Home Away From Home

Nothing too special with this post really. Just a simple outfit for school and photos of my new home in Taft, my dorm. School has already started for me and though I live far away from my home in QC, I feel at ease living on my own. There's just something so liberating about it especially since I've been so sheltered and living under my mom's skirt for the longest time. Although I must say, it's so hard to prepare my own meal since cooking's definitely not up my alley! Haha!

top- Trunkshow

jeans- Oxygen

satchel- Coconut Gold

shoes- random

head accessory- Simone's Closet

XO.

Back to Black and Faceless Ego No More

Back with an outfit post, yey! Sorry for being MIA, I'd just gotten over my uninspired mode. :)
Here’s yesterday’s school outfit. God, I missed wearing monochromatic outfits!

(wearing: Mags Blazer, The Landmark skirt, tights, custom-made brogues, gifted black bag, Abbey's dripping chain necklace)

After being stuck in a style rut and for being uninspired for the longest time ever since this term started, I'm glad to say that I've finally found something that inspires me! Yes, I am like an ancient poet/painter who is very dependent on a muse and turns to her for inspiration. Haha! But before you make the inference that I am in love or what, let me tell you now that NO, I'm not and that my source of inspiration is not a person. And you might find me weird when I tell you guys that what inspires me--to dress up and go to school--is the topic on existentialism that we've discussed in my Philo class. I feel like I'm turning philosophical about life now. Haha!

So, how'd it all start? Well, it was in Philo class and we moved on to the topic of Existentialism. I had always wondered about it and had already looked up its definition on Wikipedia out of sheer curiosity and boredom one random and unproductive day but I guess I never really understood it until it was discussed in class last week. But before I blab on about it and bore you to death, I'll just cut it short and sum it all up for you. Basically, an existentialist exists in this world without being a conformist. Existentialism is about existing but not like a lifeless and inanimate object that is there but "not really there" because it doesn't have "presence". An existentialist is not just a face among the crowd but someone who stands out and goes against the grain. So there, the lesson about it struck me in the most positive of ways.

The dilemma was I was feeling uninspired to dress-up (and other things) and so I couldn't feel the thrill of it 'coz I was holding back in creating outfits. I didn't want to be stared at 'coz of what I was wearing so consequently, I dressed like an ordinary person in school and blended into the crowd. I was a "faceless ego", just like what Miss said. And so I started thinking and took the topic on existentialism to heart and that got me inspired again. As Aquamarine said, "why go through life unnoticed?". Couldn't agree more. I know, I'm weird. Haha!

These were taken yesterday after class at Anna's condo. Decided to take their photos as well for...I dunno, nothing in particular really. Just a 'lil photo shoot to pass the time, I guess?

Love Abbey's cropped floral cardi! :)

Anna called this the "This is SPARTAAA" look. Haha!

Mae loves her "animal" prints. :)

Cuteee floral dress! :)

Photos of me in Taft Avenue while waiting for the FX to arrive. Oh dear me, shameless picture-taking on the streets. Haha!

Look at me fiddling with the skin on my fingers while waiting. I am such a fidgety fidget-er who fidgets a lot! *fidget* *fidget*

Why is it that some people in school give me “the stare” whenever I wear these tights or any other tights for that matter? Just because we live in a tropical country doesn’t mean I can’t wear one, right? Ahh, screw them. :))

'Til the next post!
Scarlet April xx

Friday Shoot!

Hi guys! Before anything else, I wanna tell you that this post will be a bit picture-heavy. But whatever. My posts have always been picture-heavy. Haha! I dunno, I guess I just like documenting whatever it is that goes on in my life (like what we do in school and stuff like that) no matter how mundane life can get sometimes.

Okaaay, moving on...

Just wanna share to y'all the photos during the photoshoot that we had last last Friday. A friend of mine who's studying at the Ateneo asked me and my college friends to model for them for their Comm. Theory project (a magazine) and being a comm. student myself, I somehow empathized with them and agreed to help 'em. Besides, I was giddy for a photoshoot as well! Haha! She asked our friends who're studying at UST and UP to model for them too, each group representing their respective universities.

Now here's how it all went in photos (BTS shots first from my cam!):

Melissa arriving at Anna's condo with a suitcase full of clothes for the shoot! We were teasing her that morning (speaking ironically here) that she wasn't exactly "prepared" for the shoot. (in Filipino: "Hindi ka naman masyadong ready nyan Meli. Haha!)

Before this photoshoot, Anna had been complaining to me that she looked exactly the same in all of her cameos here on my blog meaning, she was wearing the exact same clothes in my photos! Haha! Because of that, I styled her for her 3rd cameo on the blog hence this cute casual outfit! She was hesitant to wear the fedora and was doubting if the skirt went well with her top at first but as you can see, I managed to get her to wear them! HAHA!

Let the shoot-ing begin! (That didn't sound right. Haha!)

And here are the photos from our photogs! :)

Here we are donning our "yabang" shirts (as Raiza called it) and spelling out D-L-S-U with our arms. FAIL.

One more time. Woohoo! ANIMO La Salle Beybeh! Haha! :D

My my, that was such a fun-filled day and I'm looking forward to more photoshoots with them! I'm really glad to have helped Raiza and her team. She and Angela (our photogs) were so easy to get along with! And of course, I can't end this post without thanking my friends Anna, Abbey and Meli for agreeing to model with me and for always being up for anything! Thanks to Meli for making the effort to bring a suitcase full of clothes and to Abbey and Anna for always accommodating me into your home in Taft. I love you guys! :")

Much Love,
Scarlet April xx

Eye Candies

Pretty things and fashionable people are some of the things that inspire me to be creative when it comes to dressing up. Four days of my week, I spend it in school, and those four days in school I get to see a lot of pretty things and fashionable people (as we don't wear uniforms to school).

Having no uniform makes for a stylish and inspiring (school) environment. Students get to express themselves through the clothes that they wear and it saves them from looking too stressed out with uni life! Last Wednesday, I snapped some photos of two of my college friends in school 'coz I found them (and what they were wearing) very cute and inspiring!

Here's Dianne and her thrifted blouse and purse! When I bumped into her that day and saw what she was wearing, I got so giddy taking pictures of her and admiring her cute school outfit!:)
And here's Abbey with a comfy and casual school outfit! You'll be seeing more of her and her style next week when I post a new (and maybe one time only) segment on the blog where I feature the style of a friend. Watch out for that! :)

With a stylish environment such as this, who wouldn't be inspired to look good and dress-up? I may not be too fond of going to school (haha!) but I like what I see when I'm there. Oh how I adore them! Haha!

'Til the next post! :)
Scarlet April xx

A White Party

Long overdue post! This should've been posted one month ago (uso late?)! Haha! But oh well. These photos were taken on Abbey's debut (September 11, 2010) held at (somewhere in...) Laguna. But before I recount to you guys how it all went, here's an outfit post first! :)

I wore: Parisian Jr. shoes, Landmark dress, The Ramp tights

Thanks to En for letting me borrow her gorge shoes! :)

I was very much inspired by Blair Waldorf's "Brunch" outfit in Gossip Girl season 1 when I created this look. I bought the tights first (I built the whole look around it) then I went on to look for a plain white dress since these tights were patterned already. I wanted to wear a white headband and curl my hair that day but I was already running late so I just ditched it. Haha!

The debutante in a beautiful textured red gown...

Goofing around with my college BFFs Anna and Bryan. Aww, oh how I missed these two! :)

Posing and feeling like a model. Haha! I felt like Blair Waldorf in her tights that night!

Now flashback to my debut, when everyone was super hyper and a little bit drunk, Abbey (during the photo ops) hid inside my ballgown. Haha! (Lakas trip eh noh?)

Payback time! Hehe.

After the celebration, me and my college friends decided to spend the night at the guesthouse because it was already very late at the time for us to go home.

That was the last part of my "Term Break Chronicles". After her debut, it was back to school for me again. Oh what fun. Ech. Had sooo much fun that night/day in Laguna with my college friends! I wish moments like those lasted forever.

Much Love,
Scarlet April xx