Take for example this adorable Knee Length Linen Dress in Mustard —

This loose fitting, slightly a-line dress can be worn in any season. Great with jeans, pants or a-line skirts, with a fitted 3/4 or long sleeve skivvy. Otherwise worn alone as a dress. The front has a centre pleat, the back has one fix strap. Both sides feature contrast embroidery details. Freyed edges and uncut threads are intentional. Pls note, embroidery details will vary slightly as each piece is individually hand sewn. Slips over the head, easy to wear. All seams are double stitched and overlocked. (serged)

I love how you can actually wear it like a tunic and not just a dress. This will come handy on days that’s chilly than the rest. I sure wished I wore a pair of pants earlier cuz the weather turned colder as soon as the sun’s gone. Freezing to wear just my boyfriend dress!

I love the “unfinished” touch and other details. They look simple but sometimes, I love that bit about the thing I wear. I love the minimalist look and roughness feel of it. It makes it more unique, don’t you agree?

Knee Length Linen Dress, $149.

Image: Pamela Tang @ Big Cartel

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Knee Length Linen Dress by Pamela Tang

I’ve finally found a piece that gives us a taste of some Australian Indie Fashion. It’s an Antique Keys Necklace from Shonah Jewellery Design.

It’s quite simple but it looks adorable. It’s handmade. It’s one of the pieces under the Resin, Fabric & Wood Shape collection.

Shonah pendants are individually handmade, using a blend of her original screen-printed fabrics, patchwork and vintage fabrics. Each beautiful piece is mounted on Tasmanian oak, carefully hand crafted by her father in a quaint country town, furnishing an organic feel to her designs.

I guess if you folks are looking for something that’s pretty unique then this is one good option.

Antique Keys Necklace, $54.

Image and Quoted Text: Shonah Jewellery Design

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Antique Keys Necklace by Shonah

Tell us a little bit about you. How old are you and where do you live?

I’m 27 years old. I live in QC. I studied interior design in college. After graduating from college, I pursued ID at Parsons School of Design and decided to take fashion merchandising just for fun but I loved it so much that I decided to go back the following year and pursue a course in Fashion Design. I also took several classes in FIT.

What do you love about indie style? What is it that inspires you?

I draw inspiration from nature, anything whimsy, I love to look at children’s fairy books and vintage flora and fauna illustrations. Right now, Im obsessing over peacocks ( i love the colors of fuchsia, teal and violet ). and vintage baroque wallpapers.

Who do you imagine you are designing for?

When designing a dress, I always try to picture myself wearing it.I pay attention to details to make it more special. I design for women who are feminine, flirty and playful with a kittenish vibe.

Give us your favourite undiscovered designer/shop.

There is this small homey boutique on Mulberry St. Nolita in New York City called Poppy. They carry unique pieces from up and coming designers and vintage pieces as well. The interior of the store is fab but not over the top. They found all their furniture from the armoire to the lamp in thrift shops all over Manhattan and they mixed it with modern pieces. After shopping or window shopping, walk a few steps and there’s Ciao Bella for ice cream. Makes me miss New York.

Favourite Fashion designers?

My favorite fashion designers are Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, Alberta Ferreti and Giambattista Valli.

If you want to shop her creations, visit her site: WANDERLUSTManila.multiply.com. She accepts made to order!

For details on what Celine was wearing in the photos, check out Style Manila: Celine Cruz of Wanderlust.

Photos courtesy of Celine Cruz.

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Take Five: Celine Cruz

“If you are to examine the photo seen above, you’ll find that there’s a distinct accent, which happens to be hand-designed by local artist Vernon Perez (aka Spoonman), that makes the miniskirt unique. The fact that the detail is hand-designed boasts that no two skirt is the same. Fantastic, isn’t it? That is one of the things I like about clothes that aren’t mass-produced. It’s gives me the satisfaction of owning an item that creates the illusion that it’s especially made just for me.” — Sasha Manuel, StyleManila.com

It’s the kstyled Denim Miniskirt with Hand-Design Detail by Kaye Olfindo, a local Indie fashion designer and stylist. Getting to meet Kaye had been one of the highlights of 2007 as a fashion writer/blogger. I’ve continued to keep track of her career and I’ve heard of her stints in styling and designing clothes for a number of local TV personalities.

Anyway, I’m looking forward to getting to know her more and I hope you guys will get to have the same wonderful opportunity.

If you want to see how the skirt looks like when worn, feel free to visit: Denim Miniskirt with Hand-Designed Detail by kstyled.

Image: kstyled.multiply.com

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kstyled Denim Miniskirt with Hand-Design Detail

One of my great indie fashion discoveries is this Daniella De Corsie dress, which I found in a Indie Fashion boutique called F*ART located in the North of Metro Manila. I wore it to an event which took place during Summer (my country) this year (April-ish).

Yes, Daniella is a local indie fashion designer and this particular work of hers IS made of wow.

There was a moment when I had put it on that I had wished to be more fuller, esp around the bust area, to fully maximise the creation. It’s very sensual in its own subtle way. If this dress impressed you, then better hold on to your jaws when you see the rest of her work.

Image: stylemanila.com

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Daniella De Corsie Dress