mom jeans + puff sleeves – est. 2008
today you can find a little interview with me about my pretty cat friend, momo. claire of lola is beauty has an ongoing series featuring bloggers and their cats, and i was honored to have been asked to join the ranks in her series with some other lovely bloggers. i talk all about momo and her silly idiosyncrasies and there are plenty more photos up on her site, so go check it out!
today is an extra special outfit post because you get two for the price of one! that’s right, my brother and i planned a little shoot together while i was visiting my hometown over the holiday weekend. we’re in front of my grandmother’s old house on the stoop where we’ve spent so many summer afternoons since we were little kids. and this is what we wore on a sweltering sunday to beat the 104 degree heat. on days like this, the philosophy of “less is more” most definitely rings true. one more layer or even slightly heavier fabric would make the weather pretty much unbearable.
we were both in desperate need of some new frames, so my sponsor bonlook, generously let us pick out some new glasses for the occasion. and when an outfit is simple like this, it’s the perfect opportunity to accessorize with a pair of statement glasses. i’m thanking my lucky stars to have discovered them because their $99 price tag certainly beats the $400+ i spent on my last pair. in fact, i’ve already got my eye on a couple more styles to mix and match with different outfits.
i am wearing…
top: j.crew racerback tank
skirt: asos
shoes: kork ease teresa sandals
bag: j.w. hulme mini legacy bag
lipstick: ysl fard a levres rouge pur in rosy coral
glasses: bonlook simply fabulous in brown
on my brother…
top: american apparel raglan shirt
pants: thrifted vintage levi’s 501s
shoes: alden indy work boots
glasse: bonlook cocktail hour in black & tortoise
yin of pangcakes, street style in paris by vanessa jackman, roz of clothes, cameras, and coffee, funeka of the quirky stylista, by les yeux sans visage, and street style in milan by the sartorialist.
and as always, you can follow me on tumblr to see a continuous feed of everything that catches my eye on the internet! and don’t forget my new bike blog, bikes + babes!
i’m sure if you’ve been reading for a little while, you’ve noticed how often the subject of my mom comes up on here! there’s no way to say it without being cheesy, but she is a true inspiration to me. she’s the woman who would wake me up early on the weekends to go rummaging for treasures at estate sales, and who took me to the thrift store at least 2 times a week after school, and who would drive us out to hell and back searching all over southern california for cool vintage boutiques and antique shops for whatever interesting things we could find. and to this day, even though she lives all the way out in arizona, when i get to see her a couple of times a year, she brings boxes and bags of vintage finds to share with me. it would be an understatement to say that she’s the reason i am so in love with vintage and with getting dressed up in general!
a while back and i asker her if she could dig up some old photos of herself, and one day she sat at the scanner for hours and sent me tons of photos of herself and of my family when we were kids! i have way too many to share for one post, but i thought it would be nice to share a few photos of her when she was young. i wasn’t born yet, so many of these are from her teenage years and early twenties. can you see the resemblance at all?
today i am so thrilled to share this incredible illustration by ismay ozga. i actually discovered her work after she recently collaborated with the vamoose on a series of illustrations of their beautiful collection. through the magic of the internet, we started chatting and she asked if she could draw my picture. i calmly replied, “oh yes!” and “thank you!” but in my head i was jumping up and down like a little kid. and after seeing the finished work, you can see why i was so excited!
if you like what you see, there is plenty more! as one might expect after seeing such beautiful art, she had an equally lovely blog (two two oh four) with tons of inspirational images, and she even has a shop filled with original drawings and prints!
thank you so much, ismay!
last week i was fortunate enough to meet the lovely miss james of bleubird vintage during her visit to san francisco! if you are not familiar with her blog, then go check it out right this instant! she shares the most adorable family outfit photos on her blog, and yes, they are just as perfect in real life! it was a pleasure to get to spend some time with her during her whirlwind trip, grabbing dinner and drinks, going to a fun clothing swap, talking shop, and even stopping for a little photo shoot in my neighborhood! and such a great coincidence that we happened to be wearing perfectly coordinating outfits in these warm shades of yellow, orange, and red. though you’ll have to excuse my dorky faces; it’s just hard to compete with such a lovely lady!
thank you to aubrey for snapping these photos and to gemma birdie for being such a happy baby!
dress: boutique by jaeger
shoes: vintage candies from pretty penny vintage
lipstick: ysl rouge pur couture in le orange
and if you want to know james’ outfit details, you have to visit her blog: bleubird vintage!
enter to win a pair of glasses (or sunglasses) from bonlook!
you may remember a couple of months back, i offered a giveaway to win a pair of glasses from my sponsor, bonlook! well, it went over so well, that we decided to offer you another opportunity to win a pair! if you aren’t familiar with bonlook, they’re a fashion and vision boutique offering prescription glasses with lenses made in the usa at a fair price for all. all of their glasses come with anti-reflective, uv, and scratch-resistant protections and they cost only $99! and as you can see from the selection above, they have some seriously stylish frames!
to enter:
this contest is open to international readers, so anyone can enter. in order to qualify for the drawing, please leave your comment here on calivintage.com! winner will be randomly selected and contacted via email on tuesday, july 5. winner will receive your choice of frames, with your choice of standard prescription lenses, clear lenses, or tinted lenses.
like what you see? bonlook would also like to offer you $20 off your order now through july 8! simply enter the code “CALI20″³ at checkout!
michi photographed by tamu mcpherson of all the pretty birds, street style photographed for stylesightings, street style photographed for team peter stigter, street style photographed by phil oh of streetpeeper for refinery29, street style photographed by vanessa jackman, and street style photographed for street style aesthetic.
and as always, you can also follow me on the calivintage tumblr or bikes + babes for a feed of all the outfits that caught my eye this week!
as promised, today i am sharing the second set of street style photos i snapped at the alameda flea market. and of course, you can find the first set here, in case you didn’t catch it last week! i am especially in love with those darling heeled clogs in the last photo and have been meaning to go get a pair for myself!
besides writing calivintage, i’m sure some of you know that i also have a few other little things i do around the internet. so today i thought i might share some of the projects i’ve taken on recently… most notably, i’m excited to have started a brand new blog: bikes + babes featuring (you guessed it) bikes and babes. it’s still a little baby at the moment, but i’ve been having fun filling up the queue with all of the pretty pictures i find and hope that it will provide good bike and outfit inspiration for these wonderful summer months ahead of us. you can also submit your own images to add to the feed!
over at modcloth (where i work as a blog writer), i also recently did a post about how to style a graphic t-shirt three different ways. i think this may have been my first little attempt at dressing someone up other than myself and i am excited to try it again soon!
and i was especially excited to have recently gotten in touch with miss moss to create these beautiful outfits inspired by some of her favorite fine art. this one is my favorite, but you should definitely click-through to see the rest!
and as always, you can find the rest of my work on the modcloth blog, the modcloth tumblr, and the calivintage tumblr, or you can keep up with me on twitter or facebook or both! ;)
