5 Ways To Style A Skater Skirt in Winter!

If you’re planning on traveling to somewhere cold this Chinese New Year, the crew at friendlyfashion.my have got five perfect style ideas with simply one essential clothing – the skater skirt. Yup.

With its super adorable cut suited for any body shape, we decided to take up the challenge of styling it! Enjoy these five different looks that you can pull off with your skater skirt during winter! 

1. Preppy

If you’re more of a simple chick try putting on a sweater and a collared shirt underneath so you’ve got an adorable school girl look. You could even tuck in the sweater at the front and leave the back hanging to turn that preppy look to something casual. 

2. Blaze it up

For a date night, look sophisticated by adding a blazer underneath a sexy blouse. To keep warm, don’t forget to accessorize with a scarf!

3. Playful tights

Bored of the usual black tights? Add some colors to your collection and brighten up your winter’s day!

4. Cute Combats

With military-style being all the rage this season we thought it would be fun to clash this sweet skirt with a pair of combat boots to our outfit!

5. Tie the Knot

Of course, we don’t mean literally. But when you’re traveling with limited space in your bag, you’ve got to get a little more creative with the clothes you packed! So add a knot to that shirt and to keep warm add a cardigan instead of a sweater!

Have any other favorite ways to to style your skater skirt? Share those thoughts with us below! :

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Style Thursday’s FF Lookbook

Welcome to 2013 and we’ve got this year’s first FF Lookbook where the girls of FriendlyFashion share the treasures they bought or swapped from the community! This week we have…

The ever lovely day24, wearing a Chiffon Pastel Floral Top which she purchased from FF member : jou.

In the photo below, day24 is wearing a Feather Batwing Top which I swapped with FF member : shaz.

Next we have Modischefrau, wearing a Floral Halter Beach Dress from Chibikey, and wore it for her beach holiday in Thailand!

Here we have afiqahomar, on the left she is wearing a Lace Necklace from redsheep and matched her floral Kurung Top with a Pink Maxi Skirt from FF member medeaz! 

On the right, she matched up her Black Long Sleeved dress with a Paisley Maxi Skirt which she also got from medeaz, adding a brown belt to accentuate her waist! Very cute and suitable for college!

And last but not least, one of the founders of FriendlyFashion, dihashnatt! Rocking it with a pair of Pink Feathered Dream Catcher Earrings from tippietoefashion, and a Brown Bag from paleuniverse!

Keep them coming!

If you’d like to share what you have bought/swapped from FriendlyFashion on Style Thursday’s FF Lookbook and be a style inspiration to our community, dress it up and take full pictures of yourself and send them to [email protected] or PM dihashnatt.

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Love is in the air, soft toys are being hugged, florists are as busy as can be, chocolates and candy are being sold worldwide. You know what that means, today is the day most commonly known as Valentine’s Day or more recently declared the Singles Awareness day!

No matter what it is lovers and friends celebrate around the world and today we will celebrate with you by sharing some awesome DIY Nail tutorials inspired by The Beauty Department! This nail art features layers of hearts in different colours and we’ve tested out 2 designs today: 3 hearts with the same colour in different tones and 2 hearts with 2 contrasting colours! Enjoy!

3 Colours Design

2 Colours Design

Things you’ll need:

3 or 2 Nail Polishes

1 Clear Nail Polish

1 Thin Nail Polish Brush

Instructions:

1. Paint 1 layer of nail polish, allow it to dry and then paint on the second layer of the same colour.

2. One the first layer is COMPLETELY dry, put a small blob of nail polish in a different colour at the centre of your nail, and use the thin nail polish brush to paint it the top shape of a heart. (If you are only doing 2 colours, paint the nail polish colour closer to the tip of your nail.)

3. Once that layer is completely dry, choose another colour to do Step 2 on the tip of your finger nails. 

4. After your nails are dry, paint the finishing coat with a clear nail polish to make it look smoother.

There you have it! Simple, pretty, and can be worn for any occasion at all. Try out different colours and be as creative as you can!

With love,

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Malaysian designer Alia Bastamam is well known to bring her designs to a cool, comfortable and neoteric up-to-date culture into the glamorous and enduring idea of fashion. With creations that aren’t shy from presidenttoto the local red carpets and events, Alia Bastamam’s designs are unique, enduring and never out of style. With sharp cuts and fine tailoring that compliments the wearer, she is inspired by unequivocal beauty at first sight and what looks best on a woman.

Recently, Alia Bastamam launched her first ever Bridal Collection for 2013 and it was love at first sight. The timeless designs of this collection consists of gorgeous intricate sultantoto designs using lace, beading, and the choice of soft fabric making the bride feel feminine, classic, sophisticated, comfortable and beautiful. Some of the designs revives archetypal Alia Bastamam details such as the racer back, the wrap dress, toga kaftan, and the undeniably high slit.

Here are some of our youngtoto favourite pieces for you to have a look at followed by the Alia Bastamam Bridal 2013 Video.

The launch of the Bridal collection “The Reception” was held on the 4th of March 2013 at Frangipani Restaurant in Changkat Bukit Bintang. We were so happy that we were able to attend it, because not only was it about showcasing the wedding dresses, they transformed the entire venue and event mastertoto into a reflection of the perfect wedding. From the music, the decor, canapes and cocktails, the atmosphere was definitely a teaser for Brides-To-Be. 

Here are some of our favourite designs shown on the runway.

Alia Bastamam

Alia Bastamam and the models.

If you’re loving what you see, Like them on Facebook, and Follow them on Twitter to keep yourself updated with her latest creations.

With love,

The FF Crew

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Hola Friendly Fashionistas, it is indeed my very first wall post on the FF blog, and there’s no easier way to put it…  I am thrilled to be a part of the team, and looking forward to jump up on the FF bandwagon and start contributing to a community like FriendlyFash. I’m Natalia and please bear with me, as minor mistakes may appear here and there, but hey, every expert was once a beginner, so boom!

If we haven’t already, Happy Belated Easter. You may be a bit skeptical about the DIY post as the title clearly states it involves Easter deco’s, which we are all very much aware is DUNZO..But wait… Can we just take the time to open our minds to the possibility of having holidays-inspired deco’s just because we can?! Plus they’d probably look better lurking around your house/room for a year rather than just an Easter weekend.   t’s bright, easy, and lets face it, the sight of these bad boys puts a grind on that face of yours! 

Get started with the needed supplies:

-Few Eggs
-Vinegar
-Food Colouring
-Colander
-Black Adhesive Vinyl or Black Sticker Paper
-Scissors or Silhouette Digital Craft Cutting Machine (If you just so happen to have one)

Instructional Steps:

1. Step 1 is to go ahead and empty out the eggs, from the yolk to the eggs whites, everything! ‘

2. After having cleaned the insides and outer area of the eggs, gently place all the eggs into the colander and slowly splash vinegar all over the eggs; this is to make sure the colours turn out as vibrant as we see it.

3. Moving on to the food colouring, use one colour at a time so you might want to also work one egg at a time. Add a few drops onto it and swirl your fingers around the egg to coat. 

4. Rinse the egg to get rid of access dye. 

5. Repeat process with your remaining eggs.

6. Once they’ve all been dyed and dried properly, cut very small mustache shapes on the adhesive vinyl/sticker paper and apply to eggs. 

TIP! The results look especially awesome when the mustache shapes are about an inch wide. 

There you have it, it’s simple, looks neat, and you end up with dye in your hands, which is clearly what our aim was! Ha!

The idea of this DIY blog-post was inspired by Melissa of the No.2 Pencil Blog. The photo is also credited to Melissa’s blog. We are uber grateful for her talented works and innovative ideas. 

With Love, 

The FF Crew and Natalia

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Those Charlotte Olympia kitty flats have been on my inspiration folder for way too long. Drawing them down and window shopping with Arthur (he came purring at our doorstep on New Year’s eve and he’s here from now on!) are just not enough I urge myself to DIY a pair.

 Materials:A pair of black loafers (I’m using Rubi’s)Gold permanent marker (I’m using Unipaint)Black permanent marker (optional)Gold fabric paint (I’m using Plaid Fashion Peinture Relief in Gold Glitter)Fabric cutting scissorsA pencil, penknife and a paper for rough sketching

Sketch out a life sized kitty heel. You can place a normal AA paper on your computer screen, magnify your kitty face reference to life size, and outline the kitty face. I’m not sure how other people say, but I call this the light box method.

Use a penknife to cut out the eyes, and the outlines of the ears. This is to make sure the features of your kitty face are all proportionate and appropriate.

Tape down your cutout kitty face on the vamp and outline the ears, nose and eyes with your pencil. Remove the paper and draw the whiskers, mouth and other details.

Outline with the gold permanent marker. Be very careful as this is a one way ticket!

Cut out the excess fabric to form the ears.

Use a black permanent marker to line the cut out area.

Last but not least, carefully fill in the gold areas with a moderate layer of 3d fabric paint. If it’s your first time using the fabric paint, shake it well and try it on a paper beforehand. Air dry for a few hours and you’re done! The glitter effect is not obvious here, but in real they’re really sparkly!

Hope you’ll find this purrrrfect!

Love,

Destiny

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Last week, my hometown friend came all the way from Canada and we’d finally visited the sea aquarium at Sentosa Singapore!

We got to see seahorses via a magnifying glass,

Getting really close to hold the little crab and touch the starfish!

Immersing in the whimsical rhythm of the underwater world,

Jellyfish dancing in slow ballad,

And learnt that eels are gentle giants. They look scary but are more often too shy to come out in public.

And Dory’s really helping Marlin to find Nemo!

And waving hello to the cute diver! Now we’re talking in two mediums!

-Make a weekend off to visit the aquarium with your friends and family. It’s definitely an activity great for all young to old!

– Take your time between taking pictures and looking closely at the underwater world. There are too much details you don’t want to miss a single thing.

– Spend at least 3 hours to make it worthwhile (personal opinion)

– Take your time to read all the biological facts and detailed info of each species.

– If you’re planning for a full day trip, visit the Adventure Cove Waterpark for some interactive snorkelling!

Now I need more blue dates just to get back in there!

Love

Destiny

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There are times when you glance at your wardobe and question yourself about half the plain basic tee’s you own. Obviously, you predict that you will never ever wear it, as the garment is simply too bland for your own good! What do you do? Throw it in a pile and convince yourself you won’t put it to waste and give it away to charity. As much as we wanted to, lets face it, we never actually get to it. Thankfully us FriendlyFashers have come across one solution we think would brighten up your wardobe (literally!) as well as not put your basic tee’s to waste.

WARNING: This is a DIY post, so chicas be prepared to get your hands dirty and if you’re anything like me, wear a body armour, as I am uber clumsy. 

Before you get too cocky and overly excited, causing you to spray bleach the whole shirt, focus on the supplies needed and instructions carefully. 

Things you need: 

-Plain tee (refrain from using white, as the results won’t be very visible)
-Poster paper
-Empty spray bottle
-Fabric bleach (purchased from supermarkets containing imported goods and even some craft stores)
-Rubber gloves (how are you going to scartch your hair or face midway, when all that bleach is on your hands?!)

Instructions:

1. Be sure to start off with your gloves on and spreading sheets of old newspaper on the area you are conducting this DIY at. 

2. Brainstorm what shape/character/animal/pattern you want on your tee. Once you have figured that out, use the poster paper to cut out whatever design you desire as a silhouette. 

3. Once you have cut out your silhouette, prepare to spray by placing the shape on the tee. (It’s best if you place newspaper inside the shirt, so the bleach doesn’t seap to the back of the tee)

4. Mix 2 parts bleach, and 1 part water into the spray bottle. 

5. Now it’s time to place your stencil on the shirt and start spraying all around the outer parts of the stencil. 

6. It will take awhile for the colour to start changing so be patient, and if it isn’t as light as you wanted, go ahead and go crazy with the spray! 

7. When your shirt is bleached to your liking, take off the stencil and rinse thouroughly. 

8. Boom! It is complete and all you have to do it wait for it to dry, and you can start washing it regularly again. 

There you have it, in 8 simple steps!

This idea has been circulating, but we would especially like to thank Savannah from the OH SO PRETTY THE DIARIES blog, for her photos! 

With love, 

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