My heart for street fashion is leveled up!

Stolen shots of stylish girls from the streets always fascinate me. Street fashion inspires me more than the runway fashion. This is because of my belief that it is in the street where fashion is being interpreted and defined by real people. Of course we cannot deny that many of the street fashions are obviously inspired by the runway; however, not everything that models wear makes it in the streets.

Which fashion do you think influences more? the runway or the streets?

My love of street fashion is strengthened by the gift that I received very recently from my fiancé, a Nikon D5000 camera. My man knew that I need a powerful camera to be able to capture street fashions. The camera is a baby; it levels up my heart for street fashion.

A neophyte for street fashion photography, I ventured out for my first attempt of capturing inspiring photos of fashionistas in the street.

I still have to learn a lot about my Nikon, but it won’t take long. Some lovely fashions from the streets are coming soon. Yippee!

Ditch that dull winter layering!

When it comes to layering, why do we have to settle for less? Typical black, gray, brown or stereotype combinations? Why don't we try and push the envelope much further? Is there anything to be scared of? Why don't we find ways to grace the streets in a more daring, adventurous and creative way? Isn't that art? Isn't that fashion?

Thanks to Refinery29, they've spotted and trimmed down the most daring and wackiest layering in the streets of New York.

I'm loving the third look. It's the fiercest most untypical not to mention the bravest fashion to sport on. That's for me. What about you, girls?

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Try fashion like Italy

When I first saw these photos from an Italy fashion Show, I was totally smitten. And I never got over it.

I'm sure you would understand why. Look carefully at the combinations, the play of colors and of cuts and of that something that I really want to put in words but I couldn't. But let me try.

Perhaps, what really caught me is the notion of creating a street fashion look in a very sleek way. Can you think of any street fashion you'd wear at day time running around the city and at a dinner party straight away?

What about these?

You don't have to entirely copy the look but you can get the idea and start making your own combinations.

Early morning today, after I was hurriedly dressed up for school, I quickly checked my inbox. One of our avid readers here at Creative Fashion sweetly requested if I can do some "My outfit" posts. Yeah, it's quite a time now that we don't have some outfit posts on here, but guess what? sometimes, life can be so choking and exhausting that prepping one's self for some fabulous outfit poses is nearly impossible. Sometimes, the reality of life can be so demanding.

But of course, despite those some harshness in life, we girls should never ever let ourselves defeated. Sometimes, we just have to recover our energy and be rightly fabulous again.

Street Fashion: Not unnoticed

Sometimes I get overwhelmed by all the stylish smart girls I see arond the city. They always impress me. Sometimes, I can't let them go unnoticed. So here are the two street fashion shots that inspired me recently.

Thai Fashion: trendy, creative and affordable. If you could be like Ola

"Bangkok has developed into one of the best and popular shopping locations in Asia, and with good reason. Prices are low and the range and variety is pretty amazing - trendy clothes, silks, gemstones, tailor-made clothes and traditional handicrafts are all highlights of Bangkok shopping." ~ words of Ola who has discovered where and how to shop wise in Bangkok

My fave among these dressess is that of the second photo. I love its pattern and color. And guess what? This dress is amazingly cheap, only 5obaht [$1.52]. Ola got it from Indra Regent Hotel at Pratunam, Bangkok. Although most products at Indra are a little bit higher in price because most shoppers there are tourists, you can still get surprisingly cheap but quality and trendy dresses and other fashion accesories if you are really lucky.

The rest of the dresses are in the range 200-450baht [$6-13.7] and mostly, she got them from Platinum Plaza also at Pratunam. She recommends more this shopping mall because aside from its lower prices and maddening variety of fashion products, if you are one who loves to explore and is patient, you would discover even greater affordable boutiques.

Big bro Mike has a say of his sister's finds. "Just like wool, cotton, silk etc. in the fashion industry, have always been favored all the time, its refined and elegant style of popular fashionable tide of people’s affection. Fashion in the city of angels in the land of smile is roughly akin to the fashion avenue in Asia."

What else can I say?

Street Fashion: My outfit, denim shorts

I have great love on shorts, specifically denim shorts. In this post, I'll show you two different looks that I've made out of the same denim.

Orange tube from AIIZ, navy belt with holes all around, flat brown boots for all season, and a huge orange bag from Haas made up the first look for my denim shorts.

The alternative is much less accesorized but the fancy black and purple top paired with purple high heels sufficed for a lovely date with my honey.

There are so many stories to tell from my absence girls. I can't wait to tell you all the mixed of commedy, frustration, romance and adventure which ended me being engaged. But trust me, they all would make a fabulous fairy tale.

I can't wait to visit you all and see how you've been doing. Have a wonderful Christmas.

Where to shop affordable in Bangkok?

Bangkok is a knock-off heaven if you are into incredibly cheap products. It is even better if you know how to bargain.

When my boyfriend visited me here in Bangkok three months ago, we shopped around the city looking for some fancy but affortable stuff for his gifts and presents back home. He was choosing products/goods for his guy friends while I took charge for the female friends [girls thing].

So we shopped around bargaining here and there. Of course, it was me who did the bargaining because I know a little bit of Thai.

Now let's take a look at what I've got and where we've got them.

goodies set 1

goodies set 2

First I shopped for those 17k gold dangling earrings at MBK. The orignal price was ฿2,100 [$63.3]. After some bargaining, I got the earrings for ฿1,700 [$51.2]. The heart shape jewelry box was not included.

Inside view MBK (Maboonkrong) Center in Bangkok, Thailand.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Then we shopped at Platinum Fashion Mall, Pratunam to get those stone necklaces, chokers and bracelet. This time I was not able to bargain. The price for each choker/necklace ranged from ฿450 to ฿500 [$13.6-$15]. The sales girl reasoned that they're already giving the goods at whole sale price blah, blah, blah. She was thankful I liked the chokers a lot that I went for them.

Platinum Fashion Mall, Pratunam , Bangkok

For those set 2 goodies, we got them from night bazaar. We were walking scanning all the crazy displays [which oftentimes gives me headache] at Sala Daeng when I noticed these sexy tops. The prices were ฿299-฿350 [$9-$10.5]. And again, I bargained.

I was glad to know that the German girls found them cool. They said it's kind'a rock. Sexy tops with skulls design? Oh, well.

The display accessories such as the elephant frame [฿350], the Budha and Hindu god [฿500 each] and the japanese flowers [฿500] were bought from a night market as well and were all in bargain prices.

Suan Lum Night Bazaar - Bangkok Night Market

Chatuchak Weekend Evening market

Photo: blog.tourismthailand.org

And you know what's my overdone bargaining phrase? It's "Rut-dai-mai-kah?" The R is pronounced as L. Thus, "Lut-die-my-kaa?"

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If you could dress up like Candy

We say that we identify ourselves through our friends. Indeed, I identify myself through them. They are few, chosen few who share my interests and who reflect the big part of me.

I love fashion and I am addicted to it. Thus basically, my very close friends share this love too.

And for today's post, I am featuring the style of my good old friend Candy. We were college friends. We used to trade outfits and run sack one's closet. We were of the same size for clothes and shoes. We were an exact reflection of taste. But as we matured, each has developed her own better style and identity.

We have not seen each other for five years now. But thanks to facebook we got connected again.

This photo was taken when we were in our second year college. This was the magic five [I and Candy were both in white]. I am not the shortest, mind you, but in this photo, I was bare footed because I played Titania, the queen of fairies in Shakespear's "Amidst Summer Night's Dream". The others were in high heels.

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When you bare both shoulders and legs, wear a scarf

I believe that in making a statement, baring shoulders and legs should come one at a time. But should you feel like wearing some spaghetti straps and denim shorts at the same time, do wear a scarf. The result is elegant.

photos by glossyart

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Street Fashion: The girl next door

"Women don't dress up for men; they dress up for women, their co-species, their rivals."
~ by someone unremembered

Do you think this line calls for a debate? Do women really dress up not to impress men but to impress the other descendants of Eve?

Aren't we women are the first to notice what's hot and what's not on another female's outfit? Aren't we women are the first to scrutinize someone else's fashion?

If you walk pass a guy on the streets and you're wearing a fabulous dress, you can feel the eyes on you even if you don't look back, right? And then you think, "hmmm, he likes my outfit." You wonder if what he likes most, the boots? the mini-dress? the scarf? the hat? the necklace? the hair?

The thing is, the guy would actually look past the dress. He would look beyond the dress. The dress only suggests to him what's not revealed by it. But a woman would. A woman would see every angle of what you wear.

And just like any other woman, I notice this chic who lives next door. I think that she would make a homemade model. I think too that she has something great for a street fashion post.

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