May 2012
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Bloggers United Bazaar 3: How to get there, and...
The Bloggers United bazaar series is fast becoming one of the most anticipated sale events in the metro—so much so that even before the second one has ended, the organizers were already getting requests for the third one! After all, where else can you have your favorite bloggers gather together to sell prized pieces from their own closets or design studios while using their influence to inspire...
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Funky Streaks
June is fast approaching, but we’re not ready for summer to be over just yet! Wearing bright happy colors (mostly on our hair!) for today’s agenda: the Superb by SuperSale Bazaar and Philippine Fashion Week.
Chemistry striped yellow shirt, SM Accessories, Bench jeans, Keds. Hype this on Lookbook here. I have a feeling this Chemistry shirt will become one of the items I go for on...
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Fun and Fearless at 15
Cosmopolitan Philippines celebrated their 15th anniversary Thursday night with a fabulous sexy-formal bash at the NBC Tent. The venue was filled to the rafters with the most gorgeous faces, the hottest bodies, and the most well-respected names in the fashion and local entertainment industry. It was hard not to feel out-of-place—good thing we also bumped into friends and familiar faces! In a nice...
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Manning up
Francis Libiran for Myth men’s button-down, Chemistry dress, Schu brogues. Second outfit for the Myth menswear challenge. Hype this on Lookbook here and vote for our outfits on our joint Chictopia here.
We had a meeting with some wonderful folks yesterday for an upcoming project. They requested that we come in our usual complementary outfits but without being too dressy, so they could...
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Love Chic @ Superb bazaar (+ Nivea giveaway)
We’re so excited to be part of the Superb by SuperSale bazaar this May! This is the flyer we made for our booth. The biggest booth goes to the blogger whose flyer gets the most number of “likes” on SuperSale’s Facebook page, and since we’ll be selling a lot of couple shirts, accessories and pre-loved items, we could definitely use a big booth. We know we can count...
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My ZALORA Wishlist
The cool thing about department-store shopping is you have everything you’re looking for in one place. The cool thing about online shopping is you can browse, add to cart, and check out items with a few mouse clicks. Combine both retail experiences and you’ve got an online department store that houses the brands you love: ZALORA. If the name rings a bell, it’s because...
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Captain Iron Man (Giveaway)
Rex Clothing shirt, Terranova khaki pants, Skechers boots, SM Accessories aviator shades and bracelets, Fidelity “Captain America’s shield” ring and “Iron man” pendant. Hype this on Lookbook here.
Had my hair bleached again. I’ve always liked to try different things and experiment with my hair. I missed being blonde, all the more after seeing Chris Evans...
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Hurt blinds, happiness binds
They say we experience similar things when we’re crying and laughing: eyes filling with tears, shoulders shaking, face muscles scrunched up, irregular breathing. Our body reacts the same way to either hurt or happiness. When your heart is filled with anger and hatred, every waking moment is a pain. You go to sleep harboring all these ill feelings, you wake up in the morning and as soon...
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Love Chic goes to Santacruzan
“Uy, Flores de Mayo in the province! That’s as legit a Sagala as can be!” was the reaction of one of our good friends to whom we had just mentioned that we were invited to participate in the festivities back in our other home, San Fernando Pampanga. We live in a suburban village 45 minutes away from Trinoma, and everything that’s in Manila can also be found here (except...
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Stripeys and cardigans
Today’s outfits: his for pull-outs and gym, hers for a couple of client calls. Photos by Richard Romero and post-processing by Love Chic.
Memo cardigan, Topman shirt, Bench jeans, Sperry topsiders, Chemistry camera pendant, SM Accessories eyeglasses and bag. Hype this on Lookbook here.
Memo dress, Chemistry men’s blazer, Asian Vogue pumps, SM Accessories bangles. Hype...
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Cookies and Cream
Couple shirts from Me&U. “Cookie Monster” watch, pendant and earrings from True Fidelity. These clay accessories were handmade by Seph’s sister Janine, and you can win them by joining her giveaway here. As for the shirts, we’re thinking of making different sizes and styles available in our online shop. Tweet us @sephshai and let us know what you think!
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Love Chic in Francis Libiran for Myth
There couldn’t have been a more perfect timing for our collaboration with Myth, a boutique that houses some of today’s highly regarded names in the local design industry. One of their in-house designers, Francis Libiran, is one of the hottest name in the global fashion scene right now, owing largely to the amazing showcase of his works on the Hello Kitty episode of America’s...
April 2012
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Last of spring
The last of eight layouts we shot for Call It Spring last February (i.e. when the temperature still permitted the wearing of socks, closed shoes and long garments). We went for a nature-inspired palette: blue, white, brown and floral.
CPS Chaps top, flea market chiffon skirt, Aldo socks, Call It Spring wedges, SM Accessories belt. It’s the same style of shoes I wore in this layout...
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Etude Playhouse Fair + Blog Giveaway
Outfits from the Topman/Topshop event paired with Call It Spring boots, what we wore to the Etude Playhouse Fair last Sunday at The Block SM North Edsa. We’re giving away our Etude House goodie bags to two of our followers—read on for how to win :)
Upon registration, participants are given colored markers to express their love for Etude House on this wall.
Top view. They really went...
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Gone to the dark side
…And it’s because of these shades. Ba dum tsss.
Celio top, Bench jeans, Aldo socks, Call It Spring shoes, SM Accessories shades. Hype this on Lookbook here.
Self-mocking aside, we tried to do something edgier for this layout, since all of our other Call It Spring shoots were in our usual fun-fun mode.
These shoes aren’t my usual style, since I’m more of a...
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Shop now at Love Chic!
Finally, exactly one year since we blogged this photo of the “Puzzle” couple necklaces from Me&U Metallurgy (photographed by Tricia Gosingtian), we have decided to consider the requests of Love Chic readers to put up our own online shop and make the items we wear on the blog available for purchase. Aside from the anniversary coincidence, we think it’s kinda awesome that the...
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Shop 'lifts we like: Topman and Yabu
Facelifts, that is. Last Friday, Topman/Topshop SM Mall of Asia invited the press for a preview of its summer collection and recently refashioned store.
Our fellow bloggers Vern, Lissa, Bjorn, Verniece and Ira. We ogled a lot at the items so we weren’t able to take photos of everyone before they left, except for these two cuties.
Bjorn’s turquoise sneakers matched with nudes...
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Sunny disposition
Matchy in mismatched outfits, a tribute to the equally kooky weather we’ve been having. There are just days that have you sweating buckets and taking the heat, and days when you’re all wet and washed up. When you think about it, that’s basically how you could describe life’s not-so-pleasant moments too, eh? Which is why rain or shine, we try our best to keep a sunny...
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Home buddies (Giveaway)
Here’s one giveaway you wouldn’t wanna pass up! An ultra-chic @Mandaue_Foam set of armchair and footrest, plus five Fantasy pillows up for grabs and it’ll only take minutes to join. Read on for details.
This couldn’t have been a more serendipitous circumstance: as you may have read in our previous posts, we recently got ourselves a condo unit which is to be our future...
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Day in the life: Quickie nails
Just of those days when our planners are all filled in save for a couple of breaks. Feeling-paparazzi shot by Janine. Haha.
We decided to make use of our short free time to go to Nail It! salon in Katipunan to get our paws pampered. We’ve been hearing about how fast and pleasant the service is at Nail It! for a while now and we thought we’d check it out for ourselves.
The...
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Stranger Danger
From our first shoot together up to today, we’ve come to realize that the less we care how our photos will look, the more we like how they turn out—whether or not the amount of “likes” or comments on the post says the same thing. Most of the time, we don’t really plan what to wear or how to accessorize or what contrived and complicated poses to do. Even the title and the...
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Beach in the city
Landlocked lovers making do with the nearest body of water around. Shot at the pool area of the condo we bought together.
CPS Chaps floral-print maxi dress, Call It Spring wedges and headband, SM Accessories bangle. Hype this on Lookbook here.
This pair of Call It Spring wedges look amazing, notwithstanding my un-pedicured footsies. The color is right between my two favorite shades of red,...
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Date night day
Tonight’s date outfits. The chic yellow cardigan on Seph and the beige button-down on Shai are from Memo. The clothing brand is more popularly known for their crisp corporate attires and smart casual finds, but with a little bit of tweaking, the items in Memo are actually stylish enough to be worn with other pieces to create whatever look you fancy. Check out their summer collection on...
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Inspiration: cloudy skies
Clouds are one of the most beautiful everyday things we see yet seldom take a look at. With our busy schedules, we’re always looking at the road ahead of us: things we have to do, places we have to go, people we have to interact with. But if we’d look up every so often, we’d find these cottony, feathery wisps of white so hard to ignore.
We saw these while driving to work...
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Tangerine and gray
Tangerine pumps and gray sneakers from Call It Spring. This is one of the photos we shot for a collaboration to launch their Spring/Summer collection, published in the Philippine Star last month. This is also on Style Bible’s “Here Is The Love” feature.
F&X sweater, Bench jeans, Kissaholic bag, SM Accessories glasses, Timex watch. Hype this on Lookbook here.
Seph:...
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Converse Asia Crown
Hype this outfit on Lookbook here. We were recently invited by Converse Philippines to do a collaboration along with fellow bloggers David Guison, Lissa Kahayon, Lexi Gancayco, Cheyser Pedregosa, Paul Jatayna, Paul Chuapoco and Aisa Ipac who pitched Love Chic. I had to go solo as Shai was in the US at the time.
Photos by Richard Romero. The bloggers simply had to take photos of ourselves...
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Disneyland and Universal Studios, Hollywood
The requisite photo diary of any California tourist. I’m not a big fan of Disney and actually had no plans of going to Disneyland, but my dad insisted. I’m glad he did ‘cause it turned out to be fun—before I realized how much of the Disney culture I didn’t agree with, I got to watch all of the movies and am familiar with all the songs and the characters, so there was much...
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Viva Las Vegas
The iconic “Welcome” sign that’s on a bazillion fridge magnets and shirts and coffee mugs. Every year, millions of people flock to the sin city for a taste of its rich and decadent culture, to indulge whatever pleasures they fancy, or just watch others do so. I belong to the third group, being the type whose idea of a night out is driving to the nearest Starbucks for a...
March 2012
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Sacramento, CA: Spring cherry blossoms
It was my first time to see these trees in person! Cherry blossoms are called sakura in Japanese and I didn’t expect to see them in Sacramento (which prompted me to make a Sakura-mento joke that I shall spare you from). I thought I’d dress up in their honor.
Hype this look (and be my fan, hehe) on Lookbook here.
My cousins were saying our trip to Sacramento was perfect...
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San Francisco, CA: Suspended animation
The day we spent at the bay area of San Francisco was a blur. I’ve always longed to see one of the most picturesque cities I’ve ever explored through books, and there it was, every scene (as well as the chilly weather) leaving me breathless.
What I wore. Again, I raided my aunt’s barely-used wardrobe that morning for something to wear, as most of the clothes I brought...
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Long Beach, CA: Fun's a shore thing
Indeed and how. After a week in San Diego, we drove to Long Beach to stay with our relatives on my dad’s side. With all the touring and family bonding, it’s taken me a week to properly go through hundreds of photos and sort them out per city, let alone choose just enough photos to share on the blog without turning it into a highschool-project diary or a jetsetter-wannabe journal...
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Sandy ego, California
They couldn’t have thought of a cuter nickname for this beautiful Southern California city. San Diego’s cool climate, sandy shores and friendly folks have definitely made their way to my “favorite cities” list.
My first impression upon landing was that it looked like those miniature model cities I used to have as a kid. I couldn’t wait to see the rest of it!
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Hello Kitty love in Taiwan
My Hello Kitty nails would’ve been perfect for our layover in Taiwan en route to Los Angeles. Took these iPhone photos at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.
This life-size dollhouse is actually a nursery room for moms with babies and toddlers to stay while waiting for their flight.
What I wouldn’t give to have this as my bedroom!
Walking around the airport, I saw...
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March 2012 magazine features
Seph here! While Shai is in the US this month and I’m getting back on track with work, we’ll be trying to keep blogging separately. She from California, me from Manila. First off, I wanted to post these scans I made of magazine issues featuring her and her write-ups.
Candy Magazine “Style Crush” for March. Main photo: From Bangkok dress, Topshop hat and tights,...
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Just hangin' out
…On a graffiti-filled rooftop of an abandoned building. Pity we couldn’t show you just how high up we were—the lower floor is filled with trash and weeds and other unsightly things not suitable for anyone’s sensibilities. When we say abandoned building, we mean abandoned, even by any hope of salvation. We mainly just braved that rooftop and sat on the edge for our own sense...
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Issue of color: colonial mentality in black &...
We had no plans of weighing in on the recent controversy involving FHM Philippines’ March issue, but while uploading these photos for just another fashion post, we were reminded of it by word association. Colored background, black and white… It might’ve been in the back of our heads all this time, as an issue that’s close to home for us both. So what the heck, let’s...
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Spring/summer blues
How is everyone? It’s been a while since we’ve heard from anyone outside of family and a few close friends, owing to a string of events both pleasant and otherwise that have temporarily kept us away from the chaotic monotony of our respective freelancer lives. Thankfully, we’ve slowly been getting back on track and getting some much-wanted downtime to post things here and...
February 2012
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Torch up the night this Valentines
Sparks flew—literally, when we had our Valentines dinner at Torch Restaurant in Greenhills. The dinner comprised of a sumptuous four-course meal for two, exclusively offered just for February 14th. The owner, Mike Chua, invited us for a taste.
This cozy setting for two was waiting for us when we arrived, after which we were asked to choose our dishes.
The menu definitely made us smile—it...
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Broken hearts in abandoned places
An “anti-Valentines” Valentines post, by request of a reader who just came from a relationship and wanted to see if we could come up with a couple post with our “usual style” but more gritty than lovey-dovey… are we doing it right? Haha.
On Seph: Folded & Hung shirt, Skechers military boots, SM Accessories eyeglasses and wristband, Built to Wear necklace....
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HK Fashion Week Day 2
We were advised to dress comfortably on the second day of HKFW, and this is how we wore our matching Keds.
On Seph: Forever21 coat, R.A.F. shirt, Bench jeans, GAP scarf, Timex watch, SM Accessories glasses, grey Keds. Hype on Lookbook here.
On Shai: Human cardigan, thrifted starry top, Abi Ong Project skirt, Topshop stockings, gray Keds, SM Accessories necklace. Hype on...
January 2012
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Issues We Love
@Sparklingmag @Megmagazine @Previewmag and @Chalkmagazine this month! From wardrobe wisdom to fab features, they’ve definitely got you covered (‘scuse the pun).
Sparkling’s Winter 2012 issue is chock-full of K-pop goodies for both guys and girls, along with this neat Street Beat (try saying that five times!) feature on us and some of our favorite bloggers.
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HK Fashion Week: Ika Butoni and Whosthat by Meiyi...
This fashion show featured the collections of two Hong Kong-based designers: Indonesian-born Ika Butoni and Meiyi Chung. Here are just a few of our favorite looks from that night.
Ika’s designs present a combination of influences: from the rich colors and patterns inspired by Indonesia’s culture to the structured, minimalist sensibilities inspired by the...
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HK Fashion Week: International Fashion On Parade...
Hong Kong Fashion Week showcased all the best the region has to offer and more. Literally thousands of fashion merchandise and designer pieces from all over the world were on display in a combination of runway shows, fashion on parades and trade exhibits. Our itineraries were filled in with events scheduled at the same time, and we were left to choose which shows to see. We thought the Chenghai...
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Hello, Hong Kong!
A week ago, we were blessed with the most amazing opportunity: to do coverage of Hong Kong Fashion Week for Love Chic! We actually received the invites to be official Overseas Journalists (OJs) of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council as early as Christmas time, but we didn’t want to believe it until we actually had the plane tickets on hand. In effect, we were still completely surprised...
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GPOYing from the gym
After last night’s cardios @GoldsGymPH. Here’s to a healthier, stronger year ahead! Kung Hei Fat Choi :)
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Giveaway: Win your favorite outfit
As promised, two readers will win their favorite look from our “12x12” feature! Here’s how.
This giveaway is open to all Love Chic readers in the Philippines who are following us on Twitter and Facebook. Follow Bench on Twitter and Facebook too since they’re one of the brands who will sponsor the winners. We’ll be double-checking on these! :)
If you’re a...
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Do it yourself: Life lessons from ombré hair
Guess who just dyed their own hair ombré?
The term is a French word which means “gradiation” or “shade.” Instead of one color throughout, you’ve got a darker shade on top that gradually goes lighter down the tips, usually ending in blonde.
We didn’t find any salons that offered this, so we thought we’d do it ourselves.
We’re glad we did;...
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How-to (Guys): 12 x 12
Part two of our Inquirer 2bU feature, out today. Click here to see part one for girls! We laid out twelve different outfits using the same basic pieces, the styles of which you can easily find in your favorite stores or in your own closet.
1 Knitted long-sleeved shirt, Bench 2 Graphic printed tee, CPS Chaps 3 Tribal print scarf, Aldo 4 Plaid button-down polo, F&X 5 Faux leather and...
December 2011
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How-to (girls): 12 x 12
The story we produced for Inquirer 2bU. We always say that with the right mix-and-match skills, you need not spend a lot to look stylish, even with a limited wardrobe. Today we show you exactly what we mean. We laid out twelve different outfits using the same basic pieces, the styles of which you can easily find in your favorite stores or in your own closet.
1 Shirt with cowl collar, Herbench 2...