Outfit for Philippine Fashion Week

Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2013: Day 1 Highlight(Michael Cinco)

It looks like Michael Cinco is one of the best  fashion designers in the Philippines. Even though I didn't go to his show yesterday(Day 1), I just got the news in my inbox just now.  These were taken at Philippine Fashion Week, Holiday 2013. I really think that these dresses are creative and I like the head pieces too. My favorite part of the dresses are the ones that are straight with ruffles at the back. I think its worth it to ship all of the gowns to the United States for Hollywood celebrities to wear. Id totally wear one of them to a premiere if I were an actress. The red and black one is the edgiest one so far and so my style.  You are looking good on stage too Michael Cinco with those sunglasses and what you are wearing too! I also like the embroidery of the dresses, its very well organized and I know where my eye moves around the dress. The white dress above is very Gatsby, I shall say. Speaking of that, there has been many fashion inspired by The Great Gatsby ever since it has been a huge hit internationally. Go to www.zalora.com.ph to check out the Gatsby collection!  But this Michael Cinco collection name is Impalpable Dream Of Russia. Theres lots of high lows and two tones these days with Holiday and fall/winter 2013 collections. Click the source below for more details about this collection.

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 This has been Monica JLL Seet (Candyica)

Your Fashion news, your way!

"Creativity comes from what you see outside and all over the world"

-Fashion Quote of the day

Project Runways Nina Garcia live in Manila

Project Runway's very own Nina Garcia is here in Manila, Philippines. She is a sensational fashion journalist and critic.  She studied at the top fashion schools, Fashion Institute Of Technology in NYC and Esmod in Paris. She first worked in the public relations department for Ellis then designer, Marc Jacobs in the 1980's. Thats how she began her fashion career. She was at first a market editor for Elle (Clothing line and magazine) then became a fashion director. She has a creative mind as a creative director of Marie Claire. She will be present live at the Jag Fashion Show on Friday the 24th during Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2013. Since I plan to have a career almost like hers,  I can't wait to hear what she will be saying as the main speaker. This will totally help me for my Fashion Communication class. So those with tickets to this show, catch what Nina Garcia will be saying at the show while she has judged for Miss Universe before. Glad they got a pro creative director to host the fashion show. Nina Garcia I love you and project runway! Cant wait to see you judge the Jag fashion! Your gorgeous too and glamourous! 

Hope you all enjoy the show!,
Monica JLL Seet (Candyica)

"Fashion shows are also a form of trend forecasting"
-Fashion quote of the day

Pretty in Aztec

Too stay happier in the hot weather, I decided to wear these new aztec print leggings I got at my school bazar. Colorful aztec prints are really fun to look at. They are really eye catching. They will still look stylish with plain tops and bib necklaces. Aztec bib necklaces complete the whole outfit with tribal prints. As a fashion addict, I love Animal prints, leather, studs, spikes,skulls, black lace and tribal prints. This will also look great with my new pair of beaded gladiator sandals from Promod a friend gave and also my navy colored tank top with my pink aztec bandeau.

Here I am wearing Aztec print leggings that I bought at my school bazar for only PHP 250. While these are very rare and difficult to find, I thought it was a really worth it price.

This cheetah buckle belt here is from Trunk Show in Power Plant Mall for only PHP 250. Its so convenient that it can fit with anything.

I paired it with this fuchsia blazer from Material Girl at Macy's that was only USD$9.90. Clearance sales are always the best ones.

I got this convenient black tank top from Forever 21 for only PHP 175. I buy almost all of my clothes from that store, while its the most chic and the best I can afford as a College Freshman.  I will always have my love for colors while they make me happier. I loved bright colors ever since I was a little kid, always coloring with them.

This has been Monica Seet with another aztec entry!

Your style, your way!

"Fashion will always be a girls best friend, every girl wants to look chic"

-Fashion Quote of the day.

One of the most inventive fashion designers (Betsey Johnson)

It is really good to be inventive with your very own fashion style. Like Betsey Johnson is an over the top fashion designers. She doesn't knock off any items from other brands while some brands do that, from my own observations.  Log on to www.betseyjohnson.com for more details. You can shop for her products at TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Macys and Nordstrom/ Rack. She has a boutique of her own at Fashion Island Mall, Orange County, California.  Betsey Johnson was a fashion icon of the 70's and began in 1978 and she will never die down while she has the most unique sense of style. I love how she would invent products that are very hard to find such as a lunchbox style purse with skulls on it as mentioned in the entry about the neon trend. She also has a separate formal line, Blue By Betsey Johnson! The shoes in that line are made of satin and are for formal occasions only. I also love her accessories that are so chic and the watches that you can open and close. She will always be a young women at heart. I remember her saying in her interview, something like she does not wanna fall into a trend such as the Madonna crosses which has been around for quite awhile. I strongly agree with her while cross prints has been really cheap looking and controversial.  As a self confessed christian myself, I do not want that trend anymore. Betsey Johnson will always be the designer I idolize, while I love inventing new dresses and shoes. Many High schoolers go to her for prom dresses. Even Katy Perry wore one of her tutu dresses.

This has been Monica Jin Li Seet with the fashion report!

Your style, your way!

"Why not start your own trend if you have your own clothing line rather than falling into an existing trend?"

-Fashion Quote of the day

The Great Gatsby (Best fashion so far used in the film)

The Great Gatsby is a new movie set in the Roaring 20's that just hit theaters this month!  Looks like everyone is loving it, while it started off as a novel and many movie remakes.  Leonardo Dicaprio is one of my favorite actors as well. That is one of my reasons why I wanna watch this movie besides my addiction to fashion. Just by looking at the poster, I can tell that its set in the 1920's with the bob cuts for women that was a trend back then. Even patched headbands were worn by many women. They can totally pull them off with their bob cuts. Boyish figures for women were popular back then, to be prevented from being touched. Even Coco Chanel had a bob cut herself and it suited her very well.  The Roaring 20's were also known as The Jazz Age. You can also see Chicago, The musical on Broadway and the movie for more of the 1920's trends and flapper styles. Speaking of the flapper style, the fringe tops and dresses has been a huge comeback since last year.  I would say that The Great Gatsby is very fashionable because I love the costume designs. The owner of  two of my favorite high end brands, Prada and Miu Miu, designer Miuccia Prada collaborated with director, Baz Lurhmann's own wife for costume designing on the set. Miuccia Prada has also designesThe 40 Prada dresses they chose were made into the 1920's flapper style dresses.  Fur stoles were also the most popular trends to wear with formal dresses and I am loving the one below.   Even feather boas were popular.

Also do check out the Fall 2011 collection for Prada below. It has a lot of relations to The Great Gatsby with the haircuts, hats,straight dresses with no curves and the fur. Miuccia Prada is one of the best designers ever. I am in love with Miu Miu and Prada bags. Their fashion shows are super cute too.

                                                                               

There has been many outfits inspired by The Great Gatsby these days, which shows the movie is a hit. Go into www.loveculture.com to click on the specific collection called Gatsby Days. Especially the patched headbands and the fringed dresses and tops are in style in the present. Short hair was also in style at one point. You can easily get the cheap patched headbands at Market! Market! for only PHP 150.

Even Katy Perry is rocking The Great Gatsby Roaring 20's style, with a feather fan. The whole outfit is a total Roaring 20's chic going All That Jazz. (Look above) Asides from fringes and feathers, the bead embroidery was popular back then. Those dresses make your body look less shapely. I saw many of those dresses in ZARA. It looks like they are a comeback too, but its not really my style.

I would really recommend everyone to go see The Great Gatsby. Its a timeless classic. Leonardo Dicaprio and Tobey Maguire are such great actors who started young!
Thats All That Jazz!

Enjoy the film!,

Monica JLL Seet! (Candyica)
"Costume Design in film can make the movie more eye catching"
-Fashion Quote of the day

The best 80's pop culture (Neon and Madonna)

Madonna is one of the pop icons of the 80's who will never disappear. She has been singing many of the greatest pop songs of all time. My most favorite songs of hers are "Crazy for you" and "Material Girl. I also love the clothing line she owns with her teen daughter, Lourdes Leon. It is called Material Girl that is only sold at all Macy's department stores. They are all sold at quite a reasonable price for garments which target young women mainly. Madonna and Lourdes have such cool and chic style. I really love Lourdes Leon's edgy style, when she wears leather, combat boots and creepers.I also like how she can make a flannel shirt not look too common by wearing a moto jacket over it.
 This Madonna graphic tee is so suitable for the summer while its very thin and its neon colored too! If I were to wear this to the outdoors, Id wear it with Shorts, a cap and sneakers. I wore it with my ankle boots to make myself not look like Im wearing pajamas.

I am wearing a Neon Madonna tee from F&X for only PHP 599 on sale, a super cool casual brand originally from Israel. That store has a selection of Madonna graphic tees. This Rosette necklace was given to me by a classmate. You can get the patch at Market! Market! to make your own necklaces.  Id totally make my own necklaces like this to make money for the organizations I help out in like Virlanie Foundation and Chosen Childrens Village orphanage. You can all make use of your talents to heal the world and help the children in need, like what my school did at the bazar yesterday at The Venice Piazza. The Owner of TOMS also helps the children in need in South America. If a customer buys a pair of shoes, a child in need receives a pair. I plan to do that with my future edgy clothing line as well.

I am wearing a  denim moto vest from the thrift shop at Makati cinema Square, when I got a bunch of clothes for a school project food only PHP 400. You can get great bargains there. As an accessory, I am wearing a cap from ROXY, I bought years ago when they had a branch at Power Plant Mall. ROXY is by the best surf brand for summerlicious wear next to Billabong. 

Lastly I am wearing my houndstooth jeggings from Greenhills that was only PHP 350. These days, you can get many cute good quality clothes from there. They even sell export over runs. 

Hope you all rock your Graphic tees!,

Monica JLL Seet (Candyica)

"Your fashion style talents will lead you to success and make you inspire  and help other people in need"

-Quote of the day!