shopping list

calivintage spring picks

today i thought i’d share with you some of the items on my spring shopping list. this spring, whenever i try to create a definitive list of my favorite moods and trends , i get this feeling that perhaps i don’t really have much direction…. so i’ve been focusing on individual pieces that i really really know that i want and then hope that everything else will fall into place.

so let’s begin:

spring dresses: this is pretty simple. the other day i watched a rather bizarre movie starring peter sellers called i love you, alice b. toklas. the female love-interest and hippie love child with the great brownie baking skills, nancy, wore several adorable little hippie frocks that basically inspired me to add a few to my wardrobe. i like the updated take on this look from these two dresses i found at urban outfitters.

handbag: i recently realized that my purse collection consists of only vintage coach purses. this is not a problem, but they’re all worn and torn and tattered and i wouldn’t mind something a little bit more simple and modern. annabel recently posted a picture of this clare vivier messenger tote on her tumblr and i’m smitten! though instead of buying it, i think i’m going to be commissioning my friend with an industrial sewing machine to custom design one for me!

jeans: i’m pretty much on a constant search for the perfect pair of high rise skinny jeans. but whenever i think i’ve found them, something else pops up or i change my mind about what would actually make them perfect, and the search continues. i have a feeling that what this means is that i really just prefer the hunt more than the prize when it comes to clothes. but for the sake of this post, i’ll tell you that my ideal jeans are the j brand 210 oslo jeans in indigo. unfortunately, they’re out of stock and rather expensive at $187, so i’m holding myself over with two pairs of high rise cigarette jeans from urban outfitters.

socks and sandals: you guys already know about my infatuation with this look. i was tumbling so many pictures of socks and stockings yesterday that i felt a little concerned about looking like a fetishist. but whatevs, i like the look for spring. so besides the oh so desirable swedish hasbeens, i just read about hansel from basel socks over at fashion for writers and i think i need those little strawberry top crew socks! they’re reversible, too.

tank top: well, stripes and nautical themes will always be in fashion as far as i’m concerned and this pretty little bb dakota tank top looks like it will be just perfect paired with jeans, shorts, and cute little skirts. can’t go wrong!

26 comments

  1. I noticed a few days ago you posted on your tumblr about the foley & corinna mid city tote. I have it and it is the best bag I own. I absolutely love it. I have the distressed brown one and it goes with nearly everything I own.

  2. rhiannon: jenny from fashion for writers says socks from hansel and basel are a dream. i almost bought them last night and then hesitated at the last moment because of the price… but they're reversible, so it's like two pairs of socks in one, right?

  3. Love the socks with sandals, but I'm too afraid to not pull it right, lots of blue, remind me of the sea. Great choices.
    xo!

  4. I love these pics! And I definitely agree about nautical/stripes always being in style. I've been all over them for a few years and never felt out of fashion.

  5. Urban Outfitters seems to have some of best dresses for summer. I'm dying to try on a few things next time I go there.

  6. Oh man, I'm with you on those yellow Hasbeens – I JUST wrote a post about how badly I want them. And that colour's on sale so they're even MORE tempting. (They want $50 to ship Stateside, though. I mean, it's nuts.)

    Also, that tank top is too cute. Great picks! :D

  7. I have the UO black dress you have listed! It is really flattering and great when belted. I highly recommend it, and I am interested to see what you would wear with it.

  8. I just ordered up the BB Dakota top last week! I am super excited to style it up….it is so darn adorable!

  9. You're making me pretty obsessed with these clogs!!!

    Also, thanks for posting those jeans! So hard to find jeans with a decent rise!

    xo,
    Elissa

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