weekly roundup

just sharing a few of my favorite outfits from around the web lately! you can always view everything that’s been catching my eye on my tumblr and pinterest!

above: joanna photographed by urban weeds.


allison photographed by toronto verve.


jelena photographed by toronto street fashion.


xiaowen photographed by fashionista.


amanda of making nice in the midwest is the most fashionable mom to be!


liz of olive, my love.


street style by coggles.


lydia of style is style.


nicole of fashion forestry.


street style by mister mort.


nicole of coco maria.

 

carven resort 2013

i know i’m a little late in the game sharing this collection, but i loved the carven resort 2013 collection so much that i just had to share it here. my obsession with the brand really solidified last year when they released their 2012 resort collection with that incredible acid yellow pinafore and those darling little bow flats, leading me to dig deep into my pockets and actually invest in a designer piece. in my world, these collections are reserved for inspiration only, but carven is just so perfect that i find myself counting pennies trying to figure out how i will afford another piece! the color combinations are amazing, and the shapes and silhouettes add even more interest.




















behind the lens: calivintage for modcloth lookbook

calivintage: modcloth shoot

speaking of photography, after yesterday’s post, i realized that i never shared a very exciting project that i worked on last month! as some of you know, i work at modcloth as an editorial specialist, but one facet of my job that i don’t talk much about is that i do a bit of photography on the side. many of the photos you see on the modcloth blog featuring beauty, craft, and cooking projects, have also been shot by me. so when the team was working on a campaign a while back, they asked if i’d be interested in working on a bigger project, and that’s how i ended up shooting some of the photos for modcloth’s “adventures in style” campaign. the silly thing is that i really should have shared this while the campaign was still up on the site, because now you can’t see it there, but perhaps you were shopping at modcloth last month and saw some of my work!

anyway, the models are two of my lovely co-workers: sam is a graphic designer and angela is a marketing writer. and we were accompanied by annie who is our creative stylist, and the person who worked with them to put together the outfits. since i’d never really been the official photographer on a real photo shoot, i was a little nervous knowing that my work would be plastered all over such a big site, but i was actually quite happy with the way it turned out!

calivintage: modcloth photoshoot
calivintage: modcloth shoot
calivintage: modcloth shoot
calivintage: modcloth shoot
calivintage: modcloth shoot
calivintage: modcloth shoot
calivintage: modcloth photoshoot

 

life lately

calivintage: eat

yesterday i meant to share a blog post, but you know? sometimes life happens. as was the case yesterday when i slept-in past my alarm clock, conveniently on a day that i was supposed to arrive to work early! i threw on a t-shirt and jeans (it was mandatory for a work-related event), pulled my hair into a ponytail, and managed to answer a few emails before making my way through rush hour traffic into the corporate lot where i park my car before heading into the office.

and this morning, when i was going through the photos i’d taken over the weekend, i realized that i only took photos of one outfit, but i had tons of photos of other things. i’ve noticed lately that i spend a lot more of my time behind the camera than in front of it, playing with the settings and trying to capture little bits and pieces of my life. these photos were taken after a trip to the farmer’s market that’s held every saturday a few blocks from my home filled with gourmet food trucks, organic fruits and veggies, and hand-crafted housewares. we picked up a few ingredients for an afternoon snack, a salad that i recreated off the menu at darwin cafe: fresh kale, radicchio, balsamic vinegar, lemon, parmesan, and little bits of prociutto. it sounds fancy, but it’s really just a simple salad.

calivintage: eat
calivintage: eat

calivintage + audrey grace lookbook

calivintage + audrey grace lookbook

a few weeks back, i shared a couple photos from the lookbook i shot for the opening of the audrey grace boutique. at the time, fashionista had the exclusive first look, so i was patiently waiting to share the rest of them here. the photos were shot on a daylong adventure in the berkeley hills near where i live, at the uc berkeley botanical garden, the tilden park botanic garden, and along the side of the road in tilden park. and since it was an extra special project, i asked my talented friend diane vo to shoot the series for me.

it was fun wandering around all of the lush greenery looking for different spots to snap pictures while getting to wear dresses from some of my favorite designers including up the wooden hills, wayward daughter, lauren moffatt, and kelsey genna. it was my first experience planning out a more editorial style shoot, and now that i feel a little more comfortable with the whole concept of it, i can’t wait to try something like this again!

calivintage + audrey grace lookbook
calivintage + audrey grace lookbook
calivintage + audrey grace lookbook
calivintage + audrey grace lookbook
calivintage + audrey grace lookbook
calivintage + audrey grace lookbook
calivintage + audrey grace lookbook
calivintage + audrey grace lookbook
calivintage + audrey grace lookbook
calivintage + audrey grace lookbook

outfit: dittos

calivintage: dittos

as much as i’m influenced by everything 1960s, sometimes i just can’t help but fast forward a decade or two and get all decked out in ’70s and even ’80s-inspired looks. in particular, i just can’t seem to resist a good pair of high-rise flares. so when dittos denim contacted me and asked if i’d like to put together an outfit featuring a pair of their iconic jeans, it was pretty much a no-brainer. they’ve recently revived a number of styles from their vintage archives, and this particular pair was perfect for pulling on with a soft and stretchy vintage t-shirt and my beloved kork-ease wedges for an easy, retro look. i mean, i’m essentially wearing a t-shirt and jeans, but adding in those vintage elements really help to add interest to a simple outfit. the perfect way to embrace the summer without a ton of fuss.

to see more of my outfits featuring denim, you can click here.

top: vintage t-shirt from mars vintage
pants: high rise bell bottom jeans courtesy of dittos denim
shoes: kork ease bette wedge
bag: vintage woven jute tote
sunglasses: karen walker von trapp

calivintage: dittos
calivintage: dittos
calivintage: dittos
calivintage: dittos
calivintage: dittos

video time

today i thought i’d share a couple of diy videos i recently made for modcloth. i’ve gotten into the habit of bedazzling things, so this was the outcome of two such endeavors after trips to the local craft store. they’re mostly to be silly, but i also think they’re fun interpretations on trends i’ve seen around. i really want to make myself a pair of decorated sunglasses that are a little more subtle than the examples shown here. good thing i have plenty of silly little embellishments left over from these projects!

also a big thanks to jon brown for filming and editing these videos. he’s the same guy who helped me with my public bikes video a few months back. such a swell dude!

outfit: south west

calivintage: south west

most of my time spent in redlands involved kicking around town with family close by. i had these big plans to sneak away and get outfit photos in front of some of my favorite local landmarks, but of course, most of those plans fell through. on sunday evening, we decided to run over to this little old bookstore on redlands boulevard out in loma linda, but by the time we drove up, the last of the sun was setting behind the san bernardino mountains and the shop was closed. we poked around the cool little spot filled with cactus and dry brush and snapped a few photos before heading back to my grandparent’s house for banana splits and dairy queen blizzards.

to see more photos i’ve taken while visiting redlands, you can click here.

top: whit striped crop top
shorts: vintage denim shorts from lola vintage
shoes: vintage navy salvatorre ferragamo vara flats
sunglasses: karen walker von trapp
bag: dooney & bourke flower basket bag scored at the local marshalls.
lipstick: ysl fard a levres rouge pur in rosy coral

calivintage: south west
calivintage: south west
calivintage: south west

mi familia: perez

calivintage: my grandparents

over the weekend, i took the long drive down to southern california to visit family in redlands. my mom and aunt have been building the family tree and learning about our ancestry, so naturally, our history was a big topic of discussion while i was  there. my grandparents were both born in redlands only a few blocks away from each other. they’ve now been married for almost 60 years. my grandmother laughed and joked that the secret to a long relationship is lots of fighting and lots of making up. she said that without love, you wouldn’t fight, and you wouldn’t find yourselves making up over and over again.

i asked them if they’d pose for a portrait in front of their house, and couldn’t help but sneak in a few candid shots between their stern, old school portrait poses. gilbert “jerry” perez and evalina roque perez.

you can view more posts featuring my beautiful family right here.

calivintage: my grandparents

outfit: wavy gravy

calivintage: wavy lines

oh hello! i just got back from a quick weekend trip to visit my family in southern california. i didn’t take a ton of photos, but i promise to be share the few snapshots i did take while i was there. the weather was hot (reaching highs in the 90s), and it was good to see family and familiar places from my past.

but before we get into that, i thought i’d catch up and share an outfit from last week. and yes, it’s another shift dress! no matter how hard i try to stay away from this almost universally unflattering form, i find myself collecting these shapeless dresses and wearing them more often than i care to admit. though i’ve certainly shared a good portion of my ever-growing collection on my blog (see here). they’re just so easy and comfortable, and they evoke that playful 1960s spirit that i love so much. they also have a tendency to create phantom belly bumps and emphasized arms… but, try as i might, i’m still an absolute sucker for a shift dress and don’t think i’ll be giving up the habit any time soon!

dress: tocca envelope dress
shoes: rachel antonoff for bass sandals
bag: j.w. hulme mini legacy bag
bracelet: giantlion
lipstick: nars schiap
nail polish: opi polish courtesy of glossybox

calivintage: wavy lines
calivintage: wavy lines
calivintage: wavy lines