My Way, Her Way, Their Way: The Maxi

It's been a long while since Bestie and I collaborated on a My Way, Her Way feature so I was glad when she gave me an email a few weeks back reminding me to do another one for The Maxi Trend.

Whether it's maxi skirts or maxi dresses, we feel as if we've been seeing a lot of these lately that we wanted to give it our own takes. I still feel a bit skeptical with my outfit, since I was trying to go for mixing patterns and textures. It might be a bit too much for some of you, but sometimes, I think it's nice to break out of one's comfort zone, yes?

Bestie looks so eclectic chic with the beanie, braids, oxfords, fringe bag and maxi piece! I love how she's able to work all of these trends! For this feature, we invited Aisa of Drowning Equilibriums and Louise of Fifth Sparrow. They both look amazing eh?

On the left, I just love how Louise went for a classy black and white combination. She made it a bit casual by tying a knot with the white shirt on top of the maxi dress. While Aisa totally spiced up this trend by wearing a vibrant maxi skirt and a denim jacket which just makes me miss good cool summer nights.

I hope you enjoyed this installment of My Way, Her Way, Their Way. I'm so glad Bestie and I were able to do one again after such a long long time!!! I look forward to doing something again with a new couple of bloggers so feel free to message me or Bestie if you're interested!

My Way, Her Way, Their Way: The Peterpan Collar

Time for another installment of My Way, Her Way, Their Way! This time around, I told Bestie if we can try out the Peterpan Collar trend and she gladly obliged.

outfit: stitches bodysuit, aa full woven skirt, young captive collar, aldo wedges

Ever since I received that detachable collar through the Chic Swap, I have been trying to find ways on how I can wear it with all of my tops, hahahaha! I think the really awesome thing about peterpan collars is that they give any look, that extra adorable vintage feel to it. Look at me trying to fight the wind!

I decided to go all out vintage school girl chic in wearing this trend. I think the peterpan collar goes very well with the a-line skirt and the white socks-oxfords combo. While Bestie looks very modest and classy with the hounds tooth printed dress. I really love that cameo brooch pin in the middle of the collar. What a way to spice the peterpan collar up!

Of course, this won't be My Way, Her Way, Their Way without our invited bloggers. The moment we decided on this trend, I just knew that the Dynamic Duo, Jen & Jasmine, were the perfect people to invite. Jasmine of Transient Withdrawal played it well with her signature print mixing. The bows, stripes, dots and of course the peterpan collar make this whole look just so darling. Jen of Jennifhsieh had this adorable dress on that was just ultra chic and feminine. It was such an easy and effortlessly stylish look.

Overall, I think this collaboration was a success! I really love this trend and you are definitely going to see more of this peterpan collar here with my outfits! If there's any other trends that you would like to see, feel free to shoot me an email. Hope to see you next time again for another experiment on one of today's current trend--My Way, Her Way and Their Way.

My Way, Her Way, Their Way: The Cropped Top

For this installment of ''My Way, Her Way, Their Way'', Bestie suggested we go for the Cropped Top. Since I already own one from Tminx, I jumped in the chance to style it in another way.

outfit: tminx cropped tee, aa lace bodysuit, old navy shorts, sirens boots

Here's the deal with me and the cropped top. I don't have a size 0-2 body, so wearing it with my bare belly showing is just not a good sight. hahahaha! What I resorted to doing is wearing a lace bodysuit underneath so that it's still sexy without showing too much skin.

I thought of pairing the top with some denim cut offs and boots to put a bit more edge to it. Plus, I haven't worn these boots since spring. If I put some stockings on with this look, it's easily a fall outfit to me.

This time around I invited Niki of Tiny Sailor, while Bestie of The Capricious Club had Hope of Simply Hope to join in this feature. Bestie looks amazing with the highwaisted jeans. I especially adore the lace trimmings on her cropped top. (Can you believe that we're doing the same pose, the same hairstyle and yes, we ended up having some lace and denim in both of our outfits without intentionally doing it... CRAZY!).

Niki went for a really feminine summer look which is so her! The neon pink and floral shorts are just so darling together. With Hope's outfit, I love the texture contrasts of the jacket and the cropped top, which can easily transition as a fall ensemble. Look at them both wearing something pink --totally unplanned but oh so right!

Just like the other trends, this was a fun post! I hope you enjoyed this one as much as we did. If you want to know and see more of ''My Way, Her Way, Their Way'', feel free to visit my past posts on it here.

Comment of the Day: Kookie B.

that maxi skirt made you look super long, sybil! why not try a cropped tee with the skirt next time. and yes, i'm salivating over the drinks. the strawberry mojito looks really good and cold. haha.

i was supposed to wear it with a cropped top, but since bestie and i had this in mind for today's featured trend, i decided to just skip it for another post. i didn't want to wear the cropped top 2 posts in a row. hahahaha! aaahhh.. and yes, some strawberry mojito should be so good right now.. :)

My Way, Her Way, Their Way: Print on Print

For those of you who do not know, 'My Way, Her Way' is a monthly collaboration of my take and Bestie's (The Capricious Club) take on current trends roaming around the fashion world. On our first post, we featured the socks and sandals trend which can be seen here. For this and succeeding installments of "My Way, Her Way", we are opening up the floor to feature two additional bloggers each having their own take of the trend. Hence, now we're officially naming it: My Way, Her Way, Their Way.

For this second post, we're featuring the trend on mixing prints. At first, I was feeling a bit sceptical with it since I have never tried it before. I don't own a lot of printed items in my closet, but one of my recent online purchase was this scalloped shorts from Urban Outfitters. I just thought that this post is the perfect time to debut them.

Bestie and I invited Kristy of Monochromachic and Kookie of Death by Platforms to join in the fun! Upon seeing their photos, I was amazed at how well they were able to style the clashing prints. Bestie kept it perfect for the tropical weather back in the Philippines with the yellow watercolor stroke patterns matched with the sheer leopard print. Kristy did a classic ensemble with a romantic twist using black and white prints. Kookie on the other hand really went with bold tribal patterns to keep it edgy and unique.

I, on the other hand, tried my best mixing stripes and hearts. Yeah, my shorts had little hearts in them. They weren't just abstract blotches, hahahaha! As I found this trend a bit challenging to follow, I think one key to pulling it off is leaving the rest of the outfit basic and simple. As you will see, I just chose to pair the ensemble with my white keds.

outfit: jacob top, uo shorts, keds sneakers

Hope you enjoyed reading through this. Watch out for the 3rd installment! If you have any suggestions as to what trends you'd want us to try out next time, feel free to shoot me an email at libys11(at)yahoo(dot)com.

My Way, Her Way: Socks and Sandals

i was contacted by bestie of the capricious club a few weeks ago on having a collaboration of some sorts for our blogs. it all started when she wrote a post regarding her affinity towards the knee high socks and oxford shoes trend. all of a sudden, i had a lightbulb moment and thought that we could have a feature where we can show you our own interpretation of current trends: my way, her way!

for our first installment, we decided to go with the socks+sandals trend. amidst the fact that it has been extremely hot nowadays, i managed to wear this trend without melting outside.

the one thing i really adore about this whole socks+sandals pairing is that it extends the look of your sandals. i have had mine stuck in my shoe rack for about 5 years and adding that hint of colored socks with it totally updated this pair. another good thing is with this trend, pulling off sandals during the colder months becomes doable! that's a big plus for a winnipeg-er like me since the weather here can really be erratic and bipolar.

outfit: gap denim shirt, h&m lace skirt, janylin wedges

here is bestie's take on the trend. doesn't she look spectacular?! what i really love about her way is that she had pink socks that nicely contrasted with the blue straps of her espadrilles. really summer chic, i must say! plus, it doesn't hurt that we both had our hair in buns and that we paired denim with feminine pieces in our outfits!

i hope you liked this new feature. we hope to continue it together with a couple of bloggers every now and then, becoming a "my way, her way, their way" feature! if you have suggestions for any trend you would like us to try out, please free to email me or bestie (emails are located in our blog side bars).