Music and Lyrics: Girl in Blue

There are several songs with titles that can be associated with the words "girl" / "lady" and "blue" and my list had just started:

(1)

Girl in Blue

sung by Reverend Horton Heat

I have just heard how this song goes (here), hmm, not my type of music but the lyrics did sort of captured my attention.  

(2)

Lady in Blue

sung by Tori Amos

Haven't heard yet of this song.

(3)

Girl Blue

sung by Stevie Wonder

Seems like a sad song.

(4)

Beautiful Lady in Blue

sung by Jan Garber

I'm quite learning to appreciate the lyrics of this song.

Here's the lyrics of song no. 4

Ev'ryone loves a love story told of a maid and a man

But listen to my love story, it ended before it began.

Refrain

A beautiful lady in blue, we met just like two shadows do,

Not one word was said, she kiss'd me and fled and our little romance was thro'.

A beautiful lady in blue, she thought i was someone she knew,

Her lips so divine were not meant for mine, the night seem'd to laugh at us too.

How did i know she was lovely? There wan't a moonbeam a-glow.

How would i know there's a haven unless my heart told me so?

A beautiful lady in blue, and strange as it may sound to you,

A lifetime was spent in one little moment with a beautiful lady in blue. 

(5)

Lady in Blue

sung by Joe Dolan

A song of love and of chance/s in love.

about the outfit:

silk pale blue print cinched top - Chic Vintage / cobalt skirt - SM / white patent leather pump-wedge - Shanghai, China / hat - cyEcle for Chic Vintage / sunglasses - Forever XXI

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Primary Colors

When I was a kid, I knew I am in love with colors.  I have several sets of art materials from crayons to oil pastels to colored pencils and colored pens, name them, I used to own them all.  I have a number of coloring books and some sketch pads.  My mom did supported me with my hobby and somehow help hone my talent and propensities for the arts.  

Playing with colors is at the same time learning about them.

And it always begin with the basics, the Primary Colors.

 Fashion Lesson: 

PRIMARY COLORS

RED, YELLOW, BLUE

Primary colors are sets of colors that can be combined to make a useful range of colors. For human applications, three primary colors are usually used, since human color vision is trichromatic.

The combination of any two primary colors creates a secondary color.

Red, yellow, and blue are primary colors. They are the three pigment colors that cannot be made by mixing any other colors. These three colors are mixed to create all other colors and can be combined with white or black to create tints (lighter tones) and shades (darker hues) of these colors.

In fashion, you can always wear the three colors together in one look  This is indeed a rudiment for color blocking.

about the outfit:

red knit dress - sigh's closet / blue vintage longsleeves worn as blazer - Chic Vintage / yellow belt - Y.R.Y.S. / red suede pumps - SM Parisian / sunglasses - Forever XXI / hat - cyEcle for Chic Vintage


Some fashion editorials on Primary Colors

more here

I Dress Up, and Why? - Part 1

Dressing up... It's been innate. 

 I could remember when I was in my younger days about 8-10 yrs old, I chose the clothes for myself and the shoes as well.  I was drawn to prints and darker hues.  Instead of plains, I preferred bedazzling prints; and instead of baby pinks, I opted for fuchsia.   My choices were quite unbefitting for my age.  And talking 'bout shoes, my first best shoe, as far as my memory can serve me, was from SM ( the old  and the first Shoemart in Cebu at LUYM Bldg. in Colon).  It was a black suede ballerina flats with gold details.  I so loved it.  And as a grew older, I have become more fashion-inclined.  The yearning, the desire to dress-up is unceasingly burning...hence, the birth of I Dress Up.

I Dress Up, it's not just about me, dressing up.  This is something that I have always wanted to do.  And I will certainly take all the risks to make this realize.  

I Dress Up is the line of clothing that I am unveiling soon to the public, the fashionistas in particular.  

I Dress Up is the style hub for the fashion savvy and will offer a melange of not-your-everyday clothes.

The dress-top below is one of my rudimentary creations, though what I just did is a revamping and updating  to make it look more "now".

I bought this dress from a snub thrift shop.  It's a dress, that was way too big for me.  I had the sleeves shortened and cut the edges to look assymetrical.  Though it ended up to be quite squarish, but!, still in style.  This dress-top will be up for grabs in my shop.

Revamping clothes has been a hobby to me.  It gives me a sense of fulfillment every time my seamstress is able to have finally sewn all sorts of cuts and trims that I do to a certain apparel.  I do add some glitz on the clothes too.

Revamping is actually second to my other hobby -"fashion shopping".  I say "fashion shopping" because I am most of the time, hopping from one boutique (or ladies section of department stores) to another, scanning on racks and taking note of what's trending in the fashion world.  And I do shop fashion items most often too.  

The love for anything wearable, the aversion to monotony and the unparalleled fetish of accumulation resulted to a surplus of redundant possessions. But priorities have revolved, and I have also evolved from once an impulsive shopper to a more fashionably-meticulous and price/quality-conscious buyer.

I still go on shopping spree, but this time I function as a fashion merchandiser for I Dress Up. And shopping for I Dress Up is never stressful, it's always a delightful and gratifying enterprise.

Modeling for I Dress Up

Wearing the vest, the reverse way is unconventional and may leave some slight discomfort.  But saying this the second time here in my blog, fashion is anything but uncomfortable and unconventional, would you agree?  Being head-to-toe color coordinated may appear gruesome to other individuals, but it's a part of my fashion advocacy.  I do not really go head-to-toe all the time. I just love experimenting though.

 wearing: black oversized mesh vest - Knits and Stripes / black and white dress-top - I Dress Up / black twill shorts - favorite,random / black belt - SM / wedge - G. Fiesta / hat - My Hats For Rent / necklace with D pendant - Bangkok, Thailand find

See what's in the mind of this one Filipino designer during the recently concluded PFW:

Aren't these reflections of my own design?

pics via My Beautiful World

I'll keep you posted for any updates from I Dress Up.

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My Hats are FOR RENT

I begun fancying hats after that night we had dinner at Canvas. My new fetish is with hats.  I do own a few, eleven, as of to date.  

Fashion Lesson:

HAT

Here's a peek of some of my hats. 

I am to share to you my hats by opening up a HATS FOR RENT business for your styling needs.

Comment on or email me @ 27chic@gmail.com for your "hat needs".

For more visit my other site, exclusive for my hats, HERE.

Hats

My newest fetish: HATS

Fashion Lesson:

A hat is a head covering used for several reasons. It can be worn for protection against the elements, for ceremonial or religious reasons, for safety, or as a fashion accessory.

The hat has six main parts:

crown, peak, brim, hatband, sweatband, lining

• Crown, the portion of a hat covering the top of the head.
• Peak (British English), visor (American English), or bill, a stiff projection at the front, to shade or shield the eyes from sun and rain.
• Brim, an optional projection of stiff material from the bottom of the hat's crown horizontally all around the circumference of the hat
• Puggaree or riband (British) or hatband (American), a ribbon or band that runs around the bottom of the crown above the brim.
  
• Sweatband, the strip of leather (or sometimes ribbon or other material) attached to the inner circumference of the hat to stop sweat from soiling the main body of the hat and may be adjustable with a cord or rope on certain hats.
• Lining, for some hats there is a silk lining, often bearing the maker's name and label.

via wikipedia.com