Winners of my 2nd Giveaways...:D

Hi gals,

Hope you enjoyed your weekend.

Summer is actually a busy time for moms like me because there are a lot of extra-curricular activities for my son Mason.  He's now doing swimming, golf, painting, football and music as extra-curricular activities, as well as regular summer school at his own school.  This makes me, the "chauffeur" of my little boss, extra busy.  Not to mention I need to get up early in the morning too coz his 1st class is like 8:30am!  LOL!

Anyway, thank you so much for those who have left me a comment in my last post to enter the Giveaway, and expressed your preference on which Giveaway gift you like more.  I really appreciate and value every input you readers have given me. :D  I will try to make more time to update my blog more often.

So, now, I am going to announce the 2 lucky winners. :D

First of all, for the 1st Giveway - "b+ab special edition Alice in Wonderland Red Queen T-shirt in black/red colorway"...

The lucky winner is:

 ODDINARY77!!!

(Congratulations to you...:D)

Now, for the 2nd Giveway - "Gray volume cropped short sleeves jacket"...

The lucky winner is:

 MAY!!!

(Congratulations to you...:D)

 

Note: The above lucky draw was done by inputting the names of the participants into a lucky draw application online (courtesy of classtools.net).

Again, congratulations to the lucky winners this time!!   Winners, ODDINARY77 and MAY, what to do now?  Simple.

Just email me at mia.cillan@gmail.com.  Let me know your contact name and address, and I'll mail out the gifts to you as soon as I receive your information.  As you know, I'm residing in Hong Kong, so if you're not located in Asia, your gift may take a while to reach you.  :P

When you receive the gifts, please remember to leave me a comment here or email me so that I will know you got them safely.  Hope you like these little gifts from me.

Thanks again for visiting my blog.  My next post will be all about shoesssssssssssss.....stay tuned!

Have a great week ahead everyone!

Cheers,
Mia  

I'm back again! Paris Shopping Loot and Giveaway details...

Dear friends and readers,

How are you doing?

I'm really really sorry for "abandoning" my blog for 3 months!  I came back from vacation in Nanjing in mid April, but then my maid went to a one month trip back to Manila because she needs to have an eye operation.  So, I was really busy after the trip.

Then, comes my Paris trip in June, and of course my mother duties in between, so I haven't been able to update my blog.

I went crazy this time during my Paris trip coz it was a girl's shopping trip without husbands...LOL!  So, it means "out of control". Haha!  See these!

Me outside Hermes Faubourg St. Honore....the Mothership...

Ehem...those are not the only things I brought back home......I had 20kg of luggage allowance from the airline, but I ended up with more than 60kg of goodies when I come back!  LOL!  These are the boxes.......

For those of you who haven't yet visited The Purse Forum, here are the links to my "reveal" threads where I posted all the pictures of my Paris shopping loot (Hermes, Chanel and Balenciaga):
==> Hermes:http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes/come-see-my-orange-twin-towers-reveal-paris-601495.html
==> Chanel:  http://forum.purseblog.com/chanel/mia-not-m-i-reveal-paris-shopping-craze-602456.html
==> Balenciaga: http://forum.purseblog.com/balenciaga/just-came-back-paris-new-seigle-rggh-poupre-599316.html

I will be re-posting some of the pictures I posted at the Purse Forum on my blog too, esp. the modeling pix, so they can be consolidated in 1 place here.  Hope you like my loot!


Anyway, I haven't forgotten about the Giveaway from my post 3 months ago.  I still have 2 Giveaways for you.  Here they are:

1.  Volume cropped short sleeves jacket in gray 
(measurement details as follows and also shown in the pictures below)
- left shoulder to right shoulder: around 13"
- armpit hole circumference: around 15"
- total length of jacket from collar to bottom: around 16"
- bust (circumference): around 30" (but this is meant to be worn open so the bust measurement doesn't really matter
- high waistline (circumference): around 26" with elastic garter

Shoulder to shoulder

Armpit hole

Jacket length (collar to bottom)

High Waistline

Bust area 

(but jacket is meant to be worn open so measurements don't really matter)

I have modelled this jacket before here in my blog but mine is the black color.  To refresh your memory....

2. "Alice in Wonderland" by b+ab "Red Queen" black fitted T-shirt

If you wish to enter the GIVEAWAY, you just need to do the following very simple things:
(a) Become a follower of my blog (you need to have a google account I think..)
(b) Leave me a comment here and tell me 4 things:
- if you prefer the gray cropped jacket more or the "Red Queen" t-shirt more (so it's easier to do the allocation of the 2 giveaways)
- how you found my blog
- what do you like most about my blog (go take a look at my postings before coz I haven't updated my blog for a while)
- what you would like to see more on my blog in the future

I will choose 2 lucky winners in total - one for the gray cropped jacket and one for the Red Queen T-shirt.  Deadline is July 23 (Friday). Then I'll announce the winners on my blog and will need the winners to give me their emails so that I can contact them to mail out the giveaways.  I am located in Hong Kong so it will take some time to mail it out to your place if you don't live in Asia.

Anyway, hope you like them both!


Cheers,
Mia

P.S.  I will update my blog soon with another fave of mine......my new shoes loot and some more stuff I got from Paris (Lanvin and Givenchy)!  Just got a couple of packages recently!  Yay!

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL! 2 Giveaways and a reveal to come after vacation...

Hi dears,

Just a quick note...

I'll be out of town starting today till April 7 for a family vacation.  Since I won't have any internet access during our vacation, I'll catch up with you all when I come back, ok?

I'll be announcing the 2 Giveaways and how to enter when I come back.  I'm actually turning 36 on April 5, so I'll have a birthday "reveal" for Chanel and Hermes too when I'm back....hehehehe!  Finally all my stuff have arrived safely so I can take pictures of my loot when I come back from our vacation.

Sorry to keep you gals waiting but you know, I'm a mom, a wife and a daughter...so blogging has to wait a bit after I've done all my "duties" above..hehe!

Thanks again for dropping by!  Happy Easter to everyone!

Cheers,
Mia

Winners of my First Giveaways....:D

Hello everyone,

Hope you are doing great.

I'm slowly recovering from my flu...still coughing, but better than last week.  Hope I can start singing again very soon!  You know, I love singing very much.  I used to be in a choir in school, participated in singing contests, love to sing to my son.....I'm singing everyday.  So, I need to get my voice back!!  LOL!

So, today's Dec 5, the lucky draw day of my 2 Giveaways (see details in my post: http://miacillan.blogspot.com/2009/11/finallydetails-of-my-1st-giveaway-d.html), which are:

1. Gay Giano black blouse

2. "Cat" black necklace with black crystals

So, 9 people left comment on my post about the Giveaway.  Thank you very much for your valuable input.  Really appreciate them.  Here are the 9 people's names:

1. KAREEN
2. soolynnie
3. livesinmnlph

4. lovelifelikefashion

5. Karla

6. Claudia
7. @~@ Bonvic
8. janettaylor

9. FashionFirst

Today, I've done the lucky draw, input the 9 names above into a lucky draw application online (courtesy of classtools.net), and voila!

May I announce.....the lucky winner for my Gay Giano black blouse is....

CLAUDIA!!

(Congratulations to you :D)

And the lucky winner for my CAT black crystal necklace is.....

KAREEN!!!

(Congratulations to you :D) 

 

 

Again, congratulations to the lucky winners this time.  I'll have more Giveaway next time.....I'm still thinking what to Giveaway...hehe!

Winners, Kareen and Claudia, what to do now?  Simple.

Just email me at mia.cillan@gmail.com.  Let me know your contact name and address, and I'll mail out the gifts to you on Monday.  As you know, I'm residing in Hong Kong, so if you're not located in Asia, it may take a while to reach you.  :P

When you receive the gifts, please remember to leave me a comment here or email me so that I will know you got them safely.  Hope you like the little gifts from me.

Thanks again for visiting my blog.  Till next time.

Happy weekend everyone!

Cheers,
Mia

Modern Gypsy? Feminine Rock? Bohemian? Whatever...LOL!

I'm not good with the fashion names although I read a lot of fashion magazines. I tend to forget the naming conventions for different seasons.  I just feel that fashion really rotates and what's in will be out and what's out will be in again.  Well, I don't really care what the look is called as long as it looks good. :P  I just don't like stereotyping the looks...

Anyway, I have the habit of keeping my magazines and I love to re-read them to get some inspiration from time to time.  The other day, when I was organizing my wardrobe, I saw a silk/chiffon dress and a cropped faux leather jacket which I have bought last year but never worn yet.  I was thinking...sell??  Keep?  Giveaway??  Or what??

Then I recalled something from the Japanese fashion magazines I was reading the other day and got inspired.  I love doing mix and match and this is what I came up for my ensemble.

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DRESS:  

- Mango black printed silk chiffon long dress with ruffles

COAT:

- Light brown cropped faux leather jacket with zipper details (no brand bought from a HK local shop)

BAG:

- Prada rusty brown cervo antik (deerskin leather) bowler bag with matte gold hw (from 2007)

SHOES:

- Hush Puppies light brown brushed leather motorcycle medium-length boots

ACCESSORIES:

- Earrings: Pilgrim red/black leather heart dangling earrings

- Necklaces: (a) Mango multi-color burgundy/olive/cream/brown beads w/ gold chain long  double strand necklace

                        (b) Mango multi-layered silver/gold short chunky necklace with charm & beads

- Ring: Folli Follie red/black bead & strass chunky ring

- Sunglasses: Chloe "Litchi" CL2161 seashell/black acetate oversized sunglasses

I like the tough feminine look of this Mango silk dress with the motocycle boots that I have.  Haha....they call it "feminine rock"!

 

 

  
Originally, I didn't have any necklaces on me, but then I am not really a "minimalist" when I dress up (well, unless I go to some formal events which simplicity will be the best).  I tend to do layering and accessorizing very often to complete the whole look.  I put on this long necklace first, and then feel that something is lacking around the neckline.  So, I added another short multi-layered silver/gold chunky necklace and voila!  Here are my necklaces together!  So many layers....hehe!

Close-Up pictures of my ensemble.....love the zipper detail on the both sides of the jacket...

Close-Up pictures of my shoes, bag and jeweleries....

So, what do you think?  Yay or Nay?

BTW, for the Giveaway I mentioned in my previous post, I'll post the details tomorrow as the pictures I've taken today for the blouse are not good enough.  Sorry about that.  :P Stay tuned.

Hope you had a nice weekend!

Cheers,
Mia