Goblin (Dokkaebi 도깨비) inspired look | OOTD

Good morning kids (or maybe no morning???)

I don't if you're of it or not but I've recently become a huge fan of k-drama (aka Korean series) and this never-ending love was triggered by Goblin (aka Dokkaebi). This is a series about girl who survived and a warrior who can't die. Also, there's a lot of bromance, romance and humour. Ah, of course the demon guy is super rich and handsome and the girl is poor and just like anyone of us. I enjoyed it a lot, so don't want to spoil anything just go give it a try.

This outfit was inspired by Ji Eun Tak (aka the main character). It's again, a very lazy but still looks like you put some effort into it. That's how I love my ootds when I'm just not feeling it and wanna chill.

wearing: coat - Zara; turtleneck - Wolford; sweatshirt - Gosha x Fila; jeans - Pull&Bear; kicks - Adidas x Stan Smith

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Stay True

XoXo

Ivana

Persona #5 Amber Liu

Hey Hey Hey

It's finally Friday, yay and that means another Persona post.

Honestly, I really enjoy writing such kind of things because I get to share my fav people and just things in general with you guys (low-key has no friends to talk with about these things). Tho these posts may not be the most informative 'cause I sometimes write such a random things that I like but it's definitely something you can read and relax on a Friday evening when you're taking a break from another episode of your fav series. Btw, people, new season of Skam is finally here, Oh Yes!!!

Today, we're going to talk about one and only Amber Josephine Liu (you may also know her as Amber from f(x)). I've a fan of hers for around a year or two now and can surely say that she's one of the most cool and inspirational people I've ever discovered. Okay now, who's she? (if you're not into k-pop or k-drama you should totally take a look at my Korean culture post to get a lil inside info i=on what I'm going to be talking about here). I think most people (as in me) know Amber from a k-pop girl band called f(x). They're super cool and I totally love their songs but Amber also has her solo album and a couple of collaborations with other artists. Right, so back to the topic. Amber is a gal from America who's singing in Korea in k-pop industry kinda thing. She's in her 20s and she's freaking cool.

First of, what immediately separates her from the whole k-pop (and in general Korean) community is her style and personality in terms that she's a real living example that you can stay true to yourself no matter what. That's like the thing that I try to promote everyday here. Even tho she's working in such an environment where people, especially girls, are expected to look a certain way, like very feminine or just "girly" and yet Amber is still herself wearing short haircut and dressing in gender neutral clothes. Also, can we stop for a minute and appreciate her passion fro skateboarding 'cause I'm totally feeling it all the way. This leads as to my next reason for adoring dis girl and it's her stubborn and cheerful personality. Of course we don't know even the half of it but let's remember that she moved from sunny LA to Korea to pursue a career of a k-pop idol and that's a lot of risk and hard work as well as the need of strong personality which she's definitely not lacking. Imagine having to convince your parents to let move to another country alone and having to learn new languages (as in plural languages 'cause she not only speaks English and Korean but also Japanese and Chinese, like what). This is so inspiring. I can't grasp how hard it must be to live on a foreign country all by yourself and make new friends and work your ass off. 

Now, when we're still on the theme of friends let me say a few words about dat. Amber has a shit ton of most amazing people in her friend squad (regarding the fact that she's an introvert) and I'm not going to say anything else about them rn because it would've been to much text for guys. Instead I encourage you to watch Ranting Monkey which is like a series of vlogs from Amber on youtube and it's so cool and funny that I bing watched it three times, you guys, there times.

Also, love her pets so so much. Before this gets too long I should probs finish my rant for today but let me just leave a few things her. Amber not only sings in a band and solo but also is involved in other cool activities all the time like starring in series called Entourage or doing stuff with her friends , like some recent videos they shot for Buzzfeed with Steven (her fangirling over the try guys is priceless). Having that much going on she still manages to keep in touch with her and family (family in LA btw) which is just like magical, how? Anyways, I wanted to share my true apperception for this person so here it is. Thanks for coming by and reading my stupid words. Have a nice weekend everyone

Stay inspired, stay true

Love ya all

XoXo 

Ivana

P.S. - my fav songs by Amber are definitely Shake That Brass, Breathe Again and Beautiful 

         what are yours?

Fashion and Style Inspiration: Korean Culture, Fashion, Trends

Yo, kiddos, I'm here yet again with my fav style and fashion inspiration post. 

I'm gonna start this one with saying the Korean Wave is real and I'm so in. Maybe I'm really late on this train but I definitely am enjoying it a lot. I think most of you are familiar with such terms as K-pop (music band), Dorama (korean series), KCon (huge korea related convention held every year in a lot of countries all across the world) and other Korea related stuff. 

Let's start with a general outlook of K-style. I feels to me that Korea is always on of the trend game and a lot of brands and mass market change frequently enough to provide the most up-to-date clothes to people. Maybe not all people in Korea are dressed like fashion bloggers but they definitely look better than your average man in any other country, simply because it's just hard to buy "bad" clothes there. Also, skincare and makeup is one of my fav things about k-wave because with it coming to my country I finally got a proper foundation with spf and it actually matches pale ass face (note: no foundation have done that before even the lightest shade of Nars Sheer Glow is a lil too dark for me) but that's a whole other talk.

Anyways, one thing that is especially close to my personal preference in clothes is that K-style is pretty simple and basic, yet always trendy. They seem to have found the golden middle between femininity and oversized manly harsh kinda look. I mean, I don't how sometimes they are dressed so basic but look absolutely stunning and effortlessly cool. 

Now, after my short ramble, let's get to the source. Where can you get inspiration from? So, there are several other options rather then just street style and Instagrams of influencers. I'm going to talk about three main ones (or at least I think so):

• K-pop
• Dorama
• Korean Brands 

1. K-pop

If you are not familiar with k-pop yet (like what) it's a music genre originating in South Korea that is characterised by a wide variety of audiovisual elements and doesn't have only one particular genre of music. Because in k-pop a lot of attention is paid not only to their music but also their performances, dances, music videos, conversation with viewers and so on, k-pop idols as highly public figures need to be dressed according to latest trends. First k-pop band I ever heard about was probably Girls' Generation + it was like 4-5 years ago and they fast became my main source of inspiration. Actually, if you look some k-pop videos from a couple of years ago you'll see how much their style evolved to match current trends in fashion. Nowadays, there hundreds of k-pop bands and idols to find your inspo from. There is so much diversity starting from hyper feminine and ending in literally genderless  style. The best thing about it all is that you can just watch the latest video of your fav band and catch up on trends as well as get some major ootd inspo and this applies to both girl and boy bands.

For real, last year most of my outfit inspo came from NCT, Big Bang, SHINee and EXO and they are boy bands.

So girls and boys do your research on youtube and find bands that appeal to you

Me recommendations: 

NCT (any of them), EXO, BTS, Astro, GOT7, Red Velvet, F(x) + Luna and Amber from f(x), Especially Recommend Amber Liu (I'm totally writing a Persona post about her this Friday) 

2. Dorama/ K-drama

I'm still quite new to this whole korean series world but have watched some of them and I have a few favourites. Good thing about doramas is that they are really light and easy to watch and everyone is dressed and looking overwhelmingly cool. I literally cried a bunch because of how well-dressed they were. Moreover, they at least a couple of sites that'll provide you with total outfit description and details from every single episode so you can literally shop the look of any character and any episode. That also helps you discover new brands, not all of which are necessarily Korean. 

Currently I have too top fav k-dramas: Goblin (aka Tokkaebi) and Entourage.

Through them I discovered a lot of new great brands as well as enjoyed a good series. 

3. Korean Brands

Remember when I was talking about Korean brands being on top of the game and also experimenting a lot? It is true and also they are very well connected with all types of social media and overall everything happening around them. Usually on their site you'll be able to find a separate section (or special marks) with clothes that has been worn by idols, any other public figures, have been shown on tv or k-dramas. Most of these ship internationally and have a free shipping depending your purchase.

There are some main stream brands like: style nanda or mixmix that are totally cool.

However I'm going to give you a list of my personal favourites that may not be that popular but are definitely worth checking out: Rocket x Lunch, O!Oi, Supecomma B,  Peaceminusone, Freiknock, Low Classic and Ader Error

Stay stylish, shine bright like a diamond

XoXo

 Ivana