Fashion episode

High-wasted mini skirt, a top that goes well with it, patent hills, dangling earrings, dark French curls – I always want to wear these every day.

I can’t help but fall in love with fashion. I watch shows about fashion every day – The Rachel Zoe Project, America’s Next Top Model, Project Runway, etc. I get inspired by amazing fashion creation I get to see evolve every single day. I know fashion rotates around time, like the ‘70’s styles for example. It’s come back. Still, every time a fashion history comes back, it is always enhanced and gets better.

Designing clothes was one of the first primary steps I took in fashion. I never had it as a business and I’ve never designed for someone, but I’ve always drawn clothes and it really had a big impact in me. That made me realize that I love clothes, I love fashionable things, and I want to take steps further.

The fashion world is influential. It has penetrated to the youth. Even though it’s not a necessity, clothes and shoes at times, have become more sellable than food. I have been thinking that peer pressure also had something to do with it. However, we can be fashionable without giving fashion a bad name. Here are some tips, and I’ve tried them myself:

1.       This is my favourite: Ukay –ukay

It always feels like a shopping spree in the ukay-ukay! Don’t you want the pleasure of purchasing some branded clothes for only 50 pesos, 30 pesos, and so? Patience through heaps of clothes will give you the satisfaction in the end. You should only be really wise in choosing. Don’t buy something that looks overused.

Fact: I bought a Diane Von Furstenberg dress for only 50.00, a Tommy Hilfiger jumper for 10.00, and a Gucci skirt for 50.00 – all authentic, all ukay!

2.       Mix and match

You always hear this cliché. Yes, the trick is to fit the pieces that go well together. You can mix old clothes to new clothes, branded clothes to unbranded clothes to achieve the look that you want.

3.       Invest in timeless pieces

There are clothes that never go out of trend. These may be branded and pricey. These also may be affordable. These clothes will last until almost forever. And so, in a way, it will help you save money, because they last for really long time other than the cheap-quality clothes you buy over and over.

4.       Wear everything with attitude

Remember that regardless of how grand or how cheap the clothes you are wearing, it all depends on the way you wear them/ you will pull it off if you wear them properly and with confidence. It will make the difference.

5.       Wear colors that complement your skin tone

Do this not only with the clothes you’re wearing, but also with you make up. You’re make up should go with what you wear. If you’re wearing something conservative, don’t wear wild make up.

6.       Recycle

Remember what I said about old fashion, coming back revived and enhanced? You can do that to your clothes. All you need to do is bring some of your old clothing to the seamstress for some adjustments and voila! Your old clothes will be good as new.

Being fashionable, isn’t a luxury, or s splurging point all the time. It also brings out the best in you. When you wear fabulous clothes, it gives you confidence. It makes you feel good about yourself. So go on, make your own fashion episode!