Simple Winter

Time does fly quickly! Can't believe we're ending December soon but first, let me just greet everyone a MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope you guys have a good one..

Why don't we talk about this outfit? I've always been a fan of class and comfort and I believe that this outfit has accomplished that.  I was never a "girly-girl" and this is why it's either boots or trainers for me. This Adidas Superstar pair is a really recommended trainers. When I ordered it, I wasn't really expecting much from it but boy did it exceed my expectation. I just love them. Redherring does make really comfortable and of good quality coats which are all in this trench coat. I got the white minimal jumper from Zara and the pleated skirt from Next.  Last but not the least is this reversible tote leather bag from Urban Outfitters.  I didn't reverse the bag on this blog but I might post photos on my instagram.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas once again. Enjoy your holiday!

                                      -Love, April

FUR IT

Time check: 2:15 am.

 Hello there lovely readers! I hope you are good and if your'e not, cheer up! Maybe make yourself some hot chocolate ( yes, yes.. I do love hot chocolate drinks) . Not gonna make this blog too long as I feel exhausted from rearranging my room stuffs. Anyways, for this outfit post I'm going for a minimalist look. Do you ever doubt those thick coats about wether they  do really give you warmth? Most of the time I do. But this Fur coat does embrace me with warmth. It is so comfortable and you can wear thin inners with it. You can wear any simple outfits with it as it already gives you more than enough statement. For my inners, I decided to go for black top and shorts and to compliment them, I'm wearing this pony slip on skater shoes. 

                                      -Love, April

"No matter how complicated life can get, always go back to the basics.."

Autumn Leaves

When the trees and every leaves around you look photoshopped ie. increase in contrast and saturation, you can be sure that you are somewhere in the middle of Autumn. This beautiful scenery  is a result of trees and plants adjusting to the lack of sunlight ( geeky April talking). You can say that the leaves are actually dying, changing their colour from green to brown and the in-between colours are just too pretty. 

Quick update:  I've told you guys before that I was doing some volunteer work at my local charity shop and sadly, I had to leave after 4 weeks. The reason being is I got the job that I applied for! Yay! So much for growing up and paying for the bills right? And hey, this also means I can buy some amazeball clothes. Ya' know what I'm saying?

For this post, I'm wearing this very comfy, very warm coat and the one that bags most of the compliments from people. Camel coat is a must have. I'm also wearing this snood/hoody with aztec pattern on it. For my inners, I'm wearing my velvet turtle neck and a skort. To complete the look, I chose to wear my wedge shoes which I got about 3 years ago. It has that autumn vibe and the inner detail of these shoes is just perfect for the cold weather.

Let's enjoy this season with some hot chocolate and warm clothes..

                                      -Love, April

"Know yourself well before someone else tries to define who you are’"

Lately, I am being confronted with so many questions about life, specifically the paradoxes it offers. People always say learn your strengths and sharpen them. Decipher your weakness and eliminate them. Blessings and Curses are the two paradoxes I want to talk about. I always tell myself that as long as my heart is beating, I am blessed. You know, I have a home, a really good family, I can eat three times a day. All these basic things that we tend to take for granted are the most important blessings we have. Life is a blessing itself. Curses, on the other hand sound so mythological or magical perhaps but I can still feel its power somehow. Sometimes your strength can be your weakness, a blessing and a curse. Let's use love as an example. Growing up, my view about love changed and is still changing I guess. From "butterflies in your tummy" to "laying your life down for your brother". Love is something that has driven me strongly about life. It is the loudest noise in this world yet speaks to us in whispers. I can say that love is my strength. At the same time it is my curse and I guess everyone's curse. C.S. Lewis said that "to love is to be vulnerable". You can never love without letting your walls down. It isn't love if it doesn't break your heart. Love can sometimes drive people crazy. Their love for money, success, material things or even someone. Sometimes I feel like love is a curse, a curse given to you from the moment you were born. You were destined to feel love and to love but this also means to hurt and to feel hurt. I guess there's always the good and bad side in everything. That's what makes this life unique.

Well hello November...ber, ber, brrr..brrr. Yes, the probability of chilly climate here in London is now higher than the humid breeze of summer though the weather is being bipolar at some point. The time has moved an hour back, extra sleep for me! Now, let's get down to the outfit..  Checkered is one of my favourite patterns and thankfully it landed on a beautiful poncho. This coat is from Stile Benneton which was featured in Benneton AW12-13 Woman Collection. I always go for the easy outfits and this poncho coat surely offers me that. Autumn and Winter is all about layering and this coat allows so much space for me to add more layers underneath. Inside I'm wearing a crop top, a pencil skirt and a full black kimono dress. When it comes to footwear, chunky ones seem to dominate this fall. They don't just offer style, they also add inches to your height and hey, I like being tall. I added my minimalist necklace to complete the look.

There you go lovely readers. I hope you liked this look and hopefully I can post more blogs to share with you guys some fashion gems that I will find.. Ciao! 

-Love, April

"Jumping off of the cliff and finding your wings on your way down”

Walks

Greetings to you readers! Hope you're having a good day whatever weather you're in right now. I've mentioned on the previous blog that I have been volunteering ( I'm still thankful for the long coat I got) at my local charity shop. Just this week I received a call from the job I am applying for and fortunately got an interview, yay! I hope and pray that all things go well.. 

Anyways! Last Saturday, my sister and I had a little walk and took some photos of me wearing this outfit. I enjoy walks. I don't mind getting tired and that's exercise for the day, right? Taking walks just give me time to think, more vividly I guess. And the smell of fresh air! The sound the trees make when the breeze touches them. We are too caught up with getting to the destiny that we forget about the journey and beauty is often found in the walks, the journey. Enough with my sentimental side!   The outfit I'm wearing is a combination of comfort, warmth and statement. Turtle neck jumpers are just perfect for autumn. Let me say that again..perfect. I am also wearing my slit black skirt. And yes, ankle boots! I thought of adding my aztec cardigan, which I think has Fall printed all over it. Another fashion inspiration for you lovely readers! I hope that you like this look.. Till the next blog, God bless!

Don't you just love hot chocolates? I'm thinking of making myself one once I finish writing this. 

-Love, April

                                                                 Jumper / Ankle boots - Primark  || Skirt - New Look || Cardigan - Papaya

Long Coats Will Do

Hello there readers! First and foremost, I want to thank you, yes you for visiting my blog. Yay! Second on the list is to talk about this outfit, so here we go!  Here in the United Kingdom, you can expect to get all the seasons in a span of two weeks. That's how bipolar the weather here can get. My last post was all summery and just after a week, I'm in my autumn clothes! I used to hate the cold. Well I guess it's because I grew up in a tropical country, the Philippines. It took me a while to adjust, honestly. But what made it easier for me to accept the reality of autumn and winter is the idea that you can still enjoy them as long as you're in the company of fashionable and stylish thick clothes. Man, do I love coats. As a kid, I've seen these movies filmed in cold countries (I can't help but choose Narnia as an example, haha) and always wondered how it is like to wear those thick coats. Are they  heavy? How do people even walk in those duvet like clothes. Fortunately, I can now answer my own questions. Coats are just everywhere here in England! 

I've been volunteering at one of our local charity shops here in West London. It has been just three days but I can say that I am enjoying it. One of the perks of volunteering at a charity shop, second to making new friends ( still working on my social skills), is that you get to see most of the clothes first before the customers. This means one thing, you can lust over some stuffs and maybe decide to buy them. One of the item that really caught my eyes was this long coat. And if your fortunate enough, the item that you want is actually in your size! I didn't even try the coat on before buying it. Do you believe in destiny? Because I think that this coat  was meant to land on my good hands. Long coats are such an eye candy for this year's autumn/winter fashion. So why not visit your local charity shops? You might just find one like this for a couple of pounds. The black dress really suited the cream long coat ( but then again, black suits literally everything!). To complete the look, I chose this rugged black boots that my mum got from a car boot sale. A cherry on top of a cake wouldn't hurt so I added my marble ring to this look as my last touch. I hope you guys are pleased with this look and hopefully have given you some ideas on how to style for the autumn season. There are a lot clothes that can only be enjoyed in autumn, so autumn, please take you time. 

Till the next blog! God bless.. 

                                           

                                                                -Love, April

   Coat - Marks & Spencers  || Black Dress - Forever21 

White Out

  Pleated Skirt  - Primark  || Black Leather Bag - Cobaco || Sandals - River Island

I hope it's not too late for a white-on-white outfit. I've seen quite a lot of outfits showing off those simple, minimal and if not all white, some with a touch of white quite a lot on fashion blogs. Personally, I'm not fond of colourful or flowery fashion and this is why I always fall in love with minimal outfits. If I were to choose which fashion era I would prefer to live in, it would be the 1950s which in other words is the 'Audrey Hepburn Era' (I just came up with that). I admire women who show little which renders them mysterious and I believe Audrey Hepburn portrayed this really well.      There are those times where my mum and I watch these old movies and we just admire the fashion back then. Talk about vintage, there are two items in this outfit that perfectly defines the word vintage. The white knitted jacket that I'm wearing was a gift twenty years ago to my mum from her Korean friend. One thing that I inherited from my mum if fashion sense is actually genetic, is my eye for vintage stuffs. The first time I saw this jacket, I loved it and surprisingly,  my mum trusted me with it. The second item which you have probably have guessed is the leather bag ( well done you!). This minimal bag is unbelievably older than me and this makes me one hundred times careful and conscious every time I wear it. Crop tops was a highlight for this summer and pleated skirts will never be an old school. The leather sandals that I'm wearing are one of my favourite purchases. Seems like summer is finally over now here in England which makes it a perfect time for me to say this... bring on Autumn!!! 

For the first time

I was never a fan of the colour pink but for the first time, hence the title, I did like pink. I paired up this  adorable crepe trousers with my vintage turtle neck top. I'm wearing my black high platform sandals. I can never emphasise how black suits everything! I once was told that the maximum colours you can wear in an outfit is three, so I went for black, cream and baby pink. Fedoras are massive hats so to compliment my fedora, I decided to wear my black leather purse. I hope you guys like this outfit!

Crepe Trouser - Dorothy Perkins  Black Purse - Aldo  Platform - New Look

Grey

What's up you guys? I guess September has been a good month to me considering that summer was a little bit longer this year. I just graduated last July and I am therefore looking for a job. For the mean time, I've decided to do some fashion blogging which I have always wanted to do. Let's get started! For this outfit, I am wearing a two piece. To give you a little history, I actually cut the trousers to a knee length and surprisingly, I am pleased with the results. This also made it easier to fold them into shorts. I  believe I've seen quite a lot of two piece in charity shops. So, why not go to the nearest charity shops and look for one! Grey, black and white do really go well together so I decided to wear a white crop top and geeky sandals. To complete the outfit, I added the black satchel bag.            

| Two piece - a friend gave them to me || Satchel - Ebay|| Geek Shoes - Topshop |

Drop some line

Sometimes I feel like drowning but then I realise that I just have to learn how to float in Your grace. 27/02/10 You keep me strong 02/03/10 There are some things you have to learn in silence. Where no mortals see your sad eyes. You can live a life without really living it. Feeling dead inside. But would you choose to have it that way? For we are given the gift of choice. Lately, I was wandering, if only and what if were the words. Trying to fix my puzzled thoughts. Young, wild, and free I am but chained in this little catastrophe where I am is not enough. Will I ever be enough in this world that demands me a lot. Will I ever be good enough to be accepted ? Will I be beautiful enough to be seen by the mortals' eyes? I will never be and I don't have to be. For someone saw me, felt me, noticed me and still sees me, feels me and notices me. I won't trade Him for all the golds and silver, fame and recognition, name it. For this someone is everything I have. You can take away the world from me but not my Jesus 07/03/10 I look to the North, i did not find you. I went to the South, didn't see a glimpse of you. I walk to the west, no trace of you. My desperation brought me the East, still I had nothing of you. Though i don't see your beautiful hands, I believe in Your heart. -Job- 13/04/10 Sometimes it's harder to believe than to make a move. You can make a move without believing, but you can't believe without moving. 1/4/10  Don't be happy because you got what the world asks from you but be happy because you have what the world can't offer you. 25/5/10 I want to live, now, now, now.. 8/6/10 I don't know why but I am missing you 1/7/10 Learn to remember, it will help you face tomorrow. 20/7/10 Life can be really tough. 28/8/10 I can't force the wounds to heal. 6/11/10 Let me know that You hear me , let me know Your touch, let me know that You love me and LET THAT BE ENOUGH. 9/12/10 Maybe if I'll die nothing will really change but I hope that while I'm still living some things are changing. 22/2/11 Things are in my head but things are in Your hands. 19/4/11 Nothing beats the moments captured by your eyes and memories stored in your brain. 8/5/11 You don't need to be the loudest to be heard. You just need  honest voice. 26/05/11 Love is not based on what we feel but rather our commitment to fight for it regardless of what we feel. 13/7/11 Life is like an airport, people come and go. 26/7/11 Life without You is already hell. 5/9/11 Sometimes when I feel bad, I play my guitar because it turns the pain into a melody. 17/9/11 Everything has its consequence: Curse or Blessing. It was up to you what you did before the consequence happened. 29/11/11 Her differences shouldn't be a disadvantage. 8/12/11 Maybe the reason why you hear the same message again and again is because you do the same old thing again and again. 9/12/11 Boy: I fell in love with her beautiful................heart. 20/1/12 Sometimes the best definition of pain are tears. 21/1/12 Death doesn't scare me but the regrets. 26/3/12 Your life needs a change to make one in someone else's life. 16/04/12 Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same. 14/6/12 Everything in this life is like the wind, you can't never grab hold of them but sure you can remember what it felt like when they were around. 7/7/12 Don't chase anyone, a person who appreciates you walks with you. 30/9/10 You make things make sense 22/10/12 Sometimes the right words are best left unsaid. 11/12/12 Trust is like money, you have to earn it yet we act like we're rich. 8/12/13

Call me old school

White Top - Topshop

Skirt - H&M

Shoes - Forever21

Bag - Ted Baker