Is it Really The Same Girl? (Kristen Stewart for W Magazine)

I know this will be all over the blogosphere so forgive me if you've seen this a gazillion times already. lol. I'm not a super fan of Kristen Stewart but I do like her style on the red carpet and how she always seems to prefer comfort over glam. Hence, it was quite surprising to see her all dolled up as a 60s style vixen for this photoshoot from W magazine (Sept 2011). I love it! The retro vibe is just perfect and she looks stunning. Seriously, if it didn't have her name on it, I wouldn't even know it's her.

Can't Beat A Smiley Face

In an attempt to live up to my promise in wearing more color, I decided that I needed canary yellow shorts in my closet. (conclusions like that often happen in a heartbeat) Couldn't find one anywhere so did the next best thing, diy!

Got inspired by similar smiley shorts I saw at Bitching & Junkfood before. I know that the colors seem a little "too summer" (we're in monsoon season in PI) so I paired it with knee socks. It rains in the afternoon anyway so I think the look worked out fine.

These cut-out sleeve tops are everywhere but I didn't really wanna spend money buying one (plus I couldn't find one locally) so I just tweaked my favorite vintage polo. Fell in love with the color when I first saw it. It's a gorgeous, shiny eggplant shade. 

My little 90s grunge tribute. 

I still want to distress the shorts a bit more but I really just wanted to wear it asap. It's time consuming to distress denim. Will get around to that later on, I guess. Hope you're having a great week so far. Cheers!

Don't you just love that smiley face? :)

Eggplant Top - Vintage (diy cut-out)

Smiley shorts - diy 

Floral Tapestry Bag - Vintage - Liz Claiborne

Lace knee socks - Modernosense

Laceup wedge - Thrifted 

How hard is it to tie a bow?

Apparently, it's not that easy for me. I spent ten to fifteen minutes trying to knot a bow on my blouse. Okay, so maybe it wasn't really meant to be tied in a bow. There were two long strips attached to the collar and it was actually meant for a necktie but since I also cannot (for the life of me) tie a decent necktie; thought a bow might be easier. Then my headaches began. lol

 It was so frustrating that I was ready to give up and find another top to wear. But I stuck through it and managed to whip out this half-decent looking ribbon after the umpteenth try. What do you think? Should I just maybe learn how to do a tie?

top - vintage thrifted
shorts - faded glory
bag - thrifted
shoes - custom made from Archive Clothing

ps. sorry for the crappy background, I'm still trying to look for a nice spot to take pictures in. =)