Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is showing in just a few days! I cannot believe this trilogy is coming to a close. It feels like it was just yesterday when I was sitting in the theater cheering with what felt like the entire galaxy when that blue text appeared on screen for the first time in years. Lightsabers were in the air, ecstatic screams filled the cinema, buckets of tears were shed. And just like that, it’s over. Another era is coming to an end.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, I’ve decided to do Star Wars week over on my Instagram and on this blog – starting with this one. In honor of the 3 trilogies, I’ve decided to dedicate this month’s SBC (Style to Bound to Cosplay) blog to 3 women – one from each generation of the films.

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I know it’s been a minute and a half since I last posted, but short life update: it’s been pretty crazy on the work front. Suffice to say that a couple of years since starting my company, we can finally, happily celebrate the fact that we opened the first and only licensed Harry Potter store in the country. I couldn’t be prouder – a passion project and a dream fulfilled. Just goes to show that magic does exist: in the form of hard work, dedication, and love. Now that I’ve got Potter down, hopefully my Disney dreams will come true as well – which brings me back to this blog. Lol.

Now that I’ve explained why I’ve been away, let me explain my first entry back. In case you guys have forgotten, one of the monthly blogs I do is called Affordable Disney, where I take one locally sourced Disney item and style it in five different ways. Because of the scheduling conflicts I mentioned earlier, I only managed to get in 3 outfits this time. However, this one is still pretty special since it is themed to the most wonderful time of the year.

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I haven’t even watched this yet and I’m already in love.

From the moment I saw that hair-raising first trailer – from the costumes, to the action, to the MUSIC. Frozen 2 quickly climbed my list of Disney movies I was most looking forward to for 2019. After Avengers: Endgame and Aladdin, this and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker have been my most highly anticipated releases. And today, I finally get to watch the most famous sisters of all time take the big screen once more.

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This timeless classic turns 30 today! And zut alors did I dive in for this one. (Quite literally, if I may add)

So I packed up a little bag of 6 Ariel inspired looks and headed under the sea – or beside it at least – to celebrate 30 years of mermaid magic.

“I don’t know when, I don’t know how, but I know something’s starting right now.
Watch and you’ll see, some day I’ll be part of your world.”

Now, before I ask you to look at this stuff and ask you how neat my Ariel costume collection is, I feel like I need to get something off my chest. I remember watching The Little Mermaid as a kid. And unpopular opinion: I didn’t like it.  Okay don’t drown me, and let me explain.

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Painful truth? Though it releases in the US today, Disney+ is not yet available internationally. No news yet on when it will come to our shores, but I decided to celebrate the launch anyway. Because any excuse to Disneybound is welcome in my book.

And since I feel like Disney+ is best shared with company, I roped in some family and friends to do 3 themes that I’m looking forward to seeing on the app: a live action original movie, a classic animated series, and a reboot.

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Big Hero 6 is five years old today! And although that doesn’t sound like a long time, I honestly didn’t think it had hit five already. I thought maybe two, three years tops.

Which reminds me of a little anecdote I hope you won’t judge me for. Are you ready for your Disney expert image of me to be shattered? Here it goes: When I first saw the poster for Big Hero 6, I had never heard of it before. So I actually said “What happened to the first 5? Did I miss them? How the heck did I miss 5 Disney movies?” LOL. Okay, you can unsubscribe to me now, I won’t blame you.

If you’re still here, I did watch it (and get it lol). And. I. LOVED. It. I thought the characters were so refreshingly different and fun, the plot was both thrilling and touching, and omg Baymax! Who doesn’t love Baymax?

So you guys know how this works by now. Disney movie anniversary = Disneybound lookbook, so I obviously had to do outfits inspired by our team of 6. (See, I know that now. Lol)

“We didn’t set out to be superheroes. But, sometimes, life doesn’t go the way you planned. The good thing is, my brother wanted to help a lot of people.
And that’s what we’re gonna do”

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I can’t believe how quickly the year has gone! Halloween is over, and Christmas is fast approaching. But before I start dressing in Mickey Santa outfits and ugly Christmas sweaters (which I actually not-so-secretly love to do), I’d like to celebrate fall just a few weeks more.

Again, there is no fall in the Philippines, but it doesn’t mean we can’t dress in fall colors. And it was actually the rich browns, yellows, oranges, and deep greens that inspired this month’s DCW. And as a little bonus, I did 11 items this time for a whopping 22 Disney outfits!

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It’s Día de los Muertos today!

And like always, I thought I’d celebrate this beautiful occasion in my own little way – through Disney Style. More specifically, through styling looks around one of my favorite Pixar films of all time – Coco.

I have to admit, when I first saw the trailer for this movie, I didn’t think anything of it. But when I saw it in the theater and cried my way through at least a third of it, I knew I would never underestimate Pixar again lol. Coco is one of the most visually stunning movies I’ve ever seen, and don’t even get me started on what it did to my proud corazón. So well written, so endearing, so heartwarming. I just, ahhh – I am completely in love with it.

Which is why I got so excited when I started putting ideas together for this lookbook.

“Día de Muertos has begun,
it’s the one night of the year our ancestors can come visit us.”

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Just a few nights more til the spookiest night of the year!

Okay, I’ve said this before (so please don’t kill me) – I’m not big on Halloween. I know. The girl who dresses up for everything isn’t into what is pretty much the biggest costume party on earth.

It’s just, Halloween was never really a big thing in the Philippines. For us, as soon as what we call the -ber months hit (SeptemBER, OctoBER – you get the idea), it’s basically Christmas. Malls play Christmas music and have Christmas trees up by September 1st. From then til January (yes you read that right), it’s basically one long Christmas party full of evenings of eating, hanging out with friends, lots and lots of family reunions, and did I say eating yet? Eating. That’s something I’ve always loved about the Philippines. Our love for all things Christmas. But that also meant that I never really grew up with Halloween.

I think it was only in college that I really started going to Halloween parties, and even then I never went for anything scary costume-wise (I am not a fan of scary movies lol). The closest I can get to that is wearing a Disney Villain inspired look instead.

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil opens today!

Am I excited? Truthfully, not so much. I know, shocking right?

See, I wasn’t really a fan of the first movie. The plot felt pretty forced to me, especially on the heels of Frozen. Maleficent breaking the curse was predictable at best. I didn’t enjoy the dumbing down of the 3 fairies, and my biggest complaint – she didn’t turn into a dragon, which was the coolest part of the animated version for me growing up.

Now this isn’t meant to be a review, but after seeing the trailers I’m not sure how much more they can do with this plot. But because it’s Disney, and because it’s me, I’m obviously going to give it a chance anyway. Who knows, they might end up giving us something special.

So in honor of its release, I decided to base this month’s Style to Bound to Cosplay (SBC) blog on Maleficent – who despite the live action I still believe to be one of the most badass villains ever.

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