Street art is a common sight in Wellington if you open your eyes to spot them, some are quite clever with a hidden message, others look really cute or funky.

Hidden in this quiet lane, just off a path to the side of a public carpark, lies walls and walls of Graffiti and it was here that I did my very first #OOTD series in Wellington, New Zealand.

Jersey Halter Knit Top - Wardrobemess

HEATTECH Crew Neck Long Sleeve T-Shirt - Uniqlo

Ceci Pleated Front Trousers - Zalora
HEATTECH Leggings - Uniqlo

Fall Over Border Coat - Zalora
Red Possum Wool Scarf - Hand-knitted by BF's Mum
Black Sling Bag - Bought by my mum from Hong Kong

Wendy Oxford shoes - Schulicious

Now, what most of you may not be able to tell was that I was pretty high up for these few shots of me with the yellow street art behind me and all that I have to stand on what this metal structure. Why did I climb so high up? I guess I was influenced by the rebellious vibes of the place and I wanted to show off my oxford shoes from Schulicious! It's been awhile since I last owned an oxford, and this one is just classic~

On a whole, on my first day back in Wellington, it's still as windy and cold as I remembered it to be but it was made warmer with my dearest who brought me around and showed me the quirky side of this "supposedly" quiet and dull town.

Like the famous Bucket Fountain that was created in such a way that the buckets regularly tip the water out onto the pavement, rather than into the buckets below and the pipes that fill the top buckets were deliberately made short so that on windy days a lot of water gets blown away before reaching the buckets.

Just to clarify, I did not get wet but I was very skeptical when Jonny asked me to stand nearer...

Oh! And I want to rave about the coat of this OOTD, because I got it at a good bargain with the use of a discount code for Zalora purchase! It was really hesitant to get a coat from Zalora because most of the apparels are catered to Singapore's climate and I was quite doubtful of this coat's ability to keep me warm. But the description stated that it would and it came with a hoodie, so I took the gamble. 

In short,

best shopping gamble ever!

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The style of bohemian has always been associated with words like "Free-spirited", "Flowy & Layered" or even "Earthy". Just imagine flower crown, long beach dresses and braided wavy hair.

Bohemian Luxe is something more polished and classy without loosing the free spirited vibes. So how does one go around acing this style?

Well, I did my work and here's my selection for a casual day out:

Luxe Lace Shift Dress - Zalora

Lace Longline Kimono - River Island

Coin Layered Necklace - Tagg

Stack Bracelet Bands - Something Borrowed

Metal Belt - Parfois

Round Folding Flash Lenses Sunglasses - Ray-Ban

Chavez Gusset Boots - RUBI

Start With Something Classy And Elegant

Imagine this piece as the base or structure of the whole look, this will be the difference between the Bohemian Luxe or Bohemian Chic look.

So with that being said, I've selected a Lace shift dress as my base because lace is back in trend and lace always make everything look elegant.

Accessorize With Class

When you think of Bohemian, you will most likely think of layered bracelets and necklaces.
However, the aim here is to do that while looking classy so rather than pilling up accessories like no tomorrow~ Choose a layered necklace and stacked bracelets that will match your outfit, either by colour scheme or texture.

Something Flowy

Of course, you can't complete the bohemian look without something flowy!
So I paired the dress with a long lacy kimono, and a plain belt to cinch in the waist.
I chose my selection to keep it constant with the whole lace theme, but you can go with which ever outerwear you like as along as it completes or accentuates the look.

End Off With A Pair Of Boots

To finish off the whole look, I choose a tanned pair of ankle boots to lighten up the whole outfit because my base piece is of a dark colour scheme.

And I throw in a sunnies into the mix because it's something I bring around to shade my eyes from the sun and something that I tend to use to hold my hair back (kind of like a hairband).

Do you like this look?
Let me know what you think!

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Hey hey!

I've been learning how to use Google Analytics to understand more about you (my readers), and it seems that most of you are ladies of the working demographic~ 

So I decided to take a break from talking about beauty to talk about fashion and since I've traded my outdoor job to an indoor office job, I thought that it will be interesting to share with you some of my OOTD concepts for the corporate world.

To make things easy for you, if you like any of these pieces, I've selected all of them from Zalora.sg and to add in a perk for you~ Head to Zalora discount codes for a list of promotions that are ongoing!

And to start things off, let's start with the classic~ Monochrome.

Monochrome OOTD

Net Panel Pencil Skirt - Something Borrowed

Flowy Shirt - Mango

Basic High Heel Sandals With Ankle Strap - Zalora Basics

Pointed Heels With Ankle Strap - Something Borrowed

Pointed Ballerinas With Ankle Straps - Zalora

Double Zippered Classic Tote - Zalora

The concept of wearing Monochrome is basically to stick to the classic colours of black, white and even grey. To keep things look professional, I decided to pair an unconventional skirt (for office) with a simple flowy button-up white blouse, and a black handbag.

For shoes, I decided to offer a range of height for your own selection. As usual, the heels would be the normal selection for the corporate world but let's face it... it's tiring for the calves and painful for the feet, so choose something that you can be comfortable in.

Floral OOTD

Butchart Gardens Flare Skirt - Ziztar

Neppy Sleeveless Top - River Island

Saffiano Small Trapeze Tote - Zalora

Mix Material High Heel Sandals - Zalora

Basic Thick Heel Pumps - Sidewalk

Fern Point Flats - RUBI

I love everything floral, hence the reason why I'm happy with my job at the moment.

Here's my selection of items to ace the floral game, the key here is to form the look around one statement piece. In this case, it's the skirt, and work with the other pieces to put an outfit together!

One-Colour-Scheme OOTD

Contrast Collar Bodycon Dress - Girlondon

Pattern Blazer - Bread N Butter

Helena Mini Tote Bag - Nine West

Weaved Peep Toe Platform Heels - Sidewalk

DOREY D'orsay Pumps - Nine West

Dancer Ballerinas - RUBI

Lastly, this OOTD is all about combing items of the similar colour/shade to create the look. To avoid looking one dimensional, I added in items with different texture and pattern, and varied the shades of the selected colour.

And there you have it~

These are the concepts that I roughly base my outfits for work each day with the use of the Deja Fashion App.

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When it comes to fashion, I always believe in quality over quantity. If I chanced upon a quality product that is well-valued, it's the best sort of purchase I can make.

And what better place to source for such buys than to go online, where there are no queues, no crowds and surfing online means I can do it anywhere and everywhere

(even on my bed before I sleep)!

So I was tasked to create an #OOTD look with a budget and with items purchased from Lazada.sg!

Outfit Inspiration

If you know me well, my fashion style varies from formal feminine to carefree boho. Unfortunately, I had to work within a budget of $80 and there was a very limited range of products available for my size when I was making my selection, nevertheless~ I managed to pull a look together and here's my selection:

OOTD's Items from LAZADA:

Irregular Pleated Cami Chiffon Dress in Black - OASAP 

Classic Sling Bag in Black - Givenchy 

Strappy Wedges in Black - LZD 

Over The Midi Tip Finger Above The Knuckle Open Ring 3 piece Set in Silver - Sanwood

Chain Harness Necklace in Silver - Fancyqube

Asymmetric Hand Harness Hamsa Fatima Bracelet Finger Ring Chain in Silver - Fancyqube

Round Nipple Pasties - OEM

While I was a little disappointed with the product selection, I was very very impressed with the speed of Lazada's delivery. In my invoice, the delivery period of some of my products were supposed to come only by the 3rd week of June but everything was delivered to me before June even arrived with the first item hitting my door the day after I made my purchase!

Overall, in terms of the products purchased~ I love the quality of the dress, I think that was my best purchase made! Psst~ This dress is still in stock! I was most disappointed with LZD Strappy Wedges, because they weren't stable on their own. I learnt about shoe-making, so I am very anal about the quality of my shoes. The base of wedge wasn't done well, resulting it to be very wobbly and hence, it has very poor support and I wouldn't recommend wearing it for long. So, perhaps this could be something to look into and improve?

That being said, I am very happy with my purchase and how the items looked in my OOTD!
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Photos taken by @Jonethanlee

Donned in theWYLDshop's fashion, G and I headed out of Clifford Centre in search for a new spot to do a quick OOTD "photoshoot". We were trying to incorporate "Clifford Centre" into the photos. I will be honest, it was awkward standing on the steps with the guy on the right and people walking by so I suggested taking the photos while I'm on the escalator. But it was going to be a challenge... Why?

Well, the escalator that I am on... it was going down rather than up. So what I had to do was to turn around and face up while G was going up the escalator on the other side, trying to get a good shot. It required precise timing and a few rounds up and down the escalators to get these photos.

I like doing things as organic as this rather than just posing at a spot. I think the dynamics of the actions required help to take my mind off how to position my limbs and how to exude a certain type of expression for the take.

I can tell you this fact, I was trying very hard not to laugh throughout the "shoot" at G’s reaction when she was trying to capture the photos in that short time span that we have on the escalator and secondly, from a guy who got confused. 

Here’s what happened: 

I am assuming that he uses these escalator frequently to know which one was for going down/up. So he walked to the escalator that was going down, but he was shocked thinking that he was about to get on an escalator going up (we all have moments like that) because I was facing up. We punked him! His reaction and expression were classic~ G was clueless to this but oh boy~ I was trying sooooo hard not to laugh and I could tell that he was a little embarrassed by the situation.

That being said,

we got a pretty good shot to show off the sophistication of this black lacy Manhanttan Dress! 

Paint It Red's Manhattan Dress - theWYLDshop

Le Specs' The Villain - theWYLDshop

Photo taken by G with an iPhone.
theWYLDshop can now be found at Clifford Centre #01-12B