Wolves

Dress ∆ Princessa

Socks ∆ Topman

Denim Shirt ∆ H&M

Shoes ∆ UNIF

Photos by Amirul

Today I decided to be a hardworking grunge girl. Stripped away from my usual long tees look, I wore a dress with fringes spread out at the ends, layered it with a denim shirt and top it off with a hat. Being hardworking, that means I can't go without heels right? Heels to me is not your usual stilettos, it's monster chunky platforms! Since my dress is long, it looked great with my platform heels.

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This guy below is my bestie of bloody six years. If you follow my Snapchat at Jessthegrrl, you will notice that we hangout almost every week. Homies, bromance or whatever, he's a talented photographer and a nonsensical chap.  Do check out his instagram here.

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Btw it's National Day today! Celebrating Singapore's independence for 50 years! I shall fly a giant squid kite later. See more on my snapchat!

Let's backtrack the music a little and go back to the 2010. Sounding like The Foals, in a more electric indie form, we have I Heart Sharks. Wolves is one of my favourite songs. Hope you like it too!

Oh no... I'm 23!

Dress ∆ UNIF

Faux Black Fur backpack ∆ Topshop

Qozmo Hi-White ∆ YRU

Black Lace Bra ∆ H&M
Socks ∆ Topman
All Accessories ∆ Vintage and gifts

It's pretty late for me to do this post (cos lately i've been really busy at work)... but still, I would like to share my outfit and my little celebration of me turning 23 on 5 march. 

Just like my best friend, Charm, had predicted, I wore a white dress from UNIF that was a gift from her for my birthday as she had always knew that I love UNIF. Adding on, I decided to put on my current favourite Faux Fur backpack and a pair of Qozmo white! Not sure why, but nowadays, I'm so attracted to full white outfits. So I pretty much just style myself in that.

I had a simple birthday celebration planned by my Boyfriend and we started off at Rockstar store (which is my current workplace as a visual merchandiser and occasionally assisting as a stylist). If you had not already know, Rockstar Singapore is currently having a major warehouse sale up to 90% off at 22 Orchard. The sale will end on 22 March, so do grab as much thrifted deals as you can before it's over! After shopping, I arrived at Potato Head Folk hamburger restaurant which occupied an old heritage shop house. Knowing that I like things to be laid-back and relaxing, I was brought up to the roof top to enjoy a bohemian oasis ambience that give the vibe of a tropical vacation, similar to when I was in Bali. We had a hearty meal with scrumptious burgers and refreshing cocktails. And I was surprised with a new wallet by my favourite brand, Marc by Marc Jacobs! It's classic and it's something that I really need! 

Though it was a simple celebration, I'm thankful for everything that my boyfriend had done for me. And being 23, I ought to be more sensible and be brave to face more challenges in time to come! However, age is not something that will deter me to be young at heart! So in terms of fashion and styling, I will still continue to be a 90s kid!

So let's get things a little upbeat, here's a song by tUnE-yArDs, Water Fountain!

Everything Goes My Way

Crop Top ∆ Topshop

Skirt ∆ Cotton On (Find Similar Here)

Leather Jacket ∆ Topshop (Find More Here)

Platform Creepers ∆ Jeffrey Campbell (Find Similar Here)

Socks ∆ Vintage (Find Similar Here)

Photos by Sopida

Today's shoot comes with a theme, Old School, and I get to collaborate with my dear friend Sopida for her project! I was really excited with the theme! The diversity of this theme is huge and I decided to incorporate that pinned-up look (which I messed up lots of times trying to achieve it) from the 50s like Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe and I mixed it up with the late 80s to early 90s rock style with tartans skirt, leather jacket and studs. More of a "Rebel" look, since I'm always into grunge style! And of cos, paired my outfits with a platform creeper!

I love being a feminist with strong girl power and have everything going my way (well of cos in a good way)! So I incorporated that style into my photos. I'm happy that I achieve the look of a valley girl that you will never wanna mess with.

Having everything going my way, I have a song from Metronomy, Everything Goes My Way. And I swear the melody of the song fits perfectly with my outfit! 

Forgive and Forget

Top ∆ Topshop (Find Similar Here)

Skirt ∆ From Bangkok (Find Similar Here)

Shoes ∆ The Editor's Market (To browse their online store) or (Find Similar Here)

Socks ∆ Topshop (Find Similar Here)

Bag ∆ JW Anderson X Topshop Tote Bag (Got from an event)

Photos by Charm

I was not prepared for a shoot today, but my best friend was pretty excited to help me snap some photos. It was her birthday too! I'm really glad that she loved the present that I gave her. It's #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso, the creator of Nasty Girl online store! Since it was a dinner, I decided to dress a little more simple with lighter makeup than usual. I wore a blue cropped sweatshirt over a vertical flared skirt and a hologram chunky platform that I had gotten over the weekend with my favourite psychedelic kittens printed socks. Not forgetting to mention, my skirt was supposed to be longer, however, my mom decided to help me iron my skirt and somehow burnt it, even before I was able to wear it. Luckily, the burnt area was at the corner of the skirt so I just got to alter that area and make it shorter. Sobs.

Lately, I have been rushing my portfolio, attending workshops and also assisting my friend for shoots as a model. Crossing my fingers, I hope to be able to finish editing and uploading all my works up by next week! Of cos I had already uploaded some of them! If you are interested to see how it has been going, here's the link. Hope you guys enjoy my works! If you are wondering what platform I'm using to upload my works, it is https://www.allyou.net/, I got to give credits to their free platform that contains variety of templates to choose from. If you would like to have more advance functions, you can always upgrade to premium!

Last but not least, The Kooks have just dropped their new album, Listen, on 8 September! I can still remember watching them live in Singapore 2 years ago! I just could not stop listening to them on Spotify now and here's one of my favourite song from their new album, Forgive & Forget. Enjoy!

Wait And See

Top ∆ Vintage DIY men's tee

Skirt (from photo)/Dress ∆ H&M

Cardigan ∆ FemmeX (Find More Here)

Shoes ∆ Keds 

Beanie ∆ Topshop

I'm excited to slip on my Keds platforms which was a gift from a friend! Though the platforms are not as high as the usual ones that I had, it is a more practical pair that can pumped up your casual or I shall say "slack" outfit. If you noticed that little turquoise thingy sticking out of the laces loops, well that's just another shoe lace that you can change with. I just tied it there as it seemed cool by adding a bit of colour to the full black shoes. To complete my "slack" look, I wore a DIY men's tee over a dress with a black cardigan and my favourite beanie! 

Anyways, I will be going to Bali with my friend later in the day till Sunday! YES BALI I'M BACK!

I would also use this time to thank all my friends as well as my virtual friends who had cared for me and cheered me up with regards to my previous post. It really meant a lot to me to receive all these loves from you guys! Just some good news, my boyfriend and I may be getting back together. So I will use this trip as a time off and enjoy myself! In the meantime, I will prepare another look that I had taken a few days ago and post it up while I'm away.

For updates from my Bali trip, do check out my instagram or Facebook!

I'm feeling upbeat today so here's an indie-electronic song "Wait & See" by Holy Ghost!.

Raw Meat

Hat ∆ Forever 21 (Find Similar Here)

Top ∆ Topshop

Studded Jacket ∆ Topshop

Stockings ∆ Topshop

Heels ∆ H&M

Accessories ∆ Done by my Bestie (Find Similar Here)

I'm a Raw Meat today! 

Pretty much covered with apparels from Topshop today (even my hidden denim shorts)! I matched them with my platform heels and my usual hat. 
Well not that I'm trying to do a campaign to talk about Topshop, but seriously, I'm a Topshop fan! I just love how unique the apparels are and how their creative juice allows them to create new inspiring ways to dress yourself up. Of cos many will complain that those prices tagged on their apparels are too expensive and it's not worth the price and blah blah blah. I'm not loaded. Just once in a while I would buy their apparels and kind of accumulated over the years hence having a whole lot of them in my wardrobe! 

I am a "cheapo" person so I would usually buy those cheap apparels. Of cos same goes to what I wore today! The studded jacket had a price reduction; Jimmy Hendrix's raw cut tank was on sale; hidden denim shorts was bought using a gift card from my friends for my birthday; peace sign stockings from my points accumulated in my member's card. So apparently, I paid half the price for what I had wore from Topshop.

So why Raw Meat? 

It's because I got great apparels that are considered pricey to people around my age, but in my cheapskate ways. Just like raw meats that you bought from the wet market (and cooking yourself later) are way cheaper than those cooked ones from cafes or restaurants or maybe the hawkers. Same thing, you need to go through the hassle to wait for the sales, as well as to prepare and clean up the food. Therefore I'm a Raw Meat!

Anyways, I would like to thank my BFF, Charm, for giving me this "WRECK THIS JOURNAL" book that includes instructions on how you should wreck it! To be honest, I love the book and I kind of feel hesitant to even lay a fingers on it. But, Charm was like, "You got to WRECK IT! And I wanna see it!". So to my dear Charm, I made a short video of how I made my first strike to wreck the first page (randomly chosen)!

Last but not least... Here's my all time favourite song by Black Lips from their 2011 album.
Glad to say that they had collab with Urban Outfitters for this video!



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