February 9, 2010

Ukay Manila


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Thrift shopping is a hard. The smell, the heat and hours of scavenging on piles of unsorted clothes can be a bit overwhelming to the faint of heart. It doesn't stop there cause cleaning and sanitizing of these clothes is another job that should be done properly. With these second hand clothes laundry detergent is not enough. Believe me, as a thrift shopper i know the hours spent on cleaning these thrift finds to restore it's colors and condition. Just consider yourself a clothes surgeon thus giving your clothes patient the face lift and botox they need before they come out again. It's tiring and it is a lot of work.

So when Lauren Dado (iambourgeois.com) and Liz Lanuzo (projectvanity.com) of Ukay Manila sent me this gorgeous maxi dress i was just beyond ecstatic. No more laundry for me. Yey! These girls are brilliant. Obviously they love fashion and they're very passionate about going green and so the birth of Ukay Manila. Come to think of it, these young girls are doing the dirty job for us. They sell their unique vintage finds inexpensively, clean, sanitized and ready to wear.

Thank you Ukay Manila. You truly are heaven sent. Lauren and Liz, thank you for this dress. Am ready for summer.

Have a great day everyone and don't forget to visit and shop at Ukay Manila.

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31 comments:

  1. yeees, it's hard to have patience to finding some interesting pieces in secondhand stores.. but how pretty they are! and it usually makes our day when we find it :)

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  2. Hi, denise. :) I sent you an e-mail asking a very important question. :D

    love the dress! so summerry. :)

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  3. I love your dress -- the print is perfect for summer. Your photos turned out so beautifully!

    - JoAnn, Sidewalk Chalk

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  4. Denise, summer na! I love your maxi dress. I have to visit Ukay Manila. Thanks for the tip. xoxo

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  5. apir Ms. D! im ready for summer too!
    ansarap mgukay for summer!

    beautiful dress!!!
    you look so fresh and freewheeling!!!loveet.

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  6. you look absolutely gorgeous! i never realized how good that dress actually looks; i've never seen it in totality. :P

    btw, it's Projectvanity.com. hihi.

    thank you.

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  7. Love the pattern on your dress!


    www.sonyasark.blogspot.com

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  8. That is a beautiful dress indeed. It is like a dream to see your summer like surroundings when here we are knee deep in snow...
    xo
    Zuzana

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  9. you look so pretty denise! i miss wearing maxi dress.

    xx,
    betz
    http://herarmoire.blogspot.com

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  10. lovely dress, Denise!
    I'm unhappy, I have no time to shopping in sh, I love it, but that "job" really needs time and time to digging some nice stuff :D

    kisses!

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  11. Aw, what a lucky girl! That dress is so you, pretty, easy-going and PINK... if it's pink, it could be red lol.

    <3

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  12. beautiful outfit! love your blog

    link exchange?

    come check out the first ever fashion blog from a guys POV, let He know what you think

    fashionbyhe.blogspot.com

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  13. Beautiful dress!!! I love the colors and the print is gorgeous ;) You looks so dreamy!

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  14. wow, beautiful dress! i love maxi dresses:) u look great, denise! i love how u compared restoring ur thrift finds to a surgeon lol! great analogy!:)

    TheOwlsCloset.blogspot.com

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  15. you look amazing! i love the dress!so many bright colors!lovely

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  16. wow, mukhang summer na summer na nga talaga jan. i love the dress, denisah!

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  17. yey summer!
    love that shot of your trying to swing on the branch! so fun! :D

    gizellefaye.blogspot.com

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  18. Hey Denise
    What a lovely dress! Bright colours look great on you.
    Im interested to know what you think the best way to clean vintage thrifted finds is? particually to get the 'old' smell out lol

    Rose

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  19. love the dress den! bagay na bagay syo. :) -con

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  20. That dress is lovely! YOu look amazing in it! I am so ready for some warmer weather. All the colors in the dress are great. I am loving all the pictures...what another good spot.

    xoxo, Shelly

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  21. you look so cute climbing the tree! I want the weather to hurry up and warm up so I can wear cute dresses like yours ;)

    xoxo

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  22. Nice! Very nice splash of colors which surprisingly reminds me of the very first dress I bought from the Ukay Manila store.

    http://sunnysideupsandmishaps.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-used-to-drink.html

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  23. Thirfting is truly tiring yet rewarding after you find those gems!

    You look as beautiful as ever!

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  24. that is a cute dress D, love the color and how flowy it is....!!! and BTW I went to my old blog....

    rebeccaroseilican.blogspot.com/

    Thanks!!!

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  25. That's a pretty dress,doubly pretty because it's paisley, one of my fave prints. I missed wearing a maxi dress, super ginaw pa kasi dito.

    You look fab as usual, Denise! :)

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  26. You are so lucky to be able to wear a dress like that! I miss summer...

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