So Long and Goodnight

Thrifted lace top and dress

WOAH THROWBACK TO MY OLD HAIR! That's because this outfit is nearly 3 months old, and I'm only publishing it now. Because. Stuff. That aside, I made this outfit with My Chemical Romance's Helena in mind, because at the time this outfit was conceived, I had just found out that MCR disbanded. I remember my heart dropping at the news because MCR was one of my favorite bands in high school; I fangirl'd so hard to them and I remember Helena was my most listened to song in my iTunes at one point. Mikey Way was even the one who got me into beanies in the first place.

Helena was the first MCR song I knew of, and ultimately it became my favorite. This outfit was inspired by the song's music video, and I was sort of in 'mourning' so I wanted to keep it mostly black. I actually wore this to a nephew's baptism reception, and usually for baptismal affairs I like to wear something white, BUT I WAS IN MOURNING OKAY ONE OF MY FAVORITE BANDS HAD JUST DISBANDED. I never even got to see them live, much like how I missed out on Panic! At the Disco before they became a two-man gig.

The news was a little upsetting. I vaguely remember listening to Helena again on loop when I found out and wailing in front of my computer...

Oh right, I have a video too. In the intro you can see me looking all dramatic in slow motion with the wind in my hair and angst on my face. Go on, watch my attempt to look ~*~artsy~*~

The shoes and bag in the photo differ from the ones in the video because, as I mentioned in the vlog, my shoes broke in the middle of filming. The chain of my purse broke too, so you can see me holding it ala clutch bag after the intro clips. Funny fails.

From Hong Kong bag

Switching to this bag made me feel like some gothic Mary Poppins though. (And, come to think of it, I don't know how I managed to survive filming and shooting this outfit in March. The heat. The heeaaat.)

Bought from a bazaar studded ring, Forever 21 key ring, Dorothy Perkins necklace

Forever 21 headpiece

From Hong Kong shoes

Seeing as I only took inspiration from Helena (in no way am I saying it's what 'Helena' wears in the MV), the concept might not have even translated in my outfit. Or maybe you need to watch the video to get a better picture. Winkwink.

Ah, looking back at this outfit makes my heart hurt. I'll always love MCR, and the time of my life that involved fangirling over the band is always a pleasant memory. So long and goodnight, My Chemical Romance. Just not goodbye. AHHH THE CHEESE

Our first solo feature!

We interrupt regular programming with some breaking news: WE GOT FEATURED SOMEWHERE!!! Cara of Cara Will Take Over contacted us a few weeks back for an interview of a sort, and the feature covers stuff like our individual styles to inspirations and so on. You should just read the article to find out.

Click the image to be redirected.

Besides getting to know us and our style philosophies more, you also get to see some never-before-seen photos!!! WHAT A BONUS RIGHT? MORE OF OUR FACES! Jk. Cara asked us for some photos and we were at first stuck in a rut, because the two of us actually don't have any updated photos together, so the feature prompted us to get together and shoot! You might see an outfit or two to be familiar if you've seen our faves video, and that's because we filmed the vid and shot these photos on the same day.

This counts as our first ever feature together as Cheapskateers, so this is kindov a big deal. Let's go celebrate with gummy bears! And cotton candy! And some Daft Punk too! What with their new album being a big hit and all.

Thank you again for the opportunity, Cara!

Ina's May Outfit Dump

Hello!!!!!!! Apparently this blog has been neglected, for which I apologize. I've been pretty slack when it comes to editing videos (I have an OOTD vlog that dates back to March, seriously) and all my recent outfits were from my Hong Kong trip (see video below). It doesn't help that I'll be going back to HK soon enough.

Anyway, here's what I call "a month's worth (or almost a month) of outfits in Hong Kong under 5 minutes." It is basically clips of what I wore for the month of May, doing the same poses and broody expressions.



There's a lot of "from HK" and "H&M" in this video though, because I might've been too enthusiastic about wearing some new finds. You have been warned.

I feel so bad for this blog. It feels like it's been set aside like an old ragdoll huhu weep. Then again I've always been horrible at blogging ANYTHING on time. In any case, I hope you enjoy the video AND I HOPE I'LL SEE Y'ALL SOON IN ANOTHER POST!!!!!!!!!! Fingers crossed.

April OOTDs

New April OOTD log is up!! These are just a few casual outfits that I wore to various "hangouts" during the past month. Somehow, I find recording outfit videos much easier than taking photos. Maybe it's 'cause it involves a whole lot less back-and-forth travel between me and my camera. I should invest in one of those remote controls.

Click on the image above to transport yourself to the video's page, or simply click here! ;)

Same Old (Mostly Old)

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOK WHO'S BACK LOLOLOL I'm sorry for being so inactive huhuhu. The blog hasn't been updated in almost a month and I'm not sure why. (Loljk: I'm lazy.) I've had this (and there are about 3 more) outfit tucked away for a long while, but I never got to posting it because there was a corresponding vlog for it. But I guess I'm lazy with video-editing and need to be in the ~*~mood~*~ to get started, or YouTube problems discourage me (lately there hasn't been much of that though... omona did I just jinx myself omo I hope not //edit: I think I did TABLEFLIP) so posting this got pushed back further and further into the depths of my laptop.



But hey! Look! I have another outfit vlog! And this one seems a little better than my previous one, at least in my opinion. It seems... less cluttered, so to say? I'm not a big fan of the lighting though, but I had to make do with my time and space. The next one is a LOT better. (There's just a question of when it'll be posted ahahahaha...)

H&M rings, Greenhills tiangge skull bracelet, Folded & Hung bullet bracelet

Here's a better look at those accessories. Also, I didn't get to document my earring in photograph form, but there is a good clip of it in the video, so go watch go watch go watch!!!

Cotton On top, H&M pants, from Hong Kong clutch bag

To be honest I'm not really sure if this top is from Cotton On and these pants from H&M. Either it's the other way around, they're both from Cotton On, or they're both from H&M. When I shot this outfit, my mom had just recently come home from HK, so these clothes were stuff she brought home. So... this was a little bit of a no-brainer outfit. The pieces were just lying around together and I just wore them pfft.

United Colors of Benetton (Kids) shoes

Sneaks that I borrowed from my mom. Aren't the ruffle details so cute?

Apologies again for leaving the blog so neglected, and for so long too! I'll be going on a trip over the weekend and I'm hoping with the powers that be that the internet there will help me upload better...

Face Your Demons

There's a new outfit video + video blog up on the Youtube channel! This time around, it's on Luisa's recent photography exhibit, "Face Your Demons" For the outfit details and a video blog of the lovely event, just click on the image below!

Outfits of The Week Vlog

I wasn't able to take decent outfit shots of each of the individual outfits that I wore during the past week, but I was able to video them. Instead and thus there is a new outfits-of-the-week video blog up in our brand spankin' new Youtube channel. You can click the image below to check it out!

Or you can click here to check out the weekly outfits video blog as well.