Visual Appeal

Maje Kiev silk cropped pants

2009-08-30T09:19:00.001-07:00

I WANT THIS (: SO PRETTY CAN.

TREK- Floral Print Lace Up

2009-08-08T10:59:00.000-07:00

I was in Topshop at Ion shopping centre that day and I fell in love with this pair of floral lace up. Got a lil inspiration to do some DIY. So now, I need some plain ankle lace up shoes. And tie-dye shoes are so cool (:

(photo credits: Topshop.com)

On the street... Striped Florence

2009-07-30T20:42:00.000-07:00

Credits: The Sartorialist.

I like this pretty much (: And I think he's japanese. !

The Letter R

2009-05-20T07:35:00.000-07:00

This dress would be so pretty in adult size! Inspired by Katie. She makes clothes for her children. Like way cool. If i start learning dress making now, I may make it in time to make dresses or what nots for my children in 20 years time.

a peek into my room

2009-05-11T20:25:00.001-07:00

I randomly put this outfit together. Lookbook-ed

Jumpsuit <3

2009-05-07T22:37:00.000-07:00

Thanks Jojo (:

18 pairs of shoes to last a lifetime

2009-04-18T11:40:00.000-07:00

OUTFIT FOR THE DAY.
Trying to do a Joyce again. (:

And there is something wrong with the camera. I need to fix it soon.

Nightlights

Got home. Dad told me to clear the utility room. First I started by packing my shoes.
While I was at it, I thought why not snap a pic of them and blog about it. Need some de-stress after all the counting today. I shall do counting proper. Order of shoes are not according to merit.

1. Fold-able calf high sneakers. I bought these years back at Trendy Zone. They're really comfy especially for rainy days cos I know for sure my toes would not get wet. And I really dislike it when my shoe and socks make that squishy sound.

2. My favourite pair of blades. Oh wait, I only have one pair. I consider them as one of my shoes. I don't care what you say. They are feet wear!

3. Northstar sneakers. Mom got them for me a long long long long time ago. But I never liked this pair of shoes. It's too loose for me.

4. Red embroidered grandmotherish flats. Love these. But never really get the chance to wear them around for they're a lil hard to match.

5. Gladiators! The one that Shinikim Mongave got for me on my 19th birthday! These gladiators came along with pretty pretty pretty cupcakes (:

6. Asics Gel Kayanos. Comfortable running shoes that I've only used once. Need to get running as soon as the exams are over. I might even run everyday. Please motivate me. No wait, force me to get running.

7. Rubber shoes for trekking. The texture of the rubber is good for getting a grip on wet rocks.

8. La Coq Sportif walking shoes. Got them in J1 for school. But after the principal then warned me about the pink laces, I stopped wearing them altogether.

9. Brown loafers! I almost forgot their existence! Threw out so many things when I moved and was quite happy to see these pretty brown things again (: Bought them at BATA in Malaysia.

10. Nude heels from Novo. Haha Travis, your shop! Like them pretty much but never really enjoy wearing heels. Gotta start learning how to keep my back straight when I walk in heels.

11. The newest in my collection of shoes. Vans that not only look good but feel good too.

12. White zipper shoes. Got them for $12.90 at a clearance sale in JP. And they're dirty already in case you're wondering. Why can't I keep my white shoes white.

13. Brown elflish shoes that is imported from Taiwan. I wear them around so much that I'm beginning to see wears and tears on them.

14. Beige canvas ribbon shoes. Got these at Denim Fair. It was the last pair and it is so pretty! How can I resist! I need to curb my spending a little. Savings are made up of 20% of my allowance/ whatever. NEED TO START SAVING.

15. Black ankled flats. Got them for $9.90. Cheap and nice!

16. Charcoal sandals. Great for lazy days.

17. Black pointed work shoes. Bought them when I first started work at Bosch.

18. Last but not least, my topshop boots. (: Definitely my favourite pair of shoes. They won me 3 times my purchase. HEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE

18 pairs of shoes to last a lifetime.
18 pairs of shoes to tour many places (:

Simplicity.

2009-04-17T13:02:00.001-07:00

There are many ways to wear a simple dress like this. Click HERE.
I would like to try layering one of my dresses with a long tee.

Tuelle skirts as such

2009-04-13T20:35:00.000-07:00

I want. See more at Rachel Papo's Photo site. (via Laissezfaire)

Browsing on Joyce

2009-04-07T10:02:00.000-07:00

Browsing on Joyce

Love these Bow Belts

And this grey lace dress just bowled me over. Kinda fretting what I'm gonna wear for attachment this July. Needmoreworkclothes.

And this is just perfect.

2009-04-07T09:48:00.000-07:00

It's study week before the exams. Dug this blue floral shirt outta my closet. The shirt was a gift from Gek. (: First time I wore this shirt out. Tried doing a Joyce with it. What do you think?

a thing for pink

2009-04-05T18:59:00.000-07:00

Been wearing pink alot lately.

Shoes

2009-02-19T10:17:00.000-08:00

A beautiful pair of shoes will bring you to beautiful places.

Especially if your feet don't get cramps from 5 inch heels.

Psychedelic (adjective)

2009-01-18T09:28:00.000-08:00

1. producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis; "psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and mescaline"

2. having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states; "a psychedelic painting"

3. (of a mental state) characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair; "a psychedelic experience"

The second definition of psychedelic is how I always define it to be. And if you know me, I have this thing for psychedelic stuff. I guess it's the colours and all that draws me to this psychedelic-ness. And now, let me show you how you can work psychedelic into your daily wear.

WEAR COLOURFUL STOCKINGS LIKE SHI M. HERE.
And Shi M. is an artist/student. I found her on lookbook and I like her stockings so much.
Oh and check out her artworks, they are pretty good (:

WEAR A COLOURFUL TEE LIKE SHI M. AGAIN.

WEAR A COLOURFUL SCARF DRESS LIKE BERNADETTE L.

So there you go, 3 simple ways to go psychedelic today (:

Strap

2009-01-15T08:29:00.000-08:00

I just thought i'll tell everyone how important strappy platforms are these days.

The nude ones are especially lengthening,

but considering that the design might not be obvious enough,

it might be good to invest in a black pair instead.

I need one.

Stone in basements.

2008-12-23T10:39:00.000-08:00

We stone too much for our own good.

No, this wasn't posed at all.

1: Hair accessories are a lot better with simple clean outfits.

2: A $10 gold watch can be a veryyyy versatile accessory.

3: Soft headbands can be doubled up as wrist accessories.

HM surrounded by green.

Vintage Dress (gift from ME!),

Country Belt,

Cross-Stitch Bag,

F21 Socks,

TopShop Boots.

4: Sometimes outfits need not make sense to other people.

As long as you're comfortable and happy in it, nothing else matters.

HM has a super weird spunky style, it scares me sometimes but its interesting that way.

5: Vintage looking dresses don't always have to be expensive.

http://vanityvintage.com/ (sg based!) has a pretty good selection of dresses,

This dress came in maxi-dress length,

i snipped off a good chunk of it, hemmed it up.

6: A country brown belt (be it light or dark brown) is always a good investment.

It doesn't go out of style, and it might pull your look together.

I bought my thin country belt from Cotton On for $9.

Huiming's one (as seen above) should be around that price too.

7: Knee/Over the knee socks worn with boots can give a different feel to the boots.

F21, TopShop, Comodittee and River Island have a wide selection of these socks.

If you're uncomfortable with knee socks

(yeah it's normal to feel like u're going to a cosplay convention)

start out with full length tights, leggings first.

Me. Less greeny.

Self-made Flower Headband,

Topman Stamp Tee (gift from SK),

TopShop Military Blazer,

Ebay-ed Black Lame Leggings,

Gold watch, Self-made zipper headband worn as braclet,

LV Vintage bag (donation from stepmum),

TopShop Purple Platform Boots.

8: Long T-Shirts can be cheap.

Warehouse sales/Discount racks are a good place to source.

Try rummaging through the guy's t-shirt section.

Ask dad for his old shirts as well, it might fit loosely enough. :)

9: Black Leathery Leggings.

The one in the picture only cost me about 20 sgd from Ebay.

There are some really good deals on Ebay.

The trick to wearing leggings as pants (in my own opinion) is to find full length ones.
Full Length leggings are usually stated as 37" or longer.

Leggings are especially good for travelling because they pack alot LIGHTER! and SMALLER! as compared to jeans.

10: Boyfriend/Military Blazers.

Every girl should have one, the trick to it is to always roll/fold up the sleeves,

and to wear something simple underneath it (considering singapore's weather.....)

TopShop, Zara(mens), River Island, LP Zone are some places to find good ones.
They may be slightly pricey, but its worth it. Especially so for girls with wide shoulderblades.

Because these days most blazers are made in duller colours (grey black etc etc),
try thrift stores for brighter colours.

If you need inspirations or ideas on how to wear blazers...
Karla's blog is the perfect place to find them
Karlas Closet
She has a way of making even bold blue blazers look wonderful.

11: Platform Boots that are 5 inches high.

5 inches might be a little daunting,

but in actual fact, the heels aren't as high when there's a platform right?

It's also the easier way to start wearing high heels.

Don't be afraid of colour, i wanted to get my platform boots in black,

but huiming INSISTED on the purple ones.

Surprisingly i've never had a problem with the colour,

and it adds an interesting twist.

Jane of SeaOfShoes & Karla can be your high heel inspiration guide:
http://www.karlascloset.com/
http://seaofshoes.typepad.com/

things to make or break your looks

2008-12-14T09:41:00.000-08:00

When your hair is nice, it makes everything more pleasant!

Spice up your outfit with a spunky patterned stockings!

Or you can wear boots and make everything look super cool!

You have to be able to carry it off though (:

dropsnap.jp

2008-12-10T12:13:00.001-08:00

Love the stuff going on at http://www.dropsnap.jp/

Does anyone think maybe, just maybe, if i left steve in japan for 6 months he'll turn into a style god? mmm intriguing

i like this pair of tights. alot. i will step on a cockcroach if only it was still available.

Mad about bows

2008-12-10T01:50:00.001-08:00

A love for bows by Loh

Im crazy for bows. Bows, you can dress them up and dress them down. You can wear them on your hair, you can wear them on your ankle, you can wear them on your wrist, you can wear them on your neck. So many possibilities. Try it today (:

Of vampires and stamping fun (:

2008-12-08T04:32:00.003-08:00

Flowers crept into my room

2008-12-01T11:04:00.001-08:00

bit by bit...

growing...

extending itself even more

full bloom

yeah i decided my wall needed some love

tell me if you think its nice?

new poster additions to my room

Randomly hungry

2008-11-27T20:54:00.000-08:00

I'm always hungry
FOR FLYING SQUIRRELS

www.nassaucountyny.gov/ presenting..

Huiming.yes it looks like something... & yes she wore this around.

my new stockings were okay. i think.just that when i was buying it i thought it was grey.

Funny-pants-huiming ps. just kidding. i don't eat exotic animals.

We love Jason Mraz

2008-11-19T22:54:00.000-08:00

Jason Mraz - Make it Mine

I adore Jason Mraz, he portrays the feel of a good friend, boyfriend, father,
he's not afraid of looking silly, looks good in berms and a normal shirt.

Must be charisma. or what me and huiming call "FEEL"

He is very inspiring, yeah? Time-less-ness is so hard to find.

Fifi Lapin madness!

2008-11-18T21:28:00.000-08:00

By strict and scary orders of Huiming...

here's my latest blog entry on Fifi-Lapin:

http://jocelynko.blogspot.com/

ME: YES BOSS ITS DONE YES

HUIMING: WHY YOU SO SLOW U STUPID ASS

Here is Fifi dressed up to the clouds,

wonderfully fun & beautiful as usual!

All pictures from http://fifi-lapin.blogspot.com/

Fifi always looks so good in cute little hats and frocks,
Love all the dresses!

Huiming mentioned how Fifi poses in an odd position even though i didn't quite get her
but it would be so interesting to see fifi in a different pose! Don't you think?

I wonder if she will take to headbands and the Yohji style...?

Headbands like the one hanging deliciously on my head!

yo?

apparently reception towards the headbands are not that good in Singapore,

perhaps we are not a nation of funky stuff.
Yeah i do get a lot of stares.

i wonder why?
it makes a very good accessory and can be all it takes to spruce up an outfit.

2008-11-15T08:38:00.000-08:00

Credits: Style from Tokyo

Love the cardigan dress. Love the boots. Love the fedora. Love the quirky accesories (:

Bandos <3

2008-11-15T08:26:00.000-08:00

Picture credits to: http://www.shopbando.com/

PRETTY THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY EYE

2008-11-12T08:09:00.000-08:00

Pixie Lopez on Lookbook. I like the way she chunks her jewellery together. Not too fancy about the tattoo though. Scaryness.

Pretty Boy Thomas from LookBook

Somehow I have this thing for bows and ribbons and this Zac Posen Oversized Bow Dress is so appealing yo (: So nice right! Imma gonna buy a huge ribbon and tie on my waist or head and walk around in school.

I want her shoe. But its so high it will just kill my feet. Credits: Loeffler Randall

My inspiration

2008-11-12T04:02:00.000-08:00

Gotta love Nico Robin

By the way, things i do when i'm bored: updated!

http://jocelynkoshiya.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/prettily-mad-stuff/

Anyone who knows where to get long blazers like these.LEAVE TAG OKAY. i NEED IT!

Blaze me

2008-11-04T11:35:00.000-08:00

I need a good blazer to add to my timeless-pieces collection.

Runway blazer

Camelia in her cool outfit

With a blazer that makes me want to cry

Blazer. I need.

2008-11-03T09:03:00.000-08:00

THIS IS SO COOL

Credits to: Just Cavalli

2008-11-03T08:44:00.000-08:00

I want to dress like that to school (:

Credits to The Sartorialist

2008-11-03T08:35:00.000-08:00

Pretty Skirt (:

Credits to Joyceshop