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stylemint giveaway!

May 22, 2012 150 Comments

today i’m excited to share my latest giveaway courtesy of stylemint! we’ve teamed up to offer you the chance to win one stylemint credit good towards any item in the stylemint store. i’m sure you already know that stylemint offers a wide variety of t-shirts, but in recent months, they’ve also incorporated some cute dresses and skirts, and even have a small selection of sunglasses. they all make for great basics, which is something that i can always use more of in my wardrobe.

to enter:
1. sign up for stylemint. it’s free to join and there is no obligation to purchase. simply visit stylemint.com and take the style quiz to be taken to your showroom of recommended styles.
2. leave a comment in the section below telling us which item is your absolute favorite.

stylemint is a sponsor of calivintage.com. contest is open to international readers, so anyone can enter. only one entry per person. winner will be randomly selected after tuesday, may 29 and contacted via email. winner will receive one stylemint credit good towards the purchase of any item in the stylemint store.

my style

outfit: water color

May 21, 2012 36 Comments

one of the things i love about my neighborhood is the secret network of sneaky little pedestrian pathways. it’s a hilly area, so these hidden stairwells make it much more convenient for getting around. whenever i stumble upon another shortcut, i always feel like a little kid, having discovered some entryway into another world. and this time of year, they are particularly pleasant since the springtime flowers and vines and weeds are taking over. the light is usually quite harsh in this spot, but as we passed by early saturday morning on the way to the farmers market, the light was just right, so we stopped to take a few photos.

the weather was nice, so i took the opportunity to get dressed up in my most festive farmer’s market garb and pulled on my new lauren moffatt top and skirt. both are constructed of a lightweight linen, which kept me cool as a cucumber on a warm weekend day. after stocking up on summer squash at the farmer’s market, we headed to the greek festival with free tickets in our pockets (a gift from one of brendan’s clients). i’d never been to a greek festival, so it was quite the treat! we got to peek inside the stunning greek orthodox cathedral, and were treated to epic lamb sammiches and loukoumades. a little old lady even stopped to compliment me on my crochet top, which pretty much made my day!

top and skirt: lauren moffatt
shoes: kork-ease bette wedges
bag: vintage woven tote
lipstick: ysl fard a levres rouge pur in rosy coral

giveaways, inspiration

citrus summer

May 21, 2012 7 Comments

citrus summer accessories by calivintage

i know i don’t usually wear a ton of bright colors in my typical outfits, but i have a little secret: yellow and orange are easily two of my favorite colors. and while i’m not necessarily going to get decked out in a bright lemon yellow or peachy sherbet tone any time soon, i definitely plan to sprinkle them in among my summer accessories for a little pop of color. so when nordstrom and polyvore asked me if i’d like to share my summer must-have accessories wishlist, i made a beeline for my favorite citrus hue.

see something you like? then head on over to polyvore for a chance to win a $500 gift card to nordstrom! or click here to see more summer must-haves.

inspiration

weekly roundup

May 18, 2012 10 Comments

weekly roundup may 18

it’s been such a long time since i’ve done one of these, that it was fun going back through my tumblr archives and looking at all of the pictures that have been inspiring me for the past few weeks. among some of my favorites: yours truly, x, dresses on a clothesline, vanessa jackman, refinery29, all the pretty birds, and the sartorialist.

you can always check my tumblr, pinterest, and bike blog for even more inspiration. have a good weekend!

fashion

wren x clare vivier

May 17, 2012 18 Comments

i’ve long been a fan of both wren and clare vivier, so when i received a little peek at the new collaboration between the two, i just had to share! they designed this lovely french market-inspired tote using the ever-popular celestrial print from wren’s spring 2012 collection and vegetable-tanned leather for this classy reversible tote. bonus points for being locally made in los angeles using remnants from wren production! it’s like the grown-up version of the million and one canvas totes i have stockpiled in my apartment. in celestial print! the bag is available now at both wren and clare vivier.

photos by jeahna sohn.

inspiration

bathing beauties

May 16, 2012 33 Comments

it’s been a long while since i’ve shared some real vintage inspiration, so today i thought i’d share some vintage photos that recently caught my eye. i found them while editing posts for the modcloth tumblr at work; they’d been added to the queue by my coworker julie (you may know her from orchid grey)! i clicked-through and became instantly fascinated by these dreamy photos of women who i do no know, snapped by amateur photographer and indiana university alumnus charles w. cushman. apparently the university now has a collection of 14,500 of his kodachrome color slides dating from 1938 – 1969. i’d seen some photos from this collection floating around the web before, but something about these haunting images really struck a chord. i do admit that it feels a bit voyeuristic to be looking at ladies in their swimsuits, but something about the personal nature of them really feels like you could almost be there, experiencing a day at the beach in another time and place. but mostly i just wish they still made suits like that!

giveaways

win a $250 shopping spree from beso.com!

May 15, 2012 122 Comments

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today i am very excited to announce that i have partnered up with beso.com once again to offer you the chance to win a $250 shopping spree! if you aren’t familiar with beso, it’s an online shopping search engine that filters through hundreds of different shops (including some favorites like asos, la garconne, bona drag, and net-a-porter) to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. besides having great search functionality, they also have a cool feature that allows you to save shopping collections of some of your favorite items. i played around with it and created my own little summer dreamin’ collection above.

to enter:

head over to beso.com and create an account if you haven’t already.
build your own shopping collection with your favorite picks.
leave a comment in the section below including a link to your collection!

tip: i find that it’s easiest to search around the site, then click the + symbol next to the item you like and select “add to new collection.” from there, you can build up your collection as much as you like.

this giveaway is open to u.s. residents age 18 and older. contest ends tuesday, may 22. only one entry per person. winner will be contacted via email.

my style

outfit: may flowers

May 14, 2012 32 Comments

and i’m back! just recovered from a few days off with a kidney infection. it was only miserable for a couple of days before the antibiotics kicked in, but i took it easy this weekend and spent most of my time indoors, taking the opportunity to lay low and chill out instead of working myself to the bone with my usual twenty million projects and side projects. i know it seems kinda silly, but sometimes sick days can be the best for that. besides the party where you feel super crummy.

anyway, these photos were taken last weekend when i was feeling much better. i had been reminiscing about the early days of calivintage, when every single outfit photo was taken on the roof of my apartment. it’s a favorite spot for me and brendan to hang out, drinking beers and watching the sun go down on a warm spring evening. we just don’t usually stop to snap photos up there anymore… but it’s still there, up above the treetops with an epic view stretching out over our little corner of oakland. the weather has been so nice and springy that it feels like every day, we’ve been celebrating the warm temperatures and enjoying the smell of fresh blossoms all around us. so in honor of the occasion, i pulled on my fancy little lauren moffatt top, covered in teeny tiny white flower sequins on a pretty yellow silk shell for a little impromptu dancing session!

top: lauren moffatt car song sequin shell
skirt: american apparel denim circle skirt
shoes: thrifted vintage
bag: vintage wicker umbrella basket, gift from mom
sunglasses: flowers by alex knost sunglasses courtesy of raen optics
lipstick: makeup forever rouge artist intense in satin bright orange

fashion

the tomboy style lookbook for myrtle

May 8, 2012 17 Comments

last week, i received an email from the lovely megan mcisaac telling me all about her latest project shooting the tomboy style-inspired lookbook for echo park boutique, myrtle. and i kid you not, i literally gasped when i saw the images and professed to my coworker my newfound desire to throw out everything in my closet and to start fresh with this lookbook as my inspiration. it couldn’t have arrived in my inbox at a better time because i had just that week been building a new moodboard in my office filled with similar tomboy styles in mind.

anyway, the clothes were modeled by caitlin g. dennis and shot by megan mcisaac in frank lloyd wrights hollyhock house in barnsdall park in los angeles, california. and all of the clothes, both new and vintage, were provided by myrtle, a new boutique in echo park. now excuse me while i wistfully stare at these photos dreaming of a new wardrobe…

my style

outfit: warm weekend

May 7, 2012 57 Comments

oh how sad when such a glorious weekend has to come to an end. we got legit warm spring weather in the bay area, and it couldn’t have been more perfect! on saturday, i went on a shoot for audrey grace boutique with two very talented pals, diane and jon. we wandered about in the ucb botanical gardens and around tilden park snapping photos and filming video, and it was honestly only of the easiest and most relaxed shoots i’ve ever done. i can’t share the photos just yet, so i should probably stop teasing you about it! and instead i will shift focus onto my easy weekend look: my dear friend nina of family affairs was so generous to send me this adorable little set! i know i’ve talked a lot recently about having a bit of an obsession with little vintage sets just like this. i love that i can mix and match the skirt and blouse in any number of variations, or i can simply wear them together just like this. the fabric is light and breezy, which was perfect for the hot weekend weather. and the cheerful print just makes me smile.

in other news, i finally decided that all of that vintage i’ve been hoarding over the years is taking up way too much space in my apartment, so i’ve started the process of parting with the overflow. on sunday, i sorted and photographed my entire vintage collection in anticipation of their departure. i’m not sure exactly what to do with it just yet, but i would love to find the right person to sell my collection, so definitely get in touch if you’d like to request a line-sheet! i have hundreds of pieces ranging from the 1940s through the 90s, many of which i’ve worn on my blog and plenty of which have just been stashed away in my closet for far too many years…

top: family affairs banana split shirt
skirt: family affairs fantasy skirt
shoes: swedish hasbeens peep toe super high
bag: thrifted vintage purse, gift from mom
sunglasses: karen walker number six
liptick: makeup forever rouge artist intense in bright orange