THE HEAT IS ON! And to welcome summer is a post I am bringing up again on this blog for you, guys: Ukay-ukay Summer OOTD. Do you kind of wonder why? It’s simply because the activity that we did for this was so much fun. Actually, It's an activity that you can do all year round, but because the theme for this particular blog post is so “summery”, I just thought this one should come back to life.
Ukay-ukay or thrift shops are found anywhere in the Philippines- from stylish outfit to branded clothing, sometimes, bags; shoes; hats and really, there’s more to mention, there are just different emotions you get to discover when thrift shopping. In my case, I, most of the time find bliss for the reason that I get to save a lot of $$ in every thrift shopping and styling. On the other hand, I, sometimes get frustrated because, I end-up finding nothing at all for me, even a single piece of garment which is a total waste of my time, but see, I can never let go of thrift shopping, because it’s a happy thing to do especially when you’re with friends.
I love how ukay-ukay evolve over the years. Now, there are a lot of thrift shops that give a new definition to ukay-ukay. Instead of literally digging a bed of mixed clothing, there are now shops that offer convenience- air conditioned shop, hanged clothes, text service, etc. And people (including me) would go gaga for it because, convenience…
I know the fun we get out of thrift shop haul and I know most of you love it, too, but sometimes, it can get us overwhelmed and we tend to forget things we should consider while shopping at our favourite ukay store.
On this post, I am collaborating with my buddy to almost anything and everything, Rianne who also loves to style, take photos (ahh, I won’t mention further the things we have in common) and we are showing you how we fair with our ukay-ukay haul, but before that, take a look and read below some friendly reminders to keep when going to an ukay trip. You can call it basic Ukay-ukay etiquette or whatever, but please find this use post useful and entertaining:
The Result:
Since I and Rianne are both learning photography, we agreed for a date of our OOTD photoshoot. We are happily taking our turn as model-photographer-photographer-model-repeat, sporting our outfit form the ukay-ukay stores of Cebu.
Meet my model, Rianne of www.purplelide.com on her boho-inspired summer look.
xxx