--- A Fashion HEART ----

Christmas Partay

2009-12-26T15:59:00.001-08:00

Sorry for the slow posting. Been busy with finals and hosting a christmas partay...

A FASHION HEART IS MOVING

2009-11-01T17:46:00.000-08:00

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Pasadena Forever 21

2009-08-24T16:10:00.001-07:00

Went to Pasadena to visit their Forever 21 there. They do a great job of displaying the clothes there in colors and in style.
Plus it's 2 stories so there's a lot to choose from.

Something about taking posing pictures make me a little shy. :)

What I'm wearing:
Blazer: Forever 21 Cirque
Boots: Payless
White Tee, necklace: Forever 21

Shop By Outfit

2009-08-15T16:06:00.000-07:00

As most of you know if you read my blog enough, most of my clothes
come from Forever 21.
I guess it's the fact that I don't like to spend to much on clothes and I feel like
Forever 21 is decently priced and you can usually find the basics there enough for you to mix and match.
The key is to mix and match though because a lot of girls shop there so you don't want to be caught at a party wearing the same dress as your friend.

A good tool if you are not really good at spotting a good outfit is to go on their Forever 21 website and go to Shop By Outfit. There, they put together pretty good outfits for you.
Another idea is to look at Celebrity styles in magazines and try to find an outfit that you like but then add a little something personal when you were it yourself.

Now keep in mind, that these are only training wheels to obtaining your own style,
you need to take off those training wheels some day and go out and try new things.
Be creative!
Be Adventurous!

Here are some of the outfits I like on the Forever 21 website...

I heart Graffiti Show

2009-08-15T15:57:00.000-07:00

Went to a Graffiti show in Rialto. This is an old picture but I really liked the dress I wore so I'm posting it up.
This is when I had my long hair.

Totally amazed when I went to the graffiti show cuz the kids there were like 18-21 yrs old. Really young but they were really talented.
bravo.

What I wore:
Flower Dress (Forever 21)
Flats (Payless Shoes)

Laces in different places

2009-08-15T15:31:00.000-07:00

Went out for the night to LIV lounge in Pasadena. I swear I thought it was called UV lounge because the whole lounge was lit up by black lights...but anyways, my friend thought I was wearing a lingerie because my top was laced and it was at night.
I guess I can see the connection. :)

Kind of a bum because you had to go outside and behind the red ropes to smoke.
So much segregation

What I'm wearing:
Laced Top (forgot where I got it)
Ruffled Skirt (Forever 21)
Black Belt (Thrift)
Black Heels (Payless Shoes)

Hoes

2009-08-06T15:35:00.000-07:00

So earlier this week, I was talking to my friend and into the conversation we found ourselves talking about night clubs and going clubbing. My friend says that he believe every girl goes out because they want that attention and they want guys to hit on them. I, on the hand, objected. I don’t know about all girls but I go out to have fun with my friends and we love to dress up because we want to feel great. He doesn’t agree with me because he thinks that if we never got hit on, we wouldn’t feel so great about going out.

I don’t know about you guys, but after you been going out for awhile and I’ve been clubbing my fair share when I was younger (I mean I was going clubbing like 3 times a week), you get tired of impressing others. You want to wear whatever you think is beautiful and if someone so happens to comment on how lovely you dress, that’s even better.

I do agree with my friends that the couple of times you first start to go clubbing, that’s your mindset but then it becomes rather mudane as you realize that the guy criteria for being sexy is having your breast show and your legs bare.

When you come to realize this, you start to dress whichever why you want. If you want to feel sexy with a mini skirt, then wear a mini skirt. Who is to tell you you’re ugly or you’re a slut?

I think as long as you know what your true motive is behind wearing such an outfit is, then it doesn’t matter what people may conjure up in their minds about you.

Just an advice though, if you want to dress chick and fashionable, don’t waste it on clubbing. It’s dark and sweaty. If you want to dress up, you could go to a Jazz bar or a social lounge. You can even just go to a fancy dinner. That’s what me and my friends try to do once a month. We love to dress up and it makes you feel like such a grown up if you have plans for the weekend.

Also another note... I like how easy it is for guys to label a girl a hoe.

Must be nice to be a guy. lol

To the Maxi...

2009-07-10T12:16:00.000-07:00

well it's official... I'm seeing maxi dresses everywhere this summer in Riverside. And if you don't know where Riverside is, it's a desert like city in Southern California. I've been here for 4 years and lots of the outfits here consist of tees and jeans and flip flops. Very SoCal of them.
I guess I don't blame them much because summer in Riverside range from 100 to 110 degree.
You don't get a lot of options here when you sweating a liter of sweat a day. -____-

But anywho, I've noticed that this year we are really up in our fashion game.
I...am...so....proud
Summer outfits have deviated from the white tees and jeans to maxi dresses, straw hats, printed blouses, and I think I saw someone wear Harem pants the other day. Dare devil.

So I've decided to show some maxi dresses so if you're ever shopping and you never thought maxi dresses were for you, you should give that maxi dress in the window a second look.
:)

They can be wore in many occasion:

Casual.

Formal

It just depends on your color and fabric choice. If it's more earthly tone and the fabric is more jersey then you can pull it off for a more casual and daytime look. If the fabric is silky then it will do better to wear it to a dinner date.

It's also works for a lot of body shapes and sizes.
Don't think because you're short or busted that you can't wear it. Estelle (above) is a more busted figure but she pulls it off just fine.

For petite and more non curvier ladies, it's nice too. You might have to get it tailored so it doesn't drag on the floor but that's easy.
If you want to make it look like you have more curves, a belt would help.

And with some maxi dresses you don't have to wear too much accessories because it's elaborate as it is. Not wearing accessories in Riverside summer is perfect because you don't want something heavy hanging from your neck. it's just too hot.

LOL. I sound like a maxi dress salesman in this post
but watever
I hope I've convinced you to go out and buy one to try
cuz life is short, so take a risk
break fashion rules
:)

Love, Miss3va

It's a Man's World...

2009-07-08T23:42:00.000-07:00

Ok so we may not have a penis, but that will not standing in our way. We will walk where we want, talk the way we want to and dress however we please.
:)
When I was little, my mom always yelled at me because I sat with my legs opened and talked really loud. She was always saying, "A lady should not speak and act like that."
Now I just thought my mom was a little too traditional
but as I grew older, I started to find out everyone thought that way whether they showed it or not.
People always thought you were a slut if you sat with your legs open
and they thought you were vulgar or "manly" if you spoke loudly.
It's called projecting your voice, people. haha

Anyways, so I was browsing style.com and I came across Moschino Resort Collection
I love the colors in this collection. It's not too obscure that you can't wear it to work and it looks fun enough that you can wear it out too.
And that's what we love right, an outfit that is multi-functional and multi- event- wearing.

I would love to go to a dinner party dressed like this and all the other ladies are in dresses. You would look so pimp. :)

Love the backwards tux.

I bought a similiar looking trouser at H&M the other day. Outfit idea!

- Miss3va

p.s. I love the expression on the model. She looks like she's going "duh!" LMAO.

I'm back bitches

2009-07-03T15:42:00.000-07:00

HELLO HELLO everyone out there in computer land :)

i apologize for not updating it for I think a very longggg time now.
I've been extremely busy with things.
but
C'est la vie
and now I'm back.

Just an update on what I've been up to since I was gone.
I've cordinated, hosted, and fundraised for 2 urban artshows in Riverside
Performed spoken words for Freedom of the Mind, a showcase at UCR and
APSP's banquet.
I'm also going to be graduating UCR and attending FIDM in october.
This is going to be a very very exciting year
I'm going to be moving to LA :D

and I'm also very happy to be inspired enough by other bloggers to get back to working on my own blog

:)
so i will see you all later.
Gots to go pay for my rent :)

YSL

2009-01-06T23:04:00.000-08:00

"The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves,
but for all those who haven't had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there."

- Yves Saint Laurent

Chill days

2008-12-31T17:44:00.000-08:00

Chill days are harder to come around the older you get.
I'm going to be so busy this quarter.

Today, i went to the mall and chill at our local coffee shop.

got a new camera for christmas
so i got to take the new camera out for a run.

A chill outfit for a chill day:

then took a picture of my sister... thought she looked pretty kute for a 13 years old.. lol

2mex and a fight

2008-12-22T19:43:00.000-08:00

ahhh... so here's the story
me and a couple of my girlfriends went to a 2mex Christmas concert yesterday at the Regent theater in LA. Was totally pumped up to see him perform. There was about 10 other performers there too so it was like 1am when he performed and he came on stage and did like one song and a fight broke out in the back and he was telling them to stop but they didn't so the management told everyone to get out cuz the group fighting was throwing chairs and shit.
sigh. I was sooo disappointed. waited since 7pm to see him perform so i was cussing all the way to the car. jeeza. I was dressed so cute too. sigh didn't even get a chance to take any pictures.
I'm telling you there were too many guys in there that's why. And a lot of guys and a lot of alcohol never goes very well together.
I guess I should've seen it coming, it IS a hip hop show in LA. something was bound to happen.

It just sucks because I was really looking forward to that concert. hmph.

I put together an outfit just for fun of what I usually would wear: urban hip hop style. lol. well at least how I interpret it as.
I think it's kute.

anyways, on the brighter note. I'm going to be heading out on a roadtrip on the 26th with a couple of friends. We're going to drive up to San Fran. It should be fun. Hopefully I get a new >.< camera for christmas cuz my camera is broken. Hence the thick paragraphs and no photographs of my outfit.

9 days till xmas

2008-12-16T19:57:00.000-08:00

wooo
sorry for not updating. had finals and shit to do
but i'm here now and that's what matters. haha.
Anyways, just an update. I got into FIDM. other people might say it's not a big deal and that everyone gets into FIDM but I'm happy because although small, it is still a big accomplishment in my heart.
anyways, last week went out for a celebration with my girls.
This one guy tried to flirt with my friend and asked her why we were so happy and she said because we're celebrating because I got into FIDM and he said really like it's not big of a deal. and that's when my friend stopped talking to him. lol. that's what you get.
The cars passing by must be like wat a bunch of camera whores. but i needed a full outfit shot.
love love love my stereo purse. it plays music. woot woot.

i feel used. hehe

waiting for the bus at 2 in the morning.

i can't wait for the 21st cuz i'm going to a 2mex show in LA
woooooo
9 more days till xmas

my portfolio

2008-11-30T21:09:00.000-08:00

Due to the fact that I tend to hype up a situation so much that I hype myself into being too nervous sometimes,
I'm trying to not think about my interview with the FIDM director tomorrow.
>_< I finally finished the portfolio I'm suppose to turn into them yesterday at like 12am One day, procrastination is going to come back and bite me in the ass. Here it is:

Leave some comments for me, wont chu?

oh Marc, you loveable you

2008-11-26T23:53:00.000-08:00

Soooo I was trying to take a picture of my outfit the other day and my camera died on me.
so excuse me if I don't post much of my outfit until I get a new camera... which will be awhile cuz I am broke broke broke.

anyways after reading an article on Marc Jacobs in Rolling Stone.
I decided to take a look at his recent spring line.
ahh i could see why everyone loves him so much.

A traditional silhouette but a different use of fabric mixes. very interesting collection. Heard clashing patterns are in this season but personally I believe you should wear whatever you want.

I want this little sling bag for some reason. looks so unique.IF you get a chance, I recommend reading Marc Jacobs' recent interview with Rolling Stone.
Shows a total different side I didn't know he had.

Well until next time fashion lovers....

starving for creativity

2008-11-20T19:16:00.000-08:00

"dream?
my dream is to be happy doing what I do and be the best at it too. I want my name up in lights.
I want to be the best fashion designer I can be."

that's basically how I answered my counselor who was interviewing me.
I'm applying for FIDM, the fashion institute of design and merchandising in LA.
She nodded at me when I answered her question of what my dream was.
haha. I bet she has heard that answer like a zillion time so she humored me with a nod.

She also scheduled me an appointment to meet with the director of fidm in oc to have him take a look at my sketches and determine if I'm admitted or not.
I know I shouldn't be nervous because I heard they have a high percentage of admittance.
but still....
so this next week, I'm going to be sketching a lot
and choosing out my best.
Ahhh no pressure at all.

One thing I've done is set up what inspires me and what I want my theme to be.
I love shapes and bright colors so I'm going to build on that.
Here's a piece of my inspiration board...

by graphic designer Nikki Farquharson

Tara Donovan

Andy Gilmore

Steven Wilson
wish me luck guys. >___<
i'm like pee in my pants, got knots in my throat nervous right now. jeeza

The eye of the storm

2008-11-13T18:33:00.000-08:00

The other day, I was looking through my cellphone planner to see what stuff is coming up next week and I realized that I am indeed in the eye of the storm this week because next week is packed. I'm going to be so busy, it's giving me a headache.

An counselor from FIDM called me the other day and I have an interview with her next tuesday.
sigh
I really don't know what to expect so I don't know what to do to prepare for it.
so right now, I'm just sticking with my plan of charming the hell out of her. lol.
Then I have midterms all week
and then I have to take a vietnamese placement test next thursday and I'm hoping to score high
enough to pass.

Ohhh... maybe I should start studying.... nahhhh. hehe
sigh
I am indeed the mother of all procrastinators.

Anyways, I'll worry about next week when next week comes. :) that's my mentality right now
so I don't get too stressed out.

right now, I'm dying to buy some shoes... that's another good way to relieve stress. :)

marc by marc jacobs

Gucci... oh my

oh i need to buy one pair of designer shoes before I die. That is my goal.

IT rained this morning

2008-11-04T16:03:00.000-08:00

yay. i think fall is finally setting in in Riverside.
much appreciated but i wish it was sunny and chilly
i don't like gloomy days much. makes me sad and miss home
Gotta go to work in about 2 hours.... sigh. I wish someone would just give me money so I don't have to work at all. but that's impossible.
I've gotten pretty good at setting the self timer and running in the right spot. You can't even tell I was running huh?
lol.

My pen is my weapon that drains the life from me and leaves it on a paper for you to see

2008-10-28T12:18:00.000-07:00

So if you didn't know, I love urban art.
There's something that attracts me there unlike other genre of art so most of the time when
I'm not online looking at fashion related stuff, I'm looking at urban art such as graffiti. I think fashion is an art in itself and that's why I decided to make a post for urban art.

One of my favorite urban artist is David Choe.
His artwork just never bore me, there's always something to look at. They're always a feast for your eyes.
Here's some example of his work...

yeah, i doodle sometimes during class too, it keeps me sane. School can really take a toll on me
if I didn't have a method to keep my sanity. ^___^

^____^

the leftover butterfly wings

2008-10-23T18:49:00.001-07:00

did you know... the spider only eat the body of the butterflies they catch in their web..they leave the wings back.
interesting huh.
had a chill day.
glad i dressed up or else it would be a very boring day.
true that.

Argh somebody stole me gold. teehee

2008-10-07T18:57:00.000-07:00

so i went out to an irish pub. I think everyone was so laid back
we seem like we're overdressing
lol
and this is me on my casual days.

very happy people in there.
is it because they were drunk or just happy?
beats me

Boys boys boys

2008-09-23T19:05:00.000-07:00

ahhh i can feel fall coming
the breeze is cooler
people are layering up a little more
and the nights are colder
yes i feel it coming
must reanalyze wardrobe to fit with the season.
went shopping at Forever 21 and H&M
some similarities was there was a lot of blazers and straight line garments.
ohhhh then I went online and saw the Spring 09 RTW line: Boy by Band of Outsiders
very simple and sleek lines. Girl meet boy kind of clothes. Put a nice black tight underneath
each outfit and it's Fall ready

miss Kirsten Dunst is the lovely model for this line:

I really like their collection. Colors: love it. Shape: love it.
The pieces are good by themself or put together

Looks a lot like basic pieces and worth the money.

i want internet.

2008-09-16T19:40:00.000-07:00

ahhh so sorry for not updating
I actually took some pictures of my outfits
but we haven't gotten internet for our new apartment yet so I have to either go to school
or our local coffee stores to get internet and I am a very lazy person.

Anyways, yesterday was my bday
and I had made a dress for that
but ended up not wearing it
and then bought a dress but hemmed it too short
so I ended up not wearing that neither
so I ended up wearing this nice top my sister had in her closet.
lol
jeez I'm very picky when it comes to my outfits.

so as a bday present for myself, i went shopping. shopping by yourself can be very fun sometimes but not on your bday. it was ok. not as fun as I thought it would be.
Bought some stuff at Forever 21 and wetseal
I want to go thrifting though. Mainstream stores can get boring after a while.

so while my internet is on the way
I have resort to the only thing I can get my hands on that is fashion related on my laptop
random fashion pictures
and Sex and the City Episodes.
lol

New Beginnings.

2008-09-08T19:31:00.000-07:00

AHhh
so I've finally managed to transfer all my crap from my old house to my new apartment
and since the apartment is smaller than my old house, my sister has given me an ultimatum to drop out some of my stuff or find a place to keep it neatly.

See the thing is I like to keep a lot of the stuff that has any ounce of sentimental values like movie tickets to little tinklets I find in the streets and I have a huge box of art supplies.

I guess since I've moved on. emotionally and physically from my past. I should throw away some of the useless emotions of the past too.
My old house had a lot of memories in it. I was sorta sad to part with it. I'm the type of person who gets attached to both people and things very easily. I spent a lot of time in that with my ex ex boyfriend and my ex boyfriend. A lot of shit has gone down in that small house but people move on and life goes on and there's no use in sticking stubbornly to the past.
The past is called the past because you're moving past and you aint nothing like you was before. (quote from Alicia Keys)

But the good thing about this new apartment besides it's scrawny lock that anyone can break, is that it has a very large walk in closet. That was the one thing that got me very excited for downgrading to this apartment.

So I promised myself that I will move on
and throw away useless junks of my past.
I will fill up that closet to its fullest potential
with shoes and outfits and hats and and
and.... love.
lol

My bday is coming up: SEPTEMBER 15!
and I've decided to make my bday dress from scrap.
I was going to buy white fabric but I don't have that much money left so I'm resorting
to making something fabulous with some of the silk yellow fabric that I had left over.
I can't wait to get started
but as the procastinator I am
I was suppose to start yesterday.

when i get to sketching it out
and making it
i'll post up pictures
^___^

whenever you think i'm materialistic for wanting to be a fashion designer

2008-09-02T14:16:00.001-07:00

I think of Meryl Streep said in The Devil Wears Prada when Anne Hathaway laughed at the staff for being so picky over two red belts that looked the same....

“This… ’stuff’? Oh… ok. I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don’t know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you’re trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don’t know is that that sweater is not just blue, it’s not turquoise, it’s not lapis, it’s actually cerulean. You’re also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar De La Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St Laurent, wasn’t it, who showed cerulean military jackets? And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it’s sort of comical how you think that you’ve made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you’re wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff.”

Love it!

The City of Angels

2008-09-02T13:20:00.000-07:00

my deepest apologies for not updating sooner. It has been a very hectic few weeks for me
with school and work and moving.
yes that's right.
I'm moving to an apartment with my sister and I'm very excited
but what I'm not so excited for is that fact that i have to pack.
bleh....
it takes my sister like 30 minutes to pack because she doesn't have a lot of stuff like me. I tend
to always save like tidbits that have no use but I still keep for sentimental reason. My sister likes to throw those out but i like to keep them in little boxes around my room so you can just imagine how long and hard it's going to be for me to pack and throw some of my stuff away.
It's like the death penalty. I don't know if I'm letting the right ones go. ahha.

Anyways last thursday I went to LA to attend a going away party for my friend Cecilia whose going to study abroad for 4 months in italy. We're very close so it's kinda hard on us to see her go but she made us promise not to cry or else she would cry so during the whole night we sway away from that subject.
We ended up going to the Rooftop Nightlife at the Standard hotel. It was a lounge and it was beautiful.
When we entered we made our way to the escalator and this bouncer told us that we were so small and kute and that we should get our little butts up there.
LOL. that made our night.
this is what I wore. Just a little see through but it was very kuttteee....

me after drinking a sex on the beach.... showing too much love.

I realize that I'm going to be so happy when I move to LA next year. There's such a diversity of people.
so excited.

Sun Child

2008-08-14T12:42:00.000-07:00

Summer means melted ice cream, sunblock, and the sun child in everyone coming out to play.
We put away our tights and bring out the shorts.
Our pale skins finally get to see the light of day
But regardless of all of this, we still don't have a clue of what to wear.

Well what I like to do on days like this where I'm disgusted at my small sized closet.
I don't go out and buy more summer clothes
I try to come up with different outfits from the clothes I already have.
Saves money, Expands your creativity

One thing I like to do is go on style.com and snoop around to see if anything is of my taste.
because some days you just need a little help and inspiration to get your outfit going.

Something about PacMan just puts a smile on my face and the color are mucho appropriate for the weather. Remember black attracts and colors reflect heat.

But if you do decide to wear black because you just love black so much you cant even go one season without wearing it like me. ^___^ you would want to wear light fabric and like this lovely lady who shows just enough skin but not too much.

As much as I love black and white, I love bright colors and bright color dresses are just precious.

well if you want to see more pictures and find your own taste, go on style.com and do snoop around there for inspirations.

peace!

Imaginary Shopping

2008-08-12T14:32:00.000-07:00

About 3 nights ago, I was chilling in my room looking disappointedly at my closet because I was trying to think of what to wear the next day and I couldn't come up with anything so I just gave up knowing full well that I would think of something the next morning. I guess it's just something about the urgency to get to school on time that gets my fashion veins flowing. lol.

Anyways, my roommate walks in and asks me why I'm staring at my closet.

Me: I'm mad at my closet

Roomie: *laughing* why?

Me: I need to go shopping for new clothes.

Roomie: *looking at my overstuffed side of the closet and then at her barely there side*
Are you kidding me? You have too much stuff. You need more? You must spend all your money on clothes and shoes huh?

Me: *thinking of a way to answer that so I don't sound materialistic.*
Yes

End of convo. lol.

So since I'm strapped for money and spent my last paycheck on rent and bills.
I thought I would go imaginary shopping. Picking out stuff I will buy when I have enough money.
It's sad I know but it makes a great post topic

I picked Topshop for the store I'm shopping cause I don't like walking around from store to store too much. hehe

I'm really into these long strap purses that hang across your chest.

Leather Satchel Cross Body

purple body con mini skirt
Because you can dress it down or dress it up

Stripe Tails Jacket
Love it. Just wear a cute white dress underneath with it unbuttoned
Opposites attract

While looking in Topshop, I found out they had a section for Petite figure. It actually says for people 5"4 and under. LOL. I'm loving Topshop right now.

Petite Tokyo Flower Frill Top
It says top but I'm purti sure its going to be a dress on me.

Petite Oversized Smiley Shirt
For those days where everything is going wrong except for your outfit ^_^

I heard they were opening up a Topshop in New York. I am very jealous. After New York I hope they expand enough to open up a Topshop in LA. It would be my new Forever 21.

Ahhhh... All day of imaginary shopping has gotten me beat.
I think I'ma go take a nap.
nite y'all.

Conversation Starters

2008-08-12T14:17:00.000-07:00

It's kinda sad that summer is not even over yet and I'm thinking of what to try in the winter.
I've been seeing a lot of knee high socks and I think I might just give it a try
Something like this probably....

spotted at Stylesightings.com

Lulu from Chictopia.com

But of course I'm gonna wear heels because at my height, I just cant afford not to.
oh dear no.

So I'm finally posting a picture of when I wore my Oxford Cut outs. They are soooo comfortable.
Doesn't look like it but they are. I wore them to clubbing in vegas and danced from 11pm to 3am and they were just a little sore. That is a very good sign.
And A lot of girls compliment them when I do wear these babies and you can never have too many conversation starters especially if it's about shoes.
I went to a bar last thursday wearing these and a girl complimented them and of course me being too happy for my own good told her they were from Payless Shoes and she was shocked but she told me not to tell anyone that anymore because my shoes looked like they were 10x more expensive. LOL. ok Thanks for the tip.

Boys Boys Boys

2008-08-11T11:58:00.000-07:00

I've wanted to do a post on how guys should dress and I even started a list but deleted it because it was soooo opposite of what I tell people. When people ask me about fashion advice or rules, I always tell them to dress whatever ways make you feel comfortable because it'll show on your face and give you confidence. In fashion, following rules is irrelevant because if everyone followed rules, we wouldn't have new trends and fabs. We wouldn't have different decades of fashion. We would only have rules and how boring is that?

Oh that reminds me of a conversation I had with this one guy I met in Las Vegas. He seemed cool and everything but upon further conversation I realized he's cute but he's close minded.

Vegas dude: You know I used to go to a fashion school.
Me: Oh yeah. How cool
Vegas dude: Yeah I used to dress my ex. she was such a mess before she met me. She was wearing flip flops
Me: Maybe she's comfortable in flip flop.
Vegas Dude: ...and when we were together I glammed her up and everyone was saying what a good job I did. You wanna hear some tips?
Me: Sure. (very hesitate)
Vegas Dude: You have to match your belt with your shoes and your shoes with your purse.
Me: you have to? I've seen girls look really kute with different shoes and belt
VD: you have to. You know why I always take my ex shopping and buy her really expensive stuff. Because girls need that... (he went on about designer clothes and shoes and stuff he buys that are 500+)
Me: I think girls would like that but they don't need it. For example, I have no designer clothes in my closet and most of my shoes are from payless and I live paycheck by paycheck but I can honestly tell you I'm happy because I have great people beside me and that is what a girl needs.

end of conversation

LOL
After that vegas dude didn't call me as often
and I'm glad he doesn't because I'm really bad at turning people down. Something about making people sad makes me feel like crap.
lol

anywho, the moral of that whole conversation is Vegas dude was a really good dresser but he lacked what girls want. They want a guy who respects them, make them think, and make them laugh. If you can do all three of that, you can get any girl.

Anyways,

Ok, so I'll admit the first thing that I look at when I look at a guy is how they dress.
Don't get me wrong, guys need to click with you and have chemistry with you. They can't be all looks but lets just pretend they do have the chemistry, now you're looking at how they dress.
These are just my preferences because I like urban street wear but if I was a guy this is how I would dress.

Travy G of Lookbook.nu

I love graphic tees.

Ronnel P. of Lookbook.nu

I think I understand why guys spend so much on jeans. The jeans gotta look right or everything goes wrong.

You can go look at more outfit on LOOKBOOK.NU
I spend a lot of my time on there just checking out guys' outfit and getting some ideas from girls' outfits on there.
lol

We were born, we live a little, and then we die...

2008-08-09T10:40:00.000-07:00

A piece for the mind, written by yours truly

______________________________________________

We were born, we live a little, and then we die

I am the child of love
made by love nurtured by love
I ran with the herd of ambition
I wrestle with the discriminations of others
the child of the great kings of the east
who only dreams for the greatest things in life
my blade pierces only the weakest of heart and mind
my armor made the the god of war but perfected by the god of love
I walk into battles with the strongest army
consisting only of those who knows me best
I fight for everything you've given up so easily
because i know

we were born, we live a little, and then we die

I don't need anyone by my side
To know I don't regret anything I've done
And the whole world can take his side
And tell me I'm the one
To blame
My friends will take your side
But no one needs to be by mine
For me to understand
I was right to ask for more
Because

We were born, we live a little, and then we die

And mediocre things just can't fit in this life
Of mine where I was born, I live for while, and then I will die.
And you said I'm not a priority
And that's enough for me
To understand
But baby you gotta know
This life of mine is short
So every moment of enchantment and fascinations
And every moment that has caused a slight palpitation in my heart
I'll remember
But every moment that has cause a single tear run down this face of mine
This face of mine that's scarred with my lesson learned
I'll forget
So
I'll remember to forget you
I'm not going sit in a lonely corner recollecting
reanalyzing
replaying everything
And if there was a place in the universe where people came
after death to release their memories into the solar system
Where it will burn up, explode and become the billions of stars we see in the sky
I'll be there in line with my bucket full of memories of you
Because

We were born, we live a little, and then we die

And the life I want to live should be nothing short of extraordinary
______________________

ahhhhh summer go away

2008-08-07T12:50:00.000-07:00

Is it bad that i'm already getting very tired of su
mmer, especially summer in Riverside where it's still hot at 8pm.
Im yearning to be able to wear a jacket or blazer. I dream about wearing my black tights. Im hallucinating about winter clothes. I want to be able to wear all black again.
but...

i know once it's winter and the cold wind comes, I'm gonna be missing summer.
I mean that's human nature right? you don't really miss something until it's gone and you realizes
how much you didn't appreciate when it was there in the first place.

ahhhhh...
so i guess i'll stop complaining and enjoy whatever is left of summer heat because once October peeks its head around the corner, it's gonna be a very cold winter.

So summer...
i'm trying to be really creative about how I wear my stuff this summer. i don't want to be someone who just throws on shorts and a tank top but most of the time I end up doing that being its so hot outside. The only time I actually get to wear pants is when I go to work because I'm in an AC ventilated place for 6 hours.

oh i'll think of something...
in the mean time..

don't you wish flowers bloom from yourself everywhere you walked
i do
just a random thought

my friend, erly, is in the UK right now studying abroad. and she knows like i like looking at graffiti so she has been taking pictures for me. what a great pal. true friend.and i love all the pictures. brightens my day.

i think i'll get back to drawing now. i stopped for a long time. 3 months? that's a long time for me to go without drawing something.
it's about time to go back.

Long Long week

2008-07-31T22:26:00.000-07:00

So I started my 2nd session of summer school and oh man am I pooped.
I have classes on monday and wednesdays only but I'm like at school from 11am in the morning to 8 pm. Jeez
and then I have work on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturdays for 6 hours.
Every minute I get I try to sneak in a few hours of sleep so even though I try to update this as much as possible, my body needs rest.
Don't get me wrong, I love writing on this blog. My eyes just refuses to stay open once I get home.
^___^ but I'm here now and that's all that matters.
Oh long neglected lover. lol

Anyways, this week I stumbled on Rihanna's new music video called Disturbia. and I must say
it is no longer the Rihanna we knew from the start. When she said she wanted to break away from the teen bubblegum image that producers forced her into, she was not kidding. But I think this is just sorta trying to hard to give out a "I'm a rebel" kinda of attitude.

I like her dark eyes and pale lips though. I want that black romper she's got on.

I like the costumes and everything but it seems like she's trying to hard to be "punk".
Sorry but I'm not sold.
Sometimes artists try to break away and then develop themselves into something completely different than what they started out with and you can tell, "yup that's what they were meant to be." but then other times, they just look like they're trying to hard to be different.

What do you think?

Project Runway season 5

2008-07-24T13:31:00.000-07:00

So as many who knows me knows i love love project runway.
i have even started watching project catwalk, a version of project runway but in britain and it's hosted by kelly osborn. go figure.

Anywho, since my oh so nice room mate took her t.v. when she moved out of the house even though she didn't even need it, our house doesn't have t.v. therefore we cannot
i repeat
cannot watch project runway season 5
so every wednesday since last wednesday (lol) I've been running around trying to find any friends I have that's around that has bravo on their cable. Unfortunately not a lot do. So yesterday I managed to hunt down one of my friend who did have cable but was soon shot down
by the fact that his cable package didn't have Bravo. fudge!

So now like last week
I must resort to watching Project Runway episodes on youtube.
i mean it's nice because youtube doesn't have commercials
but somehow it isn't the same
That feeling of catching the action right as it airs just can't be replaced

Anywho, for all those of you who are faithful watchers
the asian guy got the boot last week
and I have yet to watch this week's episode.
very excited though
gotta go

I'm a Love Butterfly

2008-07-23T14:14:00.000-07:00

An poem I wrote quite some time ago

_THE LOVE BUTTERFLY____

Easy persuaded
A push over if you may

Thinking about it
always been a push over
No ideas
No thoughts
No demands
No plans
A just sit quiet girl
A yes m’am yes sir girl
But I’m done with that
I’ve had enough
Gotta get rid of that
mindset that I need to be what you want me to be
I need to just understand what you want me to see
I have to stay in this small box where I can barely breath
You need
To realize that perhaps I’m just a free spirited butterfly
With wings the size of Alaska
and ambition the size of…
… Of
Of Indescribable lengths.
Maybe I’m a person who wants to breathe love
To eat love
To drink love
To have love substitute my blood and have it run through my veins to keep me alive
To be so in love that I realize
That I don’t even need these eyes
To see that you love me so magically
Maybe I’m the type of person who wants to call you every night
Just to say good night
Maybe I'm the type of girl who wants our love story to be
the same as the love story in the notebook times three
Maybe I’m the type of girl who wants to heal your wounds and nurture your soul
And be the girl that everyone knows holds
The key to your heart
I’m
Eager to show you all I got
But you don’t want that
I love you so I close myself
And you build these big walls around me
You do it so well
So unknowingly you caged me
To the way you want me to be
Better than your exes
You want me to be
But I can’t be that you see
Cause the only thing I can be is me
And well who am i?
I’m just a butterfly
Who needs to be free
Who needs for love to fly with me

5 Things in Common

2008-07-22T13:05:00.000-07:00

hello hello

sorry I haven't been updating alot

I guess I just haven't had anything interesting happening fashion wise

I've gotten so sleepy lately so every time I get a chance, I'm taking a nap.

well anyways I just realize as I sit here at work behind a desk, I like to take off my shoes everytime that i get too

don't get me wrong I love my heels, cant live without them but I think I'm a bare foot baby at heart.

Since I'm bored, I was surfing the net for things I love.

and came up with this list...

Things I love ^___^ :

1) The color WHITE

esp. white dresses

2) eye liner

makes everyone look pretty

3) beautiful heels

make any plain outfit complete.

I love this picture. The lights, the dress, the heels, the makeup, the hair.... sighhh

a lady must owe at least two heels: casual and dressy

add more for increased happiness

4) Spunky Dresses

Because one day, I will only own dresses.

A dress may look lifeless on the rack but on the right girl it comes to life.

5) Sexy Dress

Because a woman needs to feel like she's the sexiest thing alive

again the key here is the heels and makeup. If you wanna dress up, you need to go the whole 9 yard.

I just decided to make this list because I've noticed that alot of photos I save on my computer

has these things in common. and I always remember to look for these things when shopping

because you're at your prettiest when you're comfortable so whatever you purchase make sure you love it.

What are your 5 things?

Oh and random thought

I'm thinking of cutting my bangs like this. been slowly cutting it shorter and shorter everyday so I wouldn't over cut it. I might let my hair grow out more so it'll look better. Something like this:

what do you think?

Well I'll see you tomorrow friends, I'm going to take a nap.

Shhhhh

2008-07-16T13:19:00.001-07:00

So just got to work and nobody is here so I guess they're busy doing something elsewhere. obviously.
You know what, My boss is so funny.. everytime I come into work he keeps on asking me if I'm tired cuz I guess I come in looking a little tired but
most of the time I'm not. I appreciate how concern he is though. ^__^ I guess that's why I like asking people how they are...it makes them feel good. lol.

Anyways, last night was another night of random fun. sorry no pics. I was wearing a really kute flowery dress I got a Forever 21 though. and my trusty black ankle boots.
I hanged out with my good friend Mike and Ching and we went to see Get Smart in theater. Okay. Get Smart was not that funny but I was laughing my ass off because my friend Ching has the funniest cutest laugh ever and most of the time I was just laughing at her. I mean, she started laughing in the introduction before anything has even happened yet. It was hilarious. Wish you were there. Then afterwards we hanged out at Starbucks for a while and smoked and then headed over to Yard House to drink some beer. I had Black Velvet. If you ever get the chance, you should try it. It's the perfect drink for girls.
Quote of the day was when Ching drank half an inch of the Cherry beer and then she leans over to me and whispers,

Ching: "My head is thumping now cuz of the beer."
Me: "Really you buzz after half an inch?"

I was rolling on the floor laughing. Ching is petite like me and she doesn't drink alot so I knew she didn't have that high of a tolerance for alcohol but really? 1/2 inch?!?

Anyways, I'm gonna stop making fun of her now.

After that we headed back to her apartment and sat on the balcony to smoke some more.
I headed home around 2 and went to sleep because I don't need sleeping pills to go to sleep, I just need me some beer.

Well that was my day yesterday, I really wish I took some pictures of my outfit cuz I wanted to but I didn't have a camera and Ching forgot to bring hers.

Well at work right now, I was looking through some fashion blog and found a website called PostSecret. If you've seen American Reject's music video, My dirty little secret, you'll know what I'm talking about.
It's basically people's secrets written on postcards and I thought I would share it with y'all the one I liked

Bought up my day... hope it brings up yours too.
^___^ Have a great day!

That HAT is driving me mad!

2008-07-15T16:33:00.000-07:00

argh i've had this hat that i bought from Wet Seal for months now and everytime I try to put an outfit together for it, I always end up disliking it so I'm totally clueless on what I should do with it
and then this morning my sister comes in and borrows it and goes to school with the hat and this really kute outfit. WTF?! That hat is playing with me. I just know it.

Is it weird to think a hat is playing with u?

ok I'll stop.
ahhaha

Sea No Evil

2008-07-13T21:01:00.000-07:00

Here are the pictures from the other night... my friend is very very quick with the uploading business.

The place we were at:

The lovely ladies who escorted me:

The Artwork:

Up on the roof where the booze keep coming and the cigs are always lit... It was the prettiest place. There was christmas lights on the fences and the weather was a perfect 80 degree at 11pm.

My friend Ching wanted to take a picture of me smoking and the smoke coming out of my mouth for it to look cool but her camera was too slow so it just looks like I was kissing the air. She kept making me redo it so I got a little light headed from puffing all that nicotine. Thanks Ching.

At the after party... there was a stripper in the bar next to us and my sister Vy and Ching went in to see if the party was bumping but they came out laughing cuz of the stripper. LOL! I want a stripper for a friend, they must have the most interesting stories.
Here's us just chilling drinking and smoking like the rest of the people there. haha.

I love my tights and my sister's outfit (the girl to the left of me) cuz i helped put it together for her because she never liked wearing anything besides jeans and a white tee. Now she has been enlightened to the lengthening effect of black tights and heels.

well that was our lovely night. Hands down the most interesting thing that has happened to us this summer so far.
Tah tah

Randomness leads to night of fun

2008-07-13T03:05:00.000-07:00

"I'll listen to my music. The words flow through my brain and feeds on my sanity..."

oh my it was a very good day today. Urban art at its very best.
ahhhh... today i went to work and omg, it was so bad. You know how when you're dealing with a dumb person, you can't help but get mad. That was my day at work and I thought it would make my day pretty bad but when I got out of work at 230, me, V, C, and Ching just randomly decided to go to an urban art show in downtown riverside. We heard it was an urban art show but didn't know exactly where it was or when for that matter but we went anyways
and ended up at a quilt museum. LOL. that's right A QUILT museum.
that was .... hmm... interesting
then we finally found where the art show was held but it was only 3 and the art show doesn't start till 6 and we found a small italian looking restaurant in the middle of the museum.
Literally in the middle so we made reservations for 7pm and decided to go shopping and dress up
pretty and return for dinner and after hang around the artshow. So random!

but oh it was fun.
I spent $45 on dinner alone. I know I know. But it was a good experience.
Then we look around the art show.
OMG. I loved it because everyone there was dressed so urban and street but so pretty at the same time. Pretty girls, hot guys and everyone was so chill.
Just so you have a visual on how urban the guys were dressed like... something like this. Lots of Obey brands and LRG. I love a man with style.

Anyways after looking around at the artwork and gasping over the fact that some were worth our whole year paychecks,
Somehow we ended up on the roof and there was christmas light everywhere and smokers and drinkers crowded the place. I swore I saw some weed too but yeah. The drinks were free and they don't check your id.
We found a place to sit to smoke and started to make friends with a group that asked us for a cig.
They were so funny and was shocked when they heard we didn't know who Shepherd was because he was the one who was throwing the Art Show to raise money to save the ocean. LOL.
we told him we only heard about it the day of.
And an adventure ensued after but that story is for another day....

a picture of the art gallery...

more pictures with us actually in it to come... I have a habit of not bringing a camera and my friends does so I'll have to wait for the pictures....
It's 3 in the morning and Miss3va desperately needs her beauty sleep. muah. love yah and good night.

Heart Quotes

2008-07-09T13:51:00.000-07:00

Since my blog is called A Fashion Heart.
I thought it would appropriate to have Heart quotes... ^__^ with pictures to avoid boredom.

“To hide the key to your heart is to risk forgetting where you placed it.” -Timothy Childers

“Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much.”

"Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart."
~ Anthony D'Angelo

"Only time can heal your broken heart, just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs."
~ Miss Piggy

Louise Driscoll
Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go.

Helen Keller
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

Norman Vincent Peale
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Henry Ward Beecher
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

The Ghost of Christmas Past

2008-07-09T13:09:00.000-07:00

is it just me or my post titles are getting lamer and lamer by the second?
But i love it still.

anyways, i was just looking through some old pictures to see if I had any good pictures of
my outfits. i found some but they're not that good. I'll upload more outfit pictures soon because my
sister has the camera and I got to wait to get it back.
So lets take a walk down memory lane shall we?

Like my outfit? i'm trying to go for a german milk girl feel. lol

I still have this red purse. People would see it and they'd say, "wow that's really red." lol

sorry for the really blurry picture... this was around last christmas and i had this white scarf that was the warmest thing and you can't see my ankle boots but im wearing the same black ankle boots right now at work. ^^

hahahha. i included this picture cause i made the costume myself. The theme for the conference was superheroes so me and my friend Erly dressed up. I sew the arm bands and cape together the night before. i was really hungry as you can tell.

you can't tell but i'm wearing extensions for my hair and blue contacts for my eye. oh my. I'm so fake but i love the way i looked. lol. and i loved the color of the cardigan wit my yellow tank top. I was happy that day. I need to go buy more kute cardigans.

This was from 3 years ago, my first year of college. I was into the whole vest and buttons trend. I don't have that pink shirt anymore cause some lady said i looked pregnant in it so out the door that went. The big thing I'm carrying is my friend's snowboard. I had to carry it for him cause he said his back hurt from snowboarding all day. freaken liar. I almost fell over cause it was bigger than me.

well that's all the pictures I found. I got to look through my laptop for more.
Right now, I'm feeling so chill, I wish they had a couch at work so I can just lay down and sleep till 5pm.
I wish i was her but she isn't making any money. now is she?

oh woe is me

2008-07-08T13:56:00.000-07:00

ack.
i must be sleeping on the wrong side of the pillow or something
because my neck is hurting so bad
or is it because i spent about 2 hours looking at fashion magazine in a bent down position because
we had no where to sit at Borders because the employees told us sitting on the floor near the bookcase was a fire hazard. It's not a fire hazard cause if there was a fire we would be the first ones running, we wouldn't still be sitting there to get tripped over. lol.
so we resorted in sitting at the kid's section in their little chairs and table which surprisingly was
the perfect size for us since we may be in our 20s but all three of us were around 4'11. sigh.

Anyways, I thought pointing out that my neck is hurting would be an excellent excuse to show
Balenciaga's SS06 line.... with neck support and everything. And he added my favorite color: WHITE!

I love this dress.

I can see this whole collection in a Tim Burton movie or something, starring johnny depp.
It's so so romantic and Gothic at the same time. I love the little details on the dress and the way
the fabric just flows according to your every whim.
too poetic? ok i'll stop. lol
I would give my whole Sailor Moon trading card collection for one of these dresses. ^__^ ok so i used to collect anime trading cards. emphasizes on the words "used to".
Anyways, and of course the man behind the collection:
Nicolas Ghesquière

and till next time when i see something that sparks my interest. Ta ta for now!

I'm from oxford baby!

2008-07-07T13:34:00.000-07:00

it's a love/ hate thing.
i hate myself for going shopping when I don't even have enough money in my banking account to pay for my classes but I love myself for buying these....

I believer they're called oxford pumps.

I found them at guess where!!
PAYLESS SHOES!!
they were just there on the 3rd shelves staring back at me
and when my sister said omg that is sooo you... i bought it for $25.
lalala
ok so i have a shopping problem but tell me what girl in her right mind isn't.
huh?!? that's right. I didn't think you can. hahah
I wore it like an hour after i bought them. ^__^
I paired with a nice short dress to my friend's friend's bday party. After dancing to mexican music for an hour, my feet started to hurt so note to self, don't go dancing in them oxford pumps.
I had loads of fun and all of the girls I was with had sexy heels on too so we looked like we were from Sex and the City with our killa heels walking down a questionable alley to our way to the nearest starbucks. lol.

I would post up pictures of me with my babies on my feet but i didn't have my camera and the only pictures are in my friend's camera so I gottta wait for her to upload it. ^__^

Hello S! Hi B!

2008-07-03T16:10:00.000-07:00

Hello beautiful people of the world,

So yesterday night I was bored out of my mind and studying was out of the question.
I found myself going online and ended up watching a show online that I have been avoiding to watch with every inch of will power in my body because everyone and their grandmas have been watching this show and they have been on every teen fashion magazine in US
but!

I surrender
Yesterday night I watched the first 4 episode of
GOSSIP GIRL

because apparently it was like the next Sex and the city and I love Sex and the City.
or as I think Flo Rida would say, Sex in the titties. ^_^
Well, Miss3va have never had a problem admitting when she's wrong.
you can quote me on that

I loved the outfits in there and it had me hooked on it from the very first episode.
I don't know if it can keep me interested but I sure as hell will keep watching for their fashion choices. phew. Lets just say I have found my new Sex and the titties. haha

My first choice would of course be....
Blair Wardof
who you don't know whether to love and hate cause she changes on you like a bipolar kid on a sugar rush. jeeza
but i love her dresses and some of her outfits on the show.
Everything is just so tailor and kute
and I love that she wears a lot of stuff like there's all these different details that always keep you interested. Plus she wears a lot of dresses
and it is my mission in life that when I get older, dresses will be the only thing I'll wear. No jeans please.

even in real life

Blair's outfit are very chic kute.
I mean i like to dress urban and rugged sometimes too but I always like a balance in my life
so one day I'll be kute and the next day I'll go rocker
cause I'm still in my 20s and that's when you can really dress up
and plus
life is a fashion show and I'm the only model available.
^___^ Till next time.

oh you hard worker

2008-07-03T16:00:00.003-07:00

so today was the first day I joined my boss in one of his meetings cause he asked me to
and I was so honored that I actually dressed very professional/fashionable today.
(Pictures to come)
but yeah it turns out it was reallllyyyyy boorrrriinnnggg
and I have to say I did not know why I was there
but I looked kute like a secretary so i was happy

I love my job. I get to surf on the internet all day in an AC building
and occasionally I have to do a little bit of filing.
LOL. actually I'm at work right now.
My my.... I do declare....I'm just the most hardest worker in the world. haha.

anywho, I've been talking and hanging out with a lot of friends this week and our conversation
although wonderful and empowering always ends up being about the guys in our life.
And i've concluded, it's a hate love relationship with these "boys" and I stress the word "boys"

But although boys may waver in what they want and etc... one thing that has always made me happy is?
you guessed it... fashion! darling!

I just get online and look through fashion blogs and voila I'm happy again.
I guess it's some kind personal therapy.
Boys come and go but fashion darling? it's forever in my heart

Wings so I can fly away

2008-07-01T21:42:00.000-07:00

Tee hee found this really kute gif of Christian from Season 4 of Project Runway.
Michael Kors called him a fashion prodigy. I love the final runway of Season 4. It was so good.
It was anybody's game but Christian won, of course.
Can't wait for Season 5. coming soon. ekkkk

So i was just searching through photobucket for pictures. I tend to go there or flickr.com or deviantart to find pictures that will inspire me.
Found this cute one of Victoria Secret runway.

I secretly want her wings just so I can run around the house in it. ahaha.
Maybe I'll make one myself. I'm thinking of starting something on A Fashion Heart where
I'll just take stuff like I like from fashion that cost too much and try to duplicate my own version of it to see if you guys like it.
Sound good?
but like most of my projects It goes half done. LOL but comments will definitely motivate me.
so comment away people.

Anyways, back to the wings. GORGEOUS!!

Funny thing
now when i go to work I try to dress up as much as I can to be fashionable
because seriously i have competition with these foreigners.
But competition is good for the soul
and I look damn kute.
lol

Summer Nights Dream

2008-06-29T21:03:00.000-07:00

I like summer nights indeed.
It's nice and cool so if you decided to go clubbing you wouldn't have to bother with bringing a jacket.
You can just walk around with your friends all night down the streets of LA
I love just hanging out and chilling with my friends.
and during the summer days, dodging the sun. Enough said.
and what a better way to dodge the sun than with a good pair of sunglasses.

Here's some that I thought were really kute. I'll probably go window shopping to see if I can get one close to these. Right now, I'm still liking my California bubble eyed glasses with a little sticker I sticked on the corner that says I love LOVE on it. hehe. It's really kute too. People are always telling me, "really? do you really love love???" JEEZ. Calm down. it's just a sticker people.

I like how they added the sweats to their faces. When I first saw it I thought they were tears and I was laughing my ass off. Not so funny now. hehe.

And a very kute outfit here. Comfort is key! but you wanna look fashionable too. haha.

I just look shinning things so the sequin top is kute kute kute.
I think it's from a Brazilian magazine
My Brazilian friend was telling me that I should visit Brazil because I would really love the fashion over there.

ahhh... I need to go shopping...

Starbucks and Lights and all that is right

2008-06-28T16:04:00.000-07:00

Ahhhh... Summer nights are the best.
If you're going clubbing you don't need to bring a jacket.
There's a million stars in the sky depending on where you are.
You can chill with your friends and just drink your starbucks and smokes your lights.
This is definitely the life
I'm enjoying my summer right now because I only have one class and I have a great job where I do absolutely nothing and gets paid for it.
By the time Fall comes, not only do I have to take 5 classes, I wont be able to work that much.
The only good thing is my friend, Erly will be coming back from her study abroad in the UK and we can go clubbing.
But I'm going to try to enjoy my summer right now.

As if things couldn't get better, I went out with my friends to Joe's Sushi and laughed my ass off and this morning I came home to see that the new TeenVogue is in the mail.
YESSIR!
On the cover is Amanda Seyfried and for all who doesn't know who she is, she's the blondest girl in Mean Girls and the upcoming actress for MAMA MIA which I am not planning to go see.
HAHA.
sorry but it just doesn't interest me but if someone ask me to go see it with them I would. We'll just see what happens.

Anywho, I'm trying to build up my inspiration board right now out of all the magazine I've collected this year while listening to Alicia Key's song, "Lesson Learned".
It's not easy as I thought it would be.

Maybe I'll start on it after I pay my bills online and finish my economics hwk.
meh.

On a brighter note, I'm trying to get my hands on a camera because I work at the Extension Center at my school, UCR. and the Extension Center is mostly filled with students that are studying abroad here. There's a diversity of ethnics here: chinese japanese middle eastern european.
and what I like most about them is that they are very expressive in their clothes. They wear their personality on their clothes basically. I can't say the same for my school. I find them to be a little plain. There is only one style on campus but at the Extension Center, there are multitude of clashing styles.
That is when it hits me, I should take their picture and post it up here with their permission of course.
And I'm very excited about this project too
Now if only I can get my hands on a camera.
bummer.

When I grow up... I wanna be FAMOUS

2008-06-25T19:05:00.000-07:00

OMG. when i first heard the Pussycat Doll's new song, "WHEN I GROW UP" i got to admit I was kinda annoyed at it but I've gotten quite fond of it. Love to sing along.

I SEE YOU STARING AT ME, OOHHH I'M A TRENDSETTER, YES THIS IS TRUE, WHAT I CAN DO, NO ONE CAN DO BETTER....
YOU COULD TALK ABOUT ME CUZ I'M A HOT TOPIC
I SEE YOU WATCHING ME WATCHING ME AND I KNOW YOU WANT IT...

OHHHHH

WHEN I GROW UP, I WANNA BE A FAMOUS FASHION DESIGNER

hahaha

Oh my. I wonder how long this song is gonna be stuck in my head

Now not only do I like the song, I guess I can say I like PCD cuz lots of people would say
their choice in clothes are sluttish but I think it's just the right taste of sexy and class.
I mean women need to feel sexy too without having to feel like a slut.
I love their outfits but like most human beings they have their hits and misses..
It's okay people.

Anyways, just wanted to share that with y'all. Just take a look at the video and the metallic tops they wear. LOVE IT!

So I just love metallic and we all know that goes best at night whether it's summertime or winter
but be careful with wearing metallic in the summer in daylight. You might look like you're trying too hard. Summertime is all about flowy.
but if you're going out and you wanna make a nice entrance
METALLIC BABY!!

so bwam it up for going out for your ladies

If you're going to go wit a bwam mettalic coat like this go for something more subtle or plain inside so u don't look like Metallic throwup. lol.
key to looking fashionable is balancing
Always balance. If you have extreme dress go for subtle shoes and accessories or something to balance it out.
You always need balance in your life.
and if you have a hat like this... i don't know how you balance that

lol.
and i love Dolce & Gabbana when they came out with the collection with these babies in it.
when Beyonce wore this to open up for her peformance and everyone was like what the hell?
and you hear all the fashionistas go, "omg that was on Dolce&Gabbana's collection."
LOL love it.

i heart Stacy London and walking around the house in my bra!

2008-06-20T19:03:00.000-07:00

i just love watching What Not to Wear on TLC.

I love how well structured the show is. Way much better than it's counter part "10 years younger"
on TLC. I like how they just have really good fashionable tips on their too from fashion to hair to makeup. All a vital part of creating your style.
Anyways, that's all i wanted to say. haha. I wasn't gonna write a whole blog on that. I trick yah!

Anyways, me and my sister decided to go outside and get a tan today in our bathing suit
Big mistake because we're in Riverside and it's like 105 degrees outside.
Burning. I barely started to lie down and I was already sweating from every pore on my body.
And I got a headache from it so I went inside. LOL
instead I just resulted in taking a shower and walking around in my booty shorts and bra. LOL
cause nobody is here anyways.
But I loved my bikini. Every one of my friends who have seen it said "It's sooo you."
hAHA. I don't know what that means but I'm gonna take it as a compliment.

That reminds me I saw a rerun of BET's Rip the Runway
and saw a bikini line called Amaya Swimwear.
Some of the bikinis were very kute and I found myself going, "OMG i want that."

I have a soft spot for yellow and white stuff. If you look carefully you can tell that's Jasmine from America's Next Top Model.

I like this one because of the fabric and how it just looks like something a hippie would wear. I can just picture her yelling at someone at the beach for littering. haha

Opposite of a hippie equals a DIVA. I love divas and this bikini. Who needs the guy on back? psha.

If it gets any hotter, I gonna kill someone.

Free time, Lunch date equals great blogging

2008-06-19T16:25:00.000-07:00

Oh my.
I am in a rather happy mood today...
First, I finally got to get out of the house today which means another opportunity to dress up which is rare. I went out to eat lunch with my sister, Vy who after being paid today in cash she happily was willing to pay for lunch. We ate steaks and spaghetti of course. I wore a little black tank wit a flowery skirt and my brown wedges. I think that's how you spell it
After a lunch date of laughing and regaining the "GIRL POWER" attitude.
See the thing is both of us got into relationships where the guys that doesn't know what he wants. I guess it's true what they say, girls do grow up faster than guys. We grow up and find out what we want from life, from love, from others way faster than guys.
Personally I have just gotten out of a one month relationship. I swear I have the one month curse and to humor myself I declared that when I find a guy who can stand me for 2 months I'm going to marry the lucky bastard. haha.

But yeah, my ex-love and me went way back but when both of you don't want the same thing, it's sorta impossible to be together and if you are together than someone's in denial.
I figure that life is short and I believe all women are beautiful and they should never settle for anything less than what they truly deserve.
Anyways, that got me thinking about how often after a breakup lots of women let themselves go because they're too caught up in memories and thoughts of him that they just don't have the strength to glam up anymore. They just sit and stare and every little thing remind them of HIM.

My friend once told me after my breakup that she realized I didn't dress up anymore because I always loved to dress up. I shrugged it off and told her it was because the weather was too hot to dress up.
Now I wasn't necessarily lying... I mean it IS like 105 degree in this hell aka RIVERSIDE, California but I had to admit that a part of me was thinking that I guess a part of me felt that while I was in the relationship, my boo loved me no matter what I looked like so I didn't feel like I had to dress up to impress anyone anymore, I just dressed up when he came to visit me. How pathetic. I know what you'r
but you got to admit
A lot of us dress to impress.
But is that necessarily bad?
Is that wrong to want to dress up because you know others are watching?
I don't think so. I mean in this society we dress for others, even if you say you're not.
Even if you dress up 90% for your own self esteem. there's that other 10%.
But personally I don't think anything is wrong with that.
Nothings wrong wit flaunting what you have and having a satisfaction in knowing people are loving it. haha
Anyways, I just thought I would look for some outfit for the ladies who had the strength to get out of relationships that you know just isn't gonna work. The ladies with the strength to blame no one but to smile and wish him the best of luck with his search for his right lady.

After a breakup, you don't have to dress slutty or anything to show off your assets
just play them up
be classy and sexy

show a little skin but still keep that class that convey a "I make my own money and I'm my own woman" attitude.

Or keep a "Fuck you" attitude. and go for tough. It works too with a great pair of shoes.

or wear a kute little dress that shows you have legs for daze. Let him see what he's missing and never gonna get back. ( I like to write cute wit a K. just makes it even kuter.)

You can still wear your sweats wit a little lace tank or bra underneath. A sexy bra can give you a great boost even if people can't see it. So go out and invest in a sexy bra. I actually bought one today for 5 bucks. woot woot.

oh and i like to thank my first commenter for my blog.
It really does motivate the blogger when she sees a comment
so thank u. ^__^

Take a Bow

2008-06-19T00:52:00.001-07:00

So I know I blog a lot about celebrity fashion and not so much about like my own but it's because
I'm trying to take pictures of myself and my outfits but it always crosses my mind.
but anyways, I saw Rihanna on another Elle mag and was skimming through it because I have this habit that I got to like most of the stuff when I'm skimming through a magazine and then I'll buy it
I wont buy it just because it's Elle or Vogue. That's why I don't subscribe to magazines but my friends are always like "you need to subscribe cause you buy magazines so much."
but it's like sometimes Elle or Vogue have an issue that I don't like.
but I succumbed to peer pressure and actually subscribed to Nylon and TeenVogue and I have to say I've had my ups and downs. I mean some issues I'm just like bleh about and some are pretty good. And there's something about buying magazines in store that gives me a good feeling but getting an issue in the mail has the same affect... i guess.

Anyways back to the Elle June issue with Rihanna.
I love love love the outfits she wore in that issue.
Just for those who haven't seen it:

The colors and shapes is what makes me want these outfit. All she needs now are those kanye west shutter glasses. hahah.
I would like to wear this outfit to where I live in the OC which is infested with Vietnamese people in their sweats and comfort clothes. You'll just stick right out like Paris Hilton in a library.
haaha. omg. I have been watching too much VH1.

I would wear this swimsuit just so people will stare and say WTF?
LOL. it's called fashion, bitches.

Ever since Rihanna cut her hair, I feel like she has developed a very good fashion sense too. I mean I've seen her outfits in other events and they're very cute too. I could be wrong though. Maybe she just has a really good stylist.
go figure.

Fashion is...

2008-06-17T13:39:00.000-07:00

So I finally got to just sitting down and reading the article on Mary Kate Olsen in the latest issue of Elle mag because usually I just like to look at the pictures and I feel like I have restless leg syndrome cuz i can't sit still and just read. Maybe that's why I haven't been able to finish a decent book since high school which was like 3 years ago even then I skipped some chapters. LOL.
Anyways, I'm glad I finally got to sit down and read it cause it is really good.
Some of the things people said about fashion and what Mary Kate said about it is very...how can I say it... it's like you knew it all along but someone put in the right words.

Quote from Lauren Hutton, a model:

" MK is a kindred spirit. She lives an experimental life. When you're young, you should be trying on lots of things, not just clothes. She understands that. You're not born with taste. That's a bunch of hooey. Like everything else, taste is a process of discovery. I like that about her. She's always discovering her tastes."

And this is why Mary Kate is one of my favorite fashionista.
I like how in the beginning everyone was like, "oh my god she looks like she's wearing a garbage bag."
but once top designers praise her for her style. Everyone is like, " Omg. she's so stylish."
The first person I seen to start wearing gladiator sandals and heels were the Olsen twins
and now all the celebrities are wearing it and it's the IT thing this season.
BTW, i want one. If only I had money. boohoo.

I also like this one quote from Mary Kate when asked whether she thought she was sexy or not:

"I feel like I can be sexy if I wanted to be. I think all women are sexy. Some may feel it more than others. I personally think that women who are the most sexy are the women who are truly themselves, whatever that may be."

All i gots to say to that is Amen.

summertime... breakitdown....

2008-06-16T17:31:00.000-07:00

Man I'm so bored here in riverside
and the only thing keeping me alive is surfing on fashion blog.
alleluia
so as I was trying to keep the heat out of our little house and the coolness in,
as I was sitting there reading the latest elle with my favorite olsen twin Mary Kate on the front,
I was thinking of how I'm going to keep cool this summer in Riverside aka HELL
AND look fashionable.
I know I had a previous blog post about summer clothes but summer last 3 months or 6 if you're in Riverside and you're going to be hearing alot about this from me.

So I was thinking since it's so hot, I would keep my clothes to a minimum but rather spice up my jewelery selection or accessories selection.
If it gets too hot, I can always take it off.
^___^
so I surf the net for some pictures for examples....

i have a hat i bought at wetseal and never wore
need to take that out
and i wore my sweats to the mall today
i know... ew
but it was a really kute combo like the one above and i look rather fashionable wit my knitted purse.
trust me.
LOL.
if you are bored like me in the summer and you want to keep yourself entertained..
go to chictopia.com to look for kute fashion blogs.
^___^ it has motivated me to take more pictures of my outfits everyday
cause life is a fashion show so dress up while you still have the chance.

Studying is for losers

2008-06-11T21:22:00.000-07:00

so I have an extremely hard test on friday that can make or break me, but like my carefree self
I've decided to spend my time on posting instead.
Well first of all, let me say sorry for not posting for so long.
There has been series of unfortunate events happening to me and that can break a girl
but I'm back and can't wait to get started.

Recently I like many girls went to see the highly anticipated Sex and the City.
which by the way was highly anticipated for a reason. Totally worth my $9.50 to go see.
Man. I remembered when I was in middle school and movie tickets were like 5 bucks. jeezs
but I digress...
Anyways, if you're not really into the whole chick flick and such, you should see it anyways if you're
fashion obsess. (I find that people who like chick flicks usually are fashion obsess) It's like you can't stop looking at the screen because you're afraid you'll miss an outfit that comes up.
After watching SATC, I'm determined to go buy this belt I saw at H&M for 10 bucks.

Anywho, so I started to think how coincidental that I have 3 friends I regularly hang with and go
drink coffee with and gossip with. (Like carrie, samantha, charlotte, and miranda in SATC :) )

and I started to compare us with them all the time now. To a point, I think my friends are on the verge of slapping me
but our little group is very different from SATC. we think and talk and dress very differently
so with the time I could be studying, I started searching for outfits I could dress my friends in that represented them.
and oh it was fun.

I'll post up the pictures next time.

cuz i think i should go back to studying now. LOL.

fashion quote of the day

2008-05-14T19:47:00.000-07:00

amen. :)

Effortlessly beautiful

2008-05-14T19:31:00.000-07:00

There's always those days where even the most devote fashionistas
don't feel like dressing up. You just wanna roll outta bed and put on something
that looks like u spent a lot of time putting together...but u really didn't.
Today was that day for me. This is the reason i buy tshirts cuz i rarely buy tshirts. waste of
money to me. So when i do buy t shirts. It has to be a tshirt wit a lot of graphics on it or it has to be a really odd color like neon pink. Anyways today i just put on my yellow graphic filled tshirt that had true love plastered across itself (^^) and a pair of shorts and off to my
10:40 am class i went.
I was looking on elle.com for ideas of what i could wear tomorrow to class and came upon some pictures of girls who looks comfortable and stylish at the same time.

I love love love her slippers. and her hair and her tank top. meow.

Like her top and is it just me or does she look like mariah carey except less curves. lol
everyone look like they have less curves compare to MC.
There's those who follow and those who lead. they lead. lol

cuz diamonds are a girl's best friends.

2008-05-13T18:57:00.001-07:00

I love shinning things. If you've seen my little clutch/purse, you'll understand. My lil sister says I killed a dragon and took its skin to make my purse. hhahah. funny girl.
It's just a girl thing.

I stumbled upon some pictures of Elie Saab's couture line on flickr.com
He's Lebanese and this show was in Paris 2008 fashion show.
and i just love his line.
The draping of the fabrics and the sparkles of the diamond. Phew. blew me away.

My future wedding dress. screw the fact that it's not white. LOL.

or this... hahah. can u say diva?

whoa. whoa. whoa.
just simply diva-licious

Vera Wang eat your heart out.

I'll have a McQueen... supersized that please

2008-04-16T18:57:00.000-07:00

If i was given the power to look into peoples mind, the first person I would choose would be Alexander McQueen.
That man is a freaking master of disguise
Ill have to say hes one of the designers that inspires me to go crazy when designing. Reach for the stars. Reach deep down in your brain and pull out a masterpiece.
Only a few people can pull off his work. If you take a look at some of his runway work, you will understand why.

if society permits i would like to wear this in public

ouch but so worth it

The man behind the magic.

Hell on earth

2008-04-14T21:40:00.001-07:00

Whoa. it was around 98 degree in riverside today
i just threw on a kute tank top and my booty shorts. haha

Anyways, I realize i need to go shopping for more tank tops
so I was cruising the net to get some ideas of some summer clothes

Very cute, probably wear something like this tomorrow

I need a hat

The weather made me feel like this today

Shade on days like today is definitely your best friend.

Sometimes a tshirt will do

2008-03-12T15:00:00.000-07:00

Yeah there are those days where I just don't feel like dressing up at all
but either someone has pissed me off the day before or I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
Either way, it makes me kinda apathetic to dressing up
but than if I throw on a plain jean and tank, I feel even worst because i'm a detailed collage person
so that's when I settle for a tshirt with a butt load of shit on it.
I love it
you can keep it simple but not be simple.
and since I'm really into urban gear right now
I likey.
Here are a shirt i thought would look good. and surprise surprise it's a guy's shirt. Is it just me or do guys just have way better tshirt designs than girls.
jeeez.

and I'm planning to try to imitate this guy one day
just go to school with a cool tee on a big ass glasses with a beanie.
LOL
I will take pics.

Scanner heaven

2008-03-12T14:53:00.000-07:00

yay so i finally got my scanner to work on my new 3 in 1 printer
and first thing i scanned was some of my artwork
teehee
Anyways, here's some from my portfolio
I realize that it lacks some professionalism but that's the way I sketch and I'm trying hard
to improve. Any criticism or comments would be appreciated. ^^

Anyways
it was inspired by one of my characters
Idoodle a whole lot more than I sketch
which is bad because I'm suppose to be expanding my portfolio.
Meet my lil friend: bwam.

and I just randomnly doodle sometimes, and stuff comes up like this guy I call freedom.

I think right now I'm into more urban gear than actually fashionable things. But my mood changes a lot so you never know.

a chill day at 80degree

2008-02-26T19:21:00.001-08:00

ah. Finally the weather is on my side. 80 degrees in riverside, CA today.
I wear my little short short and a dark purple top with a lacy detailed back.

Sorta look like what I was wearing but with less accessories and I wore my bright yellow tote bag with dots on it that looks a lot like sperms so me and my friends named it THE SPERM BAG. we're so creative.

I also wore my wedges but my sister said it was too dressy for school because it looked like
I was going to go out for dinner or clubbing. I was already at school so I shrugged it off and went
with it anyways. I could see some of the girls staring at me like "Why is she wearing that?"
because it was raining last week and sorta chilling but they understood why
when they stepped out of class and it was 80degrees at 11 in the morning. HAH!
and they were wearing heavy winter jackets. teehee.
I always yahoo the weather before I plan out what I'm going to wear the next day.

Me and my friend were just talking about how in Riverside there's no spring.
And that it's winter then summer and maybe one day in the year where the weather
is no too cold or not too hot. Ahh. I think it was today.

I'm checking out another fashion blogs and I've got to say kudos to them
they are so stylish and bold. wow.

Right now, I'm totally in love with reading Hot Chocolate and Mint
I just love her sense of style and optimistic view of everything. Go and check that out if
you got the time.

Anyways, I also went to the Mall with my friends just to chill and I wasn't going to buy anything
but ended up always buying something.
I bought a hat and a scarf. Hopefully I can get pictures of that when I do wear them.

Damn creative evil demon

2008-02-20T15:41:00.000-08:00

ahhhh
SO this quarter I'm taking a class called Ethics and The Meaning of Life
That class is like the epitome of philosophy.
Today we were talking about The Truman Show and how do we really know what we see is real?
what if it's just an illusion and we are just dreaming a really long deep dream and that nothing in this life is real?
Even perhaps that we are just a soul and that there's another soul in the universe called the Evil Demon who feeds us all this emotion and illusions to play around with us.
I started to think about and I think I see why scientists dont like philosophers.

But if this is a dream and there is an evil demon controlling my every thought and everything I see. Then I say Bravo you bastard.
You are one creative SOB.

Cause what I see....is fucking creative.

A pretty face is a pretty accessory

2008-02-20T14:50:00.000-08:00

So as I was going through my pictures on my computer I realized I had a lot of
pictures of pretty girls but it was because they were pretty not because they had a outrageous sense of style or what not. Disappointing? I know! I'm ashame of myself also.
But I guess a pretty face is a very valuable accessory every girl wouldn't mind having.
I mean you can just wear a plain tee and jeans and you'll still look beautiful.
One girl in particular. I don't know if you know who she is or not
but her name is Song Hye Gyo and she's a korean actress.

I like her style but I'm not sure if it is her style or just what the directors and the fashion stylist tells her to wear. meh. Beautiful girl though.

Yuck. Last week it was warm and this week it's wet and chilly. Wtf?!?
I was wearing my black ankle boots yesterday and it was raining a little bit
so everyone kept asking me if I could walk in them and if I slipped yet.
Nope. I think if I walked all the way to school in them I can walk around school in them.

Sad thing is, I can't wear alot of my cute heels to school anymore because we got a ticket for parking on the sidewalk so my sister's not taking anymore chances so we have to get our ass up early and walk to school. I don't mind walking, I just wish I could wear my cute heels because wearing flats just doesn't cut it when you're 4"10 and a half. sniffle.

A long week

2008-02-12T20:31:00.001-08:00

ahhhhh wow
i haven't written on here for so long
cause damn was that a long week last week
The low of this past week was I finally got an interview at Heidi Merrick showroom
but had to cancel it because of family troubles.
The high was well... going shopping today to make me feel better.
Man. Riverside's weather sure is like a girl on her period.
Changes every second.
It was cold like last week and now it's hot like hell
so i went shopping for summer/spring clothes and I found myself leaning more towards comfort than looks because a lot of summery clothes look so pretty but in fact the fabric is so harsh on your skin so I opt for the more silky type that is simple so you can accessories more.
But with petite girls like myself, be careful how much you acessorize, it may just swallow you up.

Rain Rain go away... Dont come back or i'll kick your ass

2008-01-22T22:56:00.000-08:00

Quote of the day:

LOVE THIS QUOTE!!!

Ahh... so it has been raining and little rain is okay but rain in general makes me feel like going
out in my sweats. Bleh. I feel like staying in and looking through my fashion magazine. Have I told you that Japan has the best fashion magazine. I mean I have various like Elle, Vogue, Nylon, Bazaar, Juxtapoz, and japanese magazines that I can read but love love love looking at the pictures.

So today I forgot to take a picture of my outfit again. Sigh and everyone was saying how kute it was. I really got to start making it a routine to take a picture before I change back into my sweats. Gack!

Anywho, I was wearing a sweater but no pants just toe tights underneath and a lacy top. Had my long hair extensions on too and I was wearing my new shoes that I love love love but kind of hurt my ankles. Sigh. Everything for the love of fashion.

My friend, Mike who is El Salvadorian and gets mad whenever we accidentally say he's mexican, was checking out girls today. Very obviously may I add. And my sister, Vy, was saying how that was totally okay with her when guys obviously check girls out because it gives them a boost of confidence.
I thought about that for awhile and it is very true.
We dress up and look cute and no matter how many times you say you don't dress up for other people, deep down inside you glow when someone compliments you or give you a 360 (a 360 is when someone turns their head 360 to check you out.) IT just makes you feel good and motivates you to dress kute (note: dressing kute but sticking to your personal style)
Even if we are not dressed kute, we love love love to be compliment by a 360 look.
Personally, I love it when my friends compliments on my outfits.
So even if it rains or pours, I will continue to dress up for class because that's the only chance I get to flaunt my although still developing sense of personal style.

If Ashley can look kute in the rain, so can I!!

Blow my smokes away, the wind did

2008-01-18T19:14:00.000-08:00

Ahhhh
Riverside Weather
So unpredictable
The reason I like to smoke is so I could watch the smoke rise up and away
but the freaking wind has made it fly a lot quicker. Damn
Speaking of which, I was talking to my friends about that
and I was like
"Cigs are like guys. You give them so much love and in return they give you fucken cancer."
HAHAHAHA
We got a good laugh out of that.
Anyways, today was yet again WINDY.
The weather is trying to trick me I swear. I look outside and it's sunny and I plan my outfit accordingly and then bam, the wind hits.
It's alright though cause I was still kind of warm. I didn't go to class because I bumped into my good friend, Erly so we just wander around. Oh that's the life.

and here's the necklace I bought at Forever 21
This guy that I buy cigs from keep asking me to buy him one and I give him the weirdest look
and told him he should try something more for guys. LOL.

and then i went home and took a four hour nap.

Oh and I'm tryna come up with an outfit for these head bands I bought.

What they see vs. what I SEE

2008-01-17T21:16:00.000-08:00

Just in case you guys can't read it, it says:

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect and I don't live to be But before you start pointing fingers. Make sure your hands are clean. By the passionate BOB MARLEY

I like this quote a lot because I'm just a quote whore but it fits with what I've been experiencing this week.
So Tuesday, I wore this really kute outfit that consist of a short dress and a little cardigan. I guess the dress was pretty short cause my friend Mike told me that he heard a girl call me a whore when we past by the Panda Express at my college.
I was shocked cause it wasn't like I was showing a lot of skin. So the dress was a little bit short but I'm a petite person and I was wearing flats.

And as I went to the mall with my sister, I felt girls maddogging me, perhaps because I changed to boots but I felt kind of weird.
Then it struck me. Why do I have to feel uncomfortable. I loved the outfit I picked out and a lot of my friends complimented it too. I mean, I love my legs and I'll flaunt it any chance I get.

I started to wonder.
Are girls afraid to be sexy because they're insecure or because they're worried about what people think of them?
Does it take a strong woman to wear what she likes with the whispering behind her back?

My dress was like this short and sort of the same style.

Well anyways, it really did get me thinking
What do you think?

Shallow Hal wants a Gal.

2008-01-09T21:18:00.000-08:00

Ahhh so recently I saw Shallow Hal on tv on some random channel i forgot but OMG
I love that movie. My favorite. It made me cry the first time I saw it. THat's right I said it.
I cried. So what? psh.
Anyways, after that movie is when I started to really like Jack Black. He's the ultimate sexy guy. HAHA. that's right, I said it. Jack Black is sexy as hell. He's funny and smart. What more would you want in a man? but calm down all you beautiful women out there. He's taken and expecting a baby.
But I'm always going to have a place in my heart for this man... everyone should.

Sexy bastard

ahhh I went to get a tattoo today and the guy wasn't a talkative guy at all but he was nice.
I find that if I talked more, the pain doesn't seem so bad. The artist is probably thinking
"WTF. why wont she shut up?" ahhah. oh well. I'm glad I got it but the guy did something different with the eyes and I thought it looks kinda stupid so when I get my next tattoo I'm going to tell the artist to shade in the eyes. FUN!

I got it on hip.My tattoo looks like this on my hips.
My second one will look something like this on my shoulder...

Fun times...
I was going to just put something up fashiony just because it's a fashion blog
but I don't wanna put up something half heartedly so I'm just going to put a picture that
inspires me in what I wear to school cause I always look at magazine and pictures to get a feel on what I want to wear.

Inspiration

2008-01-07T22:36:00.000-08:00

Billion of girls' inspiration:

i'm no different
hahaha

When in doubt, wear a black dress

2008-01-03T21:02:00.000-08:00

Ah. The next school quarter is here and back to school I go. Not like I'm complaining because that means more opportunities to dress up and look kute.
I realized when I turned 20 that I have to dress more grown up because I'm very petite and if you wear kiddy stuff you look even more kiddier. But I also want to have fun with dressing so whatever I feel like wearing I wear but I put on heels so I look taller and older. ahhah.

So anyways, we've all heard the phrase, "little black dress" well here it comes back again but this time it's , "long black dress". This is for those sophisticated nights.

I love the neckline on this dress and the flow. She looks like a black swan. Can ya feel me?

I don't know whether this is Ashley or Mary Kate but I love both because they're so inspiring to watch. Plus, they're the same size as me: petite.

Now, just waiting for an event to ever be able to wear those kind of dresses.

Clubbing is abs workout

2007-12-29T21:42:00.000-08:00

So yesterday my best friend called me outta nowhere and asked me if I wanted to go clubbing with them at La Mirage in Artesia
so I was like hell yeah
cause i love clubbing
it's like abs workout if you don't like doing crunches. HAHa.
and while I was there I noticed that a lot of the girls were wearing really kute Shiresses
Shiresses are like pretty dressy tops that are long enough to be wore as a dress.
And I know that a lot of girls are known to dress really, ahem, slutty when going to the clubs
but my hat goes off to them, very well done girls.
and the shoes. OMG. how they danced in them, i will never know. but everything for the love of fashion. right?
Some dresses I saw at La Mirage. I think most of them shopped at Forever 21. I do too. ahha.

I like this shirdress a lot but make sure you buy it if it has a flowy fabric or one that breathes easily or else you'll be sweating your butt off.

Saw a lot of girls in this one. It's okay but it doesn't make me excited to wear it and you always need that when you buy something.I like how the top is but my muffin top just wont do on the bottom.Love it. Nice colors and leaves a lot to the imagination.

Well there you go.
A lot of girls I talk to don't like to go clubbing because they either don't think they can dance or thinks clubbing is for slutty girls but clubbing is as slutty as you think it is.
I love to dance and dress up to go clubbing with my girls

(me on the far right)
conclusion:
Shirdress: perfect for petites.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and cocktail dresses

2007-12-25T22:20:00.000-08:00

ahhh... you know what I love more than christmas.... dressing up during christmastime.
Since I love little cocktail dresses and dressing up and christmastime is one of those occasions where you can dress very cute and pretty.

Red, Black, and white are safe choices.

I read on some other fashion blog and I agree that you must wear heels during the holidays
because flats are just unacceptable. For example, I went to Christmas mass today and while I was standing in my clear heels with a cute cherry on the top ( I just had to mention that) I noticed this lovely lady in her 20s with a black dress on (cute) but it was just underplayed by the flats she was wearing which totally made her dress look more like a sundress than a sunday dress.
Yes. Lets be safe and wear heels during special occasions and holidays just to jazz a dress up.
Personally since I'm quite short, I wear heels every chance I get.
Here's some dresses that I saw that tickled my fancy and if I had it I would wear it......

My favorite color is white. (white is not really a color but...) so of course I love this dress. It's perfect for petite figures and shows some legs. MEOW.
Red's my second favorite. Gotta be careful with this one though cause it could make you look quite fat and short but sometimes a girl's gotta take a chance. Fashion isn't safe.

Black is on my list too, what can i say? it's a very safe color and it goes with everything. Love the simpleness of the dress. MEOW.

But I have to say... My favorite is always gonna be white and short....
I LOVE THIS DRESS>>>>>>>>> man if it wasn't so expensive

ahhhhh oh well
I should start saving up now

My obsession with clutter

2007-12-24T01:06:00.000-08:00

Quote of the day:
Ahhh... So I live in a house with my sister and 3 other friends so there's 6 girls in the house total. And since we live together, they're bond to know interesting stuff about my habits. my friends are always complaining about how my room is really messy. It's not dirty
it's just really messy. Like I'll have random stuff everywhere. Okay. I admit I'm not an OCD when it comes to cleaning. (my house mate claims she is so one time she cleaned my room for me. ugh. Should I be happy or creeped out?)
So naturally I told them it's because I like collages, graffiti, and well basically anything messy.
Some things in my computer:

Run RUN RUN
Me and my friend took the metrolink to LA and we came upon this wall down some random alley. The security guard took this picture for us. What a nice guy. Sorry the picture is so blurry. My camera sucks. I need to buy a new one.

I was looking through my picture collection on my laptop and there's a bunch of pictures that just blew my mind away. Can you say INSPIRATION?

2 more days till Christmas

2007-12-23T22:53:00.001-08:00

Ahhhhhhh

I love christmas...but this year I seem to have lost track of the christmas spirit
until today when i went to church...everything came back to me and I felt it again.
Holy moley.
Well anywho, I'm cooking christmas cookies right now. Hopefully I'll be able to personally give them to all my friends. YAY!
Then my sister said it would be cold outside so on goes the jacket.
I bought it from Forever 21 and from afar it looks like it's a leather motocycle jacket but on closer inspection it really isn't. hahah. But it's freaking warm. I love my ankle boots. Been trying to find another different kind of ankle boots but haven't been able to find one to my liking yet.
Me and my sister went to church and after we went to Downtown Riverside to see the Light Festival they have there every december. It's really pretty and festive. Everyone comes out and I must say there's a lot of cute guys too. HAHAH. And we also notice babies are getting cuter and chubbier by the year and I was very happy that I got to parade around in my cute little outfit. YAY ME!!!

Fur in Fashion

2007-12-22T17:33:00.000-08:00

So I was watching MTV tres today and an old mtv show came up talking about Beyonce.
And Beyonce is one of my favorite singers so I was intrigued
and then I remembered she has a fashion line out now called House Of Dereon with her mother.
So I looked that up to see what kind of clothes they sell cause before I've only seen them in magazine.
While I was doing this, I stumble upon an article that dissed House of Dereon and Beyonce because their clothing uses and has animal fur on it and a lot of animal activists wasn't happy about that at all.
I even saw a video they posted on how these fur are gathered and I got to say that video made me never want to wear fur again. (not that I wear real fur now)
Wow. You guys gotta see the video.

Not for the weak at heart...

wow.........

So for all you aspiring fashion designers
keep this in mind when you design

My style, your style, New style, who's style?

2007-12-21T17:23:00.000-08:00

“"Style" is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after style.”

John Fairchild quotes

Ahhhh.... Perfect quote for what I wanted to talk about today.
So I was surfing the net for different fashion forums and I stumble upon TeenVogue's fashion forum and I started to look around. I came upon a post of a young girl who have taken a picture of herself and an outfit she was wearing. She wanted to get people's opinion on how it looked. One person replied, "geez. did you really wear that?"
I had looked at the outfit myself and it was not that bad. It wasn't even extreme. I felt bad for that girl cause She must be feeling like she's not "fashionable" but that's not true at all.
For example, I thought of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen who just last year was blasted and ridicule for their choice of outfits but now you see everyone with tight skinny jeans and platform shoes. A lot of celebrities are wearing giant tshirts looking like a hobo, the same style that MK and A. Olsen was made fun of for wearing.
That's just proof that fashion changes alot. IT's like a little kid unable to decide what they want at a candy store. Don't change yourself for fashion. No rather, Don't change your style for other people's definition of fashion. Just dress how you like and if it makes you happy. That's all that matters.

Rain is winter in SoCal

2007-12-20T21:31:00.000-08:00

I like this quote a lot cause whenever and wherever I go, I see fashion.

Well down here in Southern California, it's starting to feel like winter... finally! Although a lot of people don't like the rain, I like it. It brings coldness and that feels more like winter. I saw some snow on the mountains here in Riverside.
So with cold winter, comes great winter outfit ideas.
Go wild.
Bring out your boots
Bring out your jackets
Bring out your cute red gloves.
here's another cute outfit I would wear myself. You need a jacket, a scarf, a big guy shirt, some tights, and your favorite pair of boots.

a bomber jacket from Forever 21
with a shirt i found from Obey
I love graphics like this

and a little girly bracelet to balance it out

and put on your tights and favorite boots
and bam
you're ready to showoff your winter outfit.

enjoy

Small people in the winter

2007-12-20T02:05:00.000-08:00

Ahhh... so i decided since I like reading quotes so much, i would put one up on every one of my posts. Well at least try. This one i like very much cause people are always asking me why I'm dressed up so pretty sometimes and I'm just like, "cause it's monday....and I'm bored." Just enjoy fashion, that's what I think and if some people happen to like your sense of style then so be it. And if by any chance they don't then so what?!?

Anywho, on to the good stuff. Small people in the winter...
Since it's winter, there's a lot of layering so if you're petite, play around with more thin layer than thick. You can do thick but don't do too much and balance it out with thin layers.
For example:

The tights help to balance out the bulky jacket and she did all the bulky layers on top and just tights on bottom so she looks taller not shorter.

If you want to do more layering
You could try something like this:Here, she's going for more layers but still keeping the balancing rule.
You gotta balance everything out.
The lousy blouse, the giant jacket = the tight jeans and shoes
plus if you're a petite try to keep all the lousy fabric above your upper thighs.

Just a couple to observations for the small people
cause I always look like a walking coat hanger in the winter and I'm tired of that
I wanna look cute in the winter too..

Well good luck with and post up some of your creations for everyone to see it too.

Love, Miss3va

p.s. all pictures does not belong to me except for the ones that are stated so.

It's a Fashion business

2007-12-18T20:45:00.000-08:00

So I'm very excited because I got a call for an LA fashion internship the other day
and the first thing that came to my mind was what I would be wearing to the interview that would both convey a sense of business professionism (don't think that's a word) and fashionista-ism.
I was thinking and thinking
and since I'm really into the high waist outfit this season. I figure I would go with something like this. A Betsey Johnson piece from Nordstrom. I always liked some of her outfits.

and here's a back view. It adds a little spice to the outfit. And the flowing fabric of the blouse works nicely with the stiff fabric of the skirt. It gives it a little balance. Very nice outfit and it's not very, how do I say, ordinary so that the employer would overlook you as a candidate. And god knows we don't want that.

Anywho, since I was working on the whole outfit I started to ponder what kind of hair style one should wear with this outfit. A Librarian bun will not do at all.
Ahhh... very sleek body waves is the perfect combo. Hit them hard. This hair style says IN CHARGE AND GOING STRAIGHT TO THE TOP. It also seem very sexy and professional at the same time.
And the last thing I would add to this since my outfit is very one color and my personality is I love a lot of color and patterns and detail. I have to add something to please my picky fashion soul.
So bam.....
a little wrist candy....

ahhh... now if I only put this much time and effort into school, I'd be an A student.
Here's wishing I get the internship. See ya next time.

First Impressions

2007-12-18T00:57:00.000-08:00

hello all

so if you happen to stumble upon this little blogspot because you
were intrigued by the title then welcome welcome welcome.
A little info on myself:
My name is Miss3va and I go to the University of California, Riverside.
I'm president of a little club on campus called Artistic Compulsive Disorder
and I'm also a member of a fashion club on campus called Threads & Designs.
My major is Marketing and I'm planning to go to a fashion school after college. I just
haven't decided whether it's going to be in NY or LA yet.
Anywho I've started this little blog so I have a place to ramble on about random things
and have a recording of my thoughts because I'm a forgetful person and should write down all my ideas and thoughts before I forget them.... 2 minutes later. ahem.
Anyways,
My love for artistic stuff and music is a great impact on how I view fashion.
I guess you'll be the judge of that later on.
Well I hope you all will enjoy my ramblings in the future
and I hope my blog with be your daily dose of Fashion for the day.

Love, Miss3va