Anyhoo, that said... y'all remember when Nicole Richie rocked this at Marc Jacobs' last year?
I've always believed that Nicole was one of the very few who originally pioneered Style Iconoclasm. Even before today's style IT girls --Alexa Chung, Erin Wasson, Olivia Palermo, to name a few-- she was dishing out the hottest threads and fantastic styling (though I don't really like her much, but we did have Rachel Zoe to credit for that at some point) wayyy ahead of her time. She set the tone for a lot of things fashion, and for that, she'll always be a top pick for me.
I never really intended to "channel" her literally, but unintentionally I stepped out in this look last weekend:
someone had too much time under the sun... hum hum hum...
WEARING
plain white tank-Zara
belt-Primark
pleather skirt-thrifted
gladiator heels-Mario D' Boro
multipocket satchel-David Jones International
looking out the huge window of our DJ's booth... we're on the 20th floor and I'm frikking afraid of heights, but would do anything for a photo op. hehe.
I've long been on the prowl for the perfect pleather skirt since I saw this look on Nicole, as well as Ashley Olsen and various style bloggers. Yes... no actual retail store/boutique would actually have the mind to stock up pleather in their joints, so naturally I only have my favorite thrift haunts to search, and glad I found this perfectly intact piece.:)
I absolutely love the juxtaposition of relaxed and tough elements, and I think this look did it well enough.
Last weekend was such a bust. I felt like the pleather was too much for such an uneventful night. But then again, as my good friend Kristine (of www.stylecebu.com) would always say, best be overdressed.:) Hopefully this weekend will pan out better.
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P.P.S. To those who were wondering, there IS a Mr. Eden in my life. This would be one of the very rare times I would speak of him here in the blog-- he is an absolute autocrat and workaholic who would rather spend the rest of his life poring over the stock exchange and the recession and the latest news updates and current events.. yes, he is THAT type of guy, and he HATE, HATES the fact that I'm more in the know about fashion than I do about his favorite topics. That being said, I love the guy despite being obviously from a different planet. Hahahah. However, I still can't help but feel jealous though of some of you gorgeous gals who are fully supported by your men, even encouraged... Times might change, but I'm sure he wont. But I'll be fine.:)
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XOXO
