: Isetan

Blazer: G2000

Stockings and Shoes: Far East

Bag: Vintage Coach Willis from Ebay

Hair accessory: Aries

Mademoiselle

2009-10-04T23:04:00.001+08:00

I am sure Coco Chanel is such a inspiration to many. I chanced upon this book, "Coco Chanel: Three Weeks 1962" by Douglas Kirakland, in the library and thought I shared a few pictures and quotes from this wonderful picture book. Do check out this book!

You can spot Coco Chanel in the picture, with her beautiful white tweed hat and her pearl necklace. Though it is not clear in the pictures, her designs are so beautiful, simple with small delicate details.

(sorry for the blur pics, as I do not have a scanner)

"Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the women."
"Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future."
~ Coco Chanel

Fleeing Flea

2009-10-04T12:18:00.001+08:00

Thank you all for the sweetest comment about my ROM. I can't wait for next year, when I would be holding my Chinese traditional wedding. Now I am busy looking for a flat, so that boy and I can shift into a home we call our own. It's really not that easy, when the prices of flats keep sky rocketing and we have a budget to keep.

The moody portriat is because I was so much looking forward to this weekend to visit flea markets (there were 3 scheduled). However, the one I wanted to visit the most was postponed.

But of course new clothes always make my day. After seeing all the nautical themed posts by Erin and Elin I was keeping my eyes open with sailor inspired clothings. Then I chanced upon this dress that I just could not resist. I didn't know how to style it though. Tried with a cute hat on hair, red ribbon... (pardon my messy bed that I was stepping on...I wanted to capture my star.)

I finally decided to pair it with black tights, cause the day was just too windy. The hair accessories were all left at home, cause they don't like gloomy weather. Despite all the gloom, it did not rain. I managed to convince boy to take some photos at a park near the estate that we went house hunting and I was so excited there.

Dress and shoes: Far East

Thights: Uniqlo

Purse: Vintage Aigner

We went to Chinatown, where I was hoping to catch the flea market. It was however dissapointing, with only a couple of stalls. On the bright side, it was mid autumn festival and Chinatown was brightly lit for the occassion, and crowded with tourists and locals alike.

I must post my favourite food from Chinatown, fried dumpling and fried carrot cake! Yum! The best is the dumpling, which is so fragrant and slighly crispy on the outside and has juicy minced meat on the inside! Chinatown sells the best I tried so far.

Though this weekend had a cloudy sky and missing flea markets, all was still happy with the photo session and yummy dinner. Hope your weekend was wonderful too!

P.S: The lovely Elin shared a photo- editing software on her blog, hence the different look of my photos this week. Thank you so much Elin!

Flea October

2009-09-30T09:57:00.000+08:00

I have compiled some of the flea markets that are going to happen for the month of October in Singapore. Hope this helps Singapore readers! (Because, as a starting 'flea-er' and 'thrift-er' myself, I find it quite a hassle to find information on where to get all the stuffs.) Let me know if you have found more to add on!

Not sure which is good, but I really hope to go to all of them and get many good deals!

3rd October

Flea Market @ Minden Road (Dempsey 130)

12pm- 6pm

Find out more here

3rd - 4th October

Eureka Bazaars @ Fort Canning (Fort Gate)

1pm - 8pm

Find out more here

3rd-4th, 17th-18th October

Fleazaar @ Chinatown Garden Bridge

12pm- 9pm

Find out more here

10th- 11th October

Flea Culture @ T3

11am - 9pm

Find out more here and here

18th October

What the Flea!- Back to basics @ Cairnhill CC

10am - 5pm

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31st October

Fashionista Series 4 (Halloween Special) @ SMU

1pm- 8pm

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7th November

Flea-tique @ SAM

6pm - 1am

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Boy and Me (and my DIY dress)

2009-09-27T16:42:00.000+08:00

7 years ago we first held hands at East Coast Park, taking our first step into this beautiful relationship.

7 years later on this very same day and same place, we took our oath to love each other for the rest of our lives.

This is the story of boy and me. We met in University, he was my senior in Taekwondo. 1 year after, we decided that we were more than just friends and started the 7 year courtship. When deciding when and where to hold our marriage registration, the answer was quite clear. To hold it at the same date and place where it all started.

So on 090909, it's where we start our drive to new life!

Knowing that I would still have a traditional chinese wedding next year. Almost everything for my outdoor ROM is DIY by me, for I wanted to enjoy the process by getting more involved.

I sent out personalised invitations I made ( you can see from previous posts). I decorated the place with flowers and sashes I bought form Arab street. I bought fresh flowers and made my own bouquet. I bought lollipop and decorated with butterfly clips as wedding favours (can be seen from previous posts too). Most IMPORTANTLY (and INSANELY) I made my own dress and my headpiece.

I started with a base dress (a pure white plain sundress), and sew on chiffon like material and lace. I decorated the bodice with some lace and chiffon scales like pieces. The back of the dress was made to look like some mini terrain, with a slighly longer and flowy piece. The dress is an inspiration I got from something I saw on Etsy with some changes.

I saw many brides on greenweddingshoes having beautiful birdcage headpieces, hence decided to make my own.

All my DIY items were not perfect, but I guess it's the process that I will enjoy and always remember.

P.S: I only received the pictures today hence the late post. My photos were taken by beautiful day bridal.

Banana Legs @ F1

2009-09-26T01:08:00.000+08:00

You must be wondering, "What a funny title." I never intended a blog post for these two days. Yesterday was my birthday, and I had a simple dinner with boy after work near his workplace before he continued his OT. So I didn't even take any birthday pictures.

Today he asked me over to his workplace again as it had a view of the F1 race tracks. I must say I was rather excited and decided that i must dress up for the occasion. It's to me the modern version of going to the horse races. I had wanted to dress up like I'm going to the races, but had no fascinator nor hat to complete my look. Instead I based my look on my new black dress trifted from Salvation Army recently.

This dress has an open back and very interesting translucent sides. It's quite evident that the previous owner didn't like the straight cut look, hence cut up the skirt and added the chiffon like material to make it A-line. Suprisingly it adds interest to this dress.

I didnt want to be in all black, so I decided to try it with this new pair of yellow stockings. I must say the effect was very attention grabbing. I passed by a few people who stared at me, and many who were trying to hide their sniggering. I kind of felt like a walking banana. But I must say I still like the colour (despite my not very good reception of the public).

Dress: Thrifted from Salvation Army

Bag: Vintage Coach Willis

Yellow Stockings and Black shoes: Far East Plaza

Belt: Miss Selfridge

Though it's the second year F1 night race is held in Singapore, it's my first time experiencing it so close. The noise was deafening. We were 1 bridge away from the tracks and I had to shout to boy to speak to him.

The white bridge in the picture is where the tracks pass.

The view from the building was wonderful. But frankly after the initial excitement, the cars were just going round and round...again. Guess this is only the practise rounds, it should be more exciting on the finals this Sunday.

The view of the tracks from the building. The white bright lines are the lighted tracks. Sorry for the blur pictures. I am not good with night photography, and there was reflection from the building windows too.

Birthday Desires

2009-09-22T20:23:00.000+08:00

Birthday is just a couple of days away. I don't really feel anything special in the happy way, instead I do feel that bit older. This will be my first birthday as a Mrs. Damn, I don't like that address. (I will load more pics of my registration when I get the pics! My chinese traditional though will be next year, so another round of photos in 2010.)

Don't think there would be any celebrations, boy is super busy and wonder if my friends are free too. I was still hoping to find a birthday dress to go out for celebrations, guess that might not happen.

One happy thought though is that I can use my Birthday as an excuse to buy more stuff legitimately! So here are the things I wish for! Looking at my list, I really am greedy.

Physical Items

1) A beautiful vintage brown satchel .

Something like this I saw in Modcloth. By the way, I don't get it why everytime I get into Modcloth, everything under the vintage section is sold. I must be too slow.

2) A vintage velvet dress.

I see so many bloggers having such beautiful vintage velvet dresses so I decided that I too must have one! Bloggers like Liebemarlene Vintage (with the dress below), Blooming Leopold and The Clothes Horse. They all have such great eye for fashion and always seems to find the best dresses! Envy!3) A vintage cream lace dress

I have posted this before, but I must do it again as I dream of a cream lace dress like that of The Snail and the Cyclops everyday.

4) Other Vintage Items
I have been doing my window online shopping and saw many beautiful items. Cute tops, cheerful skirts, beautiful 50s dresses... the list goes on...

Non- Physical wishes

1) I wish for good health. Best is that my knee will recover soon so that I can get back to proper exercise routines.

2) I wish for happiness. Weekly time spent with boy is short (cause of our busy schedule) but always happy.

3) I wish for a better eye for fashion and luck for my thrifting and shopping trips! (Thrifting trips will be my new hobby!)

4) Better writing skills and photography skills (for the blog).

I end off with wishes for all (those I know personally and those sweeties out there whom I don't) whose birthday falls close to mine!
Especially
- My Brother (same day 3 years apart...unplanned by mom)
- My Boy ( soon in Oct)
- My Grandma ( a few days after mine)
- Lauren of Blooming Leopold (who celebrated hers recently with an amazing dress and great time with famiy

Coco before Chanel

2009-09-21T01:05:00.000+08:00

This must be the nicest holiday weekend in a very long time. Yesterday was thrifting trip. Today is movie day! I had long wanted to watch Coco before Chanel when it first released but was busy. This weekend, it was boy who suggested it! I was thrilled as I thought he would find it a bore.

I decided to dress up with a little inspiration from Chanel for the movie. I love several things about Chanel, the pearl necklaces, the tweed jackets, the 2.55 and I remember Chanel as having chic primary colours especially the combi of black and white.

So I wore my new black and white dress from Furfur I got during Tangs sale, pearl necklace my grandma gave me, my trusty vintage Coach, newly bought check thights from Uliqo and Newlook shoes. I wanted to give my black and white outfit just that hit of colour so chose the check tights instead of black ones. I would much love to pair the dress with cream lace tights, and hope I can find one soon.

If this Furfur dress looks familiar, it's because I took a pic of it in the dressing room and posted it sometime ago. But it had longer hem and sleaves which I altered to give it a slightly more chic fitting.

I must say boy and I loved the show. Besides knowing the life of Chanel, it showed how the life of women was before and inspires women to be independent. It also brings out the idea of risks and daring to be different, taking paths others do not dare to.

Besides that, the costume, of course, was another area to focus. I loved her masculine suits and dresses. Then it was the hats she made, and the bow in her hair she wore during one of the dinners. Finally, the white tweed suit. Have you watched it yet?

Debut Thrifting trip

2009-09-19T23:50:00.000+08:00

Today is a lovely day! Though it was drizzling and cloudy the whole day I was in a fabulous mood.

1. It's the perfect weather to wear the new thights I bought!

2. It's my first time going for a thrifting trip!

3. I bought some lovely items on my first thrifting experience ( I am sure more is to come...I'm already planning in my mind!)

4. Went for a lovely stroll with my boy at the Botanical Gardens

With so many reasons, you can imagine how happy I am today!

Singapore has only 2 seasons... Hot or Wet. :P So it was a wet and slightly cooler day today, perfect for a fall inspired attire.

Plaid dress: French Connection

Belt: Cotton On

Tights: Uliqo

Cut out Oxford shoes, Glasses, Hair Bow and Bag: Far East

When I got to Salvation Army Praise Haven I was so engrossed with searching for items that I forgot to take pics. I picked 3 dresses, though all of them don't seem to be considered vintage. They are probably from early 90s to around 80s? 1 black dress with a interesting open back and translucent pleats. 1 black dress with small circle prints. 1 brown dress of a tweed like material. It costs me a total of S$24. The dresses were originally S$10 each, but there was a store wide 20% sale! WEEE!!! ( They all look quite duh when pictured alone...so will post their individual pics when I wear them!)

I was rather dissapointed that I could not find any nice bags. I actually saw a cute tapestry bag, but it was not the size I wanted, what a pity.

Next, I went to a flea market! It is situated outside Tanglin Mall and is held only twice a month. It's my first time there. There were many stalls selling clothes, but they were all strewn on the floor in huge piles and people were just digging in. My knee is not in a shape where I could kneel and squat comfortably so it was difficult to look. But non the less I found a cute straw pouch for S$1! I think with a nice broach pinned on it would look terrific as a clucth!

Perhaps for my next thrifting trip I should task myself with a budget to get an outfit like what Sally Jane Vintage does! That would be so fun! How I wish though that Singapore thrift shops have more treasures like those in the states. Sally Jane Vintage manages to find such beautiful items and even vintage coach bags! Would I be so lucky the next time?

Feeling blue and tight

2009-09-17T20:48:00.000+08:00

I have no idea what got into me, perhaps I had been reading too much of Rebecca, The Clothes Horse posts and What I wore. Taking pictures of myself and posing for pictures is quite new to me. I must say, Rebecca have the cutest poses. So, I decided to try something new today , instead of my usual fitting room setting.

It issn't very clear but I'm wearing a Giordano Tank with sequined collar, a sleveless blue dress from WoodWood and a belt with gold leopard from Ms Selfridge.

Think this is my first jump in 4 months since my knee operation...haha... so fun!

I am never a tights or leggings person due to the hot weather here. But I realised that the influence I get online is so great that now I WANT to get not a pair but a few pairs of leggings to go with my outfit. I never realised that leggins and tights give a outfit such a refreshing look! Here are a few looks that I heart, from a couple of my favourite bloggers! I want their leggings!!

Jessica from What I wore. Totally love her 2 color tights and her cream lace tights!

Rebecca, The Clothes Horse is always in all these amazing tights! Colored, laced, patterned!

Lace fetish DIY- Part 1

2009-09-16T00:08:00.000+08:00

I am totally in love with lace, but not the kinky kind of style. Firstly I am still in search of that perfect lace dress that I see on The Snail and the Cyclops and Liebemarlene Vintage. These lovely ladies always have such immeculate taste.

Next, I am in love with peter pan collars and especially the lace kinds. Rhiannon gave me the inspiration to get my own lace collars and add them to my clothes. She did such a lovely job and found such a beautiful collar.

I don't have many beautiful dresses to attach collars too, and neither did I have the luck to find such beautiful collars. But, I must say I am quite satisfied with my 3 lace collar finds in Chinatown. They were ranging from S$4+ to S$7. (I am super tempted to buy more and collar all my clothes!)

I have a few projects I hope to undertake, and to start off I picked the easiest. I have many t-shirts that I am bored with, and thought that the lace collar would spruce up the look a bit.

So...ta dah! I am planning to wear it tomorrow for work. Recently the haze is making the cool September much warmer, so the T-shirt should keep me from melting.

Denials of a Shopaholic

2009-09-12T21:44:00.000+08:00

Shopping is my biggest hobby and should I say obsession. I can constantly see the angel and devil in my brains fighting about whether or not I need yet another outfit for my ever growing closet. This weekend they had a close fight. I bought 3 new dresses, but also managed to find sanity to let go of a few others. What is more comforting for my wallet is that all 3 purchases were on sale.

Anyway, this was what I wore for my shopping trip.

Dress and Slip: Cotton On

Bag and Shoes: Far East Plaza

Let me elaborate on the lost war of the devil. These dresses are such beauty that I have to blog about them though they don't belong to my closet.

I have been trying to find that perfect white full dress and when I saw this French Connection dress on sale, I had to have it. However it has this biggest flaw, the length. I have ugly huge trunks for legs and the short length of the dress exposes too much of my trunks. It looks almost indecent. So the angel managed to persuade me to wait for the right dress to come along instead.

Next is this gorgeous black and white dress, again from French Connection. This dress has the most beautiful cutting that makes me look slimmer (so rare)! It also has beautiful black beads sewn on. However, this was the last piece and there was a huge 1 inch length where the beads dropped and the white top was stained with other ladies' make up. I am also that slightly too fat for the dress ( I couldn't really stretch my arms comfortably). I wasn't ready to part with S$70 for a dress with so much problems.

I had been trying to find the right vintage plaid/checked dress online. However, the prices are all too steep when I add in the shipping costs. I was very excited when I saw this orange/black dress. It fits nicely and it was on sale! (once again French Connection). Though my shopping devil managed to make me part with my money, boy's comments made me rather sad. He said it looks like pjs.

My next purchase was really a spur of the moment. I saw this on the rack and it looks soooo retro and I knew I had to try it. The peter pan collars, the flower shaped buttons and the ruffles on the sleeves are soooo cute! Once again after my payment, boy commented that I look like a maid and asked me to get a white scarf to complete the look. ARGH.

This last purchase is my favourite of the week. I managed to convince my boy to come along with me to Haji Lane to find some vintage dresses. Every time I go to Dulcetfig I am so excited by the racks and racks of dresses and the beautiful bags. However, they are usually over my budget. Today I found this cute pastel coloured dress on the sale rack and just had to try it on. It is in this knit like material with white pink and blue strips. It has this beautiful scallop embroided neckline and flowers on the left chest area. So this marks my FIRST vintage dress buy! I am so excited. Now all I need to end of this shopping trip is yet another one to find the right accessories to match this darling! Hee hee.

Pre- ROM

2009-09-12T20:49:00.000+08:00

This is so funny, posting my pre- ROM items after my ROM. Considering that most of the items for my Chinese Wedding would be prepared by others, I decided that I cannot miss all the fun for ROM hence got my hands down and dirty. Heehee. Well, the items may not be nice, but I think this will leave more memories for me.

These are my wedding favours! Cute butterflies on the lollipops.

Before the ROM we had to go to the registry to confirm details. I am so glad we decided to have our ROM outdoors. If not, we'd be queueing for our turn to go into the room (seen above), just like visiting a doctor at a clinic. I took a chance to take a pic at Fort Canning.

Dress, Shoes: Topshop, Bag: Vintage Aigner

This is a sneak peak of my ROM before the photographer passes me the pictures. I bought artifical flowers from Arab Street, sashes from Chinatown and decorated the venue myself. The only regret is that there wasn't enough sash to make the venue nicer. Oh, my venue was East Coast Park, Castle Beach! I was totally blessed with lovely weather!

I am also revealling my major DIY project that needed my 'Brother'. It's my ROM dress. I bought a base dress, which is a plain white sundress, and sew on cloth bought from Chinatown. The design is inspired from something I found online. You decide if it's a pass or fail project. My flower headpiece was also improved (from my previous posting). My hand bouquet was also DIY with flowers I bought from Cold Storage.

DIY flower accessory

2009-09-03T00:26:00.000+08:00

I think all the beautiful accessories I see on people's blogs and on etsy is making me a little mad. Mad enough to take up this DIY job. ROM is coming in less than 1 weeks time and I have decided to make my own head piece, inspired from Green Wedding Shoes.

Unfortunately I do not have nimble fingers nor do I have any good fashion sense. The head piece turned out quite differently from what I hoped for. The netting I got was far too hard to shape and the holes are too small hence it would look funny to design the netting over my face. I then tried to salvage it with little crystals I pasted at the edge of the netting. Now it looks like a little flower and netting cap. Should I wear it for ROM? shucks...........

Think I look like a drug addict in the photos...help... not enough sleep.

Retro

2009-08-31T21:31:00.000+08:00

I haven't had such fun in quite sometime. Today, there is a celebration at work and to my delight, the theme is "Retro". My collegues were all very sporting, and below is a pic of me and E. I blurted out laughing for like 3 times before we finally got it right. I felt so goofy in that pose, but E is such a pro, keeping a straight face throughout.

I have received a couple toy flowers over work, and had 2 to add to my collection today. Here is a peak of the lovely flowers gathering at my table to brighten my day.

Though I am very new to this workplace, my sweet collegues invited me along to a gathering. It was a bomb (though I totally suck at playing Wii)!

I decided to take more pics of my attire today at home, especially of the back row of buttons on my blouse which I think is so adorable.

Blouse: Chic Room

Skirt: Passed down from good friend C

Bag: Vintage Coach

Ribbon hairband: Far East

Brother's here

2009-08-30T01:25:00.000+08:00

I have no date this weekend, sigh, boy is too tired. But a few days ago boy bought me a new toy, a sewing machine! I had wanted to buy one a long time ago, but never got down to doing it. I expressed to him my plan for a new DIY project which needs a sewing machine (I had done my previous projects hand sewing which was so tedious). To my surprise he got me one!

I don't think I'd reveal my project until its successfully done. (Think I have taken up too big a task, but I'd still have to show boy that his buy is worth it) Considering the problems I faced today, I am starting to doubt its completion. Well. I will perserve and hope it will turn out lovely. So while boy is busy, 'Brother' is here to accompany me.

New Love

2009-08-27T18:52:00.001+08:00

My new love came in the mail today, in this mysterious looking brown packaging.

This... is my new love... a straw and leather mix Aigner handbag!

I love the design at the knob! But my only worry is that the bag looks rather flimsy, especially at the handles. I am a girl who likes to lug her whole house out. Guess I have to learn to travel light with this new baby.

I really don't know what to match this bag with. I don't seem to have anything in my wardrobe. Maybe this is just an excuse to get more dresses for my almost exploding wardrobe.

Think I will refer to Liebemarlene to get more inspiration. Anyway that's where I got the idea to bid for this bag. Now I kindda regret that I didn't bid for the exact same John Romain purse Rhiannon carries. Cause it looks like a more suitable size for me. Hmmm...

Doesn't she look just soooooooooo lovely! Can't wait to use my bag and hope I can achieve some similar look.

Calendar Girl

2009-08-23T21:55:00.000+08:00

I think I must be a weekend blogger. I have nothing much happening during the weekdays, so I have compiled all my dressing of the week into one remix diary.

MONDAY:

Brown Dress: Cotton On during sale

Slip: Far East Plaza

Oxford Cut Outs: Far East Plaza

WEDNESDAY

Wide Leg Pants: Giordano

White Shirt: GG>5

Suspenders: Far East Plaza

FRIDAY

Blue Flora Dress: Topshop during Sale

Belt: Far East Plaza

Shoes with ruffles: New Look

Bag: Vintage Coach

SATURDAY

Strawberry T-Shirt: Bugis Street

High Waisted Shorts: Far East Plaza

Bag: Vintage Coach

Red Shoes: Top Shop

I must confess this is not my dress.

This beautiful white dress is from New Look.

SUNDAY

Dress: Far East Plaza

Shoes: New Look

Bag: Vintage Coach from Ebay

Locket and Pearl Necklace: Pluck @ Haji Lane

Inspirations

2009-08-20T21:22:00.000+08:00

As can be seen from the number of entries to my blog, I am a newbie blogger. I believe how I started blogging is out of pure accident.

It started off with me having an interest in lomographic pictures and I chanced upon these very beautiful pictures from this lovely blogger, Elieen. While looking at her beautiful lomo pics, I found that she wore such lovely vintage clothes!

Captivating pictures taken by Eileen

This is the beautiful and talented Eileen

This started my interest in vintage/retro fashion. From her list of following blogs, I found other wonderful vintage fashion bloggers: Sally Jane Vintage; Liebemarlene Vintage; The Clothes Horse; The Snail and the Cyclops. I had a lovely suprise today, finding that Liebemarlene Vintage and Blooming Leopold are sisters!!!

This is lovely Sally Jane Vintage

This is beautiful Liebemarlene Vintage

This is cute The Clothes Horse

This is enchanting The Snail and the Cyclops

This is sweet looking Blooming Leopold

These beautiful ladies have such immaculate tastes in clothing and always seems to be able to find such lovely vintage dress and take such gorgeous pictures! Reading their blogs brings about such joy to my life. When will I chance upon such beautiful dresses and conceptualise such gorgeous pictures? Hmmmm.....

DIY invites

2009-08-18T23:09:00.001+08:00

This project is embarked purely out of a need to do basis. We are only sending out 14 invites for a guest list of round 30+ hence it does not make sense to get them professionally done. Think putting a personal touch to the invites seems more sincere, and these are out closest of friends, they deserve every minute of my time.

Given this period is very hectic at my workplace, this is the best effort I could put in to make the cards. The cards don't look fantastic, but they have my favourite compononets in them: Pink and lace.

Didn't show the back of the card, cause it has all the details of the invite. Hee.

Weekend Trip

2009-08-16T22:25:00.000+08:00

It's the weekend again! It means I can go out with my boy, the happiest thing that I look forward to everyweek.

This week we needed to get our clothes for our ROM. So I dressed up a little for our trip, wearing one of the flora dresses I found last week. Its a delightful dress, the only problem I have is the back, where the opening is a bit too big for my comfort, but think it adds interest to this dress.

My hair knoted into a bun, with my current fav ribbon hairclip.

My first vintage bag and new suede shoes with ruffles from New Look.

Oh, I have just won the bid for another vintage bag! Can't wait for it to be shipped to Singapore!

I always admire how my fav bloggers take beautiful pictures in the nature. This is as much nature I can get around my house. Badly composed pictures I must say, I will have to try and learn.

We went to Far East and boy got his whole attire in one shop. I must say he looks stunning in that outfit. I teased him that he looks like F4, well he is my prince charming. I wasn't as lucky. I couldn't get what I want. There were 3 dresses I shortlisted, but all 3 had something I don't really like about them. My fav is a lace dress from Zara, but boy things otherwise. So I am still without a dress. This makes me grumpy. The most irritating part is I think I need to loose weight to have a nice fit in all the dresses.

We had dinner at this nice Korean restaurant. He loved the bbq beef, but not so much the Bibimbab.

I totally forgot about my own trip out to get some materials and my dress on the weekend. I was tired of dressing up all lady like in dresses, so I decided to get inspiration from the Korean girl hip hop style.

I have been trying very hard to find beautiful white lace dresses with scallop lace edges like those liebemarlene and the snail and the cyclops wore. (These lovely ladies are always in lovely dresses! My inspirations!) But, I can't seem to find them. This was the closest I found so far, but its not what I want. Hopefully I can find one by October to wear to my friends' and cousin's weddings.

DIY Tiara

2009-08-14T23:38:00.000+08:00

Surfin around etsy you'd find loads of beautiful accessories, jewllery, vintage clothes and bags... What I found recently is this amazingly creative seller whichgoose, who makes headbands, tiaras and haircombs of the most beautiful designs!

This is one design she custom made...it is soooooooo beautiful!!!!

This is the one that captured my attention and inspired me.

Having my ROM coming up soon, I did not want to risk having ship an item from US over in such a short time so I decided to DIY my own tiara. But of course, my lack of creativity and style showed obviously through my design. Now I wonder if I should still wear my tiara on my ROM or just go for some very safe flower hairpins I bought from Accessorise.

Shoes of Desire

2009-08-12T21:52:00.000+08:00

Think every women will never be satisfied with the number of shoes and bags they have.

Recently with my obsession with online shopping, I found these super cute oxfords online! But to my horror, urban outfitters and anthropologie do not have outlets here and neither do they ship to this region! So now I can only source for other similar shoes while admiring them over the net. Wish me luck for my shoe hunts!

This pair is sooooo cute! Pink with cut outs! But don't think I'd ever wear them, considering my recent knee operation, heels of this height will always be worn in my dreams.

This pair is so beautiful! I can imagine myself pairing them with many of my new dresses!!!

This black one will be a great match to my new coach willis and the heels are of a good height for my delicate knees.

My first vintage item

2009-08-11T23:47:00.000+08:00

3 posts in 1 day does it make up for 3 years of inactivity?

Today came my first vintage purchase off ebay!!!! I had been waiting SOOOO long for it (though its the normal time for shipping...I just could not wait any second longer).

This is my first time receiving a parcel from the States (yeah...go ahead ...call me a country bumpkin). The bag came in a USPS package and the seller very kindly used magazine pages to cushion my lovely bag. She also left this sweet note. (think you can see her name on the paper)

So I spent my night doing some cleaning of the bag using leather mositurizer, and hopefully I will have pics of it in action soon!!!

OH! I forgot to introduce my bag. It is a lovely midnight blue coach willis bag! Don't think they produce willis in this colour anymore, so it will be a bag that I will treasure.

Oh yes, I first fell in love with this bag when I saw it on Sally Jane Vintage. She is such an inspiration!

The Birth of a Nation

2009-08-11T23:25:00.000+08:00

This is a backdated entry on what happened on the National Day weekend, since I started this blog late.

I recently got this addiction of reading fashion blogs and online (window) shopping [ too bad I do not have that much spare cash... if not I would love to remove the word 'window' and make my shopping happen more often...] This recent addiction made me quite determined to change my wardrobe into retro, vintage style. I believe this will set me in direction that I had be trying to find for the past 20+ years of how to style myself.

While I'm new to vintage stuff... I am quite apprehensive about getting items owned by others, being concerned about the quality. Hence I decided to start off with retro style (more or less) items.

This holiday weekend was a fasinating one where I found many (3 of them) dresses in beautiful flora prints! I am not sure how retro they look (since I'm so new to this style...i'm constantly trying to study it), I love them to bits ! To top it off, 2 of them were sale items (around 70% off!).

A very unflattering picture of my buys, will post nice pics next time to justify their worth.

I tried to dress up for the day too... going out for a meal (not a very appitizing one though I must say) with my boy. But the hols just pass too fast...as always.

Debut

2009-08-11T23:15:00.000+08:00

The last I blogged was in 2007...that is a long 3 year break?
I was never an avid blogger, but after reading all the fashion blogs recently I just cannot help it but be captivated and influenced to start blogging again.
Forget Me Not... Not to ask you to remember me. This is the beautiful name of my birthflower. Hope my posts would as dreamy blue and romantic.