fashion

Japanese “Seventeen” Magazine outfit reconstructions! (Round two ;)

September 16, 2013

My friend Tiffany and I decided to make some use of our closets and gigantic collections of Japanese fashion/beauty magazines, so we got together and did a set of Seventeen (Japan) outfit reconstructions! We will probably continue doing these with different outfits from different issues. I want to also recreate some outfits from Vivi and Popteen. Beware: Hilarious editing ahead!

You can find my previous post here (round one of Seventeen magazine outfit reconstructions) here:
http://www.allygong.com/?p=108

First Outfit ! I had a lot of similar style clothing in my closet, so I saw this outfit and was like yes.

Clothing:

Blouse- Korean boutique

Necklace- Forever 21

Shorts- Guess

Belt- Forever 21

Shoes- Ross

Bag- present

Bracelets- China

Second Outfit! I love love love her outfit so much, but since I didn’t have the exact same elements in my closet, I had to go with similar pieces. I think the black lace with the frilly blue shorts (skirt in my case) are such a sweet touch. 🙂

Clothing:
Shirt: American Eagle
Necklace: F21
Skirt: Japan

Third Outfit! This outfit is sooo adorable and very delicate and girly. I would not wear this in public (at least not around in my city) but I still it nonetheless. Basically everyone in Japan has a straw, picnic basket style bag. (I should jump on that hype.)

Clothing:
Shirt- Wet Seal
Belt- Michael Kors
Skirt- Shibuya 101 (Tokyo)
Bag- Friends bag (I bought it as a present for her from Sakuranbo)
Shoes- Franco Sarto

Outfit four! This outfit is so casual yet pulled together. I love i love I love

Clothing:
Sweater- Calvin Klein (mens) I love hugeee sweaters, especially in the winter!
Skirt- Cotton On
Fake collar- F21
Shoes- Guess
Earrings-Express

Fifth outfit!

Clothing:

Cardigan-Charlotte Russe

Tank top- China

Shorts- F21

Hat- China

Collaboration outfit! 🙂 Tiffany and I also did a total of two outfits where we posed together! View her post at http://www.tiff-any-s.blogspot.com/2013/09/seventeen-magazine-outfit.html (Be sure to follow her blog and stay tuned for more posts from her!! )

Tiffany’s Clothing:

Blouse- F21
Dress- Target

Allys Clothing:
Sweater dress-China
Collared shirt- F21

I hope everyone enjoyed this post! Tiffany (http://www.tiff-any-s.blogspot.com/) and I had a lot of fun running around throwing on different outfits and making fun of each other throughout the entire process. My editing skills will one day improve as well.

In the meantime, we are looking for more outfits to do from various Japanese fashion magazines, so keep your eyes out for that!

Love,
-A

New advice column for readers!!

September 3, 2013

Hi guys!! Oh no, it’s almost 3 AM! Sick girl can’t sleep 🙁
When I can’t sleep I tend to think a lot about completely irrelevant things like 9th grade boy crushes, what kind of breakfasts I ate in Japan, and crap like that.

A few hours earlier, I was thinking back on a site I made during the 6th grade, and it made me think to the advice section I put on there! (By the way, I was a really cool kid back then…) If you want to be entertained and revisit middle school shenanigans… visit (http://www.freewebs.com/ally1on/) not even going to link to it because I’d rather not have everyone quote me.

Anyway, thinking back to that made me remember how much fun I had talking to people and trying to help them solve problems in their lives! I don’t tell many people about my emotional journey and many dark secrets about myself, but I would credit myself as one (albeit young) who’s experienced quite a lot in life already! I want to share my mistakes and growth from these personal experiences with others in the form of advice! I love to give family and friends advice, so I thought I would implement an advice column type thing into my blog and give it a test. On my contact page (you can get there by clicking the “Contact” icon on my tab bar on the top of the blog!) I added a section called “Ask Ally” and added a form under there as well!

Here is a link to that page in case you’re too lazy to scroll up and click the icon. (Don’t worry, it happens to the best of us.) http://www.allygong.com/p/contact.html

I want to give helpful advice on anything ranging from beauty/fashion questions to things like personal/interpersonal/relationship advice! Think of me like a friend, because I won’t judge you or smirk or do any of that bitchy shit. I will also try to post pictures along with my advice when I have the chance! Let’s get those questions rolling and see how this goes!

Love you all! Hope everyones had a more restful night than yours truly…

-A