I Want to Dress Like...

from The Sartorialist

I'm madly head over heels in love with this style of dressing at the moment: a hat (fedora or bowler's preferably), a sharp blazer (this ultra cool lady rocked a pea coat), a white or light blue silk blouse underneath, high-waisted cropped or rolled-up pants in black or navy blue, and a pair of leather oxfords or brogues with black or cream ankle socks. Oh, and a pair of suspenders too for good measure:

 

From Zara

Perhaps spice the outfit up with this Pull and Bear scarf:

And pair it up with a leather satchel or a man's black leather briefcase.

But since the weather here is always hot and humid, I assume the scarf is out of the question... same goes to the idea of a pea coat too. As for blazers, they gotta be light and sharply fitted or else I'll be a baked potato the moment I get home. My aim is to scour for a vintage ones that fit; the ones sold in stores are kinda expensive... :(

Colour palette: either navy blue, pitch dark black, or camel. Boy I love the colour camel this season; in fact all hues of brown too: leather, tan brown, earthy brown, and then there's khaki, cream, beige and, of course, camel... :D

And here's one of my musical inspirations for this post...

The suit probably got inspired by Florence's adorable tuxedo, while the earthy hues of the forest called the scarf to mind. The quest for THE blazer begins.

Catch of the Day 3

Today's Catch of the Day is pretty epic. I found a brand new, deadstock Burberry formal shirt at a major steal while out thrifting to chase the exam blues away... and it only cost me RM15! The most branded thing in my wardrobe is officially cheaper than some of my non-branded ones. But whatever, this pikey is happy happy happy.

(Please excuse the lousy pic, this pikey is no good at fabric draping).

Yo ho, it's a pikey's life for me!

Meanwhile, enjoy:

Somehow, this song and Burberry's clothing line remind me of rainy London days and clear plastic umbrellas. =P

The Sacrifice

I'm a Left 4 Dead fan, have been one ever since I laughed my ass off to Shaun of the Dead (which was aweeesome). Since then I've been pretty much hooked onto anything zombie-related, and am planning to sit down and watch the 28 Days Later series of movies and George A. Romero's zombie stuff after mah exams. >8-D Or whenever it is I become free. ='( I barely have enough time to wade through my monstrous library of unwatched movies as it is.

Anyhoo, moving on... just wanna brag that I've played the latest DLC, The Sacrifice, which features a new style of finale for those of yous who are familiar with the game... this time, you guessed it, one of the original L4D survivors have to sacrifice themselves for their teammates.

I played it on Normal level (yeah, I'm a pretty sucky L4D player even if I love the game to bits... I haven't figured out how that works either), with 3 bots, and I SURVIVED in one go! Wheee- oh wait, since I was the one to sacrifice myself, then technically... I didn't survive. *bummer bummity bump*

On the plus side, the campaign was pretty fun, but loads of repetitive buildings and structures. I nearly got lost in Map 2. Map 3, the finale, was a near carbon-copy of The Passing finale map, but it makes sense canonically since later they will meet up with the L4D2 survivors at the same area. Like the total <strike>nerd</strike> <strike>geek</strike> no-life that I am, I read up the Left 4 Dead Wikia and discovered that you can see the sailboat moored in different places near the bridge in The Sacrifice map and in The Passing map. I definitely have to go back and check it out another time.

Oh and if you ask me why I have time to play L4D and not watch a movie... I finished the campaign in 33 minutes. =]

If you're wondering why the posts have switched from being about clothes to being about emo-ness and games... no, I have no idea why either. I guess I'm just weird that way. u__u

Here's The Sacrifice trailer for your viewing pleasure. ;)


 I still get the heebie-jeebies at the Bill-and-fiery-background shot.

Help! I'm An Emo DIVA

To Write Love On Her Arms may disagree with me, but I think that real emos don't go about on Facebook proclaiming to the world that they're emo, complete with CAPS LOCK and tons of '~ ~ ~'. NEWSFLASH: You're not emo, you're SPOILED.

Real emos keep their thoughts to themselves and have internal (often painful) debates with themselves. I have emo friends, and I have been emo (still am emo sometimes) myself, so I know this. The happy shiny people who shout 'Oh noes I'm EMOESS' on Facebook haven't the slightest idea what emo is.

Emo isn't mourning your incapability of finishing a project or missing out on a sale. Emo can evolve to a real life-and-death situation, where you can be driven to think that your very existence is worthless, that you're not wanted and people don't give shit about you and the world will be a much better place without you. These people (as I have, well yeah, so I'm pretty self-centered) more often than not suffer in silence.

So please, you happy shiny bunch of spoiled bratty DIVAS, stop proclaiming your nonexistent emo to the world.

Feel free to virtual punch, kick, slap me in the face. Thanks very much.

Thrifting Adventure #2

Good times and good finds, two days in a row! :D The pretty vendor in Amcorp Mall is officially my favourite place to shop for pretty dresses that are value for money. RM10 for 2 dresses is a hell of a steal. Taking advantage of such a bargain, I came away with these:

A striped dress in the pattern and colours that I've been looking for forever!

And a dress in that mustard yellow that I can't resist!

The next day was a trip to the local supermarket, Carrefour (in Wangsa Maju). It was supposed to be an innocent trip but whaddayaknow, a thrift stall had been set up there in my absence, and loads of thriftworthy and vintage goodies are up for grabs at bargain prices, namely RM20 - RM35 for dresses and RM10 - RM15 for blouses. Despite my resolution to not buy anymore items of clothing, I eventually ended up with these three:

It's a wee bit long,  but its classic vibe won me over immediately. Plus, what's not to love about vertical monochrome stripes?

I call this the Champs Elysees dress (yes, I am that obnoxious). It's not obvious here, but there are two buttons at the neckline, and the white layer is actually more off-white-ish with cream tinges. I love it. Sigh.

And finally, my object of desire for quite a while now... a jumper! With pockets! And in plaid!

Today, I also stumbled across a few amazing artistes. One of these is Marques Toliver, a supremely talented singer and violinist. This song, 'Charter Magic', is quite simply magical. I'm still looking for the mp3 file... any of you guys can help link me to one? Thanks! :D

Have a great weekend y'all! 

Catch of the Day 2

I know I'm late in the Jeffery Campbell clog obsession but the moment I saw these they immediately popped into my head and the next thing I knew was that I just HAD to have them. They'd toughen up any outfit nicely, dontcha think?

Well granted, they're not real Jeffery Campbells. But they look so much alike - 

- that I am driven to be content. Clogs at Aldo cost RM300 - RM400. My cheap knockoffs cost RM35 only, and they're pretty comfortable to wear too. However, I don't expect them to last long =( I shall report when they're done in.

California Dreamin'

The Chic POP Street Market 5 - who was there? >8-D

Who am I kidding. :P It was a pretty great event, and it was the second bazaar I've visited. Because I cleverly did not bring my camera out for the occasion you can read all about it at Tongue in Chic. You better believe that there was a bucketload of good stuff for grabs! Plus, Vintage Biri-Biri was there! It was nice meeting the owner in person. I am envious of her ability to find great vintage pieces, plus the price she charges are hardly as expensive as other vintage blogshops out there.

More importantly, I found a very very nice find at her booth!

It's made of thick cardigan material (it's not wool, I think it's a knit..? I'm not sure...) and is in perfect condition (the sleeves were a bit tight though). And it cost me only RM5.

I will treasure this forever.

Another RM5 gem I found at another bazaar (Bizarre Bazaar, in fact) sold by Lah'Lah'Land:

It looks far from perfect, as it's pretty short and has a weird cutting, but the peterpan collar and the baby blue sold me on it. Plus it was only RM5, so better grab it than to regret it. :P I plan to pair it with tights and a thin tan belt.

But the best find of the bazaar, for me, was this. A ROMPER.

:D

Also, this weekend, there might be plans for thrifting... will update with great finds here if I fail to restrain myself from spending. D:

I'll leave you guys with my fave song for the mo. I know summer is over for many of you guys, but here it's hot as heck! 

And why yes, I do love The Sims so. :) This video is brilliantly done, don't you think? ^^

Ever felt that...

... someone is slowly but surely edging you out of your own life? That your friends are becoming theirs, and you're left with no one? That your passions have become theirs and they are celebrated for it, and not you?

Call me paranoid, but that's what's happening to me right now.

Catch of the Day!

Hullo all! So I have braved through some pretty nerve-wrecking quizzes in college, and with two more coming my way (plus an assignment, eeeps!) I will make this a quick post. :)

I never really realized the difference between thrifting and vintage-shopping until recently. Now whenever I see items going for unusually cheap, my fingers start itching for my purse...

Looks can be deceiving. Really deceiving. Especially the looks of a building. Any of you who are familiar with the Taman Connaught area will know of an always-vacant, near-decaying shopping complex called CMC Centre (or something like that). It's good only for Giant. The lower level where all the standalone shops are are languishing. No one ever goes there to even window-shop.

But I did. And whaddaya know, I found a bunch of stuff going for cheap. There were discounts and special prices everywhere I looked.

This was my expression: D:

However, after some initial enthusiastic browsing and speaking to shop owners, I discovered that many of the clothes on sale are cheaply-produced Korean-made clothes. Not that I didn't mind them; many were really pretty, but to be honest, Korean clothing never appealed to my aesthetic sense... some of them can be constructed in really haphazard ways and some could just feel downright tacky and you can tell they mash some styles together just to appeal to trendseekers, and as a result, the piece ends up looking pretty fugly.

So I came away from all those discounts unscathed.

But not for long.

Now (again in the same area) little boutiques had recently mushroomed near the eatery I frequent, and this has made walking to and fro a little more bearable as I could ogle (or discreetly gape) at whatever extra nice item they displayed in the window. Just as I was on my way back from all those haphazard bargain bins, my eye caught an innocent little sign: 'BARGAIN BIN. ALL RM5 - RM10'.

I went in right away, and after much tugging and pulling while trying to not look awkward (I was the only customer in there at that time...), I came away with these:

Baby blue peterpan collar tee. My fave~

Cropped chiffon cardigan

Each cost me RM10. I say that is a pretty good buy... :P

And guess what? Both are Korean-made. XP 

P.S. Sorry for the dark pictures... gotta change my ISO settings next time... ><'''''''''''''