Street Chic

Hi, everyone! I will not even begin to rant about why I've been an inconsistent blogger again, I'm sure you've had enough of those.  My last  post was roughly 2 months ago and I have all the reasons in the world. Starting from the 7.2 earthquake that hit Cebu, our business trip to Japan and the assignments that came home with me, Blind Clothing backlogs, my birthday, both my parents' birthdays, my weekly visit to the doctor, the severe typhoon Haiyan and relief campaigns.. all those neatly packed in in 2 months left this blog quiet for some time. Well to be honest, I haven't been taking much OOTD's either, not very diligently, that is. So do forgive me if the next few posts will be of phone or digicam pictures-- struggling with grain and lighting and all like this one.. composed of either me and my casual saturday clothes or my work outfits, seriously in crisis she's going to be a blog post or a mere instagram post.

But this is me, you see. I rarely plan what I wear. Not even on events, sadly. I throw on what I see on the day and work my way around it. Then whenever I see an opportunity to take an outfit shot, I squeeze it in. Believe me, Im not lazy, just uhm, pre-occupied. But I always try, I do. 

So there. Let the backlogs roll. 

:)

To begin the backlogs, let me start with something I will probably laugh at the most 20 years from now.

Something I probably would not want my future clients or future graduate study professors to see. Haha. This was back in September when I hadn't chopped my hair off and got a full fringe. It's that long ago. I wore it to watch the play starred by my good friends Chris and Eden called The Seminar.  (Congrats, friends! :> )

Who remembers my last look in these suspenders? The good girl-school girl look? Like I promised, here's a different approach using the same key piece: skater skirt with suspenders from Love Eleven Shop.  One skirt, two different Dawns. Isn't it fun to mix and match pieces an make them look completely different? :) To those who haven't read that post, click here.

 

See it now? :)

Well here's her evil twin, the one that spends break times in the field with the jocks while her good twin spends the entire day at the library and eventually landing an internship with google. Haha. Kidding aside, Street sexy is all the rage lately... muscle tees, band tees, sneakers, denim cut-offs, midriff tops, and I'm a big fan! Admit it, we all want to go "medjo bad girl" (fashion-wise, at least) once in a while. Don't lie. :P But when you have an event to grace or a person to meet and you're not in your teens anymore, you can't go all Kesha-yolo right? When I want to inject some feminine class into a street sexy look, I pair my snapbacks with heels.. black little bracelets with tri-color ones.. and midriff-bearing tees with skirts with suspenders. 

I hope you like it my high street-chic meets downtown street-sexy look! 

Dear do I miss blogging. More catch-up posts soon! 

Wishing everyone an epic weekend! I don't know about you but I'm getting a massage!

x

Dawn

:)

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Snapback: Vans

Midriff Top: Blinkydoodles

Skirt with suspenders: Love Eleven Shop

Shoes: Fashioncookie

Bag: T. Hilfiger

One of the boys.

I know, I know. I'm 23, a working professional and I should be going around in more decent, respectable pieces with collars on them and everything. This outfit is EXACTLY what my dad hates seeing me in, but is too awkward to tell me that he ends up telling mom and resorts to not speaking to me for the next 15 minutes. :)) Let's just say, he wants me to dress as if I'm going to run into a client any moment soon. Nothing midriff, nothing backless, nothing with holes on them. (But Pa...) That weekend, it seemed like a fine day for a complete dress down. First, I was far from home. I gatecrashed CDO to surprise a friend for his birthday and these photos were taken on a boat back from our short side trip to Camiguin Island. And two, I was with my girlfriends and good old college friends. With purely adventure trips, long roadtrips and beach on our hazy itinerary, a rugged pair of shorts seemed like a great idea :))

Nothing spells "one of the boys" better than denim shorts, canvass shoes, and baseball caps. The only thing that probably kept me looking feminine was my cropped top in substitute for a muscle tee/ band shirt. I let my hair loose, wore a few gold bracelets to tone down the black ones, and pearl earrings to pull me more to the seaside She-side. White and bleached denim are some of my favorite palettes for a laid-back, fresh vacation look. The classic red cap, I think, gave it an interesting contrast.

I owe this quick outfit post to Buddy, for bearing the shame with me and taking photos of me in the barge and of course my trusty cellphone, my savior for random instagram moments that turn into poorly-documented-but ain't-so-bad-blog posts.

Cropped Top: Topshop

Denim Shorts: Blind Clothing

Cap (with pretty corny text I must admit): Penshoppe

Hope you like it! :)

Here are some photos from my trip!

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The 730AM surprise at our new fave place, Missy Bonbon in Limketkai Mall. Zhen came from 630 mass with his mom and when he saw all 9 of us at his breakfast place, his face was priceless! :)) Ours was, well, sabog. We came straight from a 12 hr boat ride.

The Team ;)

Day 1: So after the surprise and birthday breakfast, Birthday boy (photo above) wanted to go straight to Camiguin Island so off we went! :) We toured around the island. Night came and we were all so sticky so we checked in and finally got to bathe! In a hot spring! Sooo good.  :)

Day 2: White Island. This paradise is a boat ride away from Camiguin. It is what it is, an island that's all sand bar and nothing else. Paradise! They say it sinks in the evening. Oohhh. 

After this we went back to the hot spring resort, swam some more, ate seafood for lunch (again), dropped by Camiguin's famous "Viola's halo-halo" (Zhen's fave back then) and got in a barge headed back to CDO (where the outfit shot above was taken from). We spent another 2 hrs on the road, toured around CDO city some more after dinner and not later, fell fast asleep.

 Day 3: White Water Rafting! A CDO trip is never complete without one! :)
Riding Rapids. Rowing and getting wet. Drowning. Exhilirating! Probably the most exciting day of my non-sports-inclined life! :)) After this, we shopped for pasalubong and went home that night.

 

One lovely weekend indeed. Happy Birthday again, Zhenny! <3