Old But Gold

If you grew up during the 90s, then Linea Italia is something you're most likely familiar with. They used to have really good stuff, when they first broke into the scene. I was in high school at the time. All my guy friends from Ateneo High used to go there, for Closed denim and to ogle the leggy sales associates haha.

I managed to score a few good pieces from their store in Greenbelt back in the 90s. The only remaining piece from those days is this denim shirt. I've had this since I was 19, and it still looks current up to now. So yay for clothes that transcend time, and even look better as they age! Thank goodness it still fits too.

Ebony & Ivory

I was also thinking of titling this post "Young & Old" or "New & Vintage" (referring to the sunnies our models are wearing of course - Berry with her Gap shades, and Angkong in vintage YSL), but I don't think Groovy Grandpa will like that. He might think I'm referring to his age, heehee!

Well, regardless of the age gap, these two are getting along pretty well!

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Playing With Fur

My friend Lindsay and I had a bit of fun the other day...


Because we played dress up with these vintage Sonia Rykiel furs, that made us look like Care Bears...





We even got Nicole to try on this crazy fur vest...


These definitely do not look like grandma furs right?! If you think what we tried on were pretty wild, check out these Sonia Rykiel furs from F/W 2008...






They look like the bigger, badder, outrageous descendants of the vintage ones we tried on huh?!

(Photos from style.com)

Sharing My OutfitS Day: Mad Woman

...at 19 Weeks

I woke up this morning feeling like I wanted to play dress up. For some reason, now that I'm pregnant, I've been wanting to wear heels, but Dear Hubby is discouraging me because I can be a klutz, and that plus me having the Little One is a teetering combination!

Have you seen the series Mad Men? It revived my love for '50s fashion. When I was little, I took great pleasure in looking at my grandmothers' photos wearing dresses with the poofiest skirts and frequently bugged my mom for a poodle skirt like those worn by girls in '50s period movies (not easy to find in the '80s haha!). I love old-ish clothes and I've been obsessed with the '50s housewife look for the longest time! Think full voluminous skirts and waisted dresses and all that fabric!

It might still be winter, but with the heater turned on, I thought I'd pull out my housewife-y clothes and wear heels, even just inside the house, and with nowhere to go really...

I bought the dainty printed fabric at Cotton Touch in Market Market, and had my Tita Au's seamstress sew 2 yards of material into this outfit -- which is actually a top and skirt that can be worn together as a dress or as separates.



This pintucked detail was inspired by a Chloe top I saw at net-a-porter...


I loved that shirt dress that Diane Lane wore in Under The Tuscan Sun. So when I saw my friend, designer Debbie Co-Teng, wearing a white shirt dress with a full skirt, I asked her to make one for me in brown and with side pockets...





Now this one is the most housewife-y of all I think! A vintage top from France, a vintage belt from my MIL, and a full skirt from H&M...


I wore it with a mustard cardigan from Madame à Paris - which can be worn like this...


...or belted like this...


Here's a detailed shot of the top...pretty no? Something my grandma would wear, heehee! And I love love love it!


Now this last piece isn't very '50s. After all, I got it from H&M back in October when I was going around The City (haha!) with Grace. But I like dainty floral prints and shirt dresses...




I concede, as much as I like dressing up like a housewife, I don't do a good job of ironing these clothes, as you can see from the close-up pics! Hahaha!

Mom, Dear Hubby, these are old shoes! And please understand, this is a fashion blog and I have to do the requisite close-up of shoes...

Left: nude wedges from Chloé, Right: wine pumps from Louboutin

Heehee!