Once When I Was

I haven’t had much time to do any style posts lately. When I am so focused on pulling clothes for others I forget about myself.

It must be the California sunshine but I am obsessing over yellow these days.

Sunnies c/o Karen Walker. Blouse from Zara. Jeans c/o AG, Sandals c/o Sole Society.

(Source: oncewheniwas)

I joined a cult last night. I hear it’s what you do when you move to LA. They don’t call it la-la land for nothing.
Cult Gaia is the flower power crowning glory from the happy hands of the very sweet Jasmine.

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OnceWhenIWore #NYFW Edition.
Getting ready for a day of being back in the cold for the unofficial first day of fashion week.

Head to toe shout outs: hat c/o Steven Alan, Uniqlo undershirt, chainmail knit c/o Allsaints, furry vest c/o Fur Elise, jeans c/o Bleulab and J Shoes Ranch boots.

I love vintage clothing for so many reasons. Mainly the way you can make up a history about a 50’s dress and the housewife who spent her time valley-of-the-dolling in it or the 70’s fringe vest and the hippie who easy-rode down the coast in it. On top of all the day dreaming that goes hand in hand with recycled clothing there is the good you are doing for the planet by re-purposing what is already available.

Last night I visited the boutique opening of Denim Refinery in Downtown LA where designer Janet Sung has mastered a technique to get any vintage item super soft with silicone washes. From vintage Mickey Mouse sweat shirts to army-navy surplus they all get the treatment that turns coarse poly blends into perfectly worn-in coziness. There is a little bit of love from the 50’s to the 90’s in the shop but most of all there is killer denim. Here I am in a bleached out Levi’s jacket that is available online. Visit DR’s tumblr to get inspiration for your pieces that are left in the corner of a drawer because you can send your neglected jeans to get the Denim Refinery make-over.

You know I love some #rainbow to go with my #unicorn dress @garylang (at Art Los Angeles Contemporary)

Once When I Wore White dresses, winter edition: Leather or Lace.

I’m wearing a TopShop coat and you might like this one.

I prefer the slimmer sneaker wedge that Puma came out with before the trend hit but here is a current style.

Never enough patterned tights. I call these my Low End Theory pair because they look like Tribe’s classic album cover.

Once When I Wore White dresses, winter edition: Leather or Lace.

I’m wearing a TopShop coat and you might like this one.

Pendant c/o Alexis Bittar and pins c/o Ports 1961.

Once When I Was first living in NYC it took me a few years to get the hang of cold weather dressing. I come from the tropical land of South Florida where 60 degrees is considered biting. Now here I am in sunny California for my first winter and I have gone soft already. I keep hearing how this is an unusually nippy season for LA but I believe it may be me and my thin blood. What I do love is that wearing white is acceptable year round. This Maje dress is my one piece of white clothing and I am such a klutz it terrifies me to wear it. But it is my personal fashion challenge to wear more white now that I am not schlepping on the subway and sloshing through sidewalk puddles.

White dresses, winter edition: Leather or Lace.

I’m wearing a TopShop coat and you might like this one.

I prefer the slimmer sneaker wedge that Puma came out with before the trend hit but here is a current style.

Never enough patterned tights. I call these my Low End Theory pair because they look like Tribe’s classic album cover.

I recently acquired this long floral dress c/o Levi’s (Thank You Friends!) and something about it feels so Little House on the Prairie. I have neither a little house nor a prairie so I am wearing it in a super relaxed way because, well, I am feeling lazy and I can’t really go to showrooms in sweatpants. I really just wanted to be cosy so I threw on an over-sized sweater (c/o A+RO) and some colored tights to pull this look together and hit the road.

Long dresses.  Casual or Glamorous.
Slouchy Sweaters.  Easy-going or Statement making.
Everyday Boots: Kick-ass or Ass-kicking.