"Find your tribe. Love them hard" is what that popular Instagram/Tumblr post says. I've had various groups of people I called my "tribe" from the past few years, but they are, of course, thousands of miles away from me, all the way across the Pacific. I started my own blogger family back in the day, and while I still really do love them...

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Ugh, I missed the schedule of my own Detroit X NYFW post! I mean, when you're close to 30, and a cold kicks you, it kicks you HARD. Needless to say, this is one heck of a catch-up post! Brief recap: I collaborated with my blogger friends Lil Miss JB, Mafia Mel , and Beauty and the Muse for a Detroit x NYFW - themed...

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So... I turned 29 last Sunday. Sincerest apologies for a week-long hiatus and for skipping out on the festive fare here on the blog (big birthday announcement! giveaways! maybe next year when I actually hit 3 decades?) - a terrible cold kicked in exactly the morning after my very low-key birthday dinner, and there I was, spending a week feeling like my body...

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The official shirt design for FashionSpeak 2015. Pretty awesome, right? This October 15, all roads lead to One Woodward in Detroit for the 3rd annual (and hotly anticipated) Fashionspeak, presented by the Detroit Garment Group - and to top it off, this blogger is part of a select group covering it live!Read the inside scoop of this amazing fashion conference right after the...

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Before I continue with this post, I would like to wish this certified fashion killa and all around awesome gal a very, very happy birthday! Jordan is someone making huge strides in the Detroit fashion scene - I love her sense of style, her can-do attitude and the fact that she's just one of the most stylish engineers I've ever met! Get to...

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A remarkably feminine yet funky style? Check. A killer attitude and a brilliant smile to boot? Check and check! For the next edition of our Detroit x NYFW Blogger Feature, I am more than happy to introduce to you Melissa Hill, or Mafia Mel, as she prefers to be known in these circles. Mel is definitely something. She is probably one of the...

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#NYFW is absolutely in full swing, and we're already getting our fill of the upcoming summer trends for next year. I definitely love what I've been seeing from the shows, and a lot of my favorites didn't disappoint. I should try to showcase some of my favorites here! As mentioned a couple of posts ago, I had the opportunity to celebrate NYFW right...

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Glad to be wrapping up this week on a higher note than usual. Just found out that "Going Home" the little indie me, the husband, and some trusted collaborators made last year (right before we left for the States) made it to the 3rd annual Young Michigan Filmmakers Festival, got selected as a finalist (among more than 70 submissions from the state of...

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If you ask any fashion girl what THE dream is, I think everyone would be unanimous about New York Fashion Week. You know what I mean by the dream - the ultimate highlight to anyone's career; the ultimate sight to see, the ultimate #fashiongoal. It happens like clockwork every year as all eyes are glued to New York City and how it basically...

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As some of you guys may know, I've been grinding pretty hard every day juggling three things: being a full-time mom to Dallas, maintaining this blog (and trying to do new things with it if possible!), and trying to jumpstart and boost Reel Clever Films, the small video production business I started with my husband . It is still in the earliest stages and a lot...

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Hello, lovers and hello, September! Hope yours kicked off with a great start- I'm pretty pumped myself as it is my birthday month! September also rings in fall as we all know- thank goodness temperatures haven't dipped like crazy yet, but it's never too early to start preparing the layers, right? This year, I don't really want to deviate too much from my...

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Do you think it is ever too early to think about the holidays? Back in the Philippines, malls start selling Christmas decor and radio stations start playing Christmas songs as early as the first week of September. I kid you not! Our country does love the holiday season a big deal, haha. Now, I  don't  usually go all out with "holiday dressing" like...

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I always feel somewhat underdressed whenever I attend events with my blogger  gals Lil Miss JB Style and Leah of Beauty and The Muse. Talk about #stylegamestrong ! It's definitely been fun checking out the scene with these two every now and then -- it's definitely coaxed me out of my shell and got me to start dressing up a little bit again. Sometime ago,...

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