Style Jamming: Electric Ecstasy

On me: Stylestalker jacket, House of Holland leather crop top, Stylestalker skirt & House of Holland x Superga Sneaker


Considering I take a long time to prepare and plan everything I do, style jamming at electric sekki was not an easy feat. This may be due to the fact they possess endless racks and racks of clothing from Mink Pink to Stylestalker, Sass & Bide, Ksubi, etc... Which meant the amount of choices were endless. However, being in love with spring's minimalistic trend, I attempted to tone down my usual colourful self with tones of white & blue, instead of the classic black & white. Since being the tumblr fanatic I am, anything resembling oceans, blue hues, skies and clouds are my never ending loves. 


komorebi:(n.) sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees

Xo Charmyn

Alive

On me: top via H&M, leggings via Sheinside & shoes via Jeffrey Campbell 


Alongside sunny weather and moody skies, I present my part ii to Miss Janice's shoot of me! 
Again we shot at her place where i slipped on a pair of Boy leggings and my favourite Jeffrey Campbells! It was about time I joined the Boy London band wagon (despite the real items were out of my student budget). 
Aside colourful clothing and boy leggings, recently I've moved to a new place and feeling typically under whelmed by my sudden move to a new home I'd thought this song by Krewella would be a great pick me up in tribute to the sudden change.

Check back for more posts!

komorebi:(n.) sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees

xo Charmyn

Asterismos

on me: sweater via Sheinside (which is currently on sale & can be purchased here), leggings via MK, Shoes via Jeffrey Campbell 


Note to self: when doing a outfit shoot, remember to at least edit and upload them. Again here is my unexplainable mess of colour I call clothes, as usual this was shot outside my home in HK.
 Thinking about that day I didn't know why I wanted to wear colorful clothes, but I did. Since the drab weather in Hong Kong was no different from the insufferable rain in Canada, I thought it'd be nice to spice things up around here. Which of course gives me a reason (excuse) to don head to toe galaxy prints. I knew it was going to happen sooner or later, the repetitive appearances of my galaxy jacket was clearly a dead giveaway.
Even so I was a tad bit skeptical about going for galaxy ever since tumblr and their "tumblr girls" continued to define "hipsters" through the use of moustache's, triangles & galaxy's (the reason why they picked moustache's and triangles, I'll never know why) 
Facial hair and odd shapes aside, being decked out in parts of the sky does have its perks, such as little children referring to you as the 'star lady' and of course... having locals take photos of you whilst shooting.
So yes, I would say it's fantastic to be a mini celebrity in children's eyes. 

komorebi(n.): sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees

Xo Charmyn

Still Into You

on me: jacket via Topshop & currently on sale at (link), sweater via Tai-pei, shorts via Forever 21, bracelets (starting for left to right) (H&M) (Aldo), ring via Nastygal, bag via H&M (link) & shoes via Converse


Up till recently I've had the pleasure to explore the winter side of my wardrobe, which meant dabbling into tights, velvet, an array of colourful leggings/denim wear and of course... boots. (Jeffrey's to be exact) And after all that, I can say I'm still very much into my Converse sneakers. It wasn't long ago when I bought my first pair and walked down the crowded streets of Hong Kong believing I was the coolest kid out there. (birth date of my thug side?)  Instead of slipping on the classic flats & Roxy sandals other girls donned. Besides the christening of my rebel blood, my style hadn't been as "developed" as I would've liked it to be. Being in my school we had a uniform to stick to, and surprised as I am to say, I'm pretty grateful to the fashion gods who chose to educated my interest in style and lack of common sense. 

So here's a little look I came up with after looking at the little de-cals I've written, that hopefully, no one will notice...
 Figuring that I've gotten better from my non stop returning cold, I would test mother nature against my immune system (again) (and its 5-1 if you were wondering) with of course shorts and my forever loved converse. And what better way than to use my belated fashion educated mind by adding a bit of "spiky" with a "tad" of gold? I reassure you my thug side was practically poppin evian water bottles in celebration. 

And no, I refuse to part with my Jeffreys if you were curious... I just have to make bigger room in my closest... thats all.


komorebi(n.): sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees

Xo Charmyn

Shark Attack

on me: cardigan & skirt via Mk, sweater via Papa Chan, rings courtesy of The Lovely Tea (link), Photos by Hannah Lee

Ever since arriving back in Hong Kong my glee of not having to wait 30 minutes for a bus nearly destroyed me, but what better way then to incorporate the love of trams, the slowest method of travel next to "brisk" walking (questionable since you could race against a tram....if you really wanted to) with The Lovely Tea's hand crafted rings. Again my never ending conquests of getting into a muddle never stops, and mind you trams don't usually... err dare I say provide a-lot of "coverage" as one would like. So of course I had to shoot during rush hour, which of course meant lots and I mean a lot of business men/women, with the occasional elderly person to casually give us the be-whildered unicorn discovery look. Being as it is spring break gave me the "excuse" (more along the lines of re-phrasement) to try out new things, such as the Givenchy shark sweater that has been popping up all over street style blogs lately... and being a sweater addict myself, I simply had to try one. Pairing a symmetrical body-con skirt and a gifted set of tea rings, I was ready to go. Personally this was one of the most fun shoots I've had in a long time since it meant I got to meet the alleged Hannah Lee, and if i were to ever run around Hong Kong looking for a seven eleven that sold garlic noodles, siu-mai and fish balls... I wouldn't have done it with anyone else. Check back for more photos!

komorebi:(n.) sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees

xo  Charmyn

PS: Check out my friend's store 'The Lovely Tea' for upcoming designs and personal enquiries 

PSS: Again spring break always means a good time, and what better way to relive spring break then with a mash up of cheesy pop music? (thanks brian for the link ;)  

Fade to Black

on me: tank via Brandy Melville (link), pants via Motel rocks (link), ring via Nastygal, shoes via Jeffrey Campbell 

Loving the sight of tall sky scrapers all around me, I've taken it upon myself to let myself be influenced and indulge in some goodness of black and white.  And what better way to blog this, without the creative mind of my brilliant friend Brian! I know I know...we shot again, but who doesn't love Brian? Naturally we scoped out a staircase for us to shoot on, where I casually let my thug side have a go at posing (you can obviously tell I was born to be a gangster). Awkwardness aside school is here and being as it is April (meaning exams and my regular regime of sleeping getting later and later) hopefully my "asian" genetics didn't fail me and I'll be able to post again soon, but until then I'll be typing away at my self on how to start an introduction. (starting off on the right foot never was one of my strong suits). Although having the ability to choose when you're blog post's come out does have it's benefits (published on button any body?)

Hoping everyone had a lovely spring break and alot of time to take in the sunshine!
ps: Check back soon to see my upcoming hk posts and the remaining photos Brian shot of me! 


komorebi(n.) sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees

xo Charmyn

Visiting Karen Millen

on me: body con, not so inconspicuous camera bag (no shame), spiked high tops all via HK

Being in Hong Kong does have it's perks, one of them having the privilege to attend Central Central's Karen Millen event. And no I didn't buy anything if any of you were wondering.... And no neither did I attend on planning to buy something (#studentproblems) As usual I had the lovely Emmy as my date for the event, she looked incredibly stunning in Sass & bide, whilst adding a bit of Mcqueen to the side. Opting for some sophistication with a nude body con, old trusty leather jacket and edgy spiked high tops I was set. The event was extremely chill with bloggers, greeters and servers all around, and the clothes.... lord. I literally had a stroke, the clothes were stunning as usual (giving off the right amount of spring and summer whilst preserving Karen Millen's traditional silhouettes) What especially caught my eye was the embellishments and such. Overall I have to say it was a lovely event, I even got to meet a couple of other bloggers who were so kind and funny. To sweeten the night even more Emmy and I headed off back to her place for a round of cupcake baking sessions (which were totally not influenced by the event)

Till next time Central Central :)


komorebi:(n.) sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees
Xo Charmyn