Downtown Adventures

Hat/Shirt, Melrose Flea Market; Shorts, Forever 21; Shoes, H&M.

I'm on spring break! Wooo! So my friend and I decided to explore downtown LA. The last two were from the Art District at Wurstkuche which is the best sausage place ever! Then we headed over to Olvera Street and went into the Avila Adobe, the oldest house in Los Angeles! I'm just loving the heat out here!

That's my friend Celine. She's awesome. Those are pictures of her trying to be a cactus. 

4 days until Coachella 2012!!!!

xx, L

Spring Rains

Top, Thirfted; Sweater, Goodwill; Jeans, BDG-OU; Shoes, Vintage.

Halley 

My sister!

Top, Lush; Skirt, Topshop; Shoes, Doc Martens; Scarf, Cotton On.

So here I am, ready for spring, and then there's a storm and it rains. So I layered up in my winter darks and opened up my closet for something warm and my new pale pink cashmere from Goodwill calls to me. 

I know cashmere is a wintery/fall fabric, like velvet, but in the right colors it's the perfect summer night sweater, or, as seen here, spring layer. 

I was at my friend Halley's beautiful house. You can see her room, and her makeup there. She took a good hour to get ready. I got a few good pictures of her make-up process before my camera ran out of batteries. She's always cute, and my best shopping buddy. Then there's Holly. She's cute and has a great fashion sense too (since she just wears my clothing) but we're working on getting her a new wardrobe for next year. 

xx liana

Clothes porn

Warning: This is a long inspo post, but well worth a look. 

We all have those styles we flock to like birds. The ones we see in magazines and on the streets that we absolutely adore. Sometimes it gets to the point where all our shopping is done around those items: how can I look like that? How can I make it my own? What more can I do with this?

Currently I am obsessed with a few types of clothing: Shoes (omg, shoes), anything velvet, that basic casual I can never find the clothes to pull it off with, and, of course, collars.

I'll start with collared. I'm in love with this look, being a french girl by association, and especially layering with collars. 

(I know they're boys but those colors! Oh, the colors!)

Collar, under sweater, under a coat... *brb dying*

I need these in my closet for summer!!!

Next, how can we ignore the beautiful comeback from the 90s: velvet. Fun fact: My prom dress was velvet. I wish I could own so much more velvet than I do but I never know what to pair it with! I had to stop myself from buying a bell sleeved black velvet top (which will haunt me forever) because I have absolutely nothing to wear it with... So instead, I look at pictures online:

(I love this whole outfit, not just the shorts)

(Mix of collared and velvet!)

Then there's that style that has eluded me for years: the basics. I've never found that white shirt that hangs loosely but perfectly, that goes with any jeans ever. I've never been good at doing basic right, and I always end up looking all too normal in tight jeans and a top. Anything casual and simple is apparently beyond my fashion abilities. 

Let's end this post with a little appreciate for shoes:

Well that's all for now (and it's quite a lot). I havent been posting because I only have time to wear nice clothes during the weekends. To top it off, I like to shoot during the day to get good lighting and my sissy-poo, my fearless photographer, tends to be away. I was going to shoot a few of my new looks the other day but I ended up feeling sick. To boot, I don't have a real camera, so when I fix that we'll be getting down to business with a lot more posts (and more variety, not just me).

I hope 2012 has been treating you well. 

Love, 

TnT