The Chrysler Building

I am currently in Oregon eating s'mores, drinking sparkling water and watching the greatest BBC series Sherlock. It's so nice to finally be on summer. On Tuesday I go back to Los Angeles (not a moment too soon, I miss the city life), go to a photo shoot and then a birthday dinner. The next day I have my surgery. (We'll talk about that later)

Anyway, I got this dress from my step-mom for the my 16th. I dont know how she knew I would love this so much but I do. It is an incredible piece of vintage, and I mean i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-e. I love the deco inspired woman head and the Chrysler building and their reflections of each other. It fits like a glove too, which doesn't hurt its popularity points. Dresses like these make me so happy.

Vintage 70's dress, Jeffrey Campbell boots, vintage sterling silver pendant.

To Buy or Not To Buy: A Dilemma

Sneak preview for tomorrow night's post + discussion...


I am going to be upfront about this: I buy knockoffs if they're well done. You've seen them here on the blog. Jeffrey Campbell does a great job at it, I am very thankful for the brand. So naturally I kind of went crazy when I saw that these Chloe knockoff boots had become available to the mass market for under $200. I had stalked the original ones for what had felt like years; I've loved the infamous doc marten/wedge silhouette ever since I first saw it. I still have an ebay alert set up in case a certain pair walks in the door with a size 9 and my name on it. But Ill say it, I don't really have $600 to spend on a pair of shoes. So then these shoes are a gift from heaven. However, here is where the dilemma comes in.

Can you support a brand that blatantly knocks off designers to profit for themselves? Morally I would say it's wrong. But then again, it happens everywhere. Singers constantly do covers of other people's songs, and nobody complains. Directors remake movies all the time. Left and right you see it happening. So what is right and what is wrong? I don't have an answer here. Like I said before, I buy knockoffs. I love these boots. But still, I'm conflicted.

What do you think?

Interested In You

I think I have mentioned a million times before that I have a huge interest in photography. I like to use disposables a lot for when hanging out with friends, and of course a Canon DSLR for the blog (I just ordered the T2i to also start taking HD video to make my own short films!) I also use a Panasonic Lumix for various family events and gatherings, a Fisheye for music festivals, and a Holga for summer fun. Then there is this Canon 35mm film camera. Its big and bulky and from the 80s. It was a gift from a stage manager who my mom worked with when she produced a musical a couple summers ago. I have only used it once before, and decided to pull it out again a couple days ago and really try to master the art. I still have some work to do, but here is what I came up with in the mean time.
Have I ever talked about my affinity for 70s dresses? They aren't up on the blog as much as they should be but I really love them; they're so much fun to find and collect. They're so full of personality, they always make me wonder what woman wore them before me.

Im fascinated with how light hits an object in photos. I guess thats the principal thing in photography, but I love how the sun catches this silk shirt I bought at Forever 21 last year. It hasn't been on the blog, but I felt like I should point out I cut off all the buttons and replaced them with beautiful mother of pearl ones. I felt like a real housewife when I was sewing and it felt good.

And it wouldn't be a roll of film without a picture of flower porn to complete it.

Apologies on my absence for the past couple of weeks. Final projects and finals have really gotten the better of me, as well as the planning of a small trip to Oregon next week, and a major surgery in less than half a month (will discuss later.) I have a DIY coming up that Im excited to show you as well. Summer is going to be great.
xox

THE Jumpsuit

I don't even know where to start with this thing. A couple weeks ago, while trying to decide the 6 (finally narrowed it down to 3) outfit changes I was going to have at my birthday party, (it was like my wedding you guys, no joke, it was ridiculous), I was perusing online vintage stores and stumbled upon this jumpsuit. At first I thought I thought of it as a joke and emailed my mom the link with "Sweet Sixteen Outfit?" in the title, but then the more I thought about it the more I liked it, and then finally I just had to have it for the big night. Long story short, I had so much fun in this thing. It was incredible. I think a lot of people just stared at me in disbelief and couldn't swallow the fact that I was currently in a head to toe blue, green, purple geometric ... something. But whatever, it didn't matter what they thought. All that mattered was that I liked it. And I did.
Cause hey, I'm 16.


I've gotten a lot of references to the jumpsuit being "Pucci-esque" which I completely agree on. I still can't figure out the date on this thing, though. I thought it was from the 80s, my aunt and her friend argued that it was 70s, but the colors didn't seem right for the 70s. My mom had to agree that it was 80s. Maybe a happy median is a 70s inspired piece from the 80s... yes?

Vintage blue, purple, green jumpsuit from Nasty Gal, my current favorite vintage jade earrings given to me by my mom for my birthday , American Apparel neon nail polish, flea market rings turquoise and tigers eye.

Is It Summer Yet?

A couple weeks ago I went to the American Apparel headquarters and modeled some summer clothes for their vintage line. Raffi, (who you can see modeling in the new Gingham! Ads, which are sometimes on the banner at the top of this page), got to style the shoot, and I love how he mixed neutral colors together. Something unexpected but definitely fresh for the oncoming heat in summer months.

I love going in to shoot at AA, everyone is so nice and they always play the best 80s/90s music. Its also interesting when new pieces rush past you that are in the beginning stages of development and haven't been seen by the outside world yet. Im not at all lying when I say I love American Apparel. Its completely and absolutely true, or as I like to say, TRUTH!

All pieces available at americanapparel.com now!