There are two main reasons why I love this black jumpsuit so much:

1. Its loose and flowy cut, which provides extra modesty for me (ps: Do you know how hard it is to find a non-form-fitting jumpsuit? It is hard.)
2. The single-pleated kebaya-inspired design at the front — which, to be fair, isn't photographed as clearly as I had intended, so you can see it better by hopping over to the post in which my favourite jumpsuit ever debuted on this blog.

As a blazer enthusiast, I embrace all kinds and shapes of it.
Of course, finding said blazers in the exact fit I want is a whole other challenge, though.


Having a serious penchant for oversized tops, I tend to go down the same route for blazers as well, preferring a straight-fitting or a looser cut. But to hunt a cropped blazer with the same sort of cut was definitely a harder task. It's been on my Wish List for so long that I almost forgot about ever pinning a couple of crop blazer photos on my "Style Inspirations" folder on Pinterest.

And then weeks ago, as you can see here, I discovered The Crop Blazer, hanging on a rack and on sale (yas). In a classic neutral beige shade, no less! There are so many outfit possibilities with this one but I really wanted to try to make it into a faux suit for its first time out, so I recruited these beige draped pants — which I also incorporated into yet another customised beige suit years ago.

If you had told me when I was in my teens that I'd be wearing polka dots well into my 30s, I don't know if I would have believed you. Perhaps a bit ironically, I used to think polka dots were juvenile when I was a lot younger and steered clear of them.

Now it seems like I can never get enough of them. Seriously, gimme all the polka dots in the world and I'd be one happy gal.



By the way, do you know how hard it is to find a good modest, long-sleeved and proper maxi polka dot dress? Take it from yo fave hijabi (I'm boldly assuming yo fave is me, yes): it is HARD.

I thought I was seeing things when my eyes laid on this black dress with orange polka dots. The cute polka dot dresses I see are always either 3/4-sleeved or midi-length or both (and why do I always discover this when I'm in the fitting room and not when the dress is hanging on the rack? smh).

So in my modesty book, trust me, this dress is a real gem. I love the pleated front, the bold orange dots, and even the open back that tied at the top, that would obviously require me wearing an underlayer of some sort. An extra layer in this hot and humid weather isn't ideal but for this gem: worth it.
(Sadly I do not have a shot of the back of the dress but rest assured, my back is fully covered.)



Pairing the dress with the ombre drop earrings I've been wanting to re-wear since the first time I put it on in Jakarta, plus my beloved faux-diamond ring from Seoul which cost like RM 12 but looked like the real deal — at least when I first bought it.

The last Disneyland I visited was in Shanghai so it made sense that the city has shops that stock official Disney merchandises. I was ecstatic when I discovered a local China brand called Meters/bonwe — the name is literally styled that way, with the slash — collaborated with Disney on a fashion line.

Not going to lie, I tried to get my hands on as many things as I could without being too greedy, which was hard for a Disneyhead (or...Disniac?) like me.



You might have seen the Disney items I got from Meters/Bonwe: a Minnie Mouse sweater and Mickey Mouse-patched jeans, the pair of jeans with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy patches on it, and the Mickey-eared sling bag that I'm wearing again in this very post.

But until today, I haven't managed to share the one other thing I got in the store: this "angry" Donald Duck cropped denim jacket. It's such a special Disney jacket to own because it perfectly encapsulates the temperament of the beloved Donald Duck.

I don't ever go "Argggh!" in real-life (at least I hope I don't) but I like the idea of using a sartorial piece to get a message across if I'm ever feeling peeved about something!

Look 1

Products used
Face: The Balm Time Balm Face Primer, Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation shade 332 Golden Caramel, NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer shade Med/Dark 2 Caramel (a.k.a. favourite concealer evah), Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Pressed Powder shade 330 Toffee Caramel
Brow: The Balm Furrowcious! Brow Pencil shade Dark Brown, Barry M Take A Brow Brow Gel
Eyes: The Balm Foiled Again palette shades Behind Bars + Incarcerated + Seized, Maybelline Hypercurl Waterproof Mascara
Cheeks: The Balm Balm Springs Blush
Lips: MAC Paramount Satin Lipstick (which has disappeared after tea here! Also see: my thoughts on Paramount)

Look 2

Products used
Face: The Balm Time Balm Face Primer, Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation shade 332 Golden Caramel, NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer shade Med/Dark 2 Caramel, Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Pressed Powder shade 330 Toffee Caramel
Brow: H&M Eyebrow Kit in Espresso (read my thoughts on this brow kit), Barry M Take A Brow Brow Gel
Eyes: The Balm Foiled Again palette shades Guilty + Unmasked + Seized, Barry M That's How I Roll Waterproof Mascara
Cheeks: The Balm Cabana Boy Blush
Lips: The Balm Meet Matt(e) Hughes Long-Lasting Liquid Lipstick in shade Affectionate


I was actually inspired to add more hues to my eye makeup looks by my own colourful makeup looks from years ago, believe it or not. I don't have the patience to sit down and pile on like six (seriously though) eyeshadow shades to the lid/contour/under the brow etc. like I did during that time, but applying three shades sound like a good compromise, no?


I used the lovely "Foiled Again" palette by The Balm for both eye makeup looks here. To be fair, I'm still sticking with mostly matte brown shadows in the bottom row but, hey, baby steps, right? I'm definitely looking forward to playing around with the other shimmery shades in this palette.

Keeping in line with one of the reasons I blog about my outfits, I thought it might be a good idea to go one step further and actually re-wear some of the outfits I've blogged in the past and re-blog them again here on The Good Weekender.


I was especially inspired to do so after reading this article on Vogue.com; the phrase "Serial Outfit Repeater" specifically caught my eyes because I've always thought of myself as one. But to find that a Vogue fashion writer (we sort of share the same name, too) is also diligently repeating outfits so often they have become her uniform is sort of eye-opening and refreshing, to say the least.

I may not have a uniform per se — although I'd say this outfit style is close enough to one for me — but I do repeat a lot of my outfits.

And I mean, A LOT, honestly; it's just you don't see it in my little virtual space here!


I loved so many of my previous outfits in The Good Weekender but I thought this oversized grey sweater and my lipstick-print maxi skirt would be a good start. I wore the same sweater + maxi skirt combo in late 2016, with a printed scarf for my hijab and my white red-accented Stan Smith sneakers — which, by the way, was the very first time I had worn those sneakers.





I gave myself one rule for future posts in this "Serial Outfit Repeater" series: the top and the bottom parts of the outfit have to be the exact same things in the previous and current posts. (A dress or a onesie piece will not qualify.)

If the top part of an old outfit consists of two layers, e.g. a t-shirt and a blazer, wearing just one of them will still fit the rule, as long as I re-wear the same pair of jeans or skirt or whatever I paired with the top part in the older post.

The point is to not one-up the previous ensemble, but rather to show how you can play around with the pieces in your wardrobe to breathe fresh air into an old look!