Love Chic

“Stretch Your Wardrobe” by Shai. Been doing this sort of thing for magazines and TV shows for five years now haha. Mixing and matching will always be one of our favorite things, and we’re happy to keep getting requests for it on Dear Love Chic. We can never get tired of teaching you guys how to maximize your budget—and closet.

Featured: Human, Kashieca, CPS Chaps, Charles & Keith, Aldo, Jellybean, Susto, Adidas, Asian Vogue and Fidelity.

Ashley Greene on the cover + Christmas shopping tips + holiday heartbreaks + Candy cuties calendar = one rocking issue. Plus…

Our friends are also here! Calel and Crissey, styled by Tricia and photographed by Elisa.

And cutie patootie Vern, whom we met in person at Bloggers United 2.

Shai recently did a photoshoot for Style Diaries as well, so watch for it come early next year. Meanwhile, we hope you get to read her fashion story and let us know what you think!

Shoes on a shoestring budget:

With classes in full swing, your trusty sneakers are back on active duty. No doubt the nicer pairs have moved to the higher rungs of your shoe rack, reserved for weekend parties and special occasions. But who says the only options for school are either comfy-frumpy or tasteful-painful? Your worn and torn generic slip-ons can finally take a breather—we scoured the stores in search of cheap and chic shoes you’d love to walk around campus in.

We produced this story a few months back with Tricia who did the photography and her Candy cutie brother Calel (yehess haha) who helped out with the styling and fed us yummy snacks. Fun shoot as always!

Our favorites out of all the Rootote bags we modeled: Roo Farmers Border and Medium Eiffel. What’s yours? Here’s you chance to win it. 

1. You have to be our follower on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook.
2. Like Rootote on Facebook and follow @RoototePH on Twitter.
3. Copy and tweet this: @SephShai x @RoototePH Giveaway! Win the bag of your choice from the latest collection! http://bit.ly/pockes
4. On your Facebook wall, share the URL of our blog entry (choose from these) containing your favorite bag from the collection. Tag @Rootote Philippines and @Love Chic and make sure to choose the right thumbnail before posting.

See sample below:

On September 30, Rootote Philippines will randomly choose and announce the winner on Facebook and Twitter, who gets his/her favorite bag. Good luck!

It doesn’t really snow here but it’s one of our favorite winter songs, be it Christmas or not.

Medium O-edo and Grande Machi bags from Rootote Philippines. The collection is available online and by next week in Bratpack Greenbelt 5 and Planet Sports Powerplant.  

Which bag do you like best from Rootote’s latest collection? Join our giveaway and you might just win it.

Photography: Tricia Gosingtian. Shot on location at Space Encounters.
Hair: Ike Dy of Bench Fix Trinoma. 
Makeup: Shai Lagarde using The Face Shop.
Special thanks to Joni Ong, Wilmer Lopez and Thor Balanon.

Roo Shopper Grande Poodle and Roo Shopper Green and Red bags from Rootote Philippines. The collection is available online and by next week in Bratpack Greenbelt 5 and Planet Sports Powerplant. 

Which bag do you like best from Rootote’s latest collection? Join our giveaway and you might just win it.

Photography: Tricia Gosingtian. Shot on location at Space Encounters.
Hair: Ike Dy of Bench Fix Trinoma. 
Makeup: Shai Lagarde using The Face Shop.
Special thanks to Joni Ong, Wilmer Lopez and Thor Balanon.

A-Quart Sky and Grande Lav bags from Rootote Philippines. Seph’s shoes, @AdidasPH. Shai’s shoes, Call It Spring. Hype on Lookbook here and here.

The collection is available online and by next week in Bratpack Greenbelt 5 and Planet Sports Powerplant.  

Which bag do you like best from Rootote’s latest collection? Join our giveaway and you might just win it.

Photography: Tricia Gosingtian. Shot on location at Space Encounters.
Hair: Ike Dy of Bench Fix Trinoma.
Makeup: Shai Lagarde using The Face Shop.
Special thanks to Joni Ong, Wilmer Lopez and Thor Balanon.

Eleven Check and Eleven Native geometric print bags from Rootote Philippines. Seph’s shoes, Call It Spring. Shai’s shoes, Asian Vogue. Hype on Lookbook here.

The collection is available online and by next week in Bratpack Greenbelt 5 and Planet Sports Powerplant.  

Which bag do you like best from Rootote’s latest collection? Join our giveaway and you might just win it.

 Photography: Tricia Gosingtian. Shot on location at Space Encounters.
Hair: Ike Dy of Bench Fix Trinoma.
Makeup: Shai Lagarde using The Face Shop.
Special thanks to Joni Ong, Wilmer Lopez and Thor Balanon.

This grainy photo of Kim Hyun Joong (looking at me, I swear!—Shai) is the only one from our iPhones worth sharing. Tricia happily allowed us to grab some from her blog because—we have no excuse—we brought our camera but forgot to put the SD card in. Lesson thoroughly learned: never, ever forget the memory card of your camera the night before a press conference by The Face Shop for the Asian Tour of a Korean star who played Ji Hoo in “Boys Over Flowers.”

Along with some beauty and fashion editors of magazines and fellow bloggers who were present, Shai got to ask KHJ one question: “What daily skin care advice can you give Filipino men?” His reply as translated from Korean: “Because of the kind of weather we have in the Philippines, it is important to always wear sun block when going out, as well as moisturizer at night to prevent the skin from getting damaged.”

This pretty shot is a hint at how frenzied the press con was. The usually nonchalant members of the media were suddenly like giggly high schoolers as soon as KHJ entered the room, and the flashbulbs never stopped until he was completely out of sight.

The Gondo Girls minus Crissey and Feanne: Domz, Val, Marj, Tricia and Shai. We’re usually shy around people in events, so coming and bonding with such wonderful friends makes it a lot less awkward and a whole lot happier.

Laidback tops, statement necklaces, tiered bottoms, and snug boots. Love it whenever Tricia makes a cameo!

Love Chic snapshot grabbed from Val’s blog. Our outfit posts for this day here.

Photography credits: Tricia Gosingtian and Valerie Chua.