NAACP Fashion Show

Summer 2013 woot!! As a recent high school graduate it's time to usher in some new changes and hopefully I get smarter. It's now or never to do all the crazy things that I couldn't do before, until I'm back with my face behind books.

One major change is my new job at Charlotte Russe. For the first time in 3 years I'll be working with mostly Caucasians who aren't criminals, mentally ill, and speak fluent English. Gosh I'm so excited lol. 

The only thing is the hours and pay is meh but I actually have grandeur plan to do newly regrained free time. But those plans are about a month away.  

Anyway last month I went to a fashion show and it was my first red carpet event in sort of speak. I wasn't really red carpet ready as everyone else. That day I had just came from the tattoo parlor so I was dealing with a lot of surprised people. The show wasn't really super grandeur event nor wasnt simple. A nice in between showcasing fresh designers and designs from well known upper end stores like Camille la Vie. Couple that with a very diverse audience that included my former school mates and current secondary students as well older audience and fashion seekers. It was quite an interesting show and each scene was presented far from the traditional fashion show. 

A group shot with all my old band buddies, all of us now graduated its crazy how we've changed over the past few years. 

Me on the red carpet lol 😍

And now a few snippets from the show. Unlike a traditional fashion show. They did scenes and acted out a few popular movies and shows which was quite amazing. They did James Bond, Twilight, and A few others.

Well, that's all for today's post. I hope you guys enjoyed. 

Fashion Post #3

Lately i've felt so adult,

First weave
First eyebrow wax
First credit card
First clubbing event

A lot of firsts and stuff. So I got back on my A game. Getting fashionable ready everyday. Doing some new stuff, touching some old. Everything has yet to fall in place.


Pics are from iphone so sorry for mehh quality.

Top and shorts- Papaya 

Jewelry- Ebay

Top and shorts- Agaci
Jewelry- Forever 21

Top- Papaya
Skirt- Forever 21

Stupid me, was holding down the shirt and took away the peplum shape.
Top is from Papaya
Pants are from Forever 21

Sorry. I was sweating from clubbing lol

Romper- Agaci 

Tights: 99cents store

Best thing about all these outfits? Not one piece costed more than $20 bucks. Well i think the romper was $30 but all these outfits were relatively cheap. 

My current favorite stores are Agaci and Papaya. Forever 21 has fell out of my favor in their lack of ability to provide stylish spring clothes at my kinda price. Papaya has so many cheap cute clothes, it does well for my shape and brings color back in my wardrobe. Agaci is quite pricey but their clothes makes it so worth it. Its cute, chic, and gives more of a oneegyaru vibe. My only problem is their lack of a color palette. It's not the store's fault. The black and white theme is what's popular now. But I do like my florals and different expansions of color. 

Top: Forever 21

Skirt: Non name brand

Shoes: Charlotte Russe 

 Top: forever 21
Bottom: Forever 21


I always post my fashion pics on instagram @moonangelko
#ootd you guys might find me from that

To me, fashion is simply expressing who I am. Sometime I don't want have to express it. Sometime I do. Either way, I have to put money where my mouth is and in the words of Tim Gunn "Make it work"

Ciao Lovelies, See you soon 

Fall 2012 Shopping Inspiration

So right now, I'm working extremly hard and get ready for school. It seems this year, I won't be able to participate in marching band (because there won't be one) so I'll be spending my time working and saving up for Japan (I'm going in March). I won't be posting much yet because (along with many other bloggers) I will be revamping my blog in late August (new layout, new theme, and daily posts)  so just be paitent.

I've been buying a lot of clothes for my planned otds and school. I didn't know if I was going for any certain style yet. I saw a new horizon while I was shopping. I live near the 11th biggest mall in the U.S and I know most of the stores but since I never had money, I was inclined to buy off clearance racks and not getting to buy really nice clothes which are already nicely priced.

Both my super cheap and cute favorite stores had already closed down (579 and Rainbows) so I began browsing some popular stores like Forever 21, Charlotte Russe, Wet Seal, and Papaya.

Instinctly I began buying onee-gyaru style clothes. Its really not my fault, I feel like all the stores have the same color palette of clothes that nothing stands out. So the only style I could really buy and still be gyaru and untypical was otona style.

For the price, selections, and quality, Forever 21 beat out all competition and Papaya came in a close second.

I live near a Forever 21 megastore so it won't be hard for me to buy similar (and even exact) clothes to what Japanese Gals wear. I've been using Jugetta and Liz Lisa shop staff for some inspiration.

Liz Lisa shop staff has also been getting in touch with their otona style. It's so much easier to find look-alikes to their coordinates for Fall 2012 in comparison to their spring 2012 style.

Jugetta still manages to be more otona style, even though I stuff similar to Jugetta without trying, I don't think I'll fully dress so maturely. 

I think I forgot how much skirts characterize all gyaru-kei styles. This will reflect in a major style change because I never used to own many skirts. I always was jeans girl (I mean come on, as a high school student jeans are your best friend)

Tokyo Fashion has been a major help in my quest for insipration. Even though a lot of these styles are from March, they still do me some justice.

From Tokyo Girls Collection! I'm surprised I didn't see these sooner.

  Alot of those pictures featured gals in them and I think a lot of people need to realize- just because the power of makeup made MODELS gorgeous in magazines, doesn't mean it works for everyone.