Finding The Right Pair of Jeans

     Jeans are available in large range of styles, colors and washes. I never knew that there are different types of jeans (classified by their waistbands, pockets or back yoke) until I researched on them for this blog post.

     Knowing the little details is important in looking for jeans, especially to find a type suited for one's body structure.

(credits to englishteacherdotme of wordpress for these useful bits of information I learned)

1. WAISTBAND TYPE

   The waistband is made of a double layer of denim, it is more rigid, allowing it to hold your tummy much like a girdle. A wider waistband will help more.

    Super high rise jeans have waistbands more than an inch above your waist. These jeans are best for leg lengthening. 

High rise jeans have waistbands that are an inch above your waist. They are best for long bodies or those with long legs.

Medium rise or mid-rise jeans have waistbands located precisely on the waist

Low-rise jeans have waistbands 2-5 inches below the belly button. These jeans are best for those with flat tummies. Low to M Rise jeans on the other hand, are the most common waistband type of jeans, which have waistbands 2-3 inches below the belly button. These are best for flattening bottoms.

Also known as Brazilian Low Rise jeans, the ultra low rise jeans are growing in popularity for its high quality and it is best for short bodies.

2. BACK YOKE TYPE

The Inverted Arc makes the rear appear fuller.

The straight or horizontal yoke line makes the waist appear wider but does not really emphasize curves.

The "V” Shape is most flattering back yoke cut and is the most used yoke cut in jeans.

The sweetheart yoke type can make a small rear look fuller because of the cut's heart shape and it works on skinny jeans to emphasize curves.

The Extra Wide yoke type has back pockets placed lower than usual for the "falling" look but the yoke type is recommended for men.

Pants with no yoke at all suits women with larger rears.

3. LEG TYPE (the most important styling decision in finding jeans that suit one's body structure)

Skinny - leg-hugging , close fit  all throughout

Straight - straight, narrow cut and does not flare at the ankles

Boot - Close fit in the thigh and a flared lower leg

Flare - Narrow cut until the knee, but has  a wide flare at the leg and usually the cut used for low rise jeans

Slouch - wide in the legs all throughout

Tapered - Cut narrows toward the ankle 

Capri - usually ends below the knee

Stove Pipe - oversized straight cut

Cropped - ankle-length cut but can be cropped at any length from the mid-calf to the knee

Gaucho - extra-wide flare

Cuffed - a fold at the end of the legs and is not necessarily a straight cut

Bucketlist: Win in Dr. Martens' #StandForSomething Contest

           

     Every month, UK Shoe brand Dr. Martens, holds a contest for #StandForSomething and the winner gets a pair of DMs of her choice. As a collector of shoes and a big fan of the brand, I decided to try my luck for the month of September.

     To join the contest, you need to tell Dr. Martens what you stand for and upload a photo of yourself wearing DMs for your #StandForSomething footprint, which will serve as your entry for the contest. So I asked my mom to take photos of me yesterday (yes she's actually a good photographer) because I was coincidentally wearing my DMs. Since I was in a good mood for editing, I asked my mom to take several photos so I could "clone" myself to give a little edge. I also sent Dr. Martens what I stand for and the picture above was the result.

     So I am asking you again to wish me luck! I'd be really happy if I win this. It'll be the best pre-Christmas gift ever.

      PS. I am not from United Kingdom and i don't know why that location appeared. I think maybe it's from my past location on facebook.....so yeah....

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Bucketlist: My Fashion Ambition and The Road To SoFA

             There are only two things I want to be after I graduate from college. A full-time surgeon and a part-time fashion designer. On this blog post you are reading right now, lies the history of my fashion ambition and how my road to SoFA started. What is SoFA, you might wonder. I'll explain that later.

              I loved fashion ever since I was young. I always see to it that I'm comfortable and confident with what I wear.......and that I stand out. ((Credits also to my mom for having a good taste in fashion)) Fashion shows the diversity of man. I was amazed by how designers show their creativity and uniqueness through clothes, shoes, etc, and use their creations to  make people find comfort and be happy with what they wear. 

              I started having an interest in the fashion industry when I was 7. That was also when I started to have an interest in designing. I had two folders where I placed all my designs but unfortunately, I forgot where I kept the one with the designs I made when I was 7 after we got flooded. What's left with me now is the folder with my designs when I was 8 or 9 but unfortunately again, there are only a few designs left in the folder. 

Here's a picture of my fashion folder I kept for so many years.

And here's a photo of all the designs left in the folder. I think I lost the other folder and the other designs during the flood in 2009.

               I love to draw. Even until now, I still design clothes, especially dresses. And every time I draw people, I really emphasize what they're wearing and I make sure that I don't leave out details, even how a certain texture looks like. I'll post my creative portfolio with all my recent designs on this blog (it's one of the requirements for my application for SoFA, which I will further blog about in this post after this paragraph). 

                A few years back, I heard about the School of Fashion and the Arts, or the SoFA Design Institute. It is the first specialized design college in the Philippines and is the leading educational institution committed to art. It is located in Makati City. The school provides workshops, short-term courses, and long-term courses related to designing and the the world of fashion.

                  SoFA also provides modern and high-class facilities and great opportunities to their students, who are trained by people who are well-known in the country for their excellence in the field of fashion and design like Marina Benipayo, Luis Espiritu and Richard Papa. 

   

                  Some works of their students are featured in newspapers, fashion shows and exhibits too. 

Some members of the SoFA alumni are famous in the Philippine fashion industry, like Tippy Sy, whose creations have been featured in numerous magazines.

                    I am going to college next year and I have arts for my second choice for what course to take. My first choice is a science course, since I will have to take up a premed course before I proceed to Medicine but I am really determined to apply for SoFA since it has been part of my bucketlist for a million years, and finally I am on the right age too! I'm planning to apply for a scholarship for a 2-year program in Fashion Design and Marketing and if I pass the standards of the SoFA team, I still have to decide whether to make my pre-med course and medicine wait for about two years and join the program, take up my pre-med course and take the program after and proceed to medicine, or not to take the program and just consider SoFA's workshops every summer if I have the time. I started compiling my works in my creative portfolio, which I will post to this blog and send to SoFA by next year together with the other requirements.

 So wish me luck!

Why I Hate Going To An Internet Cafe

                If you're wondering why I haven't posted on this blog for so long.............it's because computer's CPU got broken. Now, I am in an internet cafe typing school stuff I have to pass, but before I leave, I wanted to blog about something first:
HOW I'VE ALWAYS HATED INTERNET CAFES.

Let me start my rant.

Reasons why I hate going to an internet cafe:
1. NOISY, INCONSIDERATE PEOPLE.
     On my right, is a woman skyping with someone. She's talking in a different language because she is not from my country....... and she's not speaking in English. She has been shouting and shouting and talking really fast and I cannot understand a thing. On my left, is a boy playing an online game. Every time he scores or loses, he shouts and swears and says all the bad words possible. I really can't concentrate on doing my school work.

2. EYES EVERYWHERE.
       There are people who would sit beside you and suddenly, you just realize that they're watching what you're doing. I hate it. PRIVACY, PLEASE.

3. HARD KEYBOARDS.
       You have to press the spacebar of the keyboard I'm using right now like 65 million times until it actually works. There's also that moment when you use a different keyboard, and your typing speed just becomes slower.

4. CLEANLINESS.
       Just think of how many people has used the mouse you're using and the keyboard you're using or the chair your sitting on. Very unsanitary, right? The clerks don't even sanitize or wipe the hardware devices. There are also people who spent the whole day under the sun, who go inside the internet cafe. Some of them just don't realize their odor diffusing and circulating through the whole place.

5. SUPERULTRAMEGA SLOW INTERNET CONNECTION.
       Basically, there's is a competition kind of relationship between the people using the computers. Whoever got the faster internet connection here, well, good for you.

6. AIRCONDITIONING
       It's freeeeeeeeezing here.
     

#4

Light Graffiti

                 Light graffiti is long exposure photography using lights to create objects and add effects to a photo that are not actually there in real life.

                I chose to do this for one of our activities in Photography Class. We were to take a photo of something with entropy ( uncertainty or significant arrangement/disorder) and I think that doing light graffiti is one of most creative ways to show entropy.

                I  learned doing light graffiti when I was a sophomore, when I first had my DSLR. And it's actually easy! All you have to do is set your Camera's settings to Av which emphasizes the aperture. Then, set the ISO speed to 100. That way, the image won't stabilize as quick and the movement of light will be captured. It is best to use the tripod to avoid shaking when taking pictures of light graffiti so that these light painting will not be ruined.

                I had to improvise on my camera's flash since its flash board got broken, so I used the emergency light of the radio I have here at home. Since all other the lights should be turned off,  the flash is important so that the camera would be able to focus on the subject.  I also didn't know where I placed my small LED flashlight, so I used my phone's charger. I also had to set the camera's timer and run back and forth to take several photos of myself doing light graffiti.

 This was the result:

             

Netizens of Youtube

         Interested in blogs but tired of reading and scrolling and reading and scrolling until your eyes hurt? I feel you, well, unless I'm really in the mood of reading lengthy blogs.  That's why there's Youtube, where you can view video blogs............or vlogs for short.

         I started watching Ryan Higa (nigahiga on youtube) two years ago, having no idea that what he has been posting for the past 5 or 6 years are called vlogs, Last year, a friend of mine on twitter told me to watch Dan Howell and Phil Lester's videos (danisnotonfire and amazingphil on youtube). After watching their videos, I wanted to explore more about vlogs and people posting videos similar to theirs and I realized that there was wide community of vloggers on Youtube, especially in the United Kingdom and United States.

         Vloggers are people who post videos about their daily lives or things that catch their attention. These people may post videos about travel, DIYs, challenges, rants, embarassing experiences, other vloggers, music and many many more things we can relate to. For teenagers like me who would browse through tons and tons of vlogs during my spare time,  you may recognize these people;

          One thing I love about these vloggers is that they don't make me feel alone with my weird opinions about life and everything in it. They talk about things I am interested in and they definitely lighten up my mood because of their jokes, sarcasm and the discoveries I learn from them. And you have to admit, some of them look quite ravishing too *cough* Jack and Finn Harries *cough*

        I look up to them as inspirations and I hope everyone could gain the confidence that they have in sharing their insights to the world and have the same outgoing personalities as they do, and maybe the world (or world wide web) will be a better place for netizens.

#3

Multiplicity

Abra Cadabra!

This is one of our projects in ICT Photography. Featuring my classmate, Li-an!