Photographed by Justin Swain

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Hi LOVEs!!!! Hope you all had an amazingly fun Halloween and a fabulous weekend!

I wore this outfit to the rag & bone event that I was invited to a month ago, and I asked my awesome photographer Justin Swain to snap these pictures at one of my favorite locations in Seattle. After all, I really love this outfit and wanted to have professional photographs taken against a metro background. To top if off, when I went to the event, I was given a bunch of random compliments on my ensemble! I was very flattered!


Since the event was a cocktail party, I didn't want to attend the party wearing just ordinary clothes. No way! I decided to dress up in a sophisticated tomboy style, which turned out to be very effective at catching people's eyes!!! If you know me well, you would know that I normally prefer to wear colors. However, I tried to keep this outfit as monotone as possible so that it retains a classy and polished look.
This really cute windowpane chiffon shirt that I recently picked up from Forever 21 is just a killer. It's one of the trendy items for fall and winter, and I was quite taken by this trend when I read the article at WhoWhatWear.com. Windowpane prints are a very simple motif, yet once you add them in your look, you can't help but create a classic and chic vibe.. What an amazing print! I was very happy to run into it!
Additionally, because the blazer and the pants are quite plain, adding this shirt adds a bit of flair to the ensemble. Add to that the crystal jewelry to frame my face and the bright rouge lipstick and I got something that looks dressy with a bit of flair!


To strengthen the tomboy vibe, I put on a trilby hat and tucked my hair into the hat, which really added the boyish charm. Then I added a pair of suspenders... all of a sudden I saw how suspenders can make the look more interesting and fun! This look could have been too formal and ordinary without them...


I am normally quite hesitant to wear wide trousers like I wore in this post. I am not very tall and my legs are on shorter side, so I can look even shorter with these types of pants. It becomes very unbalanced-looking. However, I found an amazing solution.
"Wear a pair of platform heels and let the hem down over the heels!!!"
As you see in the pictures, my heels are fully covered by the hem of the pants.  That way I look 5 inches taller (YAY), and my silhouette is much nicer.


Did you like my dressy tomboy style? I hope you do!
It's fun to dress up with mannish items! :)

Have a great day loves! <3



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About two weeks ago, on the 3rd of October, I was invited to rag & bone reception party and a personal appearance with Marcus and David. I was so flattered to be there although I was super nervous at the same time since I'd never attended this kind of party. I had no idea what to wear until the day before the party, either.

I ended up wearing a TOM BOY style in a dressy way. I will write another blog about this outfit later, so stay tuned for the post and details! I definitely loved how I styled myself up! I randomly got so many compliments from the people at the party, even from a photographer! YAY!

I adore their F/W collection for both mens and womens! To me rag & bone is a bit pricey. But I would definitely wear it if I can afford lol  I typically don't wear simple clothes, yet each of their piece is well-made and well-textured, and I found a lot of awesome garments I wanted to wear/own right away. I love the color palette of the collection that ranges from icy to earthy, encompassing mineral green, metallic grey, teal, olive, dark brown, eggplant and orange.  If I have a boyfriend, I would love to shop together at rag & bone! I am impressed with how their collection matches the ideal style that I want my bf to wear! haha

Besides taking a look at their collection, I also enjoyed the party with the provided refreshments, photo-taking with David and Marcus, and the band performing by a local band Campfire OK. At the last minute of leaving the party, I had fun as well chatting with really friendly people, sharing my thoughts and dreams regarding fashion! We decided to snapping ourselves for the memory! :)

Special thanks to Jessica, a Fashion PR at Nordstrom for inviting me to this wonderful and fun event!
I really hope to get invited more down the road so that I can get to connect with more new people! :)

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Today's outfit features another striped shirt, this time with an awesome hat.
Have I ever mentioned that I am a big fan of HATS? They complete any look!!!

Since I wanted the second striped shirt look to be more a cool, tomboyish, and sophisticated look, I wore this newsboy cap. I really love the pastel pink shorts and how well they go with the striped shirt. Also, I matched up the sunglasses and bag with the same color so that my look has a solid feeling.

Lately I've been in love with these fun, stunning sandals from Vince Camuto (Got them last year via PIPERLIME) . They have a lot of my favorite features all wrapped up in one pair of shoes: they have color-blocking, are platforms, have a cross strap, and they have thick heels with studs (on the heels)... No wonder I get tons of compliments whenever I wear them! I always love the heels to make my legs longer and slimmer, and these are definitely make it happen!

So far, I super enjoy styling up the striped shirt! The next blog post will be the last striped shirt look... It will be hard to decided which one is my most favorite outfit!!!!


Hope you like/love my second striped shirt look!!!!!