The Inside-Out Jacket

Thank you thank you to the very lovely blogger Legyviel for her very sweet award to my blog. It's my very first blog award so this is definitely something extremely special!

So the instructions for this award are:
-Put the logo on your blog or post. -Nominate at least 10 blogs which you think are fabulous. -Be sure to link to your nominees within your post. -Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog. -Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

So, in no particular order, here's my fabulous 10:
1. Inaya
2. Chauss
3. Lucrecia
4. Nina
5. Dominica
6. Dottie & Stephie
7. Nini

8. The Divinitus
9. Vanna
10. The Search for Chic

Each of these bloggers have their own sense of style and take on fashion and are so inspiring. Do check them out and they are on my blog roll as well!

Maison Martin Margiela white jacket, F21 grey sweater, Zucca black wool leggings, Bakersshoes heels.

I debuted my Martin Margiela white suit jacket today. It was an impulse buy from eluxury.com, and I wondered if I was attracted to the jacket itself or the price? After receiving the jacket, I have to happily say that it's the jacket, but the price made the purchase even sweeter!

I'm literally in awe of the construction and the details. The strong shoulder is a definite Margiela trademark, but the quirky touches like the reverse jacket lapel and buttons that button inward are the icing on the cake.
It's finally near enough to Spring to start wearing white, though to be honest, it will be hard for me because I love black so much! This jacket definitely makes easing into a lighter palette effortless and I expect to see a lot of action with it in my outfit posts!

It's a case of the Mondays

Anyone still remember the movie, "Office Space?" ;)
When I first watched the movie, I didn't really get some of the jokes, but then I was a student at that time. Now sadly, I get everything.

Yaya Aflalo vapor leather jacket, Rogan for Target t-shirt, Zucca wool leggings, Marc Jacobs evening sequins bag, H&M heels

I wanted to be really comfortable today so I threw on a lot of my broken-in favorites. My Yaya Aflalo leather jacket which I got because of its Rick Owens vibe. It'll do for now till I can spare the money (post studies!) to get the real deal. My Zucca wool leggings which is incredibly soft and my overwashed Rogan for Target tee which just gets better and better with wear. When I first got it, it was supposed to be a t-shirt dress, but it shrank so much during wash that it became quite indecent to wear it on its own, even though I used cold water and I air-dried it. Still, I love it so much that I wish I had stock up on multiples of it! And I just love how whimsical the MJ bag is..there's a little frog on the clasp and he has pink eyes..how cute is that?

PS. Anyone caught the Oscars last night? Hugh Jackman's such a great singer/dancer...especially love that impromptu duet between him and Anne Hathway.

A touch of colour

Things have been a little crazy for the past two weeks! There's work, and KL and I have been busy spring cleaning in preparation for the Chinese New Year, and the first day falls on the 26th of January this year. So that means visits to Ikea to stock up on storage solutions. We have been such slobs for the past 2 Chinese New Years' that surprisingly we were inspired to get off our lazy butts this year! It's still a work in process though, I still need to get more shelves for my shoes, recycle old magazines, arrange my accessories, tackle a big pile of ironing, sort stuff out to eBay/donate, etc. That and in the midst of this craziness, a dear friend from Texas came to visit. So I am a little tied up now and haven't really been responding to comments as much as I'll like to, but I will be working on that soon!

Here's my most recent outfit post. I'm trying to work some colour in, it's always been a tradition for me to wear red on the first day of Chinese New Year, so this orange is just a "warm-up" for the actual event on Monday. Monday's outfit should be interesting, because I haven't purchased anything red for a while and I am used to wearing an entire new outfit on the first day, according to yes, another tradition!

Topshop jacket, F21 sweater, Zucca leggings, Tripp boots

I love those boots because they are just so wacky and ugly in a glorious way. That, and one colleague called me a KISS (the rock band!) escapee when he saw me wearing these boots. The wool leggings are surprisingly warm and I am intrigued by the bandaged details on the legs, which I hope the photos show clearly.

KL and I will be meeting up with some Singaporean friends who have also relocated to CA, for reunion dinner today. The atmosphere is just not the same compared to Singapore, but it's still nice to meet up with friends to commiserate ;)

To all those who do celebrate this occasson, have a very happy and prosperous Year of the Ox!