Vacation Woes

Obviously trying to cluster-f*ck (a new word I learned recently, inserted a * to make the expression less intimidating and more polite, yay me.) the above thirteen items into one collage, which renders the Lulu Guinness Lip clutch (let's play spot me!) to be 'strategically' located (think of it as stuck, miserably stuck) at a corner. Where am I even going?

'Vacation oh vacation. Oh vacay. Oh god. Oh boy. Noooooo...'. These are the five phrases that are commonly used by Yours Truly when I am going on a trip. You might be thinking, 'Is he fer real? Having repetitive sighs when he has the opportunity to travel? He sure is dumb.'. Well, duhhhhh. Excluding the dumb part. Obviously I'm not lamenting over the fact that I am visiting another country, but more on the 'WHAT SHOULD I PACK OHMAIGOD' part. And yes, they usually come in caps.

I'm pretty sure that is the first obstacle that we all most of us face (especially we fashionistas oh boy, it's like World War 3: Clothes Edition) is having to whip out that $100 you've decided to spend on, maybe a Zara chiffon shirt, just to pay for your excessive baggage that decides to weigh one million pounds on that day. Not that cool, I know that. It almost happened to me once. And well, I #obviously fall into this category of overpacking (albeit subtle because we fashionistas just need more clothes). I'm pretty sure most of you do to. Let's be honest (Lesbi honest). So in order to discover a solution to all of your agony and depression, Guru Sean will be here to give you tips for your vacation packing (with the help of Guide in packing 101 for Dummies). Oh the irony...

Not claiming that I'm an expert nor a pro (well duh, to be honest, I have no idea why I'm doing this post as well since I really can't pack adequately) in keeping your baggage around the acceptable weight limit region, but this might help impart a few (insert useful here) tricks of styling to you guys.

Figure A all the way above shows the fourteen items you'll be needing to place (oh, you don't have to stuff them now!) inside your baggage, and I'm pretty sure this will last you for an entire week. Disclaimer: No hygiene nor cleanliness guaranteed, since you'll definitely be re-wearing, uhm, the stale garments. Only recommended for countries with cooler climates.

Figure B above shows a simple white tee from Topman underneath the Topshop elephant printed dungarees. Since we all need to reminisce our youth days where we live in the 'pretence' of being naive and innocent (and adorable), let's go all the way with this Lazy Oaf bobble beanie. And despite this whole 'vacation packing-cum-styling' business going on here is revolving (strictly if you do not want to perspire and stink and have revolting pungent clothes) around the FW season, I still chose to throw in a pair of Ancient Greek sandals done with the collaboration of Marios Schwab. But honestly speaking, we can werq this outfit for both Fall and Spring. Not so much for winter though, unless you don't mind getting frostbites.

Oh right, I almost forgot. Above clutch is from Zara.

I swear, I tried my very best to cover up the plaid square thing on the figure above, like how I did on Figure A. But I guess I couldn't over here. Oh well, moving on, we're going to wear the same dungarees (yay to being unclean), with a plaid shirt from Uniqlo underneath it. Challenging inner 'skater chic' (or in a more chic way, hipster chic *crediting Trishna*, but I prefer manrepelling chic) with Superga 2750, but not losing your femininity once you've this Lulu Guinness Lip Clutch (leather embossed gurllll) with you.

And finally on day 3, you're able to wear something new. A cute suit from Alexander Wang (T by A Wang to be exact), a yellow knitted jumper from Topshop, a super chic Tortoise shell eyewear from Cheap Monday and a pair of lace up from Jeffrey Campbell. Nothing really fancy, just your typical I-want-to-look-chic-in-a-suit day.

And now let's go with a simple chic outfit, suitable for your I-don't-know-what-to-wear-on-day-four-but-still-wanna-look-chic days. A classic white tee with denim shorts, paired with a grey A Wang blazer to emulate chic, yet throwing in some quirkiness with the Lazy Oaf (peek-a-boo) beanie and the Zara (amaze-bally printed) clutch.

So this is the day where you can go wear your pullover over the tartan shirt to display a pop of tartan (print) underneath that shade of bright yellow. Pair it with the neon orange clutch and boisterous loafers, and there you have it, the manrepelling overly obnoxious colorful and peacock day.

And after being too flamboyant for the previous day, it's back to tuning yourself down to a more subtle hue, while wearing the same tartan shirt you wore yesterday (and maybe perspired badly in it, lol) tucked into (at the front only, you know the drill) a pair of cute grey shorts with some bohemian fringe sandals. I really wonder how one is going to pull this off during spring, or even autumn.

And on the last day, since all your clothes have been used (and smelling like the epitome of fish market), let's do a mash up with all the clothes we have, an look as manrepelling as possible. Don't think I'll need to further explain where the clothes are from since it's gonna be so repetitive till you could finish a whole pie. And I've no idea what I'm saying already.

Okay I'm done here. This (super mini) 'project' took me two weeks to complete. Apologies for the delay but, I just couldn't help but to sloth around during my weekend breaks.


Images from luisaviaroma, topshop, topman, zara, ancientgreek, nastygal, lazyoaf, cheapmonday, feistheist and finally, lagarconne . Wow, that's a long credit list. And no, I didn't use polyvore. I use picasa.