Lookbook: Going casual with pastel

Dressing up is what girls love to do most. And I must say that it is one of my favourite past times. Putting on outfits to wear and coordinating them can be a hassle some times. I usually decide the night before on the colour I want to wear and then throw them together the next day hoping that I had make the right choice.

Picking colours off from my wardrobe can be very challenging. I have a variety of coloured long sleeve tees, shirts and blouses. On top of that I have to match them with a different shade of jeans everytime or pants and even skirts. And if that isn’t tricky enough, imagine having to match them with my tudung.

Light pastel colours can be very outstanding to people with medium to dark skin. So, we need to be very careful when picking them out. I am lucky enough to have most colours suiting me well.

I had planned my outfit the night before for todays outing and what I wore wasn’t the items I had picked.

 

This slight pale orangey top is very difficult to match a tudung with. On top of that, the colour seemed very striking to me. However, matching it with a dark shade of skinny jeans worked very well.

I got my orange top from a Giordano warehouse sale at only S$8 and my skinny Levi’s jeans from US at only US$16.99 (Levi’s is a rip off here in Singapore!). My tudung I managed to dig it up from one of my sister’s collection and finally, I threw in a Nine West sling bag which I bought in US at only US$20, together with Charles & Keith’s slingback flats (S$21.90). Totalling below S$100, I think I managed to pull off a colour which suits the upcoming Spring season.

One more thing, since Spring is arriving and the USD is dropping tremendously fast (it is now 1.40) it is time for us girls to get fashionably good deals from these websites.

Enjoy online shopping girls.

Nur @ ilovelookinggood

Ted Baker Shirts @ VivoCity

Yesterday, we decided to explore VivoCity at HarbourFront, Singapore. I was actually hoping to catch the Christmas Sales and wanted to get a few shirts before the mad rush during the weekend.

To my utter disappointment, there were no sales. I guess they are waiting for next week before they start their Christmas Clearance Sale. (I think they know that people buy Christmas Gifts last minute so its better to entice them later instead of now.)

Well we then just walked around to see the Men’s fashion. Zara had the typical clothes and wasn’t interested in any except for a unique t-shirt (i will post it when i buy it) . Same with Giordano/U2/G2000. Gap was atrocious with it’s ridiculous line of fashion for men though that didn’t stop people from buying it (honestly over-rated thanks largely to it being an American brand & typical Singaporeans going for brand and price rather than quality & design). Topman line concentrated heavily on the typical teenager/young adult fashion blaring it’s alternative British look. River Island too seems to be a copycat of Topman.

However, i chanced upon this quaint nice looking shop known as Ted Baker. It looked just like a typical boutique having the same lines of clothes. What a false assumption that would have been! It was indeed a TREASURE TROVE!

Ted Baker is a boutique GOD-SEND (can’t avoid the connection to Adam Monroe of Heroes Season 2). It’s a gift from the heavens as it’s style is utterly unique and original with a touch of class. Its designs avoided the typical bland stripe shirts which are everywhere now and the quality of the shirts are simply to die for. Touching it alone can make you go like “I wanna wear this for the rest of my life”.

Here are samples

The only disadvantage is that it’s kinda expensive. Around $100 – $150 for a shirt due to it being a London brand. However, i am eagerly awaiting for their Christmas Sale. Hahaha. Happy Shopping PEOPLE!

Fai @ ilovelookinggood

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