Spring white

wanderuptown01wanderuptownwanderuptown02Minkpink lace crop top
Urban Outfitters skirt
Topshop denim jacket
Giuseppe Zanotti lace-up booties, found these quite similar

Lace, daisy patterns, cropped, white, four spring keywords in one, what’s not to like about this top?! Check back on my blog some time later I guarantee you’ll see it again.

Pictures taken by mom back in March (I know I really suck at posting in time…) Speaking of mom, my gift for Mother’s Day was a re-organized wardrobe. Basically I did what I imagined a wardrobe stylist does and put together 20 some spring outfits for her including ideas about how to transit from day to night. She liked it very much and I can tell she wasn’t faking it.

Show me your teeth

wanderuptown01wanderuptown_03wanderuptown02American Apparel sweatshirt, similar here
Zara bag
Boutique 9 sandals

Loving this funny black bear rapper so much that I pretty much wore it all week, with black maxi skirt/pink denim jeans/white flare skirt/destroyed cut-offs etc.This outfit is obviously more on the put-together side. I usually only take pictures of my outfit when it’s more chic than casual simply bcoz casual ones seemed to be less photogenic.

PS: got this sweatshirt from a tiny boutique that offers tons of cute custom American Apparel tops on Venice beach boardwalk last year. They didn’t allow me to take pictures there so now I totally don’t remember the name of the store. They have an online store too, don’t have that either ><. (will update this once I have it!)

Lace, Leather, Denim

wanderuptown01wanderuptown02 Topshop denim jacket
Zara lace top
no name leatherette skirt
Rachel Zoe Stevie ankle band sandals
Coach bag

I’ve been fighting all my life against my fear of camera. Got angry whenever my parents tried to take a picture of me as a kid. In most of my childhood pictures I was either frowning or trying to kill the person holding the camera. In one particular picture, I was pulling my mum’s hair after she successfully took one. Evil kid.

It was not until 2005 when Facebook came out that I officially decided I wanted to conquer the fear. To this day I still feel kinda awkward standing in front of a camera for these outfit photos. So please bear with me if I look stiff (or mean/sad/angry). Will get better to prove I am not a sad person.

Back to the outfit. A little bit of feminine and a little bit of “I-don’t-really-care” combined here. I love mixing different textures. And I love splits (I bet you can tell from my last post and some others). No help for that. I was among those gals who cut their school uniform skirts open (and had them shortened of course!) in high school. Oh, the good old days…

Beautiful trouble

wanderuptown_01wanderuptown_02Club Monaco blazer
Haute Hippie tee, here
Brandy Melville skirt, here

Have a love-hate relationship with this maxi skirt, the material is so stretchy that the slit gets huge and it weighs down when you walk. A lot of times, we are willing to bear the pain for the sake of pretty or cool. I am sure you’ve seen Nicole Richie holding her baby in her arm while wearing a leather jacket with studs all over the collar, that kid understands. Considering the number of times this skirt was stepped on in one single day (10 times by myself and 10-ish by others), I am hoping I could wear it maybe two more times before it is worn out.

BTW, check out my other post here that talks about how to turn unwanted stretchy material into something useful :D

Hug your bag, people

Fashion is too bossy. It is telling us how we should carry our handbags now. (huh?) After seeing bunch of models and celebs like Victoria Beckham demonstrating how to carry large handbags as if they were clutches, I decided to give this under-arm bag carrying trend a shot. It was impractical, but somehow it felt good.wanderuptown_spring01 wanderuptown_spring03wanderuptown_spring04

Burberry trench coat
Balenciaga giant city bag
H&M top
American Apparel circle skirt
Giuseppe Zanotti lace-up booties

Go low or go bold

They say, forget about platforms, they are out. Are they really? Yes and no. Yes, mid heels are back on top, the humble extra inch added to you pumps or sandals is out. And no, platforms are not gone, they are only going bolder. Chanel 2013 SS campaign is solid proof.chanel-spring-summer-2013-karl-lagerfeld-01Chanel_spring_summer_2013_campaign2Chanel Spring Summer 2013 Campaign by Karl LagerfeldChanel Spring Summer 2013 Campaign by Karl Lagerfeld4chanel-spring-summer-2013-karl-lagerfeld-03chanel-spring-summer-2013-ad-campaign-6

Let the shoes shine

wanderuptown_01wanderuptown_02wanderuptown_03BCBGeneration leather baseball cap, here
Vince sweater
Brandy Melville Jada dress, here
Brandy Melville bag
Giuzeppe Zanotti for Balmain ankle boots

First time showing off this pair of guilty pleasure, had to make sure nothing else steals their thunder.