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outfit: pagan poetry

August 3, 2012 23 Comments

calivintage: dahlia uk

today i’m excited to announce that i will be guest contributing to the dahlia uk blog for the next few months! i have long been a fan of their feminine and playful designs, so it was a pleasure when they asked me if i’d like to contribute! for my first guest post, i picked out this prim and proper navy shift dress with a little embellished collar. it vaguely reminds me of the dresses that the nuns used to wear when i went to catholic school as a little girl, so i thought i’d have some fun with it and add a floral crown in the spirit of some of my favorite religious iconography. throw in a pastel bag (this new mint purse has been hanging on my arm almost every day lately), and you’re ready for an evening stroll to the cemetery. not kidding, these shots were snapped on the way to the mountain view cemetery near my house, but by the time we got there, the last of the sun had set and the gates were closed for the evening.

dress: linda dress courtesy of dahlia uk
shoes: vintage salvatore ferragamo vara flats
bag: botkier valentina bag
hat: vintage flower hat
lipstick: ysl rouge pur in rosy coral

calivintage: dahlia uk

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calivintage + audrey grace lookbook

July 17, 2012 35 Comments

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!

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outfit: dittos

July 16, 2012 36 Comments

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

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outfit: south west

July 12, 2012 27 Comments

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

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mi familia: perez

July 12, 2012 13 Comments

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

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outfit: wavy gravy

July 11, 2012 26 Comments

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

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outfit: hazy days

July 2, 2012 37 Comments

had another relaxed weekend spent balancing house chores with mini excursions. spent saturday tending to the apartment and trying to fancy things up a bit. we’ve lived in our little spot in oakland for almost 4 years now, which is pretty hard to imagine. when we first moved in, we didn’t do much in the way of decorating because we didn’t want to get attached to a place that might just turn out to be temporary. i guess it’s not quite such a temporary space any more, but we still struggle to really embrace it as our own, probably because it’s a rental. but recently we’ve felt the desire to see what we could make out of this space, so we’ve been tidying and rearranging and doing our best to decorate. my biggest project of the day was getting refinishing an old wood table in our living room by hand. i sweated it out, but my reward for the end of the day was a trip into the city for the refinery29 sf one year anniversary party held in the hipstamatic headquarters, which left me with some pretty serious office envy.

and on sunday, i cleaned my closet/office (yes, one room in my apartment is basically dedicated to my blog, yikes!) and can finally see the floor again under all of those piles of shoes and clothes. we still wanted to get a little bit of time outdoors, so we drove out east to walnut creek where it was actually sunny, and then made our way to the lafayette reservoir just in time to snap a few photos before watching the sun set behind the hills.

dress: steven alan mimsy dress
bag: thrifted vintage dooney & bourke
shoes: vintage salvatore ferragamo vara flats
bracelet: academy jewelry cuff

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outfit: backyard

June 25, 2012 34 Comments

this weekend kept me pretty close to home cleaning the apartment and doing loads and loads of laundry that have been piling up for who knows how long! so instead of heading out of town to go swimming in lakes or camping in the woods, i kept my adventures close to home. on sunday, brendan and i drove out to “house sit” for his parents with a car full of laundry and not much else to do. so we laid out in the back yard on a quilt in the grass between cycles, and i played dress up in my new lauren moffatt dress. nothing like laundry day as an excuse to put on something fancy in order to clean every last machine washable item in your wardrobe.

laying out on a blanket in their very well-manicured yard with the setting sun filtering in through the trees felt like such a treat. it made me start to feel a little itch to someday have my own yard, or for that matter, even my own house! apartment living is pretty swell, but sometimes i dream about how nice it would be to have a little place with a yard and a dog and a washing machine and all of those silly conveniences.

dress: lauren moffatt car song dress from modcloth
shoes: vintage salvatore ferragamo vara flats
sunglasses: karen walker number six
lipstick: make up for ever rouge artist intense in bright orange
nail polish: essie orange, it’s obvious

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calivintage + audrey grace boutique lookbook

June 19, 2012 16 Comments

calivintage + audrey grace lookbook

i’m sure if you were online yesterday, you noticed a flood of beautiful photography centered around the launch of audrey grace boutique! and today i’d like to share a peek at my own little project shooting a lookbook for the boutique which debuted yesterday on racked.com! they have the exclusive first look, so you’ll have to head on over to the article to see the rest of the photos, and then mosey on over to audrey grace boutique for plenty of sweet summer dresses.

i normally just shoot my usual outfit photos on weekend days, so it was fun to try something new and concept out an entire shoot. since it was a special occasion, i asked my incredibly talented friend diane vo to take the photos. it was fun to collaborate on the project, and it turned out to not only be a successful shoot, but a very pleasant daylong adventure in the berkeley hills. we shot in the uc berkeley botanical gardens, the regional parks botanic garden in tilden, and on the side of the road near a golf course in the hills, haha. i also brought along my pal jon brown who may or may not have shot some experimental film for a video that is possibly in the works! i also have a bunch more “outtakes” that i promise to share soon!

calivintage + audrey grace lookbook

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outfit: endless summer

June 18, 2012 34 Comments

ok, i suppose it isn’t officially summer for a few more days, but the last few weeks have certainly felt like it to me! the weather is warm, all of the school kids are out for the summer and roaming the streets, and my favorite swimming spots are filled with families soaking up the sun. i’ve been making my best effort to take it easy on the weekends, avoiding work like the plague and spending as many hours as possible lounging around outdoors with some sort of summery cocktail in hand. most weekends have been pretty casual when it comes to outfits, but yesterday i decided to step up my summer game just a little bit in my new carven pinafore. i’d been drooling over this acid yellow dress for over a year, hoping that by some strange series of events, it would somehow be mine. dreaming about owning this little gem actually led me to make a concerted effort to lay off the spending and to save up a little for more special pieces. having said that, i still waited for it to go on super sale at net-a-porter before taking the plunge. me and this dress, we’re gonna have some fun times this summer, haha.

pinafore: carven resort 2012 cotton-twill dress
top: whit cropped stripe t-shirt
shoes: vintage salvatore ferragamo vara flats
tote: fieldguided endless summer tote
sunglasses: raen optics flowers by alex knost sunglasses
lipstick: make up for ever rouge artist intense in bright orange

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